It is the intent of this Article to: promote the public health, safety and welfare by permitting the movement of emergency vehicles during flooding periods and minimizing flood losses and the inconvenience and damage resulting from uncontrolled and unplanned storm water runoff; to establish a storm water utility to coordinate, design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the storm water management system; to establish a reasonable and equitable program to finance storm water management capital projects and operation, maintenance and administrative activities; and to encourage and facilitate urban water resources management techniques, including, without limitation, detention of storm water, reduction of the need to construct storm sewers, reduction of pollution and enhancement of the environment. (Ord. 957 §1, 2008)