§ 26-136. Prohibitions

(a)  Illicit/illegal discharges and illegal dumping. No person shall throw, drain, or otherwise discharge, cause, or allow others under such person’s control to throw, drain, or otherwise discharge into the City's MS4 any pollutants or waters containing any pollutants, other than stormwater, whether such discharges occur through piping connections, runoff, exfiltration, infiltration, seepage or leaks. Polluting matter includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1)    Petroleum products, including, but not limited to oil, gasoline, grease;

(2)    Solid waste;

(3)    Paints:

(4)    Steam cleaning waste;

(5)    Pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers;

(6)    Degreasers, solvents;

(7)    Sanitary sewage;

(8)    Chemically treated cooling water;

(9)    Antifreeze and other automotive products;

(10)    Lawn clippings, leaves, branches, etc.;

(11)    Animal carcasses;

(12)    Recreational vehicle waters;

(13)    Dyes;

(14)    Construction materials and waste;

(15)    Any liquids in quantity or quality that are capable of causing a violation of  the City's NPDES stormwater permit; and

(16)    Solids in such quantities or of such size capable of causing interference or obstruction to the flow of the City's MS4. 

(b)  Illicit connections. 

(1)    No person may maintain, use or establish any direct or indirect connection to the City's MS4 that results in any discharge in violation of any provision of federal, state, county, city or other governmental law, rule, regulation.

(2)    This subsection is retroactive, and applies to illicit connections made prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this subsection is derived, regardless of whether made under a permit or other authorization, or whether permissible under laws or practices applicable or prevailing at the time the connection was made.

(3)    A person is considered to be in violation of this ordinance if the person connects a line conveying sewage to the City's MS4, or allows such a connection to continue.

(c)  Violation of permits. Any discharge into the City's MS4 in violation of any federal, state, county, city or other governmental law, rule, regulation or permit is prohibited, except those discharges set forth in this section or as in accordance with a valid NPDES permit.

(Ord. No. 1075, § 1, 10-16-13)