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ORDINANCE NO. 00 -848U
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMPLE CITY RELATIVE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
STORM WATER AND URBAN RUNOFF CONTROLS AND
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE CITY'S INTENT TO ESTABLISH A
FEE SCHEDULE FOR NPDES BUILDING PLAN REVIEW AND
INSPECTION PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS, on July 1996, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles
Region, issued a municipal separate storm sewer system permit (Los Angeles County MS4 Permit) to the
County of Los Angeles, as Principal Permittee, and 85 incorporated cities, including Temple City as co-
permittees, to control and minimize the discharge of pollutants associated with storm water and urban
runoff. Subsequently, in December 1996, the City Council dutifully adopted Ordinance No. 96 -799,
establishing storm water controls and regulations for the City.
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2000, the Regional Board adopted Resolution No. R- 00 -02, approving
the Standard Urban Storm Water Mitigation Plan (SUSMP), thereby expanding the region's required
storm water control and regulation responsibilities by further addressing the issues of construction and
development planning; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Board's resolution, all Los Angeles County permittees
have until September 8, 2000, to adopt ordinances to implement the SUSMP requirements, with the new
regulations taking effect no later than October 8, 2000.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Temple City does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby fmds and determines that:
(a) The State Water Resources Control Board and nine regional control boards adopt policies
and plans relating to water quality control in the state, which together comprise the uniform water quality
guidelines for California; and
(b) These boards also implement portions of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended (the Clean Water Act), and administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit program; and
(c) In July 1996, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region,
issued a municipal separate storm sewer system permit (Los Angeles County MS4 Permit) to the County
of Los Angeles, as Principal Permittee, and 85 incorporated cities, including the City of Temple City, as
co- permittees to control and minimize the discharge of pollutants associated with storm water and urban
runoff; and
(d) On January 26, 2000, the Regional Board adopted Board Resolution No. R- 00 -02, approving
the Standard Urban Storm Water Mitigation Plan (SUSMP); and
(e) All Los Angeles County permittees have until September, 2000, to adopt ordinances to
implement the SUSMP requirements, with new regulations taking effect no later than October 8, 2000.
SECTION 2. Section 8301 (Industrial and Commercial Sources) of Chapter 3 (Pollutant Source
Reduction) of Article VII (Storm Water Pollutant Elimination) of the Temple City Municipal Code, is
hereby amended by adding thereto Sub - section L, to read as follows:
L. Cleaning Requirements for Private Drains and Catch Basins.
Persons owning or operating drainage facilities that are directly connected to the public
storm drain system shall clean those facilities between May 1 and September 30 of each
year, and re -clean those facilities, as needed, before their sumps are 40 percent full of
materiaL This requirement includes, but is not limited to, catch basins, culverts, and
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parkways drains.
SECTION 3. Chapter 3 (Pollutant Source Reduction) of Article VIII (Storm Water Pollutant
Elimination) of the Temple City Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 8303 to read
as follows:
8303. STANDARD URBAN STORM WATER MITIGATION PLAN.
A. Development Regulations. Regulations pertaining to the implementation of the Standard
Urban Storm Water Mitigation Plan (SUSMP), as approved and amended from time -to-
time by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, shall
be adopted by resolution of the City Council.
B. Service Fees and Charges. The costs incurred by the City in implementing the provisions
of the Standard Urban Storm Water Mitigation Plan, a approved and amended from time -
to -time by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, may
be defrayed by the collection of service fees and charges which shall not exceed the cost
of the service provided. All such service fees and charges shall be adopted by resolution
of the City Council.
SECTION 4. All other ordinances of the City are hereby amended to the extent necessary to
make the same conform herewith.
SECTION 5. The City Council hereby declares that, should any provision, section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance or any part thereof, be rendered or declared
invalid or unconstitutional by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any
preemptive legislation, such decision or action shall affect the validity of the remaining section or portions
of this ordinance or part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have independently
adopted the remaining provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases or words
of this ordinance irrespective of the fact that any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or words may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. The City Council fmds that an urgency ordinance is necessary to enact the
amendments to the Temple City Municipal Code, with the new regulations taking effect no later than
October 8, 2000.
SECTION 7. The Mayor of the City of Temple City is hereby authorized, empowered, and
directed to execute this amendment for and on behalf of said agency.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this urgency ordinance
and to its approval by the Mayor and shall cause the same to be published in the San Gabriel Valley
Weekly, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the City of Temple City.
SECTION 9. The effective date of this ordinance shall be July 18, 2000.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 18th day of July 2000.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk U
I, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance, Ordinance
No. 00 -848U, was introduced, duly passed, approved, and adopted as an Urgency Ordinance at an
adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City held on the 18th day of July 2000; was
approved and signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk by the following vote:
AYES: Councilman - Breazeal, Brook, Wilson and Souder
NOES: Councilman -None
ABSENT: Councilman - Gillanders
City Clerk
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