[Adopted 5-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-23]
The purpose of this article is to prohibit the spilling, dumping,
or disposal of materials other than stormwater to the municipal separate
storm system (MS4) operated by the City of Trenton, so as to protect
public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for
failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not
merely directory.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the City of Trenton or other public body, and is designed and used
for collecting and conveying stormwater. MS4s do not include combined
sewer systems, which are sewer systems that are designed to carry
sanitary sewage at all times and to collect and transport stormwater
from streets and other sources.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of the State of New Jersey subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the City
of Trenton is prohibited. The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials
other than storm water in such a manner as to cause the discharge
of pollutants to the municipal separate storm sewer system is also
prohibited.
A.Â
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water sources.
B.Â
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl space or basement
sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising groundwaters).
C.Â
Air-conditioning condensate (including landscape and lawn watering
runoff).
D.Â
Irrigation water (excluding contact and noncontact cooling water).
E.Â
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands, water reservoir
discharges and diverted stream flows.
F.Â
Residential car-washing water, and residential swimming pool discharges.
G.Â
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water.
H.Â
Flows from firefighting activities.
I.Â
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with clean water:
(1)Â
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following their use for their
intended purposes; and
(2)Â
Equipment used in the application of salt and de-icing materials
immediately following salt and de-icing material applications.
(a)Â
Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt and de-icing
materials must be removed from the equipment and vehicles to the maximum
extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g., shoveling and
sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to storage for reuse
or properly discarded.
(b)Â
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation, is limited
to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does not apply to
engines or other enclosed machinery.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this
article is declared to be an independent section, subsection, clause
and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this
article to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any cause,
or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this article.