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Bettendorf responds to public, council feedback; adds topsoil retention to stormwater update

on Wed, 06/08/2016 - 19:44 by Editor

Proponents of a topsoil retention requirement in Bettendorf's new stormwater management ordinance got good news in the third – and likely final – plan rewrite.

Unlike the previous two drafts circulated to city council members, the latest stormwater management update includes a requirement residential developers retain all topsoil on-site and redistribute it on the subdivision lots.

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