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ORDINANCE NO. 2022-18 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bodnar AN ORDINANCE REPEALING MAYFIELD VILLAGE CODIFIED ORDINANCE CHAPTER 1128 "COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT" AND REPLACING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH NEW CHAPTER 1128 "COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT" WHEREAS, flooding is a significant threat to property and public health and safety and stormwater 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 stormwater management slows runoff and reduces its erosive force; and, WHEREAS, insufficient control of stormwater 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 stormwater runoff rates and volumes, flooding, stream channel erosion, and sediment transport and deposition; and, WHEREAS, stormwater runoff contributes to increased quantities of pollutants to water resources; and, WHEREAS, stormwater 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 River 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, 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 stormwater runoff; and, WHEREAS, Mayfield Village recognizes its obligation as a part of these watersheds to manage stormwater within its borders; and WHEREAS, 40 C.F.R. Parts 122, 123, and 124, and Ohio Administrative Code 3745-39 require designated communities, including Mayfield Village to develop a Stormwater