(a) The use of the stormwater system shall be the collection and transportation of stormwater. The use of the sanitary sewer system shall be, to the furthest extent practicable, the collection and transportation of sanitary sewage.
(b) No person 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 shall knowingly discharge, place or cause to be placed any stormwater discharge into the sanitary sewer system, unless written approval has been granted by the Director.
(d) The City of Wheeling shall administer use of the stormwater system to all users within the City watershed, whether 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;
(7) Abnormal demand on the stormwater system capacity; or,
(8) Violation of a NPDES permit or applicable receiving water quality 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 stormwater system shall undertake best management practices to reduce such pollutants. Examples of such activities include, but are not limited to, compliant 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 within the stormwater system, 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. 13957. Passed 6-1-10.)