(a) The use of the stormwater system shall be the collection and transportation of stormwater.
(b) No person or entity shall place or cause to be placed any pollutant, illicit discharge, prohibited discharge, or non-stormwater discharge into the stormwater system.
(c) The City of South Charleston shall administer use of the stormwater system to all users within the City.
(d) No person or entity shall cause or permit the introduction of any pollutant, illicit discharge, or non-stormwater discharge into the stormwater system that will cause:
(1) Any adverse impact to the stormwater system;
(2) Chemical reaction, either directly or indirectly with the materials of construction used in the stormwater system or that will impair the strength or durability of stormwater system;
(3) Physical action that will obstruct, destroy, or damage stormwater system;
(4) Adverse effect on the normal maintenance and inspection of sewers;
(5) Diminished flow carrying or hydraulic capacity;
(6) Adverse effect to public health and safety or to the environment;
(7) Conditions that create a public nuisance;
(8) An oil sheen;
(9) An unusual or unnatural color;
(10) Abnormal hydraulic demand on the stormwater system capacity;
(11) An adverse effect upon the function and operation of the stormwater system; or
(12) The stormwater system to violate its NPDES permit or applicable receiving water standards or any other federal, state, and local regulations.
(e) Any person or entity engaged in activities which will or may result in pollutants entering the stormwater system shall undertake best management practices to reduce such pollutants.
(f) No person or entity shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain or cause to be thrown, deposited, left or maintained any refuse, rubbish, garbage, grease, petroleum products, 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, parking area, or upon any private or public plot of land so that the same might become a pollutant, except where the pollutant is being temporarily stored in properly contained waste receptacles or is part of a well defined compost system.
(g) No person or entity shall cause or permit any dumpster, solid waste bin, or similar container to leak such that any pollutant is discharged into any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structure, or upon any public or private plot of land in the City's watershed.
(h) No person or entity shall use the stormwater system for discharge from any environmental cleanup that is regulated under federal or state law.
(i) No person or entity shall alter the configuration or condition of the stormwater system, or create a configuration or condition within the stormwater system, which adversely affects the function of the stormwater system.
(j) No person or entity shall purposefully discharge or purposefully cause the discharge of stormwater from their property without the use of an approved point of discharge to the City stormwater system. The work necessary within the private property to collect the stormwater and to connect to the City stormwater system shall be performed by and at the expense of the private party.
(k) No person or entity shall introduce, dump, or deposit gravel, stone, rocks, leaves, grass clippings, tree trimmings, mulch, or yard waste into the stormwater system.
(Ord. 2210. Passed 2-5-15.)