(a)
The purpose of this division is to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls to protect and safeguard the general health, safety, and welfare of the public residing in watersheds within the city. This division seeks to meet that purpose through the following objectives:
(1)
To minimize increases in stormwater runoff from any development or redevelopment in order to reduce flooding, siltation and stream bank erosion and maintain the integrity of stream channels;
(2)
To minimize the total annual volume of surface water runoff which flows from any specific site during and following development or redevelopment to not exceed the pre-development hydrologic conditions to the maximum extent practicable;
(3)
To accommodate new development and redevelopment projects in a manner that protects public safety, groundwater and surface water quality and aquatic living resources and their habitats, to the maximum extent practicable as determined by the city representatives.
(4)
To employ permanent nonstructural and structural best management practices (BMPs) to protect water quality thereby raising public awareness to stormwater quality related issues;
(5)
To remove and/or treat stormwater pollutants prior to discharge to ground and surface waters throughout the city, to the maximum extent practicable as determined by the city representatives.
(6)
To ensure the long-term operation and maintenance of all permanent storm water quality features;
(7)
To reduce stormwater runoff rates and volumes, soil erosion and nonpoint source pollution, wherever possible, to the waters of the state through stormwater management controls and to ensure that these management controls are properly maintained and pose no threat to the public.
(b)
As a result, the purpose of this local regulation is to safeguard persons, protect property, prevent damage to the environment and promote the public welfare by guiding, regulating, and controlling the design, construction, use and maintenance of any development or other activity which disturbs or breaks the topsoil or results in the movement of earth on land in the City of North Richland Hills, Texas.
(Ordinance 3184, § 1, adopted 5/14/2012)