(a) The use of the stormwater collection system shall be the collection and transportation of stormwater.
(b) No person(s), individuals(s), landowners(s), developers(s), operators(s) or their assigns(s) shall place or cause to be placed any pollutant into the stormwater system other than stormwater, unless written approval has been granted by the Director. The Director may refuse to grant approval to discharge non-stormwater into the stormwater system for any reason or combination of reasons.
(c) No person(s), individual(s), landowner(s), developer(s), operator(s) or their assign(s) shall be allowed to develop or engage in land disturbing activities of any kind, on any lot, tract, parcel of land, or any portion thereof for residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional development, redevelopment, addition or modification without obtaining and providing the appropriate permits, including, but not limited to NPDES, Public Lands Corporation, Army Corps of Engineers, Stormwater Management and Erosion Control Plan, or any/all documents, notices, agreements, bonds, or permits required by the City of St. Albans, Kanawha County, or the State of West Virginia to manage stormwater or any/all other land disturbing activities regulated by the City, County, or State.
(d) The City of St. Albans shall administer use of the stormwater system to all users within the City watershed, weather located within or outside City limits.
(e) No person shall cause or permit the introduction of any pollutant into the stormwater system, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, that will cause:
(1) 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 sewers or structures;
(2) Mechanical action that will destroy or damage sewers or structures;
(3) Restriction of the normal maintenance and inspection of sewers;
(4) Danger to public health and safety or to the environment;
(5) Conditions that create a public nuisance;
(6) An oil sheen or unusual color, other than non-toxic dye testing allowed by the Director for detection of illicit connections or locating connection within the storm system;
(7) Abnormal demand on the stormwater system capacity; or,
(8) The stormwater system to violate its NPDES permit or applicable receiving water standards and all other Federal, State, and local regulations.
(f) Any person or entity engaged in activities which will or may result in pollutants entering the storm drain system shall undertake best management practices to reduce such pollutants. Examples of such activities include, but are not limited to, ownership and/or operation of facilities that may be a source of pollutants, such as paved parking lots, gasoline stations, Industrial facilities, and private roads/streets.
(g) No person 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.
(h) No person 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 urban watershed.
(i) No person shall use the stormwater system for discharge from any environmental cleanup that is regulated under federal or state law unless approved by the Director. Approval by the Director must be conditioned upon the discharge meeting all criteria for discharge under this chapter. Approval conditions may provide for measures appropriate to prevent harm due to possible exfiltration into the ground adjacent to the system or failure of any pretreatment system for the discharge.
(Ord. 2011-11. Passed 11-21-11.)