(a) Requirements. Every new development, whether residential or nonresidential, shall be provided with a stormwater sewer, retention and/or detention system capable of handling storm waters flowing onto the lot, parcel, or use from other areas as well as storm water from the lot, parcel, or use itself. Such system shall be subject to the requirements of this Chapter, the Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations, and the approval of the City Engineer.
(b) Plan Review. Plans for all new connections or major alterations to existing connections, as the same is defined in the Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations, shall be submitted to the City Engineer for review and approval prior to any construction work. When new connections or major alterations are a part of plans submitted with a zoning application to the City, no separate submittal shall be necessary.
(c) Plan Review and Inspection Fee. Every submittal of plans made in accordance with division (b) of this section, when such submittal is not part of a zoning application submitted to the City, shall be accompanied by a plan review and inspection fee, as set forth in the City's Fee Schedule, Appendix A
to the City Government Code.
(d) Prohibitions.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to connect to, or to make major alterations to existing connections to, the stormwater management system without first obtaining prior approval from the City Engineer.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to connect any stormwater drainage to the City's sanitary sewer utility or to connect any sanitary sewer to the City's stormwater management utility.
(Ord. 04-39. Adopted 09/23/04; Ord. 2023-38. Adopted 12/28/23; Em. Ord. 2024-01. Adopted 02/08/24; Ord. 2024-02. Adopted 02/22/24)