Appendix C. EROSION, SEDIMENT, AND POST-CONSTRUCTION CONTROL  

ORDINANCE NO. 2419
REVISION TO ORDINANCE NO. 2416

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING AN EROSION, SEDIMENT, AND POST-CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER CONTROL TO THE NEW CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF ORDINANCES ADOPTED UNDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 1826 THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1989, TO BE ADDED AS APPENDIX C, EROSION, SEDIMENT, AND POST-CONSTRUCTION CONTROL.

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council deems it necessary to reduce the discharge of pollutants, protect water quality, and satisfy applicable water quality requirements of the Clean Water Act;

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council has given due consideration to the recommendation of the City of Gulfport reviewing Departments and to the comments, evidence and proceeding adduced and occurring at the public hearing, and has studied and considered the provisions of this ordinance;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport is a growing, family-oriented community with a majority of the developed land occupied by residential neighborhoods and a population concerned with quality of life issues;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport acknowledges a need to adopt controls 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 this jurisdiction;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport acknowledges a need to adopt controls to minimize increase in nonpoint source pollution caused by stormwater runoff from development which otherwise degrades local water quality;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport acknowledges a need to adopt controls to minimize the annual volume of surface water runoff which flows during and following development to the maximum extent practicable;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport acknowledges a need to adopt controls to reduce stormwater runoff rates and volumes, soil erosion and nonpoint source pollution, wherever possible, through stormwater management controls and to ensure that these management controls are properly maintained and pose no threat to public safety;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport acknowledges EPA Stormwater Phase II requirements and supports such goals and initiatives;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport has the legal authority to institute any appropriate action or proceedings, to correct, or abate such violations;

WHEREAS, the City of Gulfport acknowledges the implementation of "Best Management Practices" as a means to ensure the most effective, economical, and practical way of reducing or preventing polluted runoff is employed;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS: