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(a) The establishment, use, maintenance, or continuation of any unauthorized drainage connections to the Stormwater Collection System is prohibited.
(b) The discharge of Pollutants and Non-Stormwater Discharges into the stormwater collection facilities located in the Separate Sewer System portions of the Stormwater Collection System is prohibited, except as provided in this Section 147.3.
(c) The following discharges are exempt from the prohibitions set forth in subsection (b) above if the Regional Water Quality Control Board approves the exempted category in a discharge permit issued to the City: uncontaminated pumped groundwater, foundation drains, water from crawl space pumps, footing drains, air conditioning condensate, irrigation water, landscape irrigation, lawn or garden watering, planned and unplanned discharges from potable water sources, water line and hydrant flushing, individual residential car washing, discharges or flows from emergency fire fighting activities, and dechlorinated swimming pool discharges.
(Added by Ord. 83-10, File No. 100102, 4/22/2010; amended by Ord. 64-16
, File No. 160155, App. 4/27/2016, Eff. 5/27/2016)
(a) All Post-Construction Stormwater Controls shall be maintained according to the Stormwater Management Requirements and Guidelines and the maintenance plan included in the approved Stormwater Control Plan. The person(s) or organization(s) responsible for maintenance shall be designated in the plan. Those persons responsible for maintenance shall inspect the Post-Construction Stormwater Controls at least annually and shall maintain the Post-Construction Stormwater Controls as required by the Stormwater Management Requirements and Guidelines and the approved Stormwater Control Plan.
(b) Maintenance and Self-Certification Inspections. Every person who owns, leases or operates any Post-Construction Stormwater Control or Controls must provide annual self-certification for inspection and maintenance, as set forth in the Stormwater Management Requirements and Guidelines.
(c) The General Manager may perform routine or scheduled inspections and sampling, as may be deemed necessary in the General Manager's sole discretion to carry out the intent of this Article 4.2 and the Stormwater Management Requirements and Guidelines.
(d) Authority to Sample and Establish Sampling Devices. The General Manager may require any person discharging Stormwater to the Separate or Combined Sewer System to provide devices or locations necessary for the Department to conduct sampling or metering operations.
(e) Requirement to Monitor. If requested by the General Manager, any person responsible for Post-Construction Stormwater Controls shall undertake monitoring and furnish monitoring reports to the General Manager, as he or she may specify.
(f) Notification of Spills. All persons in charge of the Post-Construction Stormwater Controls shall provide immediate notification to the General Manager of any suspected, confirmed, or unconfirmed release of pollutants creating a risk of non-stormwater discharge into the Separate or Combined Sewer System. Such persons shall take all necessary steps to ensure the detection and containment and clean up of such release. This notification requirement is in addition to and not in lieu of other required notifications.
(Added by Ord. 83-10, File No. 100102, 4/22/2010; amended by Ord. 64-16
, File No. 160155, App. 4/27/2016, Eff. 5/27/2016)
Any violation of this Article 4.2 may be enforced by the General Manager pursuant to Section 132 of Article 4.1 of the Public Works Code. Persons violating any provision of this Article, the Stormwater Management Requirements and Guidelines, or Department regulations may be subject to penalties and abatement in accordance with the Stormwater Management Requirements and Guidelines and Sections 133 and 134 of Article 4.1 of the Public Works Code. For Small and Large Development Projects in areas of the City under the jurisdiction of the Port Commission, the Port's Executive Director or his or her designee shall have enforcement authority identical to the enforcement authority referenced in the two preceding sentences.
(Added by Ord. 83-10, File No. 100102, 4/22/2010; amended by Ord. 64-16
, File No. 160155, App. 4/27/2016, Eff. 5/27/2016)
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Article, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Article. The Board of Supervisors declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Article irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases could be declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective.
(Added by Ord. 83-10, File No. 100102, 4/22/2010)