The following discharges are not subject to the general prohibition established in § 46-127, unless, on a case-specific basis, the City Director determines that the discharges may cause detriment, create a nuisance or cause or contribute to a violation of State water quality standards in receiving surface water: discharges or flows from emergency firefighting activities, water line flushing and other contributions from potable water sources, landscape irrigation and lawn watering runoff, irrigation water, diverted stream flows, rising groundwaters, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration to the storm sewer system, pumped groundwater (except for groundwater cleanups), runoff from foundation and footing drains, water from crawl space pumps, air conditioning condensations, springs, water from noncommercial car washing, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, and residential swimming pool and other dechlorinated swimming pool discharges.
(Ord. 3489, passed 2-25-2002; Ord. 3630, passed 12-13-2004)