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From YouTube: Storm Water Regulations
Description
Storm Water Regulations should support smart growth. County Executive Jim Smith explains this position.
A
B
Everyone's
concerned
about
our
environment
and
the
health
of
the
Chesapeake
Bay,
and
rightly
so,
and
so
and
stormwater
runoff,
is
one
of
the
pollutants
that
affects
the
environment
adversely
and
is
also
having
a
negative
impact
on
the
Chesapeake
Bay.
So
the
the
move
to
tighten
up
the
regulations
for
stormwater
management
is
really
supported
by
everybody.
The
issue
for
Baltimore
County,
however,
is
the
tightening
up
of
the
rules
for
redevelopment
projects
or,
as
we
say,
in
Baltimore,
County
Renaissance
projects.
B
Renaissance
projects
are
those
that
are
occurring
in
our
older
neighborhoods,
where
the
properties
were
built
up
before
there
were
in
many
instances
any
storm
water
management
regulations
in
place
so
that
that
there's
no
storm
water
treatment
of
these
existing
sites,
Baltimore
County,
has
been
aggressive
in
trying
to
renew
or
Renaissance
I
know
it's
not
a
verb,
but
we
I
still
use
it.
That
way.
B
Projects
are
tightening
up
in
a
couple
ways
one
the
definition
of
what
qualifies
as
a
redevelopment
project
is
too
restrictive,
which
means
that
our
redevelopment
projects
in
Baltimore
County
are
going
to
be
required
to
have
stormwater
management
treatment,
just
as
though
they
were
a
greenfield,
and
you
know
an
undeveloped,
cornfield
and,
and
that
is
detrimental
to
Baltimore
County's
efforts
at
Renaissance,
and
it
makes
it
really
economically
prohibitive
to
get
those
sites
redeveloped,
which
means,
if
they're,
not
redeveloped.
The
existing
lack
of
any
stormwater
management
controls
prevails.
B
The
the
the
next
problem
with
the
regulations
for
a
redevelopment
project
only
is
that
the
treatment
that's
being
required
of
a
redevelopment
project
is
so
significant
that
it
makes
the
costs
such
that
the
redevelopment
won't
occur.
Redevelopment
projects
are
frequently
on
very,
very
tight
margins,
because
the
cost
of
the
land
is
is
usually
high,
because
it's
in
the
midst
of
a
lot
of
infrastructure
and
then
there's
often
demolition
involved
and
and
it's
really
necessary
to
get
a
certain
amount
of
density
out
of
these
sites
in
order
to
make
it
profitable
enough.
B
That
developers
will
undertake
the
work
and
and
and
frankly,
it
is
really
the
heart
of
smart
growth
and
in
baltimore
county.
We
have
been
proponents
of
smart
growth
long
before
that
term
was
ever
coined
back
in
the
70s.
Baltimore
county
was
doing
smart
growth
with
with
our
hurdle,
liner
urban
rural
demarcation
line
and
with
our
restrictive
zoning.
One
lot
450
acres,
but
we
also
words
owning
the
only
smilz
town
center
and
we,
we
were
also
zoning
the
white
marsh
town
center,
and
we
were.
B
Availability
of
redevelopment
in
your
older
neighborhoods
is
really
critical
for
the
success
of
smart
growth,
which
means
we
have
to
have
these
projects
under
so
making
the
regulations
so
restrictive
and
and
and
and
and
so
onerous
because
of
the
nature
of
the
sites
and
the
kind
of
work
that
has
to
be
done.
There.
A
B
We
is
going
to
result
in
the
loss
of
the
value
of
the
infrastructure,
the
loss
of
the
ability
to
create
greater
densities
in
already
developed
areas
and
is
going
to
work
against
Baltimore
County's
land-use
approach
of
30
35
years,
and-
and
so
it
is
not
that
Baltimore
County
is
contending
that
storm
water
management
should
not
be
applied
to
redevelopment
sites.
Certainly
it
should
be,
but
but
it
should
be
applied
in
a
way
that
will
allow
those
projects
to
go
forward
and
to
happen.
You.
A
B
First
thing
is
to
compromise
a
bit
on
what
qualifies
as
a
redevelopment
project
right
now.
The
proposed
regulation
is
a
redevelopment
project
is
one
that
has
forty
percent
impervious
cover.
Well,
a
number
of
these
redevelopment
projects
have
less
than
that,
and,
and
so
we've
done,
a
survey
of
sites
in
Baltimore
County,
for
example,
and
believe
that
a
more
appropriate
break
break
border
point
is
a
30-percent
impervious
cover.
If
a
site
has
thirty
percent
impervious
cover,
it
can
qualify
as
a
redevelopment
site
which
then
kicks
in
less
than
a
hundred
percent.
B
Stormwater
management
treatment
of
the
site,
which
is
what's
required
of,
will
call
them
virgin
or
green
fields
sites,
and
the
next
thing
that's
so
important
for
redevelopment
is
the
amount
of
stormwater
management
treatment
that
is
required
on
the
site.
A
redevelopment
site,
as
proposed
by
the
regulations,
will
require
a
50-percent
treatment,
which
means
that
you
have
to
treat
fifty
percent
of
the
area
or
you
have
to
install
an
equivalent
water
quality
treatment
for
the
site.