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 town’s storm water system, including public and private facilities within the town’s service area;
(B) Protecting and preserving water quality and fish and wildlife habitat within the town and in downstream receiving waters;
(C) Protecting those downstream from storm water quality impairment(s);
(D) Compliance with state and federal storm water regulations developed pursuant to the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-4, 101 Stat. 7 (1987) 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 storm water system by storm water discharges associated with residential, commercial, and industrial activity;
(2) Prohibiting illicit discharges to storm water; and
(3) Controlling the discharge of spills and dumping or any disposal of materials other than storm water into the storm water system.
(Ord. G-12-02, passed 1-17-2012)