Ordinance 5228, City of Goshen Stormwater Management Ordinance, was passed by the Goshen
Common Council on July 28, 2025, and approved and adopted by Mayor Leichty on July 28, 2025.
Ordinance 5228 regulates: (i) Discharges of prohibited non-stormwater flow into the stormwater
drainage system; (ii) Stormwater drainage improvements related to development of lands located within
the corporate boundaries of the City of Goshen; (iii) Drainage control systems installed during new
construction and grading of lots and other parcels of land; (iv) Stormwater, including stormwater runoff,
snowmelt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage, associated with construction activity or demolition
activity that results in land disturbance; (v) Stormwater discharges from construction support activities
directly related to construction sites or demolition sites subject to this ordinance; (vi) Erosion and sediment
control systems installed during new construction and grading of lots and other parcels of land; (vii) The
design, construction, and maintenance of stormwater drainage facilities and systems; (viii) The design,
construction, and maintenance of stormwater quality facilities and systems; (ix) The design, construction,
and maintenance of new dams; (x) The development downstream of existing dams; and (xi) Development
within floodplains, floodways, fluvial erosion hazard corridors, and bluff zones.
A violation of Ordinance 5228 shall be subject to the enforcement provisions set forth in Section 7,
subsection (b) which includes, but is not limited to a notice of violation/citation; (i) Notify the person who
committed the act or failed to meet the requirements of the ordinance by telephone and request compliance
or cessation of the prohibited act; (ii) Notify the person who committed the act or failed to meet the
requirements of the ordinance in writing and order compliance or cessation of the prohibited act; (iii) Enter
into an agreed order with the approval of the Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety which order may
include payment of a fine by the violator; (iv) Issue a stop work order until all corrective measures have
been completed: (v) File a notice of violation before the Goshen Board of Public Works and Safety
describing the violation of this ordinance found by the superintendent of the Department of Stormwater
Management or their designee; and (vi) File a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction within Elkhart
County seeking a judicial determination that this ordinance has been violated and requesting the imposition
of fines. Any person committing an offense under Ordinance 5228 is subject to a fine of up to $2,500 for
each offense, plus costs, damages, and expenses. Each day such violation occurs or continues without a
compliance action that is satisfactory to the City of Goshen constitutes a new and separate offense and shall
make the violator liable for the imposition of a fine for each day.
Ordinance 5228 is available for inspection in its entirety during regular business hours at the Goshen
Clerk-Treasurer’s Office located at 202 S. Fifth Street, Goshen, Indiana.