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tvlk By: Mayor O'Grady ?14 CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - 26 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A MODEL ORDINANCE FOR ILLICIT DISCHARGE AND ILLEGAL CONNECTION CONTROL AND CREATING NEW CHAPTER 933 OF THE UTILITIES CODE . WHEREAS, illicit discharges to the City of North Olmsted separate storm sewer system create water quality risks to public health, safety, and general welfare; and WHEREAS, illicit discharges may necessitate repair of storm sewers and ditches; damage to public and private property; and may damage water resources by reducing water quality; and WHEREAS, there are watershed-wide efforts to reduce illicit discharges to the Rocky River and Lake Erie and to protect and enhance the unique water resources of the Rocky River and Lake Erie watersheds; and WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted recognizes its obligation to control illicit discharges and to protect water quality 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 the City of North Olmsted, to develop a Storm Water Management Program that, among other components, requires the prohibition of illicit discharges to their storm water systems and the implementation of appropriate enforcement procedures and actions to detect and eliminate such illicit discharges; 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 THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, STATE OF OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1: That this Council adopts the model code created by the Chagrin Rivers Watershed Partners, Inc., and accordingly creates new Chapter 933 of the Utilities Code, entitled "Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connections Control," which, as created, shall be in the form and contain the provisions set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which is incorporated by reference as if fully rewritten herein. SECTION 2: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of new Chapter 933, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency with the provisions of new Chapter 933, are hereby repealed. In addition, wherever the wards "public sewers" are used in Chapter 917 (Industrial Pretreatment), consistent with this repealer, the words "sanitary sewers" shall be substituted therein. SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in farce from and after the earliest date provided for by law.