(A) Applicability.
(1) Every applicant for a building permit or subdivision approval must submit a stormwater management plan to the Engineering Department. No building permit, subdivision approval, or permit to allow land disturbing activities shall be issued until approval of the stormwater management plan or a waiver of the approval requirement has been obtained in strict conformance with the provisions of this subchapter.
(2) This subchapter shall apply to all water entering the city's stormwater system generated on any developed and undeveloped lands unless exempted by the city.
(B) Erosion and sediment control exemptions. The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to:
(1) Emergency work to protect life, limb, or property.
(2) Nursery, home gardening, and other agricultural practices that are confined to private property and do not constitute an illicit discharge or connection.
(C) Grading/ erosion and sediment control permit exemptions. The following activities do not require a grading/ESC permit but are subject to conditions of this subchapter:
(1) Land disturbing activities which disturb less than 5,000 square feet;
(2) Federal, state, county MS4 and other projects where the city does not have regulatory authority.
(D) Stormwater discharge exemptions. If not causing a public safety or nuisance, or adversely affecting water and/or environmental quality, the following shall not be considered prohibited discharges.
(1) Discharges from landscape irrigation, diverted stream flows, rising groundwater, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, springs, water from crawl space sumps, footing drains, lawn watering, individual residential car washing, flows from riparian habitat and wetlands, water main flushing. Discharges associated with dye testing; verbal approval prior to testing is required.
(2) Discharges or flow from firefighting activities and other discharges specified by the city as necessary to protect public health and safety.
(3) The prohibition shall not apply to any non-stormwater discharges permitted under an NPDES Permit, waiver or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the
authority of the USEPA, provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations, and provided that written approval has been granted for any discharge to the stormwater system.
(Ord. 1519, passed 3-3-2015)