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Council adopts stormwater, erosion and illicit-discharge ordinances to meet Ohio EPA permit requirements
Summary
Medina adopted new ordinances creating chapters on stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and illicit-discharge control after staff said the city’s five-year Ohio EPA permit required codified regulations; the adoption was passed 7-0 subject to final law director approval.
The Medina City Council voted May 12 to adopt a set of ordinances creating new chapters in the city code for comprehensive stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and illicit-discharge and illegal connection control.
City Engineer Patrick Patton told council that the city must obtain and maintain a five-year permit through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for stormwater management and that the EPA audit last summer noted the city lacked the required codified ordinances. Patton said the new chapters “give us...penalty, a little bit of teeth to go after people that may not be following our code exactly,” and that in practice the changes largely formalize existing practices.
A council member requested time to review the draft language and the council amended the motion so the ordinance would be adopted “subject to final approval of the law director.” The amended ordinance (Ordinance 96-25) passed by roll call vote of 7-0 with that proviso.
Council discussion noted staff had provided the comparable state codes and that the changes were intended to bring Medina’s ordinances into alignment with Ohio EPA requirements. No substantive changes to enforcement procedures beyond codification were proposed during the meeting; staff said the measure primarily provides clear legal authority and penalties for noncompliance.
