(a) Prohibition of Illicit Discharges. No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, an illicit discharge into the MS4. The commencement, conduct, or continuance of any illicit discharge to the MS4 is prohibited except as described below:
(1) Water line flushing; landscape irrigation; diverted stream flows; rising ground waters; uncontaminated ground water infiltration (infiltration is defined as water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system, including sewer service connections and foundation drains, from the ground through such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.); uncontaminated pumped ground water; discharges from potable water sources; foundation drains; air conditioning condensate; irrigation water; springs; water from crawl space pumps; footing drains; lawn watering; individual residential car washing; flows from riparian habitats and wetlands; dechlorinated/dibrominated/desalinated swimming pool discharges; street wash water with dry cleanup methods and no detergents to minimize pollutants; and discharges or flows from fire fighting activities (not planned exercises). These discharges are exempt until such time as they are determined by the Village of South Amherst to be significant contributors of pollutants to the MS4.
(2) Discharges specified in writing by the Village of South Amherst as being necessary to prohibit to protect public health and safety.
(3) Discharges from off-lot discharging home sewage treatment systems (off-lot HSTS) permitted by the Lorain County General Health District for the purpose of discharging treated sewage effluent in accordance with Ohio Administrative Code 3701-29-02(6) until such time as the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issues an NPDES permitting mechanism for residential 1, 2, or 3 family dwellings. These discharges are exempt unless such discharges are deemed to create a public health nuisance by the Lorain County General Health District.
In compliance with the Village of South Amherst Storm Water Management Program, discharges from all off-lot discharging home sewage treatment systems must either be eliminated, or have coverage under an appropriate NPDES permit issued and approved by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. When such permit coverage is available, then discharges from off-lot discharging home sewage treatment systems shall no longer be exempt from the requirements of this regulation.
(b) Prohibition of Illicit Connections. The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence of illicit connections to the (MS4) is hereby prohibited.
(1) This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.
(2) A person is considered to be in violation of this regulation if the person connects a line conveying illicit discharges to the MS4, or allows such a connection to continue.
(Ord. 1724-22 Passed 3-28-22)