CHAPTER 1003
Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control

1003.01   Purpose and intent.

1003.02   Applicability.

1003.03   Definitions.

1003.04   Conflicts, severability, nuisances and responsibility.

1003.05   Responsibility and authority.

1003.06   Discharge and connection prohibitions.

1003.07   Monitoring of illicit discharges and illegal connections.

1003.08   Enforcement.

CROSS REFERENCES

      Riparian and wetland setbacks - see P. & Z.  Ch.  1001

      Erosion and sediment control - see P. & Z.  Ch.  1005

      Comprehensive stormwater management - see P. & Z.  Ch.  1007

1003.01 PURPOSE AND INTENT.

   The purpose of this regulation is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City through the regulation of Illicit Discharges to the Municipal Storm Sewer System. This regulation establishes methods for controlling the introduction of Pollutants into the Municipal Storm Sewer System in order to comply with requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System "NPDES" permit process as required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency "Ohio EPA".

   It is the intent of this regulation to prohibit Illicit Discharges and Illegal Connections to the City's Municipal Storm Sewer System and to establish legal authority to carry out inspections, monitoring procedures, and enforcement actions necessary to ensure compliance with this regulation.  (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19; Ord.  2020-57.  Passed 4-20-20.)

1003.02 APPLICABILITY.

   This regulation shall apply to all residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional facilities responsible for discharges to the Municipal Storm Sewer System except discharges generated by exempt activities as set forth in Section 1003.06 hereof.

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19; Ord.  2020-57.  Passed 4-20-20.)

1003.03 DEFINITIONS.

   The words and terms used in this regulation, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall have the following meaning:

   (a)   "Best Management Practices 'BMP'" means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of Pollutants to storm water.  BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.

   (b)   "Hazardous Material" means any material including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.

   (c)   "Illicit Discharge" means any discharge to a Municipal Storm Sewer System that is not composed entirely of storm water, except for those discharges made pursuant to an NPDES permit or noted in Section 1003.06 of this regulation.

   (d)   "Illegal Connection" means any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, that allows an Illicit Discharge to enter the Municipal Storm Sewer System.

   (e)   "Municipal Storm Sewer System" means all of the various facilities and systems used by the City for collecting and/or conveying storm water which includes drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm sewers. 

   (f)   "Off-Lot Discharging Home Sewage Treatment System" means a system designed to treat home sewage on-site and discharges treated wastewater effluent off the property into a storm water or surface water conveyance or system.

   (g)   "Owner/Operator" means any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or on the owner's behalf.

   (h)   "Pollutant" means anything that causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to, paints, varnishes, solvents, oil and other automotive fluids, non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes, yard wastes, refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter or other discarded or abandoned objects, floatable materials, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, Hazardous Materials, wastes, sewage, dissolved and particulate metals, animal wastes, residues that result from constructing a structure, and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.

      (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19; Ord.  2020-57.  Passed 4-20-20.)