To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Adoption of Ordinance No. 2025-01 to amend Division 1014 Stormwater Management and Discharge Control and a Resolution approving a new C.3 Guidebook, Countywide.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Ordinance No. 2025-01 to amend Division 1014 of the Ordinance Code (Stormwater Management and Discharge Control) to enact new stormwater source control, site design, and stormwater treatment requirements required by the new Municipal Regional Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, Order No. R2-2022-0018, NPDES Permit No. CAS612008.
ADOPT the attached Resolution to approve a new C.3 Guidebook to assist new development projects to comply with the requirements of the new NPDES permit and Division 1014 of the Ordinance Code.
DETERMINE that the activity is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
DIRECT the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk.
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to arrange for payment of a $25 fee to the Department of Conservation and Development for processing, and a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the Notice of Exemption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This project is funded by 100% Stormwater Utility Assessment Funds. Project No. 7517-6W7087
BACKGROUND:
The federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S. C., ? 1251, et seq.) and the state Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Cal. Wat. Code, ? 13000, et seq.) prohibit discharges of stormwater without a permit from the appropriate California regional water quality board issued under the NPDES program. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay ...
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