It is the purpose of this chapter to improve and promote the public health, safety and welfare by providing for, acquiring, constructing, operating, equipping, and maintaining within the city, the stormwater management program and to provide a source of funding for the stormwater collection system. It is the further intent of this chapter to:
A. Provide clean and sanitary channels for runoff, through regulating the stormwater handling system;
B. Minimize the expenditure of public and private money for costly flood control projects and to consolidate those that are constructed, including the regulation of the connection of private drainage systems to the public drainage system;
C. Provide a drainage system and open areas for new developments which are capable of passing the regulatory flood without flooding structures designed for residential, commercial, industrial, and other uses. (Ord. 1968, 2011)