The following acts are prohibited and shall be subject to enforcement
procedures, remedies and penalties for violation:
A. No discharge of toxic materials shall be permitted into any stormwater
management system. Where required by federal and state regulation,
the landowner or developer shall be responsible for obtaining an NPDES
for stormwater discharges.
B. Any drain (including indoor drains and sinks) or conveyance, whether
on the surface or underground, that allows any nonstormwater discharge
(including sewage, process wastewater and wash water) to enter into
the separate storm sewer system, watercourse or waters of the commonwealth
is prohibited.
C. No drain or conveyance shall be connected from a commercial or industrial
land use to the separate storm sewer system without documentation
in plans, maps or equivalent records submitted to the Township and
without prior approval of the Township.
D. No person shall allow, or cause to allow, discharges into the Township's
separate storm sewer system or into surface waters of the commonwealth
which are not composed entirely of stormwater, excepting only discharges
allowed under a federal or state permit or the following discharges,
which are authorized unless they are determined to be significant
contributors to pollution to waters of the commonwealth:
(1) Discharges from firefighting activities;
(2) Potable water sources including dechlorinated water line and fire
hydrant flushings;
(3) Irrigation drainage or springs;
(4) Air-conditioning condensate;
(5) Water from crawl space pumps;
(6) Flows from riparian habitats and wetlands;
(7) Uncontaminated water from foundations or from footing drains;
(9) Dechlorinated swimming pool discharges;
(10)
Uncontaminated groundwater;
(11)
Water from individual residential car washing;
(12)
Routine external building washdown (excluding use of detergents,
other compounds);
(13)
Diverted stream flows; and/or
(14)
Pavement wash waters where spills or leaks of toxic or hazardous
materials have not occurred (unless all spill material has been removed)
and where detergents not used.
E. In the event the Township or PaDEP determines that any of the discharges identified in Subsection
D, above, significantly contribute to pollution of waters of the commonwealth, the Township or the PaDEP will notify the responsible person(s) to cease and terminate the discharge.
(1) Upon notice provided by the Township or the PaDEP under Subsection
E, the discharger will have a reasonable time, as determined by the Township or PaDEP, to cease the discharge.
(2) Failure to cease such discharge by the time required under this subsection
shall constitute a violation of this chapter, and each day of continued
discharge shall constitute a separate violation.
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall affect a discharger's responsibilities
under Pennsylvania law.
F. No person shall modify, remove, fill, landscape or alter any existing
stormwater BMP, facilities, areas or structures, unless it is part
of a maintenance program approved by the Township, without the written
approval of the Township.
G. No person shall place any structure, fill, landscaping or vegetation
into a stormwater BMP, facility, areas, structures or within a drainage
easement which would limit or alter the functioning of the BMP or
impede access to the easement premises, without the prior written
approval of the Township.
In the event that the applicant, developer, owner or his/her
agent fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter or fails
to conform to the requirements of any permit, a written notice of
violation shall be issued by the Township Engineer or any designated
municipal official. Such notification shall set forth the nature of
the violations(s) and establish a time limit for correction of the
violation(s). Upon failure to comply within the time specified, unless
otherwise extended by the Township, the applicant, developer, owner
or his/her agent shall be subject to the enforcement remedies of this
chapter.