Sandy Springs will let developers take advantage of the recently completed Marsh Creek Rain Garden Park to satisfy stormwater detention requirements of the city, according to an ordinance recently approved by the City Council.
The ordinance gives developers in the drainage basin of the Marsh Creek Best Management Practice Preserve the option of paying the city for use of the Rain Garden – at a fee of $180,000 per impervious acre of a parcel – or providing their own detention on-site.
“Cost of underground detention varies based on what is needed, but would be considerable,” a Sandy Springs spokeswoman said.
The $4.6 million Rain Garden Park is designed to treat and filter stormwater runoff before it flows into Marsh Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee River. The BMP drainage basin encompasses 32.1 acres along Johnson Ferry Road west of Roswell Road, as far south as Mount Vernon Highway and west of Sandy Springs Circle to the Rain Garden Park at 100 Johnson Ferry.
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