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1 E. Exemptions
<br />2 No person shall cause any illicit discharge to enter the storm sewer system or any surface water unless
<br />3 such discharge:
<br />4 1. Consists of non-storm water that is authorized by an NPDES point source permit obtained from the
<br />5 MPCA;
<br />6 2. Is associated with fire fighting activities or other activities necessary to protect public health and safety;
<br />7 3. Is one of the following exempt discharges: water line flushing or other potable water sources, landscape
<br />8 irrigation or lawn watering, diverted stream flows, rising groundwater, groundwater infiltration to storm
<br />9 drains, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, foundation or footing drains (not including active
<br />10 groundwater dewatering systems), crawl space pumps, air conditioning condensation, springs, non-
<br />11 commercial washing of vehicles, natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, dechlorinated swimming pools
<br />12 and any other water source not containing pollutants;
<br />13 4. Consists of dye testing discharge, as long as the Public Works Director is provided a verbal notification
<br />14 prior to the time of the test.
<br />15 F. Illegal Disposal and Dumping
<br />16 1. No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, or keep any substance upon any street, alley,
<br />17 sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, or other drainage structure, business place, or upon any public or
<br />18 private land, so that the same might be or become a pollutant, unless the substance is in containers,
<br />19 recycling bags, or any other lawfully established waste disposal device.
<br />20 2. No person shall intentionally dispose of grass, leaves, dirt, or landscape material into a water resource,
<br />21 buffer, street, road, alley, catch basin, culvert, curb, gutter, inlet, ditch, natural watercourse, flood control
<br />22 channel, canal, storm drain or any fabricated natural conveyance.
<br />23 G. Illicit Discharges and Connections
<br />24 1. No person shall use any illicit connection to intentionally convey non-storm water to the City's storm
<br />25 sewer system.
<br />26 2. The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of illicit connections to the storm sewer system
<br />27 is prohibited. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections made in the past
<br />28 regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at
<br />29 the time of connection.
<br />30 3. A person is considered to be in violation of this ordinance if the person connects a line conveying
<br />31 wastewater to the storm sewer system, or allows such a connection to continue.
<br />32 H. General Provisions: All owners or occupants of property shall comply with the following general
<br />33 requirements:
<br />34 1. No person shall leave, store, deposit, discharge, dump, or otherwise expose any chemical or septic waste
<br />35 in an area where discharge to streets or storm sewer system may occur. This section shall apply to both
<br />36 actual and potential dischar es
<br />3 7 beEe~e.c~-4issl~a~ge:
<br />38 ~ (i) Private sanitary sewer connections and appurtenances ~s~shall be maintained to prevent failure, which
<br />39 has the potential to pollute surface water.
<br />40 (ii) Recreational vehicle sewage shall be disposed to a proper sanitary waste facility. Waste shall not be
<br />41 discharged in an area where drainage to streets or storm sewer systems may occur.
<br />42 (~}-For pools, the pool's water should be tested before draining to ensure that PH levels are neutral and
<br />43 chlorine levels are not detectable. Pool water should be dischar ed over a ve etated area before
<br />44 drainine into the storm sewer svstem
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<br />47 (~~} iii Unsealed receptacles containing chemicals or other hazardous materials shall not be stored in areas
<br />48 susceptible to runoff.
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