13.50.020 Purpose and intent.
A. The purposes of this chapter are:
1. To provide for health, safety, and general welfare within the city through the regulation of non-storm water discharges to the MS4 to the maximum extent practicable (“MEP”) as required by federal and state law. To this end this chapter requires that unless expressly authorized or exempted by this chapter, no person shall cause, participate in, or allow the discharge to a public right-of-way or public storm drain system of any substance that is not composed entirely of storm water. To further this end, this chapter establishes authority to conduct and require inspection, monitoring, reporting, and enforcement activities to address the prevention, identification, and remediation of illicit discharges to the MS4.
2. To provide for the health, safety, and general welfare within the city through regulation of storm water runoff and lot drainage.
B. It is the intent of this chapter to comply with AZPDES regulations for storm water discharges, to be consistent with the storm water quality provisions of the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1342), and to enable the city to comply with all applicable storm water quality provisions of federal, state, and local laws and regulations to ensure the future health, safety, and general welfare within the city, as well as the protection and preservation of the local environment.
C. It is the intent of this chapter that the standards promulgated by this chapter are minimum standards; therefore, it is not intended or implied that compliance with the provisions of this chapter by any person will ensure that there will be no contamination, pollution, or unauthorized discharge of pollutants. [Code 2006 § 14-1-2. Ord. 2007-17, 11-13-2007; Ord. 2014-06 § 1, 5-27-2014; Res. 2014-10 Exh. A, 5-27-2014; Ord. 2023-06 § 1, 9-12-2023].