(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the MS4 or watercourses any materials other than storm water, including but not limited to, pollutants or waters containing any pollutants that cause or contribute to a violation of applicable water quality standards.
(b) The commencement, conduct or continuance of any illicit discharge to the MS4 is prohibited except as described as follows:
(1) The following discharges are exempt from discharge prohibitions established by this chapter: water line flushing or other potable water sources, landscape irrigation or lawn watering, rising ground water, ground water infiltration to storm drains, uncontaminated pumped ground water, foundation or footing drains, crawl space pumps, air conditioning condensation, springs, non-commercial washing of vehicles, natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, fire fighting activities, and any other water source not containing pollutants;
(2) Discharges specified in writing by the City Engineer as being necessary to protect public health and safety;
(3) Dye testing is an allowable discharge, but requires a verbal notification to the City Engineer twenty-four hours prior to the time of the test;
(4) Discharges from off-lot discharging home sewage treatment systems permitted by the City Health Department; and
(5) Non-storm water discharge permitted under an NPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, 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 approval has been granted for any discharge to the MS4.
(c) An actual or threatened discharge to the MS4 that violates or would violate this chapter is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08.)