{"id":472938,"date":"2026-02-17T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472938\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T01:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:46:15","slug":"century-set-to-consider-final-approval-of-stormwater-discharge-ordinance-northescambia-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/472938\/","title":{"rendered":"Century Set To Consider Final Approval Of Stormwater Discharge Ordinance : NorthEscambia.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northescambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/centurytownhallfb.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-581921\" title=\"centurytownhallfb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/centurytownhallfb-540x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Century Town Council is set to hold a second reading of an ordinance designed to strictly control how pollutants enter the town\u2019s drainage systems. The ordinance aims to protect the local environment and ensure the town complies with state and federal clean water standards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northescambia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/centemp.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">To read the complete ordinance, click here (pdf).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways for Residents and Businesses:<\/p>\n<p>Strict Discharge Rules: The law prohibits \u201cillicit discharges\u201d\u2014essentially anything going into the storm drains that isn\u2019t composed entirely of clean rainwater.<br \/>\nIndustrial &amp; Construction Standards: Businesses and construction sites must manage their runoff on-site. They are also required to notify the Mayor\u2019s office before connecting to the town\u2019s drainage system.<br \/>\nMandatory Inspections: Town personnel must be granted access to facilities discharging or suspected of discharging\u00a0into the system to inspect drainage systems and records to ensure compliance.<br \/>\nEnforcement and Fines: Violations are treated as separate offenses for every day they continue. Property owners may be held liable for cleanup costs, sampling fees, and even legal expenses incurred by the town.<\/p>\n<p>Common Activities Exempted:<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance lists several \u201ceveryday\u201d activities that are generally not considered violations, provided they don\u2019t significantly harm the system:<\/p>\n<p>Individual residential car washing<br \/>\nLawn watering and landscape irrigation<br \/>\nAir conditioning condensate<br \/>\nDechlorinated swimming pool discharges<br \/>\nEmergency firefighting activities<\/p>\n<p>Next Steps for the Town<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_4ec62f1f2d182aac-30\">The final reading and potential adoption of the ordinance is scheduled for the February 17\u00a0Town Council meeting at 6:15 p.m.. If passed, the law becomes effective immediately upon adoption<\/p>\n<p>Written by William Reynolds \u00b7 Filed Under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northescambia.com\/category\/front-top\" title=\"View all posts in FRONT TOP\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FRONT TOP<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, the Century Town Council is set to hold a second reading of an ordinance designed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-472938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}