A. 
No person shall discharge to a water body, directly or indirectly, any substance other than stormwater or an exempted discharge. Any person discharging stormwater shall effectively prevent pollutants from being discharged with the stormwater, except in accordance with best management practices.
B. 
The Township is authorized to require dischargers to implement pollution prevention measures, utilizing BMPs, necessary to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants into the Township's stormwater drainage system.
C. 
The discharge prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any nonstormwater discharge authorized under an NPDES permit, waiver or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the EPA, 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 further, that written approval has been granted for any such discharge to stormwater runoff facilities, or to a water body.
The following nonstormwater discharges shall be permissible, provided that they do not result in a violation of State of Michigan water quality standards:
A. 
Water supply line flushing.
B. 
Landscape irrigation.
C. 
Diverted stream flows.
D. 
Rising groundwater.
E. 
Uncontaminated groundwater infiltration to storm drains.
F. 
Uncontaminated pumped groundwater.
G. 
Discharges from potable water sources.
H. 
Foundation drains.
I. 
Air-conditioning condensate.
J. 
Noncommercial car washing.
K. 
Dechlorinated swimming pool water.
L. 
Street wash water.
M. 
Discharges or flows from emergency firefighting activities.
N. 
Discharges for which a specific federal or state permit has been issued.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, fill, dam, confine, pave, alter the course of, or otherwise interfere with any natural or constructed drain, or drainageway without first submitting a drainage plan to the Township and receiving approval of that plan. Any deviation from the approved plan is a violation of this chapter. This section shall not prohibit, however, necessary emergency action so as to prevent or mitigate drainage that would be injurious to the environment, the public health, safety, or welfare.
B. 
No filling, blocking, fencing or above-surface vegetation planting shall take place within a floodway.
C. 
For an overland flow-way:
(1) 
Silt screen fences shall not be permitted below the top of the bank of a water body.
(2) 
Chain-link fences shall be permitted if the Township determines that the fence will not obstruct or divert the flow of water.
(3) 
If a fence is removed by the Township for drain access or drain maintenance, the fence shall be replaced by the owner of the fence at the owner's expense.
(4) 
No shrubs or trees shall be planted below the top of the bank of a water body.
D. 
Shrubs, trees or other aboveground woody vegetation shall not be planted over the top of an underground storm sewer or over the top of the easement within which the storm sewer has been installed.
A. 
The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of illicit connections to stormwater runoff facilities is prohibited.
B. 
This prohibition includes, without limitation, illicit connections made prior to the effective date of this chapter, regardless of whether the connection was permitted by law or practices applicable or customary at the time of connection.
C. 
A person shall be in violation of this chapter if the person connects any sanitary sewer main or pipe, or any other component of a sanitary sewer system, to stormwater runoff facilities, or any part thereof, or permits such a connection to continue.
Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity NPDES stormwater discharge permit shall comply with all provisions of the permit. Proof of compliance with the permit may be required in a form acceptable to the Township prior to permitting discharges to stormwater runoff facilities, or any part thereof.