(a) Any person engaged in activities which will or may result in pollutants entering a storm sewer system shall undertake reasonable measures to reduce such pollutants.
(b) No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained, any refuse, rubbish, garbage or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, parking area, or upon any public or private plot of land so that the same might be or become a pollutant, except where such material is being temporarily stored in properly contained waste receptacles or is part of a well defined compost system.
(c) No person shall cause or permit any dumpster, solid waste bin, or similar container to leak such that any pollutant is discharged into any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, business place, or upon any private plot of land in the city.
(d) The occupant or tenant, the owner, lessee, or proprietor of any real property in the city where there is located a paved sidewalk or parking area shall maintain said paved surface free of dirt or litter to the extent reasonable and practicable and provide an adequate means for the disposal of refuse, rubbish, garbage, or other articles so as to prevent such matter from entering a storm drain system. Sweeping from said sidewalk shall not be swept or otherwise made or allowed to go into the gutter or street, but shall be disposed of in receptacles maintained in said real property.
(e) No person shall throw or deposit any pollutant in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere in the city, except as otherwise permitted under local, state or federal law.
(Ord. No. 158, 2-5-2007)