§ 108A-3. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls to protect and safeguard the general health, safety, and welfare of the public and to address the findings of fact in § 108A-2 hereof. This chapter seeks to meet those purposes by achieving the following objectives:

(1) 

Meet the requirements of minimum measures 4 and 5 of the SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer Systems (MS4s), Permit No. GP-02-02, or as amended or revised;

(2) 

Require land development activities to conform to the substantive requirements of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) General Permit for Construction Activities GP-02-01, or as amended or revised;

(3) 

Minimize increases in stormwater runoff from land development activities in order to reduce flooding, siltation, increases in stream temperature, and streambank erosion and maintain the integrity of stream channels;

(4) 

Minimize increases in pollution caused by stormwater runoff from land development activities which would otherwise degrade local water quality;

(5) 

Minimize the total annual volume of stormwater runoff which flows from any specific site during and following development to the maximum extent practicable; and

(6) 

Reduce stormwater runoff rates and volumes, soil erosion and nonpoint source pollution, wherever possible, through stormwater management practices and to ensure that these management practices are properly maintained and eliminate threats to public safety.