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AS APPROVED BY
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
ORDINANCE 2018-05
AUGUST 20, 2018
MOHAVE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2018-05
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE MOHAVE COUNTY STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE WITH THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE HEALTH,
SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF MOIJAVE COUNTY
THROUGH THE PROHIBITION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF NON-STORMWATER
DRAINAGES TO THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PRACTICABLE, AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. THIS ORDINANCE WILL
ALSO PROTECT WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHIN MOHAVE COUNTY BY IMPROVING THE
QUALITY OF THE STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM URBANIZED AREAS TO THE
COUNTY -OWNED SYSTEM BY MEANS OF THE USE OF BEST MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES (BMPS) BY THE COUNTY AND ITS CITIZENS.
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors held on August
20, 2018, a public hearing was conducted to determine whether the Mohave County Stormwater
Management Ordinance should be approved and adopted, and
WHEREAS, Mohave County may enact a stormwater ordinance pursuant to AR. S. § 11 -251 .66
and A.I.S. § 49-371 and § 49-372. Mohave County, as a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System under
Phase 11 of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater program of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is empowered to regulate stormwater by the authority of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., and
WHEREAS, Mohave County meets the minimum federal requirements for designation by the
United. States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
Operator or MS4. As a small MS4, the County is required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of
1972, commonly known as the Clean Water Act (as amended), to implement and enforce a program to
improve, to the maximum extent practicable, the quality of stormwater in the County's stormwater
conveyance system within the unincorporated urbanized areas of the County, and
WHEREAS, This ordinance ensures that the County is compliant with its Arizona Pollutant
Discharge and Elimination System (AZPDES) Permit requirements by establishing methods for
controlling the introduction of Pollutants into the County's municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4).,
and
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WHEIZEAS, "I'lie objectives of this ordinance are:
A, To regulate the contribution of pollutants to the County MS4 by stormwater drainage in
unincorporated urbanized areas by any user.
B. To prohibit illicit connections and drainages to the County MS4.
C. To establish legal authority t6 carry out all inspection, surveillance, monitoring, and
enforcement procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this ordinance, and
WHEREAS, the eligible areas that make up the MS4 for Mohave County lie outside the
incorporated limits of Lake Havasu City, within the Colorado River — Lower Gila Watershed. The MS4
area consists of portions of Sections 8, 16, 17 & 21 of Township 14 N Range 20 W and Section 9,
Township 13 N Range 19 W of the Salt and Gila River Base and Meridian, Mohave County, Arizona.,
and
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2016, the Mohave County Board of Supervisors approved the award
of Contract No. 16-PS-14 to JE Fuller Hydrology & Geomorphology, Inc. to aid Mohave County in the
development and implementation of the many requirements involved with the MS4 permit, including the
creation of this ordinance, and
WHEREAS, a Public Notice detailing Mohave County's requirement to develop and adopt a
Stormwater Management Program, and the location of the affected areas, was advertised in the Kingman
Daily Miner and the Today's News Herald on April 2 and 9, 2017, and
WHEREAS, the draft Mohave County Stormwater Management Ordinance has been available for
public review and comment, for over 30 days, at the Development Services office and online at
http://stormwater.mohavecounty.us, as required by as required by Arizona Revised Statutes, and
WHEREAS, the notice of hearing was published in the Kingman Daily Miner, a newspaper of
general circulation in Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, on July 15, 2018, as required by Arizona
Revised Statutes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors, at their regular meeting
on Monday, August 20, 2018, APPROVED and ADOPTED Mohave County Ordinance No. 2018-05,The
Mohave County Stormwater Management Ordinance, as outlined herein.
MOHAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS