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<br />E.
<br />26. STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP): A document which
<br />describes the Best Management Practices and activities to be implemented by a person
<br />or business to identify sources of pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to
<br />eliminate or reduce pollutant discharges to Storm water, Storm water Conveyance
<br />Systems, and/or Receiving Waters to the Maximum Extent Practicable.
<br />27. VEHICLE: Any "motor vehicle" as defined in Minnesota Statutes. Also includes
<br />watercraft, trailers and bicycles.
<br />28. WATERCOURSE: A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of
<br />water, a running stream of water having abed and banks; the easement one may have in
<br />the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course maybe dry
<br />sometimes.
<br />29. WATERS OF THE STATE: All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses,
<br />waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and
<br />all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial,
<br />public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or
<br />any portion thereof.
<br />30. WASTEWATER: Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water,
<br />discharged from a facility or the by-product of washing equipment or vehicles
<br />Applicability: This ordinance shall apply to all water entering the storm drain system
<br />generated on any developed and undeveloped lands unless explicitly exempted by the City
<br />Council.
<br />Administration: The Public Works Director is the principal City official responsible for the
<br />administration, implementation, and enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. The
<br />Director may delegate any or all of the duties hereunder
<br />Exemptions: No person shall cause any illicit discharge to enter the storm sewer system or
<br />any surface water unless such discharge:
<br />1. Consists of non -storm water that is authorized by an NPDES point source permit
<br />obtained from the MPCA;
<br />2. Is associated with fire fighting activities or other activities necessary to protect public
<br />health and safety;
<br />3. Is one of the following exempt discharges: water line flushing or other potable water
<br />sources, landscape irrigation or lawn watering, diverted stream flows, rising groundwater,
<br />groundwater infiltration to storm drains, uncontaminated pumped groundwater,
<br />foundation or footing drains (not including active groundwater dewatering systems),
<br />crawl space pumps, air conditioning condensation, springs, non-commercial washing of
<br />vehicles, natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, dechiorinated swimming pools and
<br />any other water source not containing pollutants;
<br />4. Consists of dye testing discharge, as long as the Public Works Director is provided a
<br />verbal notification prior to the time of the test.
<br />Illegal Disposal and Dumping
<br />1. No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, or keep any substance upon any
<br />street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, or other drainage structure, business
<br />place, or upon any public or private land, so that the same might be or become a
<br />pollutant, unless the substance is in containers, recycling bags, or any other lawfully
<br />established waste disposal device.
<br />2. No person shall intentionally dispose of grass, leaves, dirt, or landscape material into a
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