(a) No person, public or private, shall discharge into any storm drain, ditch, stream, lake, watercourse or other water, other than the duly established public sanitary sewerage system, any raw sewage, offal, brine, poisonous substance, filth or other substance which is injurious to public health or to the conduct of any industrial enterprise or lawful occupation, or whereby any fish or migratory bird life or wild animal or aquatic life may be destroyed, or the growth or propagation thereof be prevented or injuriously affected, or the value of lawfully taken fish or game be destroyed or impaired as a consequence of the pollution.
No person shall discharge, permit to be discharged or contribute to the discharge of any waste or pollution into any of the waters in, around or near the City in contravention of this chapter.
(b) The pollution standards of the City shall be the same standards as set up by the State Water Resources Commission.
(c) Whenever the Superintendent of Public Works or a member of the Public Works Department finds or is notified of a potential water pollution violation, immediate action with the alleged violator to cease discharge of any potential pollutants will be initiated.
(Ord. 99. Passed 4-5-66; Ord. 358. Passed 11-4-21.)