(a) The intent of this regulation is to establish technically feasible and economically reasonable storm water management requirements and controls to protect and safeguard the general health, safety, and welfare of the public residing in within the City's jurisdiction.
(b) This regulation requires owners who develop or re-develop their property within the City to:
(1) Allow development while minimizing increases in erosion and sedimentation.
(2) Minimize increases in storm water runoff and reduce to the maximum extent practicable non-point source pollution caused by storm water runoff from any development in order to help protect and maintain the receiving stream's physical, chemical, biological characteristics and stream functions.
(3) Minimize the total annual volume of surface water runoff which flows from any specific site during and following development to not exceed the pre-development hydrologic regime to the maximum extent practicable.
(4) Reduce storm water runoff rates and volumes, soil erosion and nonpoint source pollution, through storm water management controls and to ensure that these management controls are properly maintained and pose no threat to public safety.
(c) This regulation shall apply to all parcels used or being developed, either wholly or partially, for new or relocated projects involving highways and roads; subdivisions or larger common plans of development; industrial, commercial, institutional, or residential projects; building activities on farms; redevelopment activities; grading; and all other uses that are not specifically exempted. The regulation shall apply to roadway construction projects initiated after the effective date of this regulation. Uses specifically exempted include:
(1) This regulation does not apply to activities regulated by the Ohio Agricultural Sediment Pollution Abatement Rules.
(2) This regulation does not apply to linear construction projects, (e.g., pipeline or utility line installation), which do not result in the installation of impervious surface and are independent of other construction projects (no part of a larger common plan of development or sale). However, linear construction projects must be designed to minimize the number of stream crossings and the width of disturbance.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-26-08.)