[Ord. No. 153, 7-22-2010]
A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the municipal
storm drainage system or watercourses any materials, including but
not limited to pollutants or waters containing any pollutants that
cause or contribute to a violation of applicable water quality standards,
other than stormwater.
B. The commencement, conduct or continuance of any illegal discharge
to the storm drainage system is prohibited except as described as
follows:
1.
Discharges from the following activities will not be considered
a source of pollutants to the storm drainage system and to waters
of the United States when properly managed to ensure that no potential
pollutants are present, and therefore, they shall not be considered
illegal discharges unless determined to cause a violation of the provisions
Clean Water Act, or this Chapter: potable water line flushing; uncontaminated
pumped groundwater and other discharges from potable water sources;
landscape irrigation and lawn watering; diverted stream flows; rising
groundwater; groundwater infiltration to the storm drainage system;
uncontaminated foundation and footing drains; uncontaminated water
from crawl space pumps; air conditioning condensation; uncontaminated
roof drains; springs; individual residential and mobile car washing;
flows from riparian habitats and wetlands; dechlorinated swimming
pool discharges; street wash waters; and flows from firefighting.
2.
The prohibition shall not apply to any non-stormwater discharge
permitted under an NPDES permit, waiver, or waste discharge order
issued to the discharger and administered by the State of Missouri
under the authority of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency,
provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements
of the permit, waiver, or order and other applicable laws and regulations,
and provided that written approval has been granted by the City of
Duquesne for any discharge to the storm drainage system.
3.
The City of Duquesne may exempt in writing other non-stormwater
discharges which are not a source of pollutants to the storm drainage
system or waters of the United States.
[Ord. No. 153, 7-22-2010]
A. The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of illicit
connections to the storm drainage system is prohibited.
B. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit
connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection
was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at
the time of connection.
[Ord. No. 153, 7-22-2010]
No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit
to be thrown, deposited, left, or maintained, in or upon any public
or private property, driveway, parking area, street, alley, sidewalk,
component of the storm drainage system, or water of the United States,
any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned
objects, articles, and accumulations, so that the same may cause or
contribute to pollution. Wastes deposited in streets in proper waste
receptacles for the purposes of collection are exempted from this
prohibition.
[Ord. No. 153, 7-22-2010]
Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity
NPDES stormwater discharge permit shall comply with all provisions
of such permit. Proof of compliance with said permit may be required
in a form acceptable to the City prior to or as a condition of a subarticle
map, site plan, building permit, or development or improvement plan,
upon inspection of the facility, during any enforcement proceeding
or action, or for any other reasonable cause.