80-07 Chapter 1339 Storm Water Management

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ORDINANCE NO. 80-07 BY: Please Substitute for Ordinance No. 80-07 (Placed on 1st Reading and referred to the PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE 9/4/07, PLACED ON 2ND READING & REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 9/17/07. Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Dever, Madigan, Powers, Summers. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members elected to Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, to create new a Chapter 1339, titled Storm Water Management within Part 13, Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to regulate construction and post-construction water runoff for the protection of our local fresh water resources and the City's storm sewer. WHEREAS, flooding and erosion in the City of Lakewood are significant threats to public health and safety and public and private property, and storm water quantity control slows runoff and reduces its potential for flood damage; and, WHEREAS, insufficient control of storm water quantity can result in significant damage to receiving water resources, impairing the capacity of these resources to sustain aquatic systems and their associated aquatic life use designations; and, I I I WHEREAS, soil is most vulnerable to erosion by wind and water during soil disturbing activities and this eroded soil necessitates repair of sewers and ditches and dredging of rivers, harbors, and lakes; accelerates downstream bank erosion and damage to public and private property; endangers water resources by reducing water quality; and causes the siltation of aquatic habitat; and, WHEREAS, there is a regional effort to reduce the flooding, erosion and sedimentation within various watersheds and the City of Lakewood and to protect and e.nhance the water resources of the City of Lakewood, and the City of Lakewood re.cognizes its obligation as a part of a watershed and the region to reduce flooding and erosion and to protect water quality by controlling runoff within its borders; and, WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has experienced and continues to experience significant costs associated with inadequate erosion and sediment control including legal fees, engineering services, and increased state and federal regulation; and, I l r l WHEREAS, to promote public health and safety and sound economic development in the City of Lakewood, it is important to provide homebuilders, developers, and landowners with consistent, technically feasible, and operationally 1