Prior to the issuance of any grading or building permit, all qualifying land development/redevelopment projects, shall submit and have approved a stormwater quality management plan (SWQMP) to the city engineer on a form provided by the city. The SWQMP shall identify all BMPs that will be incorporated into the project to control stormwater and non-stormwater pollutants during and after construction and shall be revised as necessary during the life of the project. The SWQMP submittal applies to construction projects covered by the NPDES general construction permit as well as construction projects less than five acres. Qualifying development/redevelopment projects include:
A. Home subdivisions of ten units or more. This includes single family residences, multifamily residences, condominiums, apartments, etc.;
B. Commercial developments of one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet or more. This includes nonresidential developments such as hospitals, educational institutions, recreational facilities, mini-malls, hotels, office buildings, warehouses, and light industrial facilities;
C. Vehicle maintenance shops;
D. Food service businesses developing five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of land area;
E. All hillside developments on ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more, which are located on areas with known erosive soil conditions or where the natural slope is twenty-five (25) percent or more;
F. Developments of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of impervious surface or more adjacent to (within two hundred (200) feet) or discharging directly into environmentally sensitive areas such as areas designated in the ocean plan as areas of special biological significance or water bodies listed on the CWA Section 303(d) list of impaired waters;
G. Parking lots of five thousand (5,000) square feet or more exposed to stormwater. “Parking lot” is defined as land area or facility for the temporary storage of motor vehicles;
H. All re-development projects adding five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of impervious surface on an already developed site. This includes additional buildings and/or structures, extension of an already existing building footprint and construction of parking lots, etc. (Ord. 229 § 3, 2005)