A. Except as otherwise permitted herein, all non-storm water discharges to the municipal storm drain system are prohibited.
B. No person shall cause, facilitate or permit any illicit discharge to the municipal storm drain system.
C. No person shall cause, facilitate or permit a discharge into an MS4 that causes or contributes to an exceedence of any water quality standard.
D. No person shall cause, facilitate or permit any discharge into an MS4 that causes or threatens to cause a condition of pollution, contamination, or nuisance (as defined in California Water Code § 13050).
E. No person shall cause, facilitate or permit any discharge into an MS4 containing pollutants which have not been reduced to the Maximum Extent Practicable.
F. No person shall cause, facilitate or permit any discharge of washwaters to the municipal storm drain system in the performance of any maintenance or cleaning of a gas station, auto or truck repair garage or other similar auto or truck service facility.
G. No person shall cause, facilitate or permit any discharge of wastewater to the municipal storm drain system from any mobile auto washing, steam cleaning, mobile carpet cleaning, or other similar mobile commercial and/or industrial operation.
H. All persons shall use Best Management Practices to avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, any discharge to the municipal storm drain system from property owned or operated by such person, where there has been an unmitigated release or a threat of release of leaking oils or other petroleum fluids, including but not limited to used oils, transmission oils, waste oils, cutting oils, kerosene, diesel, gasoline or antifreeze, from any machinery and/or equipment, including motor vehicles located in or on industrial sites or facilities within the city.
I. No person shall discharge, cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged any chlorinated/brominated swimming pool water or filter backwash to the municipal storm drain system.
J. No person shall use, store, maintain or discharge or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged, any hazardous or toxic substance in an area that creates a release or a threat of a release of such hazardous or toxic substances into the municipal storm drain system.
K. No person shall discharge, or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged into the municipal storm drain system any untreated waste water from the washing or cleaning of concrete trucks.
L. No person shall discharge, or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged any leaves, dirt or other landscape debris, or construction debris into the municipal storm drain system.
M. No person shall discharge, or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged any pesticide, fungicide or herbicide presently banned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the California Department of Pesticide Regulation into the municipal storm drain system.
N. No person shall discharge, or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged non-storm water or storm water from property it owns, operates, or maintains, that causes or contributes to a violation of a water quality standard.
O. No person shall discharge or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged non-storm water or storm water, from property it owns, operates or maintains, that causes or contributes to a condition of nuisance.
P. All owners or operators of industrial and/or commercial property shall use BMPs in the use, maintenance, repair and operation of all machinery and equipment utilized on such property, in order to minimize and eliminate the discharge of pollutants to the municipal storm drain system.
Q. All owners and operators of industrial and/or commercial motor vehicle parking lots containing more than twenty-five parking spaces shall conduct regular sweeping and other similar measures to minimize the discharge of pollutants and other debris in the municipal storm drain system.
R. Except as otherwise permitted under federal, state or local law, no owner or operator of an industrial or commercial premises within the City shall discharge or cause, facilitate or permit to be discharged any non-storm water runoff into the municipal storm drain system.
S. The discharge of any food or food processing wastes is prohibited.
T. The discharge of any fuel and chemical wastes, animal wastes, garbage, batteries and other materials that have potential adverse impacts on water quality is prohibited.
U. Exempted Discharges. The following non-storm water discharges are considered exempt or conditionally exempt Illicit Discharges, and are not prohibited by this chapter, unless otherwise modified or revised by the Director: Discharges Identified in Part III.A of the 2012 NPDES MS4 permit.
V. Any person who violates the terms of this section shall immediately commence all appropriate response action to investigate, assess, remove and/or remediate any pollutants discharged as a result of such violation, and shall reimburse the City or other appropriate governmental agency, for all costs incurred in investigating, assessing, monitoring and/or removing, cleaning up, treating or remediating any pollutants resulting from such violation, including all reasonable attorneys' fees and environmental and related consulting fees incurred in connection therewith.
W. Upon receipt of notice from the Executive Officer of the Regional Board to add to or delete from the list of Exempted Discharges referenced above, or in the event of a determination by the Director that any non-storm water discharge is determined to be a source of Pollutants requiring that it be prohibited, the Director may modify the list of Exempted Discharges above, and upon notice to any such discharger, such discharger shall immediately cease the discharge of any such non-storm water.
(Ord. 2013-11-1462 § 1; Ord. 2003-02-1316 § 1; Ord. 2002-07-1304 § 2; Ord. 96-12-1215 § 1)