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BOOK 62 FAGF594 allow the designer of a single-family home to come up with a system which is compatible for the area. Commissioner Bird did not want it to be too broad and give a gray area so that when someone comes in they find they have to reinvent the wheel. He emphasized that we need to have some guidelines or structure so that people have some idea of how to design their drainage system and won't have to run out and hire an architect or engineer. Director Davis advised that in some areas like Oslo Park we could go in and establish a lot grading plan and that would be on record so that anyone who builds in that subdivision has to conform to the plan. They considered doing that in Rivera Estates; however, there are hundreds of other small subdivisions that have to be considered in some way. Chairman Lyons felt it almost has to be that broad in order to cover homes in all the subdivisions. The Board agreed to Commissioner Bird's suggested rewording of Section 25.S, which is as follows: "No stormwater discharge from impervious surfaces on single-family lots to abutting property shall be allowed." Attorney Vitunac believed we would have a problem with the suggested change as there is a law already in force which prohibits alteration of the natural flow of water to increase the water on your neighbor's property. Therefore, if we say that it is illegal to increase the runoff from impervious surfaces, we would not have as much protection as there is now through the common law, which is enforced through civil action between the two neighbors. Mr. Galanis felt that what Director Keating wants to do is just be able to review the situation and make some recommendations for requirements. Director Keating understood that Attorney Vitunac is saying that eliminating the first sentence in 25.S would be 8 i r �