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ORDINANCE NO. 2008-OS INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 1127 OF THE VILLAGE'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS CHAPTER 1128 OF THE VILLAGE'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES. WHEREAS, flooding is a significant threat to property and public health and safety and storm water management lessens flood damage by reducing and holding runoff and releasing it slowly; and, WHEREAS, streambank erosion is a significant threat to property and public health and safety and storm water management slows runoff and reduces its erosive force; and, WHEREAS, insufficient control of storm water can result in significant damage to receiving water resources, impairing the capacity of these areas to sustain aquatic systems and their associated aquatic life use designations; and, WHEREAS, land development projects and associated increases in impervious cover alter the hydrologic response of local watersheds and increase storm water runoff rates and volumes, flooding, stream channel erosion, and sediment transport and deposition; and, WHEREAS, storm water runoff contributes to increased quantities of pollutants to water resources; and, WHEREAS, storm water runoff, stream channel erosion, and nonpoint source pollution can be controlled and minimized through the regulation of runoff from land development projects; and, WHEREAS, there are watershed-wide efforts to reduce flooding, erosion, and water quality problems in the Chagrin River and Euclid Creek and to protect and enhance the water resources of the Chagrin Diver and Euclid Creek; and, WHEREAS, Mayfield Village finds that the lands and waters within its borders are finite natural resources and that their quality is of primary importance in promoting and maintaining public health and safety within its borders; and,