It has been determined by the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) that:
A.
Land development activities and associated increases
in site impervious cover often alter the hydrologic response of local
watersheds and increase stormwater runoff rates and volumes, flooding,
stream channel erosion, or sediment transport and deposition.
B.
This stormwater runoff contributes to increased quantities
of water-borne pollutants, including siltation of aquatic habitat
for fish and other desirable species.
C.
Clearing and grading during construction tends to
increase soil erosion and add to the loss of native vegetation necessary
for terrestrial and aquatic habitat.
D.
Improper design and construction of stormwater management
practices can increase the velocity of stormwater runoff, thereby
increasing stream bank erosion and sedimentation.
E.
Impervious surfaces allow less water to percolate
into the soil, thereby decreasing groundwater recharge and stream
baseflow.
F.
Substantial economic losses can result from these
adverse impacts on the waters of the state.
G.
Stormwater runoff, soil erosion and nonpoint source
pollution can be controlled and minimized through the regulation of
stormwater runoff from land development activities.
H.
The regulation of stormwater runoff discharges from
land development activities in order to control and minimize increases
in stormwater runoff rates and volumes, soil erosion, stream channel
erosion, and nonpoint source pollution associated with stormwater
runoff is in the public interest and will minimize threats to public
health, safety and welfare.
I.
Regulation of land development activities by means
of performance standards governing stormwater management and site
design will produce development compatible with the natural functions
of a particular site or an entire watershed and thereby mitigate the
adverse effects of erosion and sedimentation from development.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls to protect and safeguard the general health, safety, and welfare of the public residing within the City and to address the state’s findings of fact in § 237-1 hereof. This chapter seeks to meet those purposes by achieving the following objectives:
A.
Meet the requirements of minimum measures 4 and 5
of New York State’s SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges
from Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer Systems (MS4s), Permit No.
GP-02-02 or as amended or revised;
B.
Require land development and redevelopment activities
to conform to the substantive requirements of the NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(SPDES) General Permit for Construction Activities, GP-02-01 or as
amended or revised;
C.
Minimize increases in stormwater runoff from land
development and redevelopment activities in order to reduce flooding,
siltation, increases in stream temperature, and streambank erosion
and maintain the integrity of stream channels, watercourses or waterways;
D.
Minimize increases in pollution caused by stormwater
runoff from land development and redevelopment activities which would
otherwise degrade local water quality;
E.
Minimize the total annual volume of stormwater runoff
which flows from any specific site during and following development
and redevelopment to the maximum extent practicable; and
F.
Reduce stormwater runoff rates and volumes, soil erosion
and nonpoint source pollution, wherever possible, through stormwater
management practices, devices and/or structures, and to ensure that
these management practices, devices and/or structures are properly
maintained and eliminate threats to public health, safety and welfare.
In accordance with § 10 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York, the City Council of the City
of Glen Cove has the authority to enact local laws and amend local
laws and for the purpose of promoting the health, safety or general
welfare of the City of Glen Cove and for the protection and enhancement
of its physical environment. The City Council of the City of Glen
Cove may include in any such local law provisions for the appointment
of any municipal officer, employees, or independent contractor to
effectuate, administer and enforce such local law.
