In order to protect, maintain, and enhance both the immediate and the long term health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the city, this subchapter has the following objectives:
(A) To encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and nature;
(B) To provide protection of land, improvements, and natural resources through the use of responsible stormwater management and flood protection;
(C) To prevent individuals, business organizations, and governments from causing harm to the community by activities which adversely affect water resources;
(D) To encourage the construction of stormwater management drainage systems and functionally approximate the natural system;
(E) To encourage the protection of natural conveyance systems and the use of them in ways which do not impair their beneficial functioning;
(F) To encourage the use of stormwater management systems which minimize the consumption of electrical energy or petroleum fuels to move water, remove pollutants, or maintain the system;
(G) To reduce pollution intrusion in stormwater runoff that cause adverse impact to the quality of receiving waters;
(H) To maintain or restore groundwater levels;
(I) To protect, restore and maintain natural salinity levels in estuarine areas;
(J) To minimize erosion and sedimentation;
(K) To prevent damage to and encourage protection of wetlands;
(L) To protect, restore, and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of groundwater and stormwater;
(M) To prevent damage from flooding, while recognizing the natural fluctuations in water levels are beneficial;
(N) To protect, restore, and maintain the habitat of fish and wildlife;
(O) To provide for stormwater infiltration, settling of suspended solids and removal of pollutants from runoff prior to discharge into surface waters;
(P) To prevent damage to hydrological and biological functions of wetlands;
(Q) To minimize the impact of development on the water resources of the region; and
(R) To minimize the production of nuisance and disease-carrying mosquitos.
(Ord. 95-33, passed 8-24-95)