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ORDINANCE N0.2013-10 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ENACTING CODIFIED ORDINANCE CHAPTER 1127 ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS FOR RIPARIAN SETBACKS IN THE VILLAGE. WHEREAS, flooding is a significant threat to property and public health and safety, and vegetated riparian areas lessen the damage from flooding by slowing the water velocity, enabling water to soak into the ground, and by providing temporary storage of overbank flood flow; and, WHEREAS, streambank erosion is a significant threat to property and public health and safety, and vegetated riparian areas stabilize streambanks and provide resistance to erosive forces both within streams and on adjacent lands; and, WHEREAS, the protection of riparian areas results in the presence of plants best suited to each individual environment along a stream, with proven capability for survival and regeneration at no cost; and, WHEREAS, vegetated riparian areas filter and trap sediments, chemicals, salts, septic discharge, and other pollutants from runoff and floodwaters, thus protecting surface and ground water quality; and, WHEREAS, vegetated riparian areas can provide a dense tree canopy that helps to maintain and improve the stability of watercourse temperatures, thus protecting aquatic ecosystems, and helps to reduce the presence of aquatic nuisance species; and, WHEREAS, the protection of riparian areas can result in a diverse and interconnected riparian corridor that provides habitat to a wide array of wildlife; and, WHEREAS, the woody debris from fallen, damaged, and cut trees increases flood levels and damage to bridges in Mayfield Village and neighboring communities; and, WHEREAS, sedimentation of eroded soil adversely affects aquatic communities and incurs removal. costs to downstream communities; and, WHEREAS, there are watershed-wide efforts to minimize flooding and streambank erosion in the Chagrin River and Euclid Creek watersheds and to protect and enhance the water resources of the Chagrin River, Euclid Creek, and their tributaries and Mayfield Village recognizes its obligation as a part of these watersheds to minimize flooding and streambank erosion by controlling runoff within its borders; and,