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321 animal waste, garbage or batteries shall be contained immediately, removed as soon 322 as possible and disposed of according to state and federal laws governing solid waste. 323 I. Industrial or Construction Activity Discharges. Any person subject to an industrial activity 324 NPDES storm water discharge permit shall comply with all provisions of such permit. Proof 325 of compliance with said permit may be required in a manner acceptable to the Public Works 326 Director prior to the allowing of discharges to the storm sewer system. Any person 327 responsible for a property or premise, who is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge, 328 may be required to implement, at said person's expense, additional structural and non- 329 structural BMPs to prevent the further discharge of pollutants to the storm sewer system. 330 These BMPs shall be part of a storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) as necessary 331 for compliance with requirements of the NPDES permit. 332 J. Access to Facilities 333 1. When the City has determined that there is a danger to the health, safety or welfare of the 334 public, city representatives shall be permitted to enter and inspect facilities subject to 335 regulation under this ordinance to determine compliance with this ordinance. If a 336 discharger has security measures in force which require proper identification and 337 clearance before entry into its premises, the discharger shall make the necessary 338 arrangements to allow access to city representatives. 339 2. In lieu of an inspection by a City representative, the property owner shall furnish a 34O certificate from a licensed plumber, in a form acceptable to the City, certifying that the 341 property has not discharged prohibited material into the municipal storm sewer system. 342 Failure to provide such certificate of compliance shall make the property owner 343 immediately subject to the suspension of storm sewer access as provided for in section M 344 of this section until the property is inspected and/or compliance is met, including any 345 penalties and remedies as set forth in section N below. 346 3. Unreasonable delays in allowing city representatives access to a permitted facility is a 347 violation of a storm water discharge permit and of this ordinance. 348 4. The City may seek issuance of a search warrant for the following reasons.- 349 a. If city representatives are refused access to any part of the premises from which 350 storm water is discharged, and there is probable cause to believe that there may be a 351 violation of this ordinance; or 352 b. there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling 353 program designed to verify compliance with this ordinance or any order issued 354 hereunder; or 355 c. to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of the community. 356 K. Watercourse Protection. Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes 357 or is directly adjacent to a watercourse, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse 358 free of trash,, debris,, and other obstacles that would pollute,, contaminate, or retard the flow 359 of water through the watercourse. In addition, the owner or lessee shall maintain existing 360 privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse,, so that such structures will 361 not become a hazard to the use,, function,, or physical integrity of the watercourse. 362 L. Notification of Spills. Notwithstanding other requirements of law, as soon as any person has 363 information of release of materials which result or may result in illegal discharges of 364 pollutants into the storm sewer system,, or water of the state, said person shall take all 365 necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release according 366 to state and federal laws. 367 M. Suspension of Storm Sewer System Access 368 1. Suspension due to illicit discharges in emergency situation.- The City may, without prior 369 notice,, suspend MS4 discharge access to a person when such suspension is necessary to