Ordinance No. 1098458
ORDINANCE NO. 1098
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
AND THE EX OFFICIO GOVERNING BODY OF THE
CYPRESS RECREATION & PARK DISTRICT,
AMENDING CHAPTER 13 ARTICLE IV, SECTION 13 -21,
RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT
WHEREAS, City Council originally adopted the Cypress Water Quality Ordinance
on January 9, 1995, to provide enforcement of a municipal water quality program and in
conformance to the Federal clean water statutory requirements; and
WHEREAS, upon the adoption of the NPDES Third Term Permit new
requirements were imposed upon cities within the Santa Ana Region as relates to
permitted discharges into the municipal storm drain system; and
WHEREAS, with the new Permit in effect, the City Council has determined that the
Cypress Water Quality Ordinance should be amended to coincide with the requirements of
the NPDES Permit; and
WHEREAS, in order to create consistency of this action within the City's
Municipal Code, it is necessary to amend Chapter 13, Article IV, Section 13 -21 to
remove reference to domestic sanitary sewage discharge exception to be effective thirty
days after adoption of this ordinance; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress, California, does
hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Article IV, Section 13 -21, of the Cypress Municipal
Code is hereby amended, in its entirety, to read as follows (strike- through shows
deleted text, underlining shows new text):
"Section 13 -21. Definitions.
a
aro oxcoptions to this articlo and oxcludod from tho dofinition of
sanitary wastes (commonly callod domestic sewage) and other
aro within publicly ownod wastewator troatment system
Prohibited discharge shall mean any discharge, which is not
composed entirely of stormwater or which contains any pollutant,
from public or private property to: (i) the stormwater drainage
system; (ii) any upstream flow, which is tributary to the
stormwater drainage system; (iii) any groundwater, river, stream,
creek, wash or dry weather arroyo, wetlands area, march,
coastal slough; or (iv) any coastal harbor, bay, or the Pacific
Ocean. The term "prohibited discharge" shall not include: (a)
Discharges occurring in compliance with the NPDES permit, (b)
discharges occurring pursuant to a state general permit or other
regional water quality control board, state water resources
control board or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued
NPDES permit or permit waiver, (c) discharges authorized
pursuant to a permit issued under section 13 -29 hereof.
(Discharges allowable under the discharge exception), or (e)
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 10th
day of December, 2007, and finally adopted and order posted at a regj,lar meeting held
on the 14th day of January, 2008.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
MAYOR OF THE CITY /OF CYPRESS
I, Denise Basham, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council
held on the 14th day of January, 2008 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bailey, Luebben, Narain, Mills and Seymore
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS