28.020 Findings of Fact.

The City finds that uncontrolled stormwater runoff from land development and redevelopment activity has a significant impact upon water resources and the health, safety, and general welfare of the community. Specifically, uncontrolled stormwater runoff can:

(1) Degrade physical stream habitat by increasing stream bank erosion, increase stream bed scour, diminish groundwater recharge, and diminish stream base flow;

(2) Diminish the capacity of lakes and streams to support fish, aquatic life, and recreational and water supply uses by increasing loadings of nutrients and other urban pollutants;

(3) Alter wetland communities by changing wetland hydrology and by increasing pollutant loads;

(4) Reduce the quality of groundwater by increasing pollutant loads;

(5) Threaten public health, safety, property, and general welfare by overtaxing storm sewers, drainage ways, and other minor drainage facilities, and increasing major flood peaks and volumes;

(6) Undermine floodplain management efforts by increasing the incidence and levels of flooding; and

(7) Diminish the public enjoyment of natural resources.

[Prior code § 28.02]