Where the SMO has identified illicit discharges as defined in Article
I or activities contaminating stormwater as defined in §
66-9, the municipality may require implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to control those illicit discharges and activities.
A. The owner or operator of a commercial or industrial establishment
shall provide, at the owner's expense, reasonable protection from accidental
discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes into the MS4 through the
use of structural and nonstructural BMPs.
B. Any person responsible for a property or premises, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge as defined in Article
I or an activity contaminating stormwater as defined in §
66-9, may be required to implement, at said person's expense, additional structural and nonstructural BMPs to reduce or eliminate the source of pollutant(s) to the municipal stormwater system (MS4).
C. Compliance with all terms and conditions of a valid SPDES
permit authorizing the discharge of stormwater associated with industrial
activity, to the extent practicable, shall be deemed compliance with the provisions
of this section.