§ 8.70.090. Reduction of pollutants in stormwater.

Any person engaged in activities which will or may foreseeably result in pollutants entering the municipal stormwater system shall undertake all practicable measures to reduce such pollutants, including the following measures:

A.

Non-littering. No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained, any pollutant or other discarded or abandoned object, article, or accumulation, in or upon any place where it is likely to be carried, discharged or transmitted into the municipal stormwater system.

The occupant, tenant, owner, lessee, and proprietor of any real property in the city in front of which there is a paved sidewalk shall be jointly and severally responsible to maintain the sidewalk free of dirt and litter to the maximum extent practicable. Sweepings shall not be directed or allowed to go into the gutter or street, but shall be picked up and stored in receptacles and disposed of as refuse as set forth in Chapter 8.62 of this code.

No person shall throw or place litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the city.

B.

Cleaning of Parking Lots and Impervious Surfaces. Any person owning or operating a paved parking lot, gas station pavement, paved private street or road, or similar impervious surfaces, shall clean those structures frequently and thoroughly to prevent the discharge of pollutants to the municipal stormwater system to the maximum extent practicable. Sweepings or cleaning residue from parking lots and impervious surfaces shall not be swept into or otherwise made or allowed to go into any gutter or roadway, but, excepting hazardous or liquid debris, shall be picked up and stored in receptacles and disposed of as refuse as set forth in Chapter 8.62 of this code. Hazardous or liquid debris shall be stored and disposed of in the manner required by law.

C.

Notification of Intent and Compliance with General Permits. Each industrial discharger, discharger associated with construction activity, or other discharger, described in any permit addressing such discharges, as may be adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the state Water Resources Control Board, or the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, shall provide such notice of intent in writing to the enforcement agency and shall comply with, and undertake all other activities required by any permit applicable to such discharges.

Each discharger identified in an individual permit relating to stormwater discharges shall comply with and undertake all activities required by such permit.

D.

Compliance with Best Management Practices. Where best management practices guidelines or requirements have been adopted or required by any federal, state of California, regional, county, or city agency for any activity, operation, or facility which may cause or contribute to stormwater pollution or contamination, illicit discharges, or discharges of non-stormwater to the stormwater system, every person undertaking such activity or operation, or owning or operating such facility shall comply with such guidelines or requirements as may be identified by the enforcement official of any such agency.

E.

Cleaning Requirements for Private Drains and Catch Basins.

Persons owning or operating drainage facilities are directly connected to the public storm drain system shall clean those facilities between May 1 and September 30 of each year, and re-clean those facilities, as needed, before their sumps are forty percent full of material. This requirement includes, but is not limited to, catch basins, culverts and parkway drains.

(Ord. 6837 § 1, 2000; Ord. 6601 § 2 (part), 1994)