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ORDINANCE NO. 2008-OS PAGE 2 WHEREAS, Mayfield Village desires to establish standards, principles, and procedures for the regulation of soil disturbing activities that may increase flooding and erosion and may cause adverse impacts to water resources, resulting from storm water runoff; and, WHEREAS, 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 manage storm water 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 implement standards, principles, and procedures to regulate the quality of storm water runoff during and after soil disturbing activities; 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. Chapter 1127 of the Village's Codified Ordinances is repealed in its entirety and Codified Ordinance Chapter 1128, Storm Water Management, is hereby adopted to read, in total, as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto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 of this Ordinance to the Codifier of the Village of Mayfield. SECTION 3. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Ordinance have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this 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. SECTION 4. This Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the residents of Mayfield Village, Ohio. It shall, therefore, take effect immediately upon the passage by the affirmative vote of not less than five (5)