9.11.020 Purpose and Intent.
The purpose of this chapter is to manage and control stormwater and nonstormwater discharges to ensure the future health, safety, and general welfare of City of Larkspur citizens and to protect and enhance watercourses, fish and wildlife habitat in a manner pursuant to and consistent with the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (California Water Code Section 13000 et seq.), and the Phase II Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, Water Quality Order No. 2013-0001-DWQ, General Permit No. CAS000004 (Phase II Stormwater Permit) and subsequent revisions and amendments thereto, and current and future versions of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay Basin. The City has legal authority to implement and enforce this chapter under Clean Water Act Section 402(p)(3)(b) (33 U.S.C. § 1342(p)(3)(b)), 40 C.F.R. 122.22(b), 122.34(b)(3)(ii)(B), (b)(4)(ii)(A), (b)(5)(ii)(B), and 122.41(k), and the Phase II Stormwater Permit. The goals of this chapter are to:
A. Prevent or reduce pollutants in stormwater discharges to waters of the United States to the maximum extent practicable;
B. Prevent or reduce nonstormwater discharges to storm drains or waters of the United States;
C. Detect and eliminate illicit discharges and illegal connections to the storm drain;
D. Respond to the discharge of spills to storm drains or watercourses, and prohibit dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater into the storm drain;
E. Control runoff in excess of incidental runoff;
F. Require operators of construction sites, new or redeveloped land, and industrial and commercial facilities to install, implement, or maintain appropriate best management practices (BMPs) to control stormwater;
G. Require new development and redevelopment projects to implement post-construction stormwater management controls; and
H. Provide the City with enforcement discretion to address noncompliance with this chapter. (Ord. 1030 § 2(7), 2018; Ord. 1005 § 2, 2015)