2022 Model Ordinance Implementation Workshops

The Chester County Water Resources Authority is hosting two implementation workshops to assist municipalities with updating their stormwater ordinances. Both workshops will be held in Room 351 East at the Government Services Center at 601 Westtown Road, West Chester and will be streamed via Zoom. 

Implementation Workshop #1: May 6, 2022

The first implementation workshop provided a detailed overview of the updated County-wide Model Ordinance, an overview of considerations for including an option for the Simplified Approach to Stormwater Management and a review of the Conservation Design and Low Impact Development Site Design handbook included in Appendix B. This presentation also introduced the resources available to assist municipalities with updating their ordinances. Links to the recording of the event and to PDFs of each presentation are below. 

• Model Ordinance Implementation Workshop #1 Recording (YouTube)
• Review of Adopted Model Ordinance Provisions and Implementation Resources
• Appendix A: Simplified Approach to Stormwater Management for Small Projects
• Appendix B: Conservation Design and Low Impact Development Site Design
• Model Ordinance Considerations for MS4 Municipalities

Implementation Workshop #2: May 24, 2022

This workshop provided an overview of the changes made to the Model Ordinance in response to  PA DEP’s review, discussed resources for obtaining precipitation data, and reviewed decision points for municipalities. Links to the presentations are recording are below. 

• Recording of Model Ordinance Implementation Workshop #2 (YouTube)
• Review of PA DEP Comments, Precipitation Resources, and Implementation Tools
• Municipal Ordinance Update Considerations  

Precipitation Resources:

• Chester County Flood Tools webpage with links to USGS Precipitation Alerts
• NOAA Atlas 14
• Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network
• Delaware Environmental Observing System