Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:21 - Division of Soil and Water Resources - Dam Safety
Chapter 1501:21-13 - Classification and Design of Dams, Dikes, and Levees
Section 1501:21-13-10 - Levees, general requirements
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Future development of areas upstream, downstream, and adjacent to the levee shall be considered in the design.
(B) The levee shall operate safely during all floods up to the design flood elevation.
(C) Provisions for drainage of the area protected by the levee shall be incorporated into the structure. Measures shall be included to prevent flooding of this area by backflow through the drainage system.
(D) The levee must be protected from or designed to prevent erosive velocities along the structure and its foundation.
(E) Grass vegetation or other vegetation of similar properties are the only acceptable vegetative covers for earthen levee embankment surfaces. Vetch, trees and brush are not acceptable surface covers.
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
3/7/2018 and
03/06/2023
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 1521.06
Rule
Amplifies: 1521.06,
1521.061,
1521.062
Prior
Effective Dates: 10/15/1981, 12/09/1999,
01/16/2005
