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permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements under sections 307, 318, 402, and 405
<br />of the Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, sections 1317, 1328, 1342, and 1345.
<br />11. PERSON: Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, franchise, association or governmental
<br />entity.
<br />12. POLLUTANT: Any substance which, when discharged has potential to or does any of the following:
<br />(i) Interferes with state designated water uses;
<br />(ii) Obstructs or causes damage to waters of the state;
<br />(iii) Changes water color, odor, or usability as a drinking water source through causes not attributable to
<br />natural stream processes affecting surface water or subsurface processes affecting groundwater;
<br />(iv) Adds an unnatural surface film on the water;
<br />(v) Adversely changes other chemical, biological, thermal, or physical condition, in any surface water or
<br />stream channel;
<br />(vi) Degrades the quality of ground water; or
<br />(vii) Harms human life, aquatic life, or terrestrial plant and wildlife. Pollutant includes but is not limited
<br />to dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, garbage, wastewater sludge, chemical waste,
<br />biological materials, radioactive materials, rock, sand, dust, industrial waste, sediment, nutrients,
<br />toxic substance, pesticide, herbicide, trace metal, automotive fluid, petroleum-based substance, and
<br />oxygen-demanding material.
<br />13. POLLUTE: To discharge pollutants into waters of the state.
<br />14. POLLUTION: The direct or indirect distribution of pollutants into waters of the state.
<br />15. PREMISES: Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved
<br />including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips
<br />16. STATE DESIGNATED WATER USES: Uses specified in state water quality standards.
<br />17. STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM: Publicly-owned facilities by which storm water is collected and/or
<br />conveyed, including but not limited to any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, gutters,
<br />curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and
<br />human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs, and other drainage structures.
<br />18. STORM WATER: Any surface flow, runoff, or drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of
<br />natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
<br />19. SURFACE WATERS means all waters of the state other than ground waters, which include ponds,
<br />lakes, rivers, streams, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, public ditches, tax ditches, and public drainage
<br />systems except those designed and used to collect, convey, or dispose of sanitary sewage.
<br />20. STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP): A document which describes the
<br />Best Management Practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify
<br />sources of pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant
<br />discharges to Storm water, Storm water Conveyance Systems, and/or Receiving Waters to the
<br />Maximum Extent Practicable.
<br />21. WASTEWATER: Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water, discharged from
<br />a facility.
<br />C. Applicability
<br />This ordinance shall apply to all water entering the storm drain system generated on any developed
<br />and undeveloped lands unless explicitly exempted by an authorized enforcement agency.
<br />D. Administration
<br />The Public Works Director is the principal City official responsible for the administration,
<br />implementation, and enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. The Director may delegate any
<br />or all of the duties hereunder.
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