(a) Municipal separate storm sewer system means the conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, and storm drains, that are owned and operated by the City and are designed and used for collecting and conveying solely storm water. Storm water means storm water runoff, snowmelt runoff and surface runoff or drainage.
(b) No person shall cause or permit any non-storm water drain to be connected to or otherwise cause or permit any non-storm water to be discharged to the City's municipal separate storm sewer system, except as indicated below.
(c) The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of non-storm water connections to the City's municipal separate storm sewer system is prohibited, except as indicated below. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, non-storm water connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.
(d) Non-storm water discharges that are exempted from this prohibition include the following, provided the Ohio EPA has not determined that these sources are substantial contributors of pollutants: Waterline and fire hydrant flushing, landscape irrigation, diverted stream flows, rising groundwater, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, 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 fire fighting activities.
(Ord. 2006-062. Passed 9-5-06; Ord. 2020-021A. Passed 6-15-20.)