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Resolution No. ________
A Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Adopting Regulations for Stormwater Pollution Prevention
R E C I T A L S
A. Chapter 16.11 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, entitled Stormwater Pollution Prevention, imposes stormwater management requirements intended to protect the receiving waters and storm drain system and implement the requirements of the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (“MRP”) issued by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (“Regional Water Board”).
B. On September 15, 2025, an ordinance amending Chapter 16.11 was introduced. To implement that amended ordinance, City staff as directed by the City Engineer have prepared the Palo Alto Regulations for Stormwater Pollution Prevention, incorporated by reference in this Resolution.
C. Chapter 12.20 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code provides that the City Council may by resolution adopt rules and regulations governing utility services, including storm drainage.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the Palo Alto Regulations for Stormwater Pollution Prevention, incorporated herein, are approved and adopted. Except as otherwise specified in the Regulations, the Regulations shall become effective on the date that the ordinance amending Chapter 16.11 introduced September 15, 2025, goes into effect. Upon adoption, the Regulations will be published on the City’s website, paloalto.gov.
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SECTION 2. The Council finds that the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), pursuant to Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, because it is an action taken by the City as a regulatory agency to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment.
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__________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
__________________________ _____________________________ City Attorney or Designee City Manager
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Director of Public Works