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County staff outline stormwater ordinance update to align with 2022 NPDES permit
Summary
San Mateo County sustainability staff presented a draft stormwater ordinance update May 28 that would assign shared implementation responsibility to multiple departments, add definitions and enforcement authority, and incorporate new permit provisions; no action was requested at the planning commission meeting.
San Mateo County sustainability staff briefed the Planning Commission on May 28 on a draft update to the county’s stormwater ordinance designed to align local rules with the municipal stormwater permit issued in February 2022 and to give the county authority to implement and enforce new permit provisions.
Sultan Henson, a sustainability specialist, told the commission the draft ordinance would move the county from a single‑department implementation approach (previously environmental health services) to a collaborative structure that explicitly includes the Sustainability Department, Planning and Building, Parks, Environmental Health and the Department of Public Works. Henson said the change reflects the growing complexity of permit requirements and the specialization of county departments.
The draft ordinance adds or…
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