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WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted 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, the City of North Olmsted 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, the use of green infrastructure and runoff reduction practices improves water quality in our streams and Lake Erie and reduces the magnitude and frequency of flooding and combined sewer overflow events through the infiltration, evapotranspiration, treatment and reuse of stormwater runoff; and WHEREAS, the use of green infrastructure produces community benefits including reduced crime, increased property values, increased retail sales and lower infrastructure costs; and WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted is a member of the Rocky River Watershed Council and recognizes its obligation as a part of the Rocky River Watershed Council to manage stormwater 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 Stormwater Management Program that, among other components, requires the City of North Olmsted to implement standards, principles, and procedures to regulate the quality of stormwater 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 THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, STATE OF OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1: That Chapter 928 which presently reads in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A, which is attached to this Ordinance and incorporated by reference as if fully rewritten herein, shall be amended and, as amended, shall read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit B, which is likewise attached to this Ordinance and likewise incorporated by reference as if fully rewritten herein. SECTION 2: That any ordinance, or part of ordinance, in conflict or inconsistent with this Ordinance, is, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency, repealed. Conflicting or inconsistent provisions of any Ordinance shall be corrected at re -codification.