(A) The purpose of this chapter is to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls to protect and safeguard the general health, safety, and welfare of the public residing in the city, and the watersheds to which it drains, and to comply with the city’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit and other applicable federal and state regulations.
(B) This chapter seeks to meet that purpose by minimizing the negative impacts of increased stormwater discharges from new land development and redevelopment through the following objectives:
(1) To minimize increased stormwater runoff rates and volumes from identified land development and redevelopment;
(2) To minimize nonpoint source pollution;
(3) To minimize the deterioration of existing watercourses, culverts and bridges, and other structures;
(4) To encourage water recharge where geologically favorable conditions exist;
(5) To maintain the ecological integrity of stream channels;
(6) To minimize the negative impacts of development on downstream channel stability;
(7) To preserve and protect water supply facilities and water resources by controlling increased flood discharges, stream erosion, and runoff pollution;
(8) To reduce the adverse impact of changing land use on water bodies and, to that end, this chapter establishes minimum standards to protect water bodies from degradation resulting from changing land use where stormwater management controls are insufficient to meet water quantity and quality goals;
(9) To ensure that storm drains and stormwater BMPs are adequate to address stormwater management needs within a proposed development, and for protecting downstream landowners from flooding and degradation of water quality. The procedures, standards, and recommendations set forth in this chapter and the current Wayne County Stormwater Control Program are designed for these purposes;
(10) To ensure that all stormwater facilities necessary for a proposed development will have an appropriate governmental unit responsible in perpetuity for performing maintenance or for overseeing the performance of maintenance by a private entity;
(11) To facilitate the integration of stormwater management and pollution control with other ordinances, programs, policies, and the comprehensive plans of the city;
(12) To establish legal authority to carry out all of the inspection and monitoring procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 22-002, passed 4-11-22)