Coquille Ordinance on Stormwater Management

This ordinance establishes the stormwater management requirements in the Riverfront Mixed Use (“RMU”) Overlay district in Coquille. All development and projects on private property in the RMU overlay district must include pollution reduction facilities to treat all stormwater runoff from the development site, including pervious as well as impervious surfaces. Pollution reduction facilities may include but are not limited to: (1) vegetated filter strip; (2) swale; (3) rain garden; (4) stormwater planter; (5) eco-roof.
In addition, the City of Coquille plans to construct an engineered stormwater biofiltration swale and linear retention facility along the river frontage of the RMU overlay district, which will allow for individual developments in the RMU overlay district to avoid on-site impoundment by directing runoff to that structure, even if still required to implement approved stormwater treatment methods.