Any person engaged in activities that may result in pollutants entering the stormwater conveyance system shall, to the maximum extent practicable, undertake the measures set forth below to reduce the risk of nonstormwater discharge and/or pollutant discharge.
A. Business Related Activities.
1. Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. The enforcement official may require any business in the city engaged in activities that may result in a nonstormwater discharge to develop and implement a stormwater pollution prevention plan, that must include an employee training program. Business activities that may require a stormwater pollution prevention plan include, but are not limited to, maintenance, storage, manufacturing, assembly, equipment operations, vehicle loading or fueling, and cleanup procedures that are carried out partially or wholly outdoors.
2. Coordination with Hazardous Materials Release Response Plans and Inventory. Any business for which a hazardous materials release response plan and inventory are required under Chapter 6.95 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code, shall include in that plan provisions demonstrating compliance with this chapter, and requiring the release of pollutants to be reduced to the maximum extent practicable.
3. Coordination with Hazardous Waste Generator Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures. Any business for which a hazardous waste generator contingency plan and emergency procedures are required pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Sections 66265.51 to 66265.56, shall include in that plan provisions demonstrating compliance with this chapter, and requiring the release of pollutants to be reduced to the maximum extent practicable.
4. Any person conducting business or industrial activities in the city shall prevent pollutants from entering the stormwater conveyance system and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances or regulations.
B. Development.
1. The enforcement official may establish and impose such controls as the enforcement official determines to be appropriate to minimize the long-term, post-construction discharge of stormwater pollutants from new development or modifications to existing development. Controls may include source control measures to prevent pollution of stormwater and/or treatment controls designed to remove pollutants from stormwater.
2. Any person conducting development in the city shall prevent pollutants from entering the stormwater conveyance system and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances or regulations, including, but not limited to, the City Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance set forth in Chapter 15.88 of this code.
C. Compliance with General Permits. Any person conducting business, industrial, construction or development activities that are subject to a general stormwater permit issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region or the city of Sacramento, including the construction general permit and the industrial general permit, shall comply with all requirements of such permit. (Ord. 2004-042 § 1; Ord. 98-007 § 1; prior code § 87.01.112)