This chapter is enacted pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., as amended;
Part 31 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act
of 1994 (Part 31), MCLA § 324.3101 et seq., as amended;
the general permit Storm Water Discharges from Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) Subject to Watershed Plan Requirements
(General Permit No. MIG619000) issued by the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality pursuant to Part 31; Act 288 of 1967 (Subdivision
Control Act), MCLA § 560.101 et seq., as amended by the
Land Division Act, MCLA § 560.101 et seq.; Act 283 of 1909
(County Road Law), MCLA § 224.1 et seq., as amended; Act
40 of 1956 (Drain Code, MCLA § 280.1 et seq., as amended;
and Act 96 of 1987 (Mobile Home Commission Act), MCLA § 125.2301
et seq., as amended; the Charter County Law, MCLA § 45.515
et seq., and the Home Rule Charter of Wayne County, Michigan (1981),
as amended.
Prevention of pollution from stormwater runoff and the protection
of the quality of the waters of the State of Michigan is of utmost
importance to the people of the Township of Grosse Ile. It is the
purpose of this chapter and any rules promulgated pursuant to this
chapter to:
A.
Protect the environment against pollution and other effects from
stormwater runoff, and to protect the public health and safety;
B.
Provide for the implementation of a stormwater management program
in the Township of Grosse Ile to manage and prevent flooding, streambank
erosion, pollution, and other effects from stormwater runoff;
C.
Establish standards and criteria for the design and construction
of stormwater management systems subject to the requirements of this
chapter;
D.
Establish best management practices for the design, construction,
maintenance, and operation of stormwater management systems subject
to the requirements of this chapter;
E.
Provide for the issuance of stormwater construction approvals for
construction activities subject to the requirements of this chapter;
F.
Provide for the long-term preservation and maintenance of stormwater
management systems subject to the requirements of the chapter;
G.
Authorize the inspection of stormwater management systems subject
to the requirements of this chapter; and
H.
Provide for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of
this chapter.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Township
of Grosse Ile Stormwater Management Ordinance."
This chapter shall be administered jointly by the Township of
Grosse Ile Department of Public Services and the Township Engineer.
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the
provisions of this chapter shall control over less stringent rules
of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, unless contrary
to law.
Nothing in this chapter or any rule promulgated pursuant to
this chapter shall be construed to reduce, abate, alter, modify, amend,
or affect any duty or obligation to preserve and protect the environment,
including the combined downriver watershed or other waters of the
state; to control soil erosion and sedimentation; to protect wetlands;
or to prevent air, water, or other pollution.
Rules, regulations, other regulatory standards or statutory
provisions incorporated or adopted by reference in this chapter or
any rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall have the same
force and effect given to any provision of this chapter. The Administrative
Rules adopted with this chapter are deemed part of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Administrative Rules are included
at the end of this chapter.
