(a) It is prohibited to:
(1) Throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left, maintained or kept, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, business, place, or upon any public or private lot of land in the unincorporated area of the County, in a manner and place where they may result in an illicit discharge;
(2) Throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the unincorporated area of the County;
(3) Discharge directly or indirectly into the Storm Drain System any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter, or storm water containing such matter, in violation of any law, rule, regulation, permit, order or other requirement of any Federal, State, county, municipal or other governmental entity or agency. These discharges include, but are not limited to:
(I) Any sediment, settleable, or suspended solid;
(II) Any living or dead animal or the biological waste product of domestic animals;
(III) Any food or food processing waste;
(IV) Any thermal, color, conductive, oxygen demanding or growth inducing waste;
(V) Any medical, radioactive, or radiological, chemical or biological warfare agent waste;
(VI) Any chemical, salt, organic compound, pesticide or metal waste;
(VII) Any hydrocarbon based fuel, oil, lubricant, fluid or additive waste; and
(VIII) Any substance designated as a pollutant by State or Federal law or regulation.
(4) Discharge non-storm water directly or indirectly into the Storm Drain System or any street or lined or unlined drainage ditch which leads to a public storm drain, unless such discharge is permitted by a NPDES permit, a County permit, or is exempted in § 35.0111 of the County Code. If such discharge is permitted by a NPDES permit, but causes the County to violate any portions of its MS4 permit, such discharge is also prohibited.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Readopted by Ord. 3587, passed - -1994; Am. Ord. 4176, passed - -2012)