TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Raul Saenz, Utilities Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Introduction of Ordinance No. 15-0004 which will Revise Title 5 - Sanitation and Health, Chapter 5.84 - Storm Water and Urban Runoff Pollution Control of the City of Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (Public Works Director Olmos).
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce Ordinance No. 15-0004 which will revise Title 5 - Sanitation and Health, Chapter 5.84 - Storm Water and Urban Runoff Pollution Control of the City of Manhattan Beach Municipal Code.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The cost of future City Public Right-of-Way Capital Improvement Projects will increase to accommodate construction of stormwater retention facilities that comply with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit.
BACKGROUND:
On November 8, 2012, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) adopted the fourth NPDES Permit under the Federal Clean Water Act for discharges from the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) within the coastal watersheds of Los Angeles County (Permit). The Permit became effective on December 28, 2012. The Permit identifies conditions, requirements and programs that municipalities must comply with to protect regional water resources from adverse impacts associated with pollutants in stormwater and urban runoff. The City of Manhattan Beach is a named Permittee subject to the Permit.
The Permit requires that each Permittee has the legal authority within its jurisdiction to implement and enforce the Permit requirements pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the implementing section of the Code of Federal Regulations 40 CFR ? 122.26(d)(2)(i)(A-F). The attached ordinance revises and updates Title 5 - Sanitat...
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