Last updated in 2000, Oak Lodge Sanitary District’s surface water management rules and regulations do not meet new state and federal regulations and no longer reflect the community’s desire to protect and enhance local water quality.

A comprehensive code update is getting underway. The update ensures the District’s rules and regulations comply with state and federal requirements while meeting customers’ expectations.

The update will create a new stream code that better protects local water resources, with clear requirements for developers, businesses, and property owners to follow.

The Code Update Process

The stream code update team is supported by professional staff from Oak Lodge Sanitary District and consultants with surface water management expertise. The project team will carefully review each code section, and recommend changes.

The update is guided by a few simple criteria. For a code change to be considered, it must accomplish at least one of the following objectives:

• Meets legal requirements
• Balances consistency and flexibility in permitting process
• User friendly: clarifies or simplifies rules
• Is closely aligned with Clackamas County land use code
• Provides online accessibility

About Oak Lodge Sanitary District

Oak Lodge Sanitary District delivers reliable surface water management and sewer services to customers in Oak Grove, Jennings Lodge, Oatfield Ridge and portions of Gladstone and Milwaukie.

Public Involvement

The Oak Lodge Sanitary District wants everyone to be involved and informed with the development of the new stream code.

Ratepayers, streamside property owners, local business owners, developers, community organizations, the North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council, and others are invited to participate in the process. Feedback will be gathered at community meetings, through the project website and by mail.

Get Involved!

• Find out more about the stream code update
• Signup for electronic updates
• Review new stream code sections and provide feedback

Schedule

The District’s new stream code is scheduled to be adopted in early 2012 after careful consideration by the Healthy Watersheds Committee and the Oak Lodge Sanitary District’s Board of Commissioners.