Engineering/Stormwater Department 
Overview
The Engineering/Stormwater Department is responsible for the planning, design review, and construction oversight of public streets, water systems, sanitary sewer and storm water utilities.
This includes:
Development and administration of design standards, construction specifications and standard details
Review of site plans, plats, annexations and construction plans
Coordination, inspection and acceptance of public improvements
Implementing and maintaining the Pavement Management System
Coordinating street lighting requirements
Coordinating requested connections to the City of Ozark sanitary sewer and water systems
Coordinating driveway access requests
Storm water management, including the development, implementation and management of the City of Ozark’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems, (MS-4) program, including; 
Public education and outreach 
Public involvement and participation 
Illicit discharge detection and elimination 
Construction site stormwater runoff management /  sediment / pollution prevention, (Best management practices, BMP’s) 
Land Disturbance monitoring
Monitoring good housekeeping for municipal operations

Design Standards, Construction Specifications and Standard Details
Overview
The City of Ozark Engineering department has developed engineering design standards, construction specifications, and standard drawing details for public improvement projects.  All of these documents shall be used as guidelines for design and construction of public improvements within the City of Ozark.  For a copy of these documents CLICK HERE. 

Review of site plans, plats, annexations and construction plans
Overview
The City of Ozark Engineering department is included in the review process for all site plans, plats, annexations requests and construction plans to ensure compliance with design requirements and to evaluate for potential issues.

Coordination, inspection and acceptance of Public Improvements  
Coordination of Projects
The engineering department provides necessary coordination between engineering consultants, utility providers, developers and property owners during the construction phase.
Construction Inspections
During construction, the engineering department staff makes periodic inspections to check the quality and reliability of the work in progress.  The City of Ozark requires developers to provide a minimum of twenty-four hours notice for inspection of all work items requiring notification, including but not limited to water/sewer connections, placement of fill, road subgrade/base, curb and gutter forms, curbs and gutter, road paving, sidewalk forms, sidewalks (includes driveway aprons) and drainage structures prior to backfilling as well as stormwater management facilities.  
Acceptance of Public Improvements
After the completion of construction and approval of public improvements and record drawing approval, the engineering department initiates the process for acceptance of the installed improvements once the following conditions are met:
Public Works certifies that the improvements are complete and comply with the Construction Documents requirements, the final plat is approved and the developer has posted the maintenance bond, initiating the one year warranty period
Record Drawings
Following the completion of all public improvements, the City of Ozark requires the submittal and approval of "As-built" record drawings to verify that improvements were installed in accordance with the approved construction drawings.  The criteria for submittal of record drawings are outlined in section 1.11 in the
City of Ozark’s Design Standards.