(a) It is the goal of the Greenville County Council that the provisions of this article will result in reduction of the discharge of pollutants to the Greenville County MS4 and thus its receiving waters to the maximum extent practicable using management practices, control techniques and system, design and engineering methods and such other programs and controls as are required by Greenville County’s NPDES permit.
(b) The application of this article, the provisions expressed herein, and the Federal and State stormwater regulations shall be minimum stormwater management requirements and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other ordinances of Greenville County or powers granted to Greenville County by the State of South Carolina statues, including, without limitation, the power to require additional or more stringent stormwater management requirements.
(c) This article is also construed to further its purpose of controlling stormwater runoff in Greenville County to reduce flooding using best management practices, control techniques and system, design and engineering methods and such other programs and controls as necessary to achieve this goal.
(d) The provisions of this article shall apply throughout the unincorporated areas of Greenville County and within any municipality that chooses to participate as a co-permittee with the County in its NPDES permit.
(e) The Director shall be primarily responsible for the coordination and enforcement of the provisions of this article, the Greenville Stormwater Management Program, and Greenville County’s NPDES permit.
(1976 Code, § 8-55) (Ord. 3551, passed 11-11-2001; Ord. 4281, passed 5-5-2009; Ord. 4698, passed 5-5-2015)