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Here for Portland. To find information not yet moved, visit the Environmental Services pages on portlandoregon. Many Portland homes and buildings have downspouts or rain drains that send rain into the City's sewer and stormwater pipes.
When you disconnect your downspouts, you help keep the rain running off your roof out of pipes to help prevent overflows and backups. For the purpose of administering this code chapter, the Director or other workers authorized by the Director may, with consent from the property owner or occupant and upon production of proper identification, enter upon the land or premises of eligible property.
The purpose of such entry is to survey a downspout to determine whether it is connected, to provide technical assistance regarding proper disconnection, to disconnect downspouts, to correct or otherwise fix disconnected downspouts, to reconnect downspouts that do not meet program standards, or to inspect downspouts which have been disconnected.
Ownership of private stormwater systems. The property owner shall own the new private stormwater management system and be responsible for ensuring that the new private system is properly maintained and operated. Property owners in mandatory program areas are prohibited from reconnecting to the combined sewer unless the City determines that the disconnection poses a threat to health, safety or property and approves the reconnection. Homeowners must contact the Downspout Disconnection Program if they believe reconnection is necessary.
Property owners in the voluntary area must contact the Downspout Disconnection Program if they plan to reconnect their downspout s. City Code Section. Phone: Fax: Between and , Portland's Downspout Disconnection Program disconnected over 56, downspouts from the city's combined sewer system in the target areas shown on this map.
The program no longer offers free work or incentives for disconnecting downspouts but program staff are available to make sure that property owners are satisfied with any work done by the Downspout Disconnection Program.
For properties that have a branch constructed to the edge of the property line from a public separated storm system, disconnection from the combined sewer may be accomplished by direct stormwater connection through a lateral to the public storm system.
New storm connections to the City sewer or storm system are subject to the Stormwater Management Manual requirements for new connections to public systems. For properties where surface or underground disposal of roof water is not feasible, disconnection may include a curb cut which discharges roof water to a curbed street. New storm connections to the city sewer or storm system are subject to the Stormwater Management Manual requirements for new connections to public systems.
New stormwater facilities are required to meet the requirements of the Stormwater Management Manual. Properties located within the boundaries of the disconnection area as shown on the map within the program administrative rules. A property is eligible for participation if the property:. Meets the "residential use" criteria in PCC Chapter Meets the "commercial use" criteria in PCC Chapter The Downspout Disconnection Program shall pursue the objective of managing stormwater directly connected to the combined sewer on eligible properties in the program area and removing necessary amounts of stormwater from the combined sewer no later than the deadlines in the Downspout Disconnection Program Administrative Rules.
Deadlines may be met sooner based upon the schedule for the projects in specific sewer basins. Disconnection procedures and policies are described in the Downspout Disconnection Program Administrative Rules. All downspouts that are disconnected from the combined sewer through this program must conform to the disconnection methods or systems approved by the Director.
Technical assistance will be provided to property owners, upon request, to determine the most appropriate method of stormwater management. Access to Eligible Property. For the purpose of administering this code chapter, the Director or other workers authorized by the Director may, with consent from the property owner or occupant and upon production of proper identification, enter upon the land or premises of eligible property.
The purpose of such entry is to survey a downspout to determine whether it is connected, to provide technical assistance regarding proper disconnection, to disconnect downspouts, to correct or otherwise fix disconnected downspouts, to reconnect downspouts that do not meet program standards, or to inspect downspouts which have been disconnected.
Ownership of private stormwater systems.
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