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V ORDINANCE NO. 2011-19 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCE' ORDINANCE AMENDING CODIFIED ORDINANCE CHAPTER 1129 PERTAINING TO EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL. WHEREAS, soil is most vulnerable to erosion by wind and water during soil disturbing activities and this eroded soil necessitates repair of sewers and ditches and dredging of rivers, harbors, and lakes; accelerates downstream bank erosion and damage to public and private property; damages water resources and wetlands by reducing water quality; and causes the siltation of aquatic habitat; and WHEREAS, communities throughout the watershed(s) in which Mayfield Village is located have experienced and continue to experience costs associated with inadequate erosion and sediment control and increased State and Federal regulation; and WHEREAS, there are watershed-wide efforts to reduce sedimentation in the Chagrin River and to protect and enhance the unique water resources and wetlands of the Chagrin River watershed; WHEREAS, Mayfield Village is a member of the Chagrin River id'atershed Partners and Euclid Creek Watershed Council and recognizes its obligation as a part of these watersheds organizations to reduce sedimentation and to protect water quality by controlling soil disturbing activities within its borders; and WHEREAS, 40 C.F.R. Parts 9, 122, 123 and 124, referred to as NPDES Storm Water Phase II, require designated communities, including Mayfield Village to develop and implement a Storm Water Management Program to address, among other components, erosion and sediment control during soil disturbing activities; and WHEREAS, Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution grants municipalities the legal authority to adopt rules to abate soil erosion and water pollution by soil sediments; and WHEREAS, as a result of changes to Ohio EPA's post construction storm water requirements, as included in Ohio EPA Permit No. OH000003 effective April 21, 2008, certain revisions to Mayfield Village Codified Ordinance Chapter 1129 are required. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. Codified Ordinance Chapter 1129, Erosion and Sediment Control, is hereby amended to read, as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.