1003.06 DISCHARGE AND CONNECTION PROHIBITIONS.

   (a)   Prohibition of Illicit Discharges.  No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, an Illicit Discharge into the Municipal Storm Sewer System. The commencement, conduct, or continuance of any Illicit Discharge to the Municipal Storm Sewer System is prohibited except as described below:

      (1)   Water line flushing; landscape irrigation; diverted stream flows; rising ground waters; uncontaminated ground water infiltration; uncontaminated pumped ground water; discharges from potable water sources; foundation drains; air conditioning condensate; irrigation water; springs; water from crawl space pumps; footing drains; lawn watering; individual residential car washing; flows from riparian habitats and wetlands; dechlorinated swimming pool discharges; street wash water; and discharges or flows from firefighting activities.

      (2)   Discharges authorized in writing by the Engineer as being necessary to protect public health and safety.

      (3)   Discharges from Off-Lot Discharging Home Sewage Treatment Systems permitted by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health for the purpose of discharging treated sewage effluent in accordance with Ohio Administrative Code 3701-29-02(6). These discharges are exempt unless such discharges are deemed to be creating a public health nuisance by the Board of Health.

   (b)   Prohibition of Illegal Connections.    The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence of Illegal Connections to the Municipal Storm Sewer System is prohibited.  This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, Illegal Connections made prior to the effective date of this regulation, regardless of whether the connection was permissible at the time of connection.  A person is considered to be in violation of this regulation if the person connects a line conveying Illicit Discharges to the Municipal Storm Sewer System, or allows such a connection to continue.  (Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19; Ord.  2020-57.  Passed 4-20-20.)