The City is authorized to establish minimum design standards for storm water discharge release rates and to require dischargers to implement on-site retention, detention or other methods necessary to control the rate and volume of surface water runoff discharged into the storm water drainage system, in the following circumstances:
(a) A parcel of land is being developed an a manner that increases the impervious surface area of the parcel; or
(b) The discharge exceeds the City-calculated pre-development discharge characteristics for the subject property, and the City determines that the discharge is a violation of the drainage, flooding or soil erosion regulations of this chapter.
(Ord. 07-2002-10. Passed 7-2-02.)