DR8902-CS 881020 (3) MEMORANDUM
October 20, 1988
TO: Russell Doyle, City Engineer
FROM: Dale Jackson, Building officia~
RE: Plastic Pipes in Creek Near 632 Bethel School Rd.
The memo I received from you on October 3 requested that I
investigate whether it is permissible to run underground plastic
pipes into a drainage ditch. I can find no ordinance, that is
enforced by this department, that prohibits running roof or yard
drains into a drainage ditch. It is possible that the subdivision
ordinance does contain some type of requirement that would regulate
the placement of drainage pipes; however, this department does not
enforce the regulations of the subdivision ordinance.
We did inspect the site to attempt to determine how the pipes are
utilized. We could not find any plastic pipes that drained into
the drainage ditch. We also checked with Steve Morton, since Steve
had worked extensively with Don Jones on problems with the drainage
ditch. Steve was also not aware of any plastic pipes that drained
into the ditch.
xc: Steve Goram, Director of Public Works
Steve Morton, Chief Development Inspector
Linda Varonich, Environmental Health Officer