(1) Administer the acquisition, design, construction, maintenance and operation of the public stormwater and surface water system, including stormwater capital improvements designated in the capital improvement program;

(2) Administer and enforce this ordinance and all regulations and procedures adopted thereto relating to the design, construction, maintenance, operation and alteration of the stormwater and surface water system, including, but not limited to, the quantity, quality and/or velocity of the stormwater conveyed thereby;

(3) Advise the City’s governing body and other City departments on matters relating to the utility;

(4) Prepare and periodically revise, as determined by state and federal law, comprehensive stormwater management and drainage plans for adoption by the City’s governing body;

(5) Develop standards and ordinances relating to stormwater drainage and treatment to apply to new development and redevelopment;

(6) Enforce regulations to protect and maintain water quality and quantity within the stormwater and surface water system in compliance with water quality standards established by state, regional and/or federal agencies as now adopted or hereafter amended;

(7) Periodically analyze the cost of services and benefits provided to, and burdens imposed by, different classes of customers, and the system and structure of fees, charges, civil penalties and other revenues of the utility, and prepare budgets for adoption by the City’s governing body; and

(8) Perform all other activities allowable by law and required to ensure compliance with state and federal stormwater and surface water quality laws. (Ord. 09-2 §3, 2009).