§ 5-10.205. New Development and Redevelopment.

(a)

Priority Development Categories. New development and significant redevelopment projects that may require the implementation of BMPs, as determined by the City include, but are not limited to:

(1)

Home subdivisions of ten (10) housing units or more. This category includes single-family homes, multi-family homes, condominiums and apartments.

(2)

Commercial Developments with Greater than One (1) Acre of Impervious Area. This category is defined as any development on private land that is not for heavy industrial or residential uses where the total impervious land area for development is greater than one (1) acre. The category includes, but is not limited to: hospitals; laboratories and other medical facilities; educational institutions; recreational facilities; commercial nurseries; multi-apartment buildings; car wash facilities; mini-malls and other business complexes; shopping malls, hotels; office buildings; public warehouses; and other light industrial facilities.

(3)

Automotive Repair Shops. This category is defined as a facility that is categorized in any one of the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes: 5013, 5014, 5541, 7532-7534, or 7536-7539, where the total impervious area for development is greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet.

(4)

Restaurants. This category is defined as a facility that sells prepared foods and drinks for consumption, including stationary lunch counters and refreshment stands selling prepared food and drinks for immediate consumption (SIC code 5812), where the total impervious area for development is greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet.

(5)

Parking lots that are five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater, or with twenty-five (25) or more parking spaces and potentially exposed to urban runoff. Parking lot is defined as a land area or facility for the temporary parking or storage of motor vehicles used personally, for business, or for commerce.

(6)

Streets and roads. This category includes any paved surface in excess of one (1) acre of impervious area used for the transportation of automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and other vehicles.

(7)

Retail Gasoline Outlets. This category is defined as any facility engaged in selling gasoline with five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of impervious surface area.

(b)

Best Management Practices for New Development and Redevelopment Design. To reduce or eliminate the discharge and transport of pollutants, the City may require, in its discretion, new development or redevelopment projects to implement controls to reduce pollutants to the maximum extent practicable. The City shall use the Guidance Manual for New Development Storm Water Quality Control Measures and Standards Specifications to ensure that effective post construction controls are considered and incorporated during the development planning process. The City has approved for use the BMPs contained in the California Storm Water Quality Association's "Storm Water Best Management Practice Handbook for New Development and Redevelopment."

(c)

Improvement Plans. Where an improvement plan is being processed in conjunction with either an approved tentative, parcel, or final map; or a development plan is being processed in accordance with the provisions of Title 10 of this Code, such plan shall also be considered as a request to undertake those activities regulated by this chapter. Such plans shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved or denied in accordance with the standards and requirements set forth in this chapter and other applicable City specifications. For an approved tentative, parcel, or final map, or development plan, any submitted improvement plans shall include provisions to require compliance with the standards and requirements of this chapter and shall include provisions to ensure that selected post construction storm water controls will remain effective upon project completion.

(Ord. 3355 § 1, effective 10-8-04)