(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; uncontaminated 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 swimming pool discharges; street wash water; and discharges or flows from firefighting activities. These discharges are exempt until such time as they are determined by Whitehouse to be significant contributors of pollutants to the MS4.
(2) Discharges specified in writing by Whitehouse as being necessary to protect public health and safety.
(b) All sewage systems that discharge effluent off-lot to surface waters are subject to NPDES permits issued by Ohio EPA, and must comply with quality standards.
(c) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and reasonable access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the facility's owner/operator at the
written or oral request of the Whitehouse, its officers, employees, or agents and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the facility owner/operator.
(d) Unreasonable delays in allowing Whitehouse access to a facility subject to this regulation for the purposes of illicit discharge inspection is a violation of this regulation.
(e) If Whitehouse, its officers, employees, or agents is refused access to any part of the facility from which storm water is discharged, and demonstrates probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this regulation, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of an inspection and sampling program designed to verify compliance with this regulation or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the public health, safety and welfare, Whitehouse, its officers, employees, or agents may seek issuance of a search warrant, civil remedies including but not limited to injunctive relief, and/or criminal remedies from any court of appropriate jurisdiction.
(f) Any costs associated with these inspections shall be assessed to the facility
owner/operator. (Ord. 5-2017. Passed 2-21-17.)