935.06 DISCHARGE AND CONNECTION PROHIBITIONS.

   (a)   Prohibition of Illicit Discharges. No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, an Illicit Discharge into the MS4. The commencement, conduct, or continuance of any Illicit Discharge to the MS4 is prohibited except as described below:

      (1)   Water line flushing; landscape irrigation; 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; discharges or flows from fire-fighting activities, and other Storm Water discharges. If any of these aforementioned discharges are deemed by the City of Findlay or its Authorized Agent to be contaminated they will be prohibited. The aforementioned discharges are exempt until such time as they are determined by the City of Findlay to be significant contributors of Pollutants to the MS4.

      (2)   Discharges specified in writing by the City of Findlay or its Authorized Agent as being necessary to protect public health and safety .

      (3)   Discharges from off-lot household sewage treatment systems permitted by the City of Findlay or Hancock County Health Department for the purpose of discharging treated sewage effluent in accordance with Ohio Administrative Code 3701-29-02(G) until such time as the Ohio EPA issues a NPDES permitting mechanism for residential 1,2, or 3 family dwellings. These discharges are exempt unless such discharges are deemed to be creating a public health nuisance by the City of Findlay or Hancock County Health Departments.

   (b)   Prohibition of Illegal Connections. The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence of illegal connection to the MS4 is prohibited .

      (1)   The City of Findlay or its Authorized Agent has the right to require the modification of any non-compliant structure which expressly includes, without limitation, illegal connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection

      (2)   A person is considered to be in violation of this regulation if the person connects a line conveying Illicit Discharges to the MS4, or allows such a connection to continue. (Ord. 2015-037. Passed 5-19-15.)