13.04.090   Prohibited discharges.
It is prohibited to:
A.   Discharge directly or indirectly into the storm drain system any stormwater or other solid, liquid or gaseous matter in violation of any law, rule, regulation, permit, order or other requirement of any federal, state, county, municipal or other governmental entity or agency;
B.   Discharge non-stormwater directly or indirectly to the storm drain system or any street, lined or unlined drainage ditch which leads to a public storm drain, unless such discharge is permitted by an NPDES permit or a city permit. If such discharge is permitted by an NPDES permit, but causes the city to violate any portion of its NPDES permit for stormwater discharges, such discharge is also prohibited;
C.   Throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, 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, business place, or upon any public or private lot of land in the city, so that the same might be or become a pollutant;
D.   Throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the city;
E.   Discharge any of the following types of waste into the city’s stormwater drainage system:
1.   Sewage,
2.   Surface cleaning wash water resulting from mopping, rinsing, pressure washing or steam cleaning of gas stations, and vehicle service businesses or any other business,
3.   Discharges resulting from the cleaning, repair, or maintenance of any type of equipment, machinery, or facility including motor vehicles, concrete mixing equipment, portable toilet servicing, etc.,
4.   Wash water from mobile auto detailing and washing, steam and pressure cleaning, carpet cleaning, drapery and furniture cleaning, etc.,
5.   Waste water from cleaning municipal, industrial, commercial, residential areas (including parking lots), streets, sidewalks, driveways, patios, plazas, work yards and outdoor eating or drinking areas, containing chemicals or detergents and without prior sweeping, etc.,
6.   Stormwater runoff from material or waste storage areas containing chemicals, fuels, grease, oil or other hazardous materials or contaminated equipment,
7.   Discharges from pool or fountain water containing chlorine, biocides, acids or other chemicals; pool filter backwash containing debris and chlorine,
8.   Pet waste, yard waste, debris, sediment, etc.,
9.   Restaurant wastes such as grease, mop water, and wash water from cleaning dishes, utensils, laundry, floors, floor mats, trash bins, grease containers, food waste, etc.,
10.   Chemicals or chemical waste,
11.   Medical wastes,
12.   Blow down or bleed water from cooling towers and boilers, regenerative brine waste from water softeners or reverse osmosis treatment systems,
13.   Materials or chemical substances that cause damage to the city’s stormwater drainage system,
14.   Any other material that causes or contributes to a condition of contamination, nuisance or pollution in the city’s storm drainage system or causes a violation of any waste disposal regulations, waste discharge requirements, water quality standards or objectives adopted by the State Water Resources Control Board, Regional Water Quality Control Board, EPA, San Bernardino County Fire Hazmat, San Bernardino County Flood Control District or any other public agency with jurisdiction. (Ord. 229 § 3, 2005)