§ 20-1.5. Control of Urban Runoff.

a.

New Development and Significant Redevelopment.

1.

All new development and significant redevelopment within the City of Villa Park shall be undertaken in accordance with:

(a)

The DAMP and the LIP, including but not limited to the development project guidance; and

(b)

Any conditions and requirements established by the planning agency [planning department, engineering department or building department], which are reasonably related to the reduction or elimination of pollutants in storm water runoff from the project site.

2.

Prior to the issuance by the City of a grading permit, building permit or non-residential plumbing permit for any new development or significant redevelopment, the property owner shall submit to and obtain the approval of the engineering department of a water quality management plan. If the new development or significant redevelopment will be approved without application for a grading permit, building permit or non-residential plumbing permit, the property owner shall submit to and obtain the approval of the planning agency [planning department, engineering department, or building department] of a water quality management plan prior to the issuance of a discretionary land use approval or, at the City's discretion, prior to recordation of a subdivision map.

3.

Notwithstanding the foregoing subsections a. 1 and 2. above, Development Project Guidance Plans shall not be required for construction of a (one) single family detached residence unless the City engineering department determines that the construction may result in the discharge of significant levels of a pollutant into a tributary to the storm water drainage system.

4.

Compliance with the conditions and requirements of the DAMP and LIP shall not exempt any person from the requirement to independently comply with each provision of this Chapter.

5.

If the City engineering department determines that the project will have a de minims impact on the quality of storm water runoff, then it may issue a written waiver of the requirement compliance with the Development Project Guidance Plan.

6.

The owner of a new development or significant redevelopment project, their successors and assigns, and each named responsible party, shall implement and adhere to the terms, conditions and requirements imposed pursuant to Section 20-1.5.a.1 on a New Development or Significant Redevelopment project.

(a)

Each failure by the owner of the property, their successors or assigns, or a named responsible party, to implement and adhere to the terms, conditions and requirements imposed pursuant to Section 20-1.5.a.1 on a New Development or Significant Redevelopment project shall constitute a violation of this Chapter.

7.

The City engineering department may require that the terms, conditions and requirements imposed pursuant to Section 20-1.5.a.1 be recorded with the County Recorder's office by the property owner. The signature of the owner of the property, any successive owner or the named responsible party shall be sufficient for the recording of these terms, conditions and requirements and a signature on behalf of the City shall not be required for recordation.

b.

Cost Recovery. The City of Villa Park shall be reimbursed by the project applicant for all costs and expenses incurred in the review, approval, or revision of any New Development or Significant Redevelopment projects [or in the approval or revision of any such plan] and shall be assessed to the property owner or responsible party and will be due and payable to the City of Villa Park. The City Engineering Department may elect to require a deposit of estimated costs and expenses, and the actual costs and expenses shall be deducted from the deposit, and the balance, if any, refunded to the property owner or responsible party.

c.

Litter Control. No person shall discard any waste material, including but not limited to common household rubbish or garbage of any kind (whether generated or accumulated at a residence, business or other location), upon any public or private property, whether occupied, open or vacant, including but not limited to any street, sidewalk, alley, right-of-way, open area or point of entry to the storm drainage system.

Every person occupying or having charge and control of private property on which a prohibited disposal of waste materials occurs shall cause the proper collection and disposal of same.

A prohibited disposal of waste materials creates a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, and otherwise threatens the environment, surface waters and groundwater; therefore, any owner or occupant of private property who fails to remove waste material within a reasonable time may be charged with creating a nuisance upon the property.

(Ord. #2006-518, § 1)