(A) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to eliminate illicit connections to the MS4 and reduce the pollutants such as nutrients, oxygen demanding substances, sewage, oil and grease introduced by said discharges into the MS4 and/or waterbodies.
(B) Prohibition. No person shall connect a line conveying sanitary sewage, domestic waste or industrial effluent to the MS4 and/or waterbodies, or allow such a connection to continue.
(C) Implications. The City Water Department has an Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Program to the MS4 and waterbodies in compliance with state and federal storm water regulations. Any illicit connections detected through this program will be dealt with expeditiously in the following manner: It is the responsibility of the owner of the property to disconnect such illicit connection within ten days upon written notification from the city. The city will also notify the tenant about the illicit connection. If the owner fails to respond to the notification, then the city will post the illicit connection information with a legal description of the property in a local newspaper with an additional ten days time to respond. If no response is received from the owner, then the illicit connection will be disconnected by the city without further notification.
(Ord. passed 7-26-2010) Penalty, see § 154.99