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6. The site plan shall provide appropriate notes, details, and methods for the prevention of
sediment laden storm water runoff or eroded materials from leaving the construction site.
A grading plan shall be provided demonstrating site layout with appropriate BMP’s
shown. Reference shall be made to the Alabama Handbook for Erosion Control,
Sediment Control and Stormwater Management on Construction Sites and Urban Areas,
Current Edition. If applicable, a copy of the NPDES permit and CBMPP shall be
submitted.
7. The site plan shall have existing and proposed contours at one (1) foot intervals. The site
plan shall have all proposed site improvements detailed as to dimensions and construction
materials. All surface materials shall be clearly identified and a weighted storm water
runoff coefficient shall be determined. Existing facilities shall be noted as Existing. Only
that portion of the property that presently drains to the County right-of-way in its pre-
development state can be drained to the right-of-way after the property is developed.
8. Pre-development and post-development drainage calculations based on 10-year, 50-year
and 100-year storms, prepared and sealed by an Alabama Licensed Professional Engineer
shall be submitted with the site plan. Outside of the County’s MS4 Boundary, if any
drainage is to be connected to a County right-of-way, a detention or retention facility will
be required to hold the increase in run-off for a 10-year storm (minimum) due to the
development. The engineer shall submit calculations insuring that the detention system
will safely pass the resulting flows of the 50-year and 100-year storms. A note should be
placed on the site plan stating which entity other than the County of Mobile is responsible
for the maintenance of the detention/retention facility.
9. The site plan shall also have all existing and proposed drainage detailed. Any required
detention or retention basin shall be detailed. The control structure and outfall shall be
profiled, and an emergency relief provided. Calculations demonstrating the storage
volume, sizing of the orifice, and discharge rate are required and shall bear the original
seal of an Alabama Licensed Professional Engineer.
10. In any watershed which contains a public drinking water source, including, but not
necessarily limited to, the J. B. Converse Watershed, or any 303(d) watershed impacted
by land development, or any property located within the Mobile County MS4 Boundary,
storm water detention facilities are required. Detention criteria shall include a maximum
release rate equivalent to the 10 year storm pre-development rate. The minimum
detention capacity shall accommodate the increase in volume for a 100 year post
development storm. The Alabama Licensed Professional Engineer must certify that the
design of the Commercial Site and its storm water detention features are designed in
accord with these Requirements. Any storm water detention facility must be shown in
the plans as an area not maintained by Mobile County or the State of Alabama.
10a. The Alabama Licensed Professional Engineer must submit a plan for maintenance of any
drainage easements and storm water detention facilities. The owner of any Commercial
Site must provide a signed acknowledgment as to who (other than Mobile County or the
State) will own and maintain any such storm water detention facilities and easements, and
such owner must covenant that the maintenance responsibility will run with the land and
is enforceable by any person or entity damaged by an owner’s failure to maintain such
facilities. Where the maintenance responsibility is vested in a property owners’
association, articles of incorporation for such property owners’ association must be