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Adopted by City Council on September 20, 2004 so/ AN ORDINANCE TO RE-ENACT CHAPTER 10 (EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL) OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE AS THE CITY WATER PROTECTION ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED that: 1. Chapter 10 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville (1990), as amended, as it exists on the date of this enactment, is hereby repealed in its entirety, and said Chapter is re-enacted as follows: ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 10-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the City's "Water Protection Ordinance." Sec. 10-2. Authority. This chapter is adopted pursuant to authority conferred by the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Law (Virginia Code §§ 10.1-560 et seq.), the Virginia Stormwater Management Act (Virginia Code §§ 10.1-603.1 et seq.), Virginia Code § 10.1-2108 of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, and the federal Clean Water Act. • Sec. 10-3. Purposes. The city council finds that this chapter is necessary to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City and the Commonwealth of Virginia and to prevent water from being rendered dangerous to the health of persons living in the city, and is supported by the findings of related studies that have been conducted. Therefore, the specific purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Inhibit the deterioration of public waters and waterways resulting from land disturbing activities; (2) Protect the safety and welfare of citizens, property owners, and businesses by minimizing the negative impacts of increased stormwater runoff from new land development and redevelopment; (3) Control nonpoint source pollution, erosion and sedimentation, and stream channel erosion; (4) Maintain the integrity of existing stream channels and networks for their biological functions, drainage, and natural recharge of groundwater; (5) Protect the condition of public waters for all reasonable public uses and ecological functions; (6) Provide for the long-term responsibility for and maintenance of stormwater management facilities and best management practices; (7) Facilitate the integration of stormwater management and pollution control with other city • ordinances and with federal, state and local programs, policies, regulations and guidelines; and -1-