The purpose of this chapter is to create a funding methodology which provides resources to plan, manage, design, construct, maintain, revise, and upgrade the storm drainage and surface water runoff systems within the corporate limits of the City of Lakewood. This authority is invoked to minimize property damage, promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare, minimize water quality degradation by preventing siltation, contamination and erosion of the City’s waterways, protect aquifers, ensure the safety of City streets and rights-of-way, assure compliance with federal and state storm drainage, surface water management, and water quality regulations and legislation, increase educational and recreational opportunities, encourage the preservation of natural drainage systems, and foster other beneficial public uses. [Ord. 687 § 1, 2018; Ord. 47 § 1, 1996.]