(A) On application of the owner of property or the operator or person in charge of day to day operations of any facility, which property or facility is not otherwise subject to the requirements of a State General Permit, the Director may issue, either for a fee or in the Director's discretion, without fee, a permit authorizing a non-stormwater discharge to the storm drain system if the discharge is not prohibited by the NPDES Permit or any other applicable order of the Regional Board, State Water Resources Control Board or the EPA, if the discharge is reasonably necessary for the conduct of otherwise legal activities on the property and the discharge complies with all provisions of this chapter and state and federal law.
(B) The applicant shall provide all information requested by the Director for review and consideration of the application, including but not limited to specific detail as to the activities to be conducted on the property, plans and specifications for facilities located on the property, identification of equipment or processes to be used on-site and other information as may be requested in order to determine the constituents, and quantities thereof, which may be discharged if permission is granted.
(C) Permits shall be issued for a specific time period, not to exceed five (5) years from the effective date of the permit. The Director may issue a permit for a period of less than five years or the permit may be stated to expire on a certain date.
(D) The permit may include terms, conditions and requirements to ensure compliance with the objectives of this chapter and as necessary to protect the receiving waters, including but not limited to:
(1) Identification of the discharge location on the property and the location at which the discharge will enter the storm drain system;
(2) Identification of the constituents and quantities thereof to be discharged into the storm drain system;
(3) Specification of pollution prevention techniques and structural or non-structural controls and requirements as reasonably necessary to prevent the occurrence of potential discharges in violation of this chapter;
(4) Requirements for the installation of inspection and sampling facilities;
(5) Requirements for self-monitoring of any discharge;
(6) Requirements for the submission of documents and data, such as technical reports, production data, discharge reports, self-monitoring reports and waste manifests; compliance schedules;
(7) Other terms and conditions appropriate to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the protection of receiving waters, including requirements for compliance with Best Management Practices guidance documents approved by any Federal, State of California or Regional agency.
(E) Except as provided in this section, subsection (A)(1) above, the permission to discharge shall be conditioned upon the applicant's payment of the city costs, in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by a separate resolution.