Piedmont Municipal Code Art. I Title, Purpose, and General Provisions

2 The purpose of this Chapter is to ensure the future health, safety, and general welfare of Piedmont residents by:

(a) eliminating non-storm water discharges into the City’s municipal storm drain system.

(b) controlling the discharge into the City’s municipal storm drain system from spills, dumping or disposal of materials other than storm water.

(c) reducing pollutants in storm water discharges to the maximum extent practicable.

The intent of this ordinance is to protect and enhance the water quality in the City’s watercourses, water bodies, and wetlands in a manner pursuant to and consistent with the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and the Federal Clean Water Act and any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. (Ord. 694 N.S. 09/2010)

This Chapter shall be administered for the City by the Director of Public Works. Where storm drain facilities and/or watercourses have been accepted for maintenance by the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (ACFCWCD) or other public agency legally responsible

4 for certain watercourses then the responsibility for enforcing the provisions of this Chapter are hereby assigned to those public agencies over those watercourses for which they have accepted maintenance.

This ordinance shall be construed to assure consistency with the requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, applicable implementing regulations, and NPDES Permit No. CAS612008, and any amendment, revision or reissuance thereof. (Ord. 694 N.S. 09/2010)

If any portion of this ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining portions of this ordinance are to be considered valid.

The provisions of this ordinance shall not operate to deprive any landowner of substantially all of the market value of his/her property or otherwise constitute an unconstitutional taking without compensation. If application of this ordinance to a specific project would create a taking then pursuant to the ordinance the (City Council) may allow additional land uses, but only to the extent necessary to avoid a taking. Such uses shall be consistent with and carry out the intent and purposes of this ordinance as stated in section 30.1 above. (Ord. 694 N.S. 09/2010)