Single Family Residential Ponds Program

Stormwater ponds are specific Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs) that capture runoff to prevent downstream flooding and improve water quality. Examples include: 

• Retention (wet) ponds
• Detention (dry) ponds
• Naturalized basins 

The SFR Ponds Program will accept other SCMs such as bioretention and infiltration basins on an individual basis. Farm ponds and aesthetic ponds are not SCMs and will not be accepted into the program.

Routine maintenance; including inspection, vegetation management and trash removal, is necessary to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of an SCM. Participation in the SFR Ponds Program does not relieve the property owner of their routine maintenance responsibility. 

Functional maintenance is a critical activity required when an SCM's functionality is compromised, specifically when it fails to provide its designed flood control or water quality improvements. Functional maintenance may be required for SCMs that have: 

• A poor design 
• An ongoing lack of routine maintenance  
• Been impacted by extreme weather events 
• Reached the end of their lifespan

Through the SFR Ponds Program, the City will perform functional maintenance for accepted SCMs. Functional maintenance may also be performed to improve the SCM's capabilities or mitigate safety hazards.

• SCM must be located on privately owned single family residential property within City limits
• A newly built SCM must wait two years from date of acceptance by HOA, final stabilization, and closure of permit to apply to the program
• Property owner must execute a Temporary Construction Easement Agreement and Inspection & Maintenance Agreement to participate in the program