Last Updated 08/04/2026
Stormwater Code Jacksonville, TN
CHAPTER 5. - EROSION AND STORMWATER CONTROL
14-504. - Procedure.
Within ninety (90) days from the date of final adoption of this code, the city engineer shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the issuance of grading permits. The city engineer shall submit such rules and regulations to the Jackson-Madison County Regional Planning Commission for review and approval at a regular or special meeting of the commission. Upon such approval becoming final, the city engineer shall cause the rules and regulations to be published and made available to the public in the engineering office without charge. Such rules and regulations shall be based upon sound principles of engineering, hydrology, geology, and urban planning, shall be consistent with the rules and regulations governing the construction of subdivisions, and shall contain appropriate provisions for the enforcement of this code and the rules and regulations, including provision for the revocation of any issued permit and the issuance of stop work orders by the city engineer. Amendments to these rules and regulations shall be made by the environmental advisory/appeals board as needed to conform to federal and state environmental policies and regulations. These amendments shall become part of the rules and regulations upon adoption by the board.
CHAPTER 6. - DISCHARGES INTO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM
14-604. - Procedure.
Within ninety (90) days from the date of final adoption of this chapter; the city engineer shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding illicit discharges and illicit dumping into the stormwater system. The city engineer shall submit such rules and regulations to the Jackson-Madison County Regional Planning Commission for review and approval at a regular or special meeting of the commission. Upon such approval becoming final, the city engineer shall cause the rules and regulations to be published and made available to the public in his office without charge. Such rules and regulations shall be based upon sound principles of engineering, biology, and ecology, shall be consistent with the rules and regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency’s stormwater program, the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase 2 Rule. The rules and regulations written by the city engineer shall contain appropriate provisions for the enforcement of this code and the rules and regulations, including provisions requiring offenders to obtain a special permit for stormwater discharges and for issuing a cease and desist order for illicit discharges.
14-605. - Remedies and penalties for violation.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions the rules and regulations shall be required to take the remedial actions and be subject to civil penalties as follows:
(1) If found to be in violation of the City of Jackson’s general stormwater permit by discharging illicit or improper materials into the city storm sewers, the offender shall be required to obtain a special permit for connection to the city storm sewer network.
(2) The city shall have the right to recover the lesser of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) per day for each day that the violation exists or all damages proximately caused by the violation to the municipality, which may include any reasonable expenses incurred in investigating violations, expenses involved in rectifying any damages, costs and attorney fees incurred by the city as the result of enforcing this chapter.
(3) In addition to the above remedial measures, any person, firm or corporation guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per day for each day the violation exists, beginning the first day of the violation and continuing each day thereafter until the violation is corrected. Each day that a violation of this chapter exists shall constitute a separate offense.
(4) In addition to the remedies and civil penalties set forth above, the City of Jackson may bring legal action to enjoin the continuing violation of this chapter and the existence of any other remedy, at law or equity, shall be no defense to any such actions.
(5) The remedies and penalties set forth in this section shall be cumulative, not exclusive, and it shall not be a defense to any action, civil or criminal, that one (1) or more of the remedies set forth herein has been sought or granted.
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