Indiana Code 36-9-27-68. Urban drains; duties of county surveyor
(1) Prepare and make available to the public design standards of rainfall intensity and frequency for urban land, design standards of storm water runoff for urban land, or both. In preparing these standards, the county surveyor shall consider official weather bureau information, design criteria of the Indiana department of natural resources, the published recommendations of the United States bureau of public roads, and all available local, topographical, geological, and statistical information that may affect the design standard of runoff from urban land. The county surveyor may give special consideration to those weather events in which rainfall occurs under conditions when soil tends to be impervious due to frost or other natural causes.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-9-27-68
- Affected land: means land within a watershed that is affected by the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of a regulated drain. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- Board: refers to the drainage board of a county. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- Dam: means a dam or other structure and its appurtenances that impounds a small lake at the lake's outlet. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Reconstruction: means work on a drain as described in section 34(b) of this chapter to correct any of the problems with the drain that are enumerated in that section up to and including the discharge portion of the drain. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- Rural land: means affected land that:
Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- Small lake: means a lake, pond, or similar body of water that:
Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Urban land: means affected land that:
Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
- Watershed: means an area of land from which all runoff water drains to a given point or that is affected by a small lake. See Indiana Code 36-9-27-2
(3) Design the channel or dam required for the urban drain, including any necessary rerouting and taking into consideration the structures and structural characteristics of the soil.
(4) Furnish design information for all new drainage structures (including local flood control dikes) that may be needed to properly drain urban land or impound water in a small lake in the most efficient and economical manner.
(5) Keep available maps, listings, or other information showing current land use and projections of future land use in the area affected by the urban drain. In preparing this information, the county surveyor shall consider recommendations of state and local planning agencies, plan commissions, zoning boards, and similar bodies.
(6) Include in the county surveyor’s report to the board on the construction or reconstruction of an urban drain the county surveyor’s recommended designation of each parcel of affected land in the watershed of the urban drain as either urban land or rural land.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-4-10-2.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.101. Amended by P.L.166-1983, SEC.8; P.L.127-2017, SEC.356.