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ORDINANCE NO. 2008-04 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and. Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN ILLICIT DISCHARGE & ILLEGAL CONNECTION CONTROL ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS CHAPTER 1130 OF THE VILLAGE'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES. WHEREAS, illicit discharges to Mayfield Village separate storm sewer system create water quality risks to public health, safety, and general welfare; and, WHEREAS, illicit discharges may necessitate repair of storm sewers and ditches; damage to public and private property; and may damage water resources by reducing water quality; and, WHEREAS, there are watershed-wide efforts to reduce illicit discharges to the Chagrin River and Euclid Creek and to protect and enhance the unique water resources of the Chagrin River and Euclid Creek watersheds; and, WHEREAS, the Mayfield Village is a member of the Chagrin River Watershed Partners and Euclid Creek Watershed Committee and recognizes its obligation as a part of these watersheds/organizations to control illicit discharges and to protect water quality within its borders; and, WHEREAS, 40 C.F.R. Parts 9, 122, 123, and 124, and Ohio Administrative Code 3745-39 require designated communities, including Mayfield Village, to develop a Storm Water Management Program that, among other components, requires Mayfield Village 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 BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. Codified Ordinance Chapter 1130, Illicit Discharge & Illegal Connection Control, is hereby adopted to read, in total, as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. The Clerk of Council is authorized. and directed to forward ~a certified copy ofthis Ordinance to the Codifier of the Village of Mayfield. SECTION 3. The Council fmds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption ofthis Ordinance have been taken at open meetings ofthis Council; and that deliberations ofthis Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public, in - compliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.