It is the purpose of this chapter to address the mandates of the federal government and establish a stormwater utility to promote public health, safety and welfare by providing for studying, designing, operating, construction, equipping, maintaining, acquiring and owning within the city a stormwater drainage system. The establishment of a stormwater drainage system would:
A. Reduce flood and storm losses and inconveniences from uncontrolled stormwater runoff in the city;
B. Improve the movement of emergency vehicles so that such movement is not prohibited nor inhibited during storm or flood periods; and
C. Preserve the city's watercourses, improve and preserve water quality, minimize water quality degradation, and otherwise facilitate urban water resource management techniques, including both the reduction of pollution and the enhancement of the urban environment, including, but not limited to, the NPDES permit requirements and such other requirements of the city, state and federal governments. (Ord. 1076 §1, 2009)