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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Jason Smisko
DATE: March 11, 2003
SUBJECT: SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REQUIRED BY
THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES) PERMIT CONTROLLING DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS TO
THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4); AND
SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REQUIRED BY
THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES) PERMIT REQUIRING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
STANDARD URBAN STORM WATER MITIGATION PLAN (SUSMP) FOR
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT
DISTURB ONE ACRE OR MORE OF SURFACE AREA.
DEPARTMENT: Field Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY AND CITY PROPERTY BY CONTROLLING DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS
AND PROHIBITING ILLICIT DISCHARGES AND ILLICIT CONNECTIONS TO THE
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM AND WATERS OF THE UNITED
STATES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10.04 OF TITLE 10 OF THE SANTA CLARITA
MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPLACING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH NEW CHAPTER 10.04
STORMWATER AND URBAN RUNOFF POLLUTION CONTROL;" and City Council adopt
an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, IMPLEMENTING THE STANDARD URBAN
STORMWATER MITIGATION PLAN OF THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER
QUALITY CONTROL BOARD FOR THE LOS ANGELES REGION BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 17.90 OF TITLE 17 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE BY
REPLACING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY WITH NEW CHAPTER 17.90, STANDARD URBAN
STORMWATER MITIGATION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION."
BACKGROUND
On February 11, 2003, the City Council introduced and passed to a Second Reading the two
ordinances addressed in this report.
The City of Santa Clarita as a co -permittee of the 2001 NPDES Permit is required by the
permit to adopt and amend its own municipal and development codes in order to be
consistent with the NPDES permit. Accordingly, the first attached ordinance report
pertaining to stricter pollution control standards, prohibited activities, and clarifying
definitions, is to be amended by February 15, 2003.
The second attached ordinance referring to requiring Standard Urban Stormwater Mitigation
Plans (SUSMP) on properties greater than one acre is to be amended by March 10, 2003. The
recommended actions of this agenda report make the City's stormwater ordinances
consistent with the NPDES Permit, and keeps the City in compliance with federal and state
law.
On December 13, 2001, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board issued
"ORDER NO. 01-182 NPDES PERMIT NO CAS004001 WASTE DISCHARGE
REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL STORMWATER AND URBAN RUNOFF
DISCHARGES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE INCORPORATED
CITIES THEREIN, EXCEPT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH" (the "2001 Stormwater Permit")
to cities in Los Angeles County, including the City of Santa Clarita.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
No alternatives have been identified because state and federal laws require the City to take
this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
The implementation of these regulatory requirements will increase costs to the City by
increasing staff time needed to enforce these regulations through additional inspections, as
well as the issuance of potential violations. A portion of the costs incurred by the City may be
reimbursed through fines acquired by such violations. Currently, there is not an official fine
schedule for these violations. City staff anticipates including fines for these violations in the
next Citywide fee update.
The additional staff time needed to implement these requirements, combined with other
expanding provisions of the NPDES Permit not described here that the City is subject to, will
necessitate the need for additional Inspection staff. Staff anticipates that a request for an
additional Environmental Field Specialist Stormwater Inspector to meet the compliance
demands of the 2001 NPDES permit will be included for the City Council's consideration in
the City's Proposed Fiscal Year 2003/04 Annual Budget.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance - Chapter 10.04
Ordinance - Chapter 17.90