§ 15.14.020. Findings.

(a)

The Federal Clean Water Act (33 USC I251 et seq.) provides for the regulation and reduction of pollutants discharged into the waters of the United States by extending National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (hereinafter "NPDES") requirements to storm water and urban runoff discharge into municipal storm drain systems.

(b)

Storm water and urban runoff flows from individual properties onto streets, then through storm drains passing through the City of Barstow (hereinafter "city").

(c)

The city is a co-permittee under the "Waste Discharge Requirements for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Discharges within the Mohave River Watershed (Order No. 2013-0001 DWQ), NPDES Permit No. CAS000004, effective July 1, 2013, issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board and any successor permit to that permit (the "Municipal NPDES Permit"), and, as a co-permittee under the Municipal NPDES Permit, the city is required to implement and enforce the requirements contained in the Municipal NPDES Permit, to control discharges to and from those portions of the MS4 over which it has jurisdiction, and to hold dischargers to the MS4 accountable for their contributions of pollutants and flows.

(d)

Section E.6.a(ii)(a) of the Municipal NPDES Permit requires the city to prohibit, for the portion of the MS4 for which it is an owner or operator, non-storm water discharges into the MS4, except where such discharges are identified and in compliance with Section B.3 of the Municipal NPDES Permit.

(e)

In order to control, in a cost effective manner, the quantity and quality of storm water and urban runoff to the maximum extent practicable, the adoption of reasonable regulations, as set forth herein, is essential.

( Ord. No. 951-2017, § 2, 3-6-2017 )