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year in the spring to remove debris. Such debris shall be collected and 364 <br />disposed of according to state and federal laws governing solid waste. 365 <br />b. Fuel and chemical residue or other types of potentially harmful material, 366 <br />such as animal waste, garbage or batteries shall be contained 367 <br />immediately, removed as soon as possible and disposed of according to 368 <br />state and federal laws governing solid waste. 369 <br />I. Industrial or Construction Activity Discharges. Any person subject to an 370 <br />industrial activity NPDES storm waterstormwater discharge permit shall comply 371 <br />with all provisions of such permit. Proof of compliance with said permit may be 372 <br />required in a manner acceptable to the Public Works Director prior to the 373 <br />allowing of discharges to the storm sewer system. Any person responsible for a 374 <br />property or premise, who is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge, may be 375 <br />required to implement, at said person's expense, additional structural and non-376 <br />structural BMPs to prevent the further discharge of pollutants to the storm sewer 377 <br />system. These BMPs shall be part of a storm waterstormwater pollution 378 <br />prevention plan (SWPPP) as necessary for compliance with requirements of the 379 <br />NPDES permit. 380 <br />J. Access to Facilities 381 <br />1. When the City has determined that there is a danger to the health, safety or 382 <br />welfare of the public, city representatives shall be permitted to enter and 383 <br />inspect facilities subject to regulation under this ordinance to determine 384 <br />compliance with this ordinance. If a discharger has security measures in 385 <br />force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into its 386 <br />premises, the discharger shall make the necessary arrangements to allow 387 <br />access to city representatives. 388 <br />2. In lieu of an inspection by a City representative, the property owner shall 389 <br />furnish a certificate from a licensed plumber, in a form acceptable to the City, 390 <br />certifying that the property has not discharged prohibited material into the 391 <br />municipal storm sewer system. Failure to provide such certificate of 392 <br />compliance shall make the property owner immediately subject to the 393 <br />suspension of storm sewer access as provided for in section M of this section 394 <br />until the property is inspected and/or compliance is met, including any 395 <br />penalties and remedies as set forth in section N below. 396 <br />3. Unreasonable delays in allowing city representatives access to a permitted 397 <br />facility is a violation of a storm waterstormwater discharge permit and of 398 <br />this ordinance. 399 <br />4. The City may seek issuance of a search warrant for the following reasons: 400 <br />a. If city representatives are refused access to any part of the premises from 401 <br />which storm waterstormwater is discharged, and there is probable cause 402 <br />to believe that there may be a violation of this ordinance; or 403 <br />b. there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and 404 <br />sampling program designed to verify compliance with this ordinance or 405 <br />any order issued hereunder; or 406 <br />c. to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of the community. 407 <br />K. Watercourse Protection. Every person owning property through which a 408 <br />watercourse passes or is directly adjacent to a watercourse, shall keep and 409 <br />maintain that part of the watercourse free of trash, debris, and other obstacles 410 <br />that would pollute, contaminate, or retard the flow of water through the 411 <br />watercourse. In addition, the owner or lessee shall maintain existing privately 412 <br />owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that such structures will 413 <br />not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the 414 <br />watercourse. 415 <br />L. Notification of Spills. Notwithstanding other requirements of law, as soon as 416 <br />RCA Attachment B