Orting’s stormwater and right-of-way code
Orting’s stormwater rules sit in Title 9, Chapter 5A of the Orting Municipal Code. Section 9-5A-7 says applicants for grading, building, and right-of-way permits must submit a stormwater site plan. Section 9-5A-8 lists exemptions that do not name driveways, walks, patios, retaining walls, decks, or building permits, and it sends all other new development and redevelopment to the general requirements in section 9-5A-9.
A 2022 emergency ordinance amended section 9-5A-9 and adopted the Ecology stormwater manual together with a 2019 city amendment, which the city ranks first in its order of precedence. The city’s 2023 stormwater permit report says Orting requires all new development and redevelopment to meet its stormwater management standards.
Work in the public right-of-way and on sidewalks falls under Title 8, Chapter 9, which the city retitled in 2023 as Activities in Rights-of-Way and Sidewalks. The state permit exemption guideline, WAC 51-16-080, sets the wall, walk, and driveway limits that our service pages use, and we confirm how the city applies that guideline before a layout is fixed.
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