Chapter 8.20
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL
Sections:
   8.20.010   Intent and purpose.
   8.20.020   Definitions.
   8.20.030   Responsibility for administration.
   8.20.040   Construction and application.
   8.20.050   Stormwater control plan required.
   8.20 060   Discharge of non-stormwater.
   8.20.070   Discharge in violation of permit.
   8.20.080   Unlawful discharge and unlawful connections.
   8.20.090   Reduction of pollutants in stormwater.
   8.20.100   Compliance certificates for stormwater management facilities.
   8.20.110   Authority to inspect.
   8.20.120   Violations constituting misdemeanors.
   8.20.130   Penalty of violation.
   8.20.140   Continuing violation.
   8.20.150   Concealment.
   8.20.160   Acts potentially resulting in violation of Federal Clean Water Act and/or Porter-Cologne Act.
   8.20.170   Violations deemed a public nuisance.
   8.20.180   Civil actions.
   8.20.190   Remedies not exclusive.
   8.20.200   Appeal.
   8.20.210   Judicial review.
8.20.010 INTENT AND PURPOSE.
   A.   Intent. The intent of this chapter is to protect and enhance the water quality of the city's watercourses pursuant to, and consistent with, the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Water Code section 13000 et seq.) and the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. section 1251 et seq.).
   B.   NPDES Permit. This chapter also carries out the conditions in the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit that require effective February 15, 2005 implementation of appropriate source control and site design measures and stormwater treatment measures for projects that create or replace on acre or more of impervious surface, and that effective August 15, 2006 reduce the threshold to projects that create or replace 10,000 square feet or more of impervious surface.
   C.   Purpose. It is the purpose of the City Council in enacting this chapter to protect the health, safety and general welfare of Pinole's citizens by:
      1.   Minimizing non-stormwater discharges, whose pollutants would otherwise degrade the water quality of local streams, to the stormwater system;
      2.   Minimizing increases in nonpoint source pollution caused by stormwater runoff from development that would otherwise degrade local water quality;
      3.   Controlling the discharge to the city's stormwater system from spills, dumping or disposal of materials other than stormwater;
      4.   Reducing stormwater run-off rates and volumes and nonpoint source pollution whenever possible, through stormwater management controls and ensuring that these management controls are properly maintained and pose no threat to public safety. (Ord. 2004-16 § 1(part), 2004)
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