§ 57-130 — Purpose

§ 57-130. - Purpose.

It is the purpose of this article to address the mandates of the Federal Government and establish a stormwater drainage utility to promote public health, safety and welfare by providing for studying, designing, operating, construction, equipping, maintaining, acquiring and owning within the City a stormwater drainage system. A stormwater drainage system would: (1) meet the requirements and regulations of local, State and Federal governments, including but not limited to the NPDES permit; (2) reduce flood and storm losses and inconveniences from uncontrolled stormwater runoff in the City; (3) improve that the movement of emergency vehicles is not prohibited nor inhibited during storm or flood periods; and (4) preserve the City's watercourses, improve and preserve water quality, minimize water quality degradation, and otherwise facilitate urban water resource management techniques, including both the reduction of pollution and the enhancement of the urban environment, including but not limited to the NPDES permit requirements and such other requirements of the City, State and Federal Governments.

(Ord. No. 20364, § 1, 6-13-95; Ord. No. 26913, § 1, 11-9-21)