(A) Title. This subchapter shall be known as the "Stormwater Illicit Discharge Control Ordinance" of New Albany, Indiana and may be so cited.
(B) Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to provide regulations and measures that will address the issue of clean stormwater in the city and to establish procedures by which these requirements are to be administered and enforced.
(C) Jurisdiction. This subchapter shall govern all properties within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city, including areas of shared development review through a fringe with Floyd County, Indiana as established by an interlocal agreement adopted by both jurisdictions.
(D) Goals and objectives.
(1) Protection of the short-term and long-term public health, safety, general welfare. This objective will be achieved by:
(a) Providing for regulation and management of the city's stormwater system, including public and private facilities in the city's service area;
(b) Protecting and preserving water quality and fish and wildlife habitat within the city and in downstream receiving waters; and
(c) Protecting those downstream from stormwater quality impairment(s);
(2) Compliance with state and federal stormwater regulations developed pursuant to the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1987 and subsequent amendments through 2004. The objectives of these regulations include:
(a) Controlling the quality of water discharged by controlling the contribution of pollutants to the stormwater system by stormwater discharges associated with residential, commercial and industrial activity;
(b) Prohibiting illicit discharges to stormwater; and
(c) Controlling the discharge of spills and dumping or any disposal of materials other than stormwater into the stormwater system.
(Ord. G-06-10, passed 4-3-2006)