Preamble
921.01 Definitions.
921.02 Intent and scope.
921.03 Performance standards.
921.04 Site Development Plan.
921.05 Stormwater Management Plan (SMP) requirements.
921.06 Compliance responsibility.
Appendix A - Ohio EPA Construction Activity Permit
CROSS REFERENCES
Illicit discharge and illegal connection control - S.U.P.S. Ch. 919
PREAMBLE
Whereas, the City of Fairborn finds that the lands and waters of the City of Fairborn are limited resources and that their quality is of primary importance in promoting and maintaining the health, safety, and general well being of all life within its jurisdictional boundaries; and,
Whereas, the City of Fairborn desires to establish standards, principles, and procedures for the regulation of construction- and development-related earth disturbing activities that cause or may cause adverse water resource impacts resulting from stormwater runoff and soil erosion; and,
Whereas, in order to promote the public health and safety and sound economic development in the City of Fairborn and throughout the (Great Miami Watershed, i.e. Hebble Creek, Beaver Creek) it is important to provide homebuilders, developers, and landowners with consistent, technically feasible, and economically reasonable standards for erosion control and stormwater management; and,
Whereas, the enactment of this chapter by the City of Fairborn is in partial fulfillment of its responsibility as a local Designated Management Agency to implement non-point source control activities set forth by the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) and authorized under Section 208 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (P.L. 92 500, 86 Stat. 816), 33 USC 1288, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977 (P.L. 95 217, 91 Stat. 156); and,
Whereas, 40 C.F.R. Parts 9, 122, 123, and 124, referred to as NPDES Stormwater Phase II, and Ohio EPA’s Phase II Storm Water Program require designated communities, including City of Fairborn to develop a Stormwater Management Program to address the quality of stormwater runoff during and after earth disturbing activities; and,
Whereas, Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution grants municipalities the legal authority to adopt rules to abate soil erosion and water pollution by soil sediments and Chapter 1511 of the Ohio Revised Code grants municipalities the legal authority to adopt sediment and erosion control practices; and,
Whereas, Chapter 519 of the Ohio Revised Code grants Townships the authority to enact zoning regulations to regulate land use to control drainage of stormwater; and,
Whereas, Chapters 307.37, 307.79, 711.10 and 711.101 of the Ohio Revised Code grant Counties the authority to adopt standards and rules pertaining to stormwater management in unincorporated areas.
(Ord. 7-09. Passed 3-2-09.)