24.06.140 Basin planning.
A. Basin planning may be used to evaluate and propose solutions for and/or to manage the quality and/or quantity of drainage water in a watershed or a drainage basin and prepare other studies as appropriate, and in addition may:
1. Support alternative treatment, flow control, and/or wetland protection requirements in BCC 24.06.065;
2. Demonstrate an equivalent level of treatment, flow control, and/or wetland protection through the construction and use of regional stormwater facilities;
3. Evaluate and analyze a basin or watershed with respect to the minimum requirements contained in BCC 24.06.065 and through implementation of BMPs;
4. Develop control strategies to address impacts from future development and to correct specific problems whose sources are known or suspect; or
5. Address long-term cumulative impacts of pollutant loads and short-term acute impacts of pollutant concentrations, as well as hydrologic impacts to streams, wetlands, and ground water resources.
B. Basin plan recommendations, which impact development or land use regulations, shall be reviewed and adopted by the city council.
C. Basin plan recommendations which modify minimum requirements (MRs) as contained in BCC 24.06.065 shall be adopted by the city council and reviewed and approved by the Washington State Department of Ecology. (Ord. 5905 § 1, 2009.)