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Item No. 16 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem & City Council FROM: Rose Beverly, City Manager Todd Mittge, P.E. City Engineer Stephanie Harris, City Attorney SUBJECT: Ordinance update — Design of Improvements DATE: November 10, 2025 BACKGROUND: The City of Paris has engineering related ordinances that are in need of update. This update specifically involves Exhibit 9A, Subdivision Ordinance, IX Design of Improvements, Section D - Street Pavement, Section E — Drainage, and Section G — Water Distribution System. a. Our stormwater system in the city uses roadways as rivers in storms, and the planning of the city decades ago hindered proper drainage consideration. b. Loads on our roadways are getting heavier, and our concrete street ordinance needed updating for proper rebar spacing and sizing. c. Our minimum water main size has been 6 inches for over 40 years. This is too small for proper planning capacity of the city, we need larger water mains. This needs to be 8 inches at a minimum for water flows to handle future expansion and fire flows. The City Engineer is proposing following ordinance changes. STATUS OF ISSUE: In July of 2023, under direction of the City Manager and City Council, City Engineer Todd Mittge wrote a drainage memorandum for Tributaries 4 and 6 of Big Sandy Creek. He had several recommendations in the memo, including increasing our stormwater pond requirement to a 50 year recurrence interval storm for new developments. Most cities are 100 year, so this is a compromise in order to not shock our developers here in Paris. 50 year is stili much better than 5. The City Engineer is proposing some exemptions for small time developers (mom and pop operations, just putting in 3 or less homes on their adjacent properties, or a small 3 lot subdivision). Larger subdivisions ( 4 or more homes) or commercial and industrial application will be required to build