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permit, waiver, or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered: <br />under the.authority of the United States. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); provided <br />that the discharger is in full compliance with, all requirements of the. permit, waiver, or order <br />and other appiicable. laws: and regulations;.. d provided that written approval has been <br />granted. for any discharge to the storm drain system, <br />8.2 .Prohibition of.Illicit Connections. <br />8.2..1 The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of illicit connections to the storm <br />drain system.is prohibited. <br />8.2.2 This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections:rnade .in the past, <br />regardless of whether the -connection was permissible under law or practices applicableorprevailing at <br />the time of connection.. <br />8.2.3 A person is considered. to be in violation of this ordinance if the person: connects a line <br />conveying sewage to the MS4, or allows such a connection. to. continue. <br />8.2:,f Improper connections in violation :of this ordinance must be disconnected and redirected, if <br />necessary, to. an approved onsite wastewater management system or the sanitary sewer systern upon <br />approval of the City of Gem Lake.. <br />8..2.5 Any drain or conveyance that .has not been documented in plans, maps Or equivalent; and which <br />may be connected to the storm sewer system, shall be. located by the owner or occupant of that property <br />upon receipt. of written notice of violation from the City of Gem Take requiring that such locating be <br />4 completed, Such notice will specify a reasonable time period within which the locationof the drain or <br />conveyance, is to be determined, that the drain or conveyance be identified as storm sewer, sanitary .sewer <br />or other, and.thatthe, outfall.location or point of connection to the storm.sewer.system, sanitary sewer <br />system or other discharge point be: identified. Results of these investigations are to be documented: and. <br />provided to the City of Gem Lake. <br />SECTION 9. WATERCOURSE PROTECTION. Every person owning propertythrough which a <br />watercourse. passes .and/or contains...a stormwater inlet or catch basin, or such persons: lessee, shall keep. <br />and.maintainthat part:ofthe watercourse and/or stor.mwater inlet or catch basin within the property free <br />of trash; debris, excessive vegetation; another obstacles that would pollute, contaminate,. or significantly <br />retard the flow of water through the watercourse. In addition; the owner or lessee shall maintain.existing <br />privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that. -such structures will not become a <br />hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse. <br />SECTION 10. INDUSTRIAL OR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY DISCHARGES. Submission of. <br />Notice of Coverage/Authorization to the City .of.Gem Lake. <br />10.1 Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity NPDES storm water discharge permit <br />shall comply with all provisions of such:permit, Proof of comptiance with said permit maybe required in <br />a form acceptable to the City of Gem.Lake prior to.the:alIowing of discharges to the MS4. <br />10.2 The operator of a facility, including: construction .sites, required to have. an NPDES permit to <br />discharge storm water: associated with industrial or.construction.activity shall submit a copy of the <br />coverage.notification or notification of permit authorization to the City of Gem Lake. <br />