8.80.206 Prohibited Discharges
It is prohibited to:
   (1)   Discharge non-storm water directly or indirectly to the City's storm water drainage system, or any street, lined or unlined drainage channel which leads to the City's storm drain or directly or indirectly into any waters of the state unless such discharge is authorized by either a separate NPDES Permit or as otherwise specified in § 8.80.207 of this chapter. If such discharge is permitted by a NPDES permit or is generally exempted, but causes the City to violate any portion of its NPDES Permits for storm water discharges, such discharge is also prohibited;
   (2)   Discharge storm water into the City's storm water drainage system containing pollutants that have not been reduced to the maximum extent practicable;
   (3)   Throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained, any refuse, garbage, sediment 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 City, so that the same may be and/or may become a pollutant.
   (4)   Throw or deposit any refuse, garbage or any other pollutant into any fountain, pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the City.
   (5)   Discharge any of the following types of waste into the City's storm water drainage system:
      (a)   Sewage;
      (b)   Surface cleaning wash water resulting from mopping, rinsing, pressure washing or steam cleaning of gas stations, and vehicle service businesses or any other business;
      (c)   Discharges resulting from the cleaning, repair, or maintenance of any type of equipment, machinery, or facility including motor vehicles, concrete mixing equipment, portable toilet servicing, etc.;
      (d)   Wash water from mobile auto detailing and washing, steam and pressure cleaning, carpet cleaning, drapery and furniture cleaning, etc.;
      (e)   Waste water from cleaning municipal, industrial, commercial, and residential areas (including parking lots), streets, sidewalks, driveways, patios, plazas, work yards and outdoor eating or drinking areas, containing chemicals or detergents and without prior sweeping, etc.;
      (f)   Storm water runoff from material or waste storage areas containing chemicals, fuels, grease, oil or other hazardous materials or contaminated equipment;
      (g)   Discharges from pool or fountain water containing chlorine, biocides, acids or other chemicals; pool filter backwash containing debris and chlorine;
      (h)   Pet waste, yard waste, debris, sediment, etc.;
      (i)   Restaurant wastes such as grease, mop water, and wash water from cleaning dishes, utensils, laundry, floors, floor mats, trash bins, grease containers, food waste, etc.;
      (j)   Chemicals or chemical waste;
      (k)   Medical wastes;
      (l)   Blow down or bleed water from cooling towers and boilers, regenerative brine waste from water softeners or reverse osmosis treatment systems;
      (m)   Materials or chemical substances that cause damage to the City's storm water drainage system;
      (n)   Any other material that causes or contributes to a condition of contamination, nuisance or pollution in the City's storm drainage system or causes a violation of any waste disposal regulations, waste discharge requirements, water quality standards or objectives adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board, Regional Water Quality Control Board, EPA, San Bernardino County Fire Hazmat, San Bernardino County Flood Control District or any other public agency with jurisdiction.