CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

Page 2 of 5 Ordinance No. 2019, which allowed for administrative citations for stormwater violations. Recognizing the substantial changes in stormwater regulatory obligations since the development of the 1991 Model Stormwater Ordinance, ACCWP Member Agencies recently formed a workgroup composed of Member Agency staff, ACCWP Legal Counsel, and ACCWP consultants to develop an update to the Model Stormwater Ordinance. This update does not change Member Agency obligations under the current MRP but deletes non-applicable language and adds current MRP obligations not previously delineated in the original Model Stormwater Ordinance. The proposed amendments to the PMC are consistent with this update to the Model Stormwater Ordinance for use by the ACCWP Member Agencies. DISCUSSION The proposed amendments to PMC Chapter 9.14 Stormwater Management and Discharge Control are summarized below: Section 9.14.010 – Adds additional clarification to the purpose of Chapter 9.14 with the updated proposed provisions added to the chapter. Section 9.14.020 – Added provision intended to clarify the role of Chapter 9.14 in compliance with other applicable federal and state regulations. Section 9.14.030 – Adds and updates definitions to conform with the current MRP and applicable federal and state regulations. Section 9.14.040 – Minor revisions made to update department names and deletion of regulatory references moved under applicable provisions. Section 9.14.050 – Transfer of regulation references previously under another provision within this provision and adds language clarifying the standards established within the chapter are minimum standards. Section 9.14.060 – New provision that adds language to stipulate chapter applicability. Section 9.14.070 – New provision that adds language on severability and validity to the chapter if any portion of the ordinance is declared invalid. Section 9.14.080 – Enhanced language to clarify that any non-stormwater discharges to the City’s storm system are prohibited, and the City has the authority and duty to require adherence to Chapter 9.14 to any person intending to connect to the City’s storm drain system. Section 9.14.090 – Adds and updates exemptions to discharge prohibition to conform with the current MRP. Section 9.14.100 – Adds clarifying language with regard to discharge in violation of the City’s MRP as the responsibility of every owner of real property within the city, and the liability of such discharges shall be that of the property owner. Section 9.14.110 – Adds clarifying language to the responsibilities of any person/business found responsible for an illicit discharge and illicit connection, including the prompt cease and Page 275 of 428