(A) Prohibition Of Illicit Discharges:
1. No person shall place, drain, or otherwise discharge, cause, or allow others under their control to place, drain, or otherwise discharge into the storm drainage system or MS4 any pollutants or waters containing any pollutants, other than normal stormwater unless specifically exempted in subsection (A)3 of this section.
2. The following discharges into the MS4 or the storm drainage system shall be prohibited:
(a) Discharges that are not a direct result of precipitation or snowmelt within the drainage area of the MS4.
(b) Discharges from an illicit connection.
3. The following discharges are exempt from discharge prohibitions established herein, provided, they do not cause an adverse effect on water quality as determined by the director:
(a) Discharges caused by governmental public works and stormwater management units as part of their standard operations in compliance with all applicable regulations.
(b) Discharges required by law or authorized by permit, including any nonstormwater discharge permitted under an NPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered by the USEPA and/or IEPA.
(c) Water line and fire hydrant flushing.
(d) Landscape irrigation water.
(e) Rising groundwaters.
(f) Groundwater infiltration.
(g) Pumped groundwater.
(h) Discharges from potable water sources.
(i) Foundation drains.
(j) Air conditioning condensate.
(k) Irrigation water (except for wastewater irrigation).
(l) Springs.
(m) Water from crawl space pumps.
(n) Footing drains.
(o) Storm sewer cleaning water.
(p) Water from outdoor individual residential car wash.
(q) Routine external building washdown which does not use detergents.
(r) Flows from riparian habitats and wetlands.
(s) Dechlorinated pH neutral swimming pool discharges.
(t) Residual street wash water.
(u) Discharges or flows from firefighting activities.
(v) Dechlorinated water reservoir discharges.
(w) Pavement wash waters where spills or leaks of toxic or hazardous materials have not occurred (unless all spilled material has been removed).
(x) Discharges associated with dye testing of water line, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, private drains or septic systems; however, this activity shall not take place until the discharger, or tester, has provided notification to the department at least two (2) full business days prior to the test date, unless an emergency situation does not allow time for such notification.
(y) Other discharges approved by the department as being substantially like any of the discharge types enumerated in this subsection (A)3.
(B) Prohibition Of Illicit Connections:
1. The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence of illicit connections to the storm drainage system or MS4 is prohibited.
2. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.
3. A person is considered to be in violation of this chapter if the person connects a line conveying sewage to the storm drainage system or MS4, or allows such a connection to continue.
4. Connections in violation of this chapter must be disconnected and redirected, if necessary, to an approved wastewater management system or the sanitary sewer system upon approval of the department and the appropriate sanitary treatment facility.
5. Any drain or conveyance that has not been documented in plans, maps or equivalent, and which may be connected to the storm sewer system or MS4, shall be located by the owner or occupant of that property upon receipt of written notice of violation from the department requiring that such locating be completed. Such notice shall specify a reasonable time period within which the location of the drain or conveyance is to be determined, that the drain or conveyance be identified as storm sewer, sanitary sewer or other, and that the outfall location or point of connection to the storm sewer system, MS4, sanitary sewer system, or other discharge point be identified. Results of these investigations are to be documented and provided to the department. (Ord. 2009-4280, 10-19-2009)