28-13 Enact Chp. 917 Illicit Discharge

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Placed on first reading and referred to the Public Works Committee 9/16/13, sec- ond reading 10/7/13. Recommended for adoption 10/14/13. Please substitute for the original. ORDINANCE NO. 28 -13 BY:Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to enact new Chapter 917, Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, illicit discharges to the City of Lakewood separate storm sewer system cre- ate water quality risks to public health, safety and general welfare; and WHEREAS, illicit discharges may necessitate repair of storm sewers and ditches, may cause damage to public and private property, and may damage water resources by reducing water quality; and WHEREAS, there are watershed -wide efforts the reduce illicit discharges to the Rocky River and Lake Erie and to protect and enhance the unique water resources of the Rocky River and Lake Erie watersheds; and WHEREAS, 40 C.F.R. parts 9, 122, 123, and 124, and Ohio Administrative Code Section 3745 -39 require designated communities, including the City, to develop a storm water manage- ment program that, among other components, requires the City to prohibit illicit discharges to their storm water system and to implement appropriate enforcement procedures and actions to detect and eliminate such illicit discharges; and WHEREAS, Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution grants municipalities the legal authority to exercise all powers of local self - government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such local police, sanitary, and other similar regulations, as are not in conflict with general laws; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. New Chapter 917, Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, be enacted to read as follows: 917.01 PURPOSE AND SCOPE. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City through the regulation of illicit discharges to the City's mu- nicipal separate storm sewer system. This chapter establishes methods for controlling the introduction of pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system in order to comply with regulation overseen by state and federal agencies. The objectives of this chapter are: (a) To prohibit illicit discharges and illegal connections to the municipal separate storm sewer system.