§ 500.360. Specific Prohibitions and Duties.

A. 

The specific prohibitions and requirements in this Section are not inclusive of all the discharges prohibited by the general prohibition in Section 1.00.050, but are provided to address specific discharges that are frequently found or are known to occur:

1. 

No person shall release or allow to be released any of the following substances into the MS4:

a. 

Any new or used petroleum product or oil;

b. 

Any industrial waste;

c. 

Any hazardous substance or hazardous waste, including household hazardous waste;

d. 

Any domestic sewage or septic tank waste, grease trap or grease interceptor waste, holding tank waste or grit trap waste;

e. 

Any garbage, rubbish or other waste;

f. 

Any new or used paints, including latex-based paints, oil-based paints, stains, varnish and primers, as well as cleaning solvents and other associated products;

g. 

Any yard wastes which have been moved or gathered by a person;

h. 

Any wastewater that contains soap, detergent, degreaser, solvent or surfactant-based cleaner from a commercial motor vehicle wash facility; from any vehicle washing, cleaning or maintenance at any new or used motor vehicle dealership, rental agency, body shop, repair shop or maintenance facility; or from any washing, cleaning or maintenance of any business or commercial or public service vehicle, including a truck, bus or heavy equipment;

i. 

Any wastewater from a commercial mobile power washer or from the washing or other cleaning of a building exterior that contains soap, detergent, degreaser, solvent or any surfactant-based cleaner;

j. 

Any wastewater from commercial floor, rug or carpet cleaning;

k. 

Any wastewater from the washdown or other cleaning of pavement that contains any soap, detergent solvent, degreaser, emulsifier, dispersant or other cleaning substance; or any wastewater from the washdown or other cleaning of any pavement where any spill, leak or other release of oil, motor fuel or other petroleum or hazardous substance has occurred, unless all such materials have been previously removed;

l. 

Any effluent from a cooling tower, condenser, compressor, emissions scrubber, emission filter or the blowdown from a boiler;

m. 

Any ready-mixed concrete, mortar, ceramic or asphalt base material or discharge resulting from the cleaning of vehicles or equipment containing or used in transporting or applying such material;

n. 

Any runoff, washdown water or waste from any animal pen, kennel, fowl or livestock containment area or any pet wastes generally;

o. 

Any filter backwash from a swimming pool or fountain, except that nothing in this Article shall be construed as to require the alteration of the filter discharge plumbing of an existing swimming pool, fountain or spa if such plumbing was compliant with applicable State, Federal and local regulations at the time of construction;

p. 

Any swimming pool, fountain or spa water containing a harmful level of chlorine (greater than zero (>0) parts per million), muriatic acid or other chemical used in the treatment or disinfection of the water or during cleaning of the facility;

q. 

Any discharge from water line disinfection by super chlorination if it contains a harmful level of chlorine (greater than zero (>0) parts per million) at the point of entry into the MS4 or surface waters;

r. 

Any contaminated runoff from a vehicle wrecking or storage yard;

s. 

Any substance or material that will damage, block or clog the MS4;

t. 

Any release from a petroleum storage tank (PST) or any leachate or runoff from soil contaminated by leaking PST; or any discharge of pumped, confined or treated wastewater from the remediation of any such PST release, unless the discharge has received an NPDES permit from the State;

u. 

Any other discharge that causes or contributes to causing the City to violate a State water quality standard, the City's NPDES stormwater permit or any State-issued discharge permit for discharges from its MS4.

2. 

No person shall introduce or cause to be introduced into the MS4 any harmful quantity of sediment, silt, earth, soil or other material associated with clearing, grading, excavation or other construction activities in excess of what could be retained on site or captured by employing sediment and erosion control measures, except as allowed for in conformance with Section 500.350 of this Article.

3. 

No person shall connect a line conveying sanitary sewage, domestic or industrial, to the MS4. No property owner shall allow such a connection to continue in use on their property.

4. 

No person shall use pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers except in accordance with manufacturer recommendations. Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers shall be stored, transported and disposed of in a manner to prevent release to the MS4.

5. 

No person shall tamper with, destroy, vandalize or render inoperable any BMPs which have been installed for the purpose of eliminating or minimizing pollutant discharges, nor shall any person fail to install or fail to properly maintain any BMPs which have been required by the City or by other local, State or Federal jurisdictions.

Ord. No. 1201 §1, 5-10-2006