A. This chapter shall be applicable to all subdivision or site plan applications. This chapter also applies to land development activities that are smaller than the minimum applicability criteria, if such activities are part of a larger common plan of development that meets the following applicability criteria, even though multiple, separate and distinct land development activities may take place at different times on different schedules. In addition, all plans must also be reviewed by local environmental protection officials to ensure that established water quality standards will be maintained during and after development of the site, and that post-construction runoff levels are consistent with any local and regional watershed plans.
B. To prevent the adverse impacts of stormwater runoff, the city has developed a set of performance standards that must be met at new development sites. These standards apply to any construction activity disturbing one or more acres of land, or which will disturb less than one acre that is part of a common plan of development or sale that will ultimately disturb one acre or more. The following activities may be exempt from these stormwater performance criteria:
1. Additions or modifications to existing single-family structures;
2. Developments that do not disturb one or more acres of land, or which will disturb less than one acre that is part of a common plan of development or sale that will ultimately disturb one acre or more;
3. Repairs to any STPs deemed necessary by the public works director or his or her designee.
C. When a site development plan is submitted that qualifies as a redevelopment project, decisions on permitting and on-site stormwater requirements shall be governed by special stormwater sizing criteria found in the current MCFCD stormwater design manual. These criteria are dependent on the amount of impervious area created by the redevelopment and its impact on water quality. Final authorization of all redevelopment projects will be determined after a review by the public works director or his or her designee. (Ord. 1397.18, § 1 (part), 2019)