Chapter 13.09 STORM SEWER SYSTEM DISCHARGE REGULATIONS


Section 13.09.030 Illicit Discharges prohibited.

    1. It shall be unlawful for a Responsible Party to allow or cause an illicit discharge from any Property it controls, possesses or owns.
    2. It shall be unlawful for a Responsible Party subject to an IDNR-issued industrial discharge permit or any other federal, state or City permit, statute, ordinance or rule to violate or fail to comply with any obligation imposed by such permit, statute, ordinance or rule if any such obligation is greater than any obligation imposed by this chapter.
    3. Sediment pollution originating from excessive erosion rates on a construction site not otherwise subject to the City's Construction Site Erosion and Sediment Control (COSESCO) ordinance or sediment pollution entering a municipal storm sewer that causes a water quality violation as determined by the IDNR shall be deemed an illicit discharge in violation of this chapter.
    4. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the municipal separate storm sewer system any illicit materials.  The following discharges are permitted into the separate storm sewer system:
        a. Water line flushing or other potable water sources, landscape irrigation or lawn water, diverted stream flows, rising ground water, ground water infiltration to storm drains, uncontaminated pumped ground water, foundation or footing drains but excluding active groundwater dewatering systems, crawl space pumps, air condition condensation, springs, non-commercial washing of vehicles, natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, swimming pool water if the water contains less than on part per million chlorine, fire fighting activities, and any other water source not containing pollutants prohibited by the City's MS4 Permit;
        b. Discharges specified in writing by city as being necessary to protect public health and safety;
        c. Water that has been dyed for testing purposes provided that the city has given its written permission;
        d. Non-storm water discharge permitted under an NPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, provided the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations, and provided that written approval has been granted for any discharge to the storm drain system. (Ord. 2006-0812, 2006-0607)