(A) General Requirements: Any person engaging in activities that may result in pollutants entering a stormwater facility shall implement best management practices to the maximum extent practicable (MEP), or as determined by the enforcement agency, to prevent such pollutants.
(B) Maintenance: All BMPs shall be protected and maintained to ensure continuous and fully effective performance as designed.
(C) Illicit Connection: It is unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to establish, use, or maintain any unauthorized connection to a stormwater facility or MS4.
(D) Waste Disposal: No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, in or upon any public or private property, driveway, parking area, street, alley, sidewalk, component of a stormwater facility or waters of the state, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, so that the same may cause or contribute to pollution, as further proscribed by chapter 2 of this title.
(E) Construction Activities: Any person performing construction work within the city shall implement appropriate BMPs to prevent the discharge from the site of pollutants, soil, or construction wastes or debris, including contaminants from construction materials, tools, and equipment to a stormwater facility.
(F) Watercourse Protection: Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes, or such person's lessee, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property reasonably free of trash, debris, and other obstacles that would pollute or contaminate the watercourse.
(G) Development/Redevelopment: The city may require development and/or redevelopment projects to incorporate appropriate BMPs to control the volume, rate, and potential pollutant loading of stormwater runoff from such development/redevelopment. These required BMPs may be contained in any land use entitlement, conditions of approval, grading plans, improvement plans, or any construction or building related permit to be issued relative to such development/redevelopment. The owner and developer shall comply with the terms, provisions, and conditions of such land use entitlements and building permits as required elsewhere in this code and adopted stormwater management plans. The city may withhold final approvals or other authorizations if the owner or developer is in violation of the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 1672, 9-22-2015)