(A) This subchapter shall apply to all discharges, including illegal dumping, entering the stormwater drainage system under the control of the Board of Stormwater Management for the city. These discharges include flows from direct connections to the stormwater drainage system, illegal dumping, and contaminated runoff.
(B) This section shall not apply to the following categories of nonstormwater discharges or flows which are exempted from the requirements of this chapter per 40 C.F.R. § 122.26(d)(2)(iv)(B)(l) and may be discharged into the separate storm sewer system so long as the appropriate tap, connection, or discharge permits have been secured, if needed:
(1) Water line flushing;
(2) Landscape irrigation or lawn watering;
(3) Diverted stream flows;
(4) Rising groundwaters;
(5) Uncontaminated groundwater infiltration;
(6) Uncontaminated pumped groundwater;
(7) Discharges from potable water sources;
(8) Foundation, footing drains or crawl space pump discharge;
(9) Air conditioning condensation;
(10) Irrigation water;
(11) Springs;
(12) Individual residential car washing;
(13) Flows from riparian habitats and wetlands;
(14) Dechlorinated swimming pool discharges—chlorinated water that has either sat idle for seven days following chlorination prior to discharge to the MS4 conveyance, or, by analysis, does not contain detectable concentrations of chlorinated residual (less than five-hundredths milligram per liter);
(15) Street wash water; and
(16) Discharges from firefighting activities.
(C) Any nonstormwater discharge permitted under an NPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is also exempted from this chapter, provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations, and provided that written acceptance has been granted for the subject discharge to the stormwater drainage system.
(Prior Code, § 54.066) (Ord. 0-08-0005, passed 3-24-2008) Penalty, see § 54.999