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McKees Rocks, a long-struggling borough on the Ohio River, sued the county’s wastewater-treatment authority in court on Tuesday, alleging the agency’s efforts to reduce sewage overflows could literally undermine its efforts to recover from decades-long decline.
“We want them to know we are serious,” said attorney Steven Engel, who filed the suit on McKees Rocks’ behalf.
At issue is Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Clean Water Plan, a $2 billion effort to resolve decades-old concerns about sewage overflows that take place when heavy rains overwhelm aging sewer systems. And at the heart of the dispute is the former Crivelli Chevrolet car dealership, which Alcosan bought for $2 million last year.
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Can zoning improve storm water management?
Zoning changes would mean less building space and more pervious surfaces ×
A diagram of the proposed changes on a hypothetical lot.
Bayonne will try to better manage storm water runoff by modifying zoning ordinances to limit nonporous surfaces in new construction.
This means more absorbent surfaces and less building space. The increase in green infrastructure or water absorbent pavement will reportedly take in storm water and prevent flooding and the spilling of untreated water into local waterways, known as a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO).
The proposed changes to zoning ordinances were presented to the planning board by special development counsel Joseph DeMarco at the Dec. 8 meeting. The zoning changes will be presented to the Zoning Board at the Dec. 21 meeting. Following that, the changes will be presented to the city council, which will likely vote next year on a zoning ordinance containing the chan