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It is the purpose and intent of this title:

(1) To establish a water quality restoration and storm and surface water management program for Snohomish County to be administered by the Snohomish County department of conservation and natural resources;

(2) To create a service area defined by ordinance to be known as the "Surface Water Management Utility District";

(3) To provide a comprehensive approach to managing surface water to respect and preserve the county’s rivers, streams, lakes and other water bodies; protect and restore water quality; control, accommodate and discharge storm runoff; provide for groundwater recharge; control sediment; stabilize erosion; monitor water quality and stream flow; and rehabilitate stream and drainage corridors for hydraulics, aesthetics, and fisheries benefits;

(4) To facilitate the preparation and implementation of comprehensive watershed action plans and watershed management plans;

(5) To recognize that programs to restore water quality and manage storm and surface water needs will vary from watershed to watershed and that specific watershed management needs may be determined or refined when watershed action plans and watershed management plans are developed or revised;

(6) To foster interagency cooperation on water quality restoration and storm and surface water management issues because watersheds do not conform to political boundaries; and

(7) To restore water quality in saltwater tidelands to allow the upgrading of conditionally approved, restricted, and prohibited shellfish beds. (Added by Amended Ord. 15-069, Nov. 16, 2015, Eff date Jan. 1, 2016; Amended by Amended Ord. 17-020, July 5, 2017, Eff date July 21, 2017; Amended by Amended Ord. 20-081, Jan. 20, 2021, Eff date Jan. 30, 2021).