§ 15.04.060. Prohibited activities.

(a)

Illicit discharges and connections. It is prohibited to commence, establish, use, maintain, or continue any illicit connection to the municipal separate storm sewer system or any illicit discharges to the municipal separate storm sewer system. This prohibition against illicit connections applies to the use, maintenance, or continuation of any illicit connection, whether that connection was established prior to, or after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived.

(b)

Littering. It is prohibited to throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain or keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left, maintained or kept, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, or any other discarded or abandoned objects, articles or accumulations, in or upon any street, driveway, trail, storm drain, inlet, catchbasin conduit or drainage structure, or upon any private plot of land in the City, so that the same might be or become a pollutant. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, stream, or other body of water within the City. This subsection shall not apply to refuse, rubbish or garbage deposited in containers, bags or other appropriate receptacles which are placed in designated locations for regular solid waste pick up and disposal.

(c)

Disposal of landscape debris. It is prohibited to intentionally dispose of leaves, dirt, or other landscape debris into the municipal separate storm sewer system.

(d)

Non-stormwater discharges. The following non-stormwater discharges into the municipal stormwater system are prohibited unless in compliance with a separate NPDES permit or pursuant to a discharge exemption by the Regional Bard, the Regional Board's Executive Officer, or the State Water Resources Control Board:

(1)

The discharge of untreated wastewater to the MS4 from mobile auto washing, steam cleaning, mobile carpet cleaning, and other such mobile commercial and industrial operations;

(2)

To the maximum extent practicable, discharges to the MS4 from areas where repair or machinery and equipment, including motor vehicles, which are visibly leaking oil, fluid or antifreeze, is undertaken;

(3)

Discharges of untreated runoff to the MS4 from storage areas of materials containing grease, oil, or other hazardous substances, and uncovered receptacles containing hazardous materials;

(4)

Discharges of commercial swimming pool filter backwash to the MS4;

(5)

Discharges of untreated runoff from the washing of toxic materials from paved or unpaved areas to the MS4; provided, however, that non-industrial and noncommercial activities which incidentally generate urban runoff, such as the hosing of driveways, and the noncommercial hand-washing of cars, shall be excluded from this prohibition;

(6)

To the maximum extent practicable, discharges to the MS4 from washing impervious surfaces in commercial areas which results in a discharge of untreated runoff to the MS4, unless specifically required by the State's, or the City's, or the County's health;

(7)

Discharges from the washing out of concrete trucks into the MS4;

(8)

Discharges to the MS4 of any pesticide, fungicide, or herbicide, banned by the USEPA or the State Department of Pesticide Regulation; or

(9)

The disposal of hazardous wastes into trash containers used for municipal trash disposal where such disposal causes or threatens to cause a direct or indirect discharge to the MS4.

(e)

Discharges in violation of the municipal NPDES permit. Any discharge that would result in or contribute to a violation of the municipal NPDES permit, either separately or in combination with other discharges, is prohibited. Liability for any such discharge shall be the responsibility of the person causing or responsible for the discharge, and such person shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City from all losses, liabilities, claims, or causes of actions in any administrative or judicial action relating to such discharge.

(Prior Code, § 7405)