Protection of short-term and long-term public health, safety, and general welfare will be achieved by:
(A) Providing for regulation and management of the county’s stormwater system, including public and private facilities within the county’s service area;
(B) Protecting and preserving water quality and fish and wildlife habitat within the county and in downstream receiving waters;
(C) Protecting those downstream from stormwater quality impairment(s);
(D) Compliance with state and federal stormwater regulations developed pursuant to the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1987, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. (Pub. Law No. 92-500), and subsequent amendments through 2004. The objectives of these regulations include:
(1) Controlling the quality of water discharged by controlling the contribution of pollutants to the stormwater system by stormwater discharges associated with residential, commercial, and industrial activity;
(2) Prohibiting illicit discharges to stormwater; and
(3) Controlling the discharge of spills and dumping, or any disposal of materials other than stormwater into the stormwater system.
(Ord. 2019-25, passed 10-15-2019)