The city’s Comprehensive Storm Water Management Ordinance (Ord. 172-2008) has adopted requirements identifying best management practices for activities, operations, or facilities which may cause or contribute to pollution or contamination of storm water, the storm drain system or waters of the state. The owner or operator of a commercial or industrial establishment shall provide, at his, her or their own expense, reasonable protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes into the municipal storm drain system or watercourses through the use of these structural and non-structural BMPs. Further, any person responsible for a property or premises, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge, may be required to implement, at said person’s expense, additional structural and non-structural BMPs to prevent the further discharge of pollutants to the storm water system. Compliance with all terms and conditions of a valid SWP3 or ECP permit and/or NPDES permit authorizing the discharge of storm water associated with industrial activity, to the extent practicable, shall be deemed in compliance with the provisions of this section. The BMPs shall be part of a storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPP) as necessary for compliance with requirements of the NPDES permit.
(Prior Code, § 1056.10) (Ord. 208-2012, passed 12-10-2012)