A. 
The city will establish guidance documents identifying best management practices for any activity, operation, or facility that may cause or contribute to pollution or contamination of stormwater, the storm drain system, or waters of the United States as a separate BMP guidance series. Where BMP requirements are promulgated by the city or any federal, state of California, or regional agency for any activity, operation, or facility that would otherwise cause the discharge of pollutants to the storm drain system or waters of the United States, every person undertaking such activity or operation, or owning or operating such facility, shall comply with such promulgated requirements. BMPs developed by these other entities will be included or incorporated by reference in the city's BMP guidance series. The BMP guidance series includes suggested structural and/or operational best management practices for various activities, operations and facilities and may be obtained from the city's environmental utilities department and/or the city's development services department, or viewed on the city's website.
B. 
Notwithstanding the presence or absence of requirements promulgated pursuant to subsection A, any person engaged in activities or operations, or owning or operating facilities or property that will or may result in pollutants entering stormwater, the municipal storm drain system, or waters of the United States shall implement best management practices to the extent they are technologically achievable and economically feasible to prevent and reduce such pollutants. The owner or operator of a commercial or industrial establishment shall provide reasonable protection from discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes into the municipal storm drain system or watercourses. Facilities to prevent discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes shall be provided and maintained at the owner's or operator's expense.
C. 
Any landowner or person responsible for construction activities that is required by the State Water Resources Control Board to prepare a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) must, at a minimum, adhere to the reviewed SWPPP. If the reviewed SWPPP, or any element thereof, is not fully implemented or is not functioning as needed to protect the waters of the United States, the responsible party will be required to immediately correct insufficiencies or will be subject to the enforcement procedures set forth in this chapter. The city has made available on its website a Stormwater Quality Best Management Practices (BMP) Guidance Manual for Construction Activities, which addresses proper best management practice installation and stormwater quality site management. This manual is consistent with the California Storm Water Quality Association (CASQA) Best Management Practices Handbook, and is part of the city's BMP guidance series available at the city's development services department.
D. 
As required by Section 14.20.230, any landowner or person responsible for new development or redevelopment projects or regulated projects shall implement city requirements that address the volume, rate and potential pollutant load of stormwater runoff from said projects per the latest version of the West Placer Storm Water Quality Design Manual. The city has established the West Placer Storm Water Quality Design Manual which addresses appropriate design considerations for post-construction BMPs, and is part of the city's BMP guidance series, available at the city's development services department and on the city's website.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5279 § 14, 2014; Ord. 5787 § 25, 2017)
Notwithstanding the requirements of this chapter, the director or city engineer may require by written notice that a person responsible for an illegal discharge immediately or by a specified date discontinue the discharge and, if necessary, take measures to eliminate the source of the discharge to prevent the occurrence of future illegal discharges.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5787 § 26, 2017)
The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence of illicit connections to the storm drain system is prohibited. 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. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5787 § 27, 2017)
A. 
The director or city engineer may require by written notice that a person responsible for an illicit connection to the storm drain system comply with the requirements of this chapter to eliminate or secure approval for the connection by a specified date, regardless of whether or not the connection or discharges to it had been established or approved prior to the effective date of this chapter.
B. 
If, subsequent to eliminating a connection found to be in violation of this chapter, the responsible person can demonstrate that an illegal discharge will no longer occur, said person may request city approval to reconnect. If allowed by the city, the reconnection or reinstallation of the connection shall be at the responsible person's expense.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5787 § 28, 2017)
Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes, or such person's lessee, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property reasonably free of trash, debris, excessive or overgrown vegetation, and other obstacles that would pollute, contaminate, or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse. In addition, the owner or lessee shall maintain existing privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that such structures will not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse. The owner or lessee shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for utility or other construction and/or maintenance, flood control, or fire protection, nor remove said vegetation in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to unnaturally high rates of erosion. These maintenance activities within the watercourse may require federal and/or state permits or approvals.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5787 § 29, 2017)
It is unlawful for any person to allow a spill to discharge into the city's municipal storm drain system or any watercourse.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5787 § 30, 2017)
A. 
Notwithstanding other requirements of law, any person responsible for a spill into stormwater, the municipal storm drain system, any watercourse, or waters of the United States shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release. In the event of such a release of a hazardous material, said person shall immediately notify emergency response officials of the occurrence via emergency dispatch services or by calling "911."
B. 
Notwithstanding other requirements of law, as soon as any person responsible for a facility or operation, or responsible for emergency response for a facility or operation has information of any known or suspected release of materials that are resulting or may result in illegal discharges or pollutants discharging into stormwater, the city's municipal storm drain system, any watercourse, or waters of the United States from said facility, said person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release. In the event of such a release of a hazardous material, said person shall immediately notify emergency response officials of the occurrence via emergency dispatch services or by calling "911." In the event of a release of non-hazardous materials, said person shall notify the city's environmental utilities department's stormwater management program, the city's stormwater discharge hotline (916-746-1000), or non-emergency dispatch services (916-774-5000). If the discharge of prohibited materials emanates from a commercial or industrial establishment, the owner or operator of such establishment shall also retain an on-site written record of the discharge and clean-up records and best management practices or corrective actions taken to prevent its recurrence. Such records shall be retained for at least five years and be made available for inspection by the city on request.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010; Ord. 5787 § 31, 2017)
Any person engaged in activities that may result in pollutants entering the municipal storm drain system shall undertake the measures set forth below to reduce the risk of non-stormwater discharge and/or pollutant discharge.
A. 
Any business requiring a hazardous materials release response and inventory plan under Chapter 6.95 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 20 of the California Health and Safety Code or amendments thereto, shall include in that plan provisions for compliance with this chapter, including the provisions prohibiting non-stormwater discharges and illegal discharges or connections, and requiring the reduction of pollutants in all stormwater discharges.
B. 
Any business requiring a hazardous waste transfer, treatment, storage, and disposal facility contingency plan and emergency procedures pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Chapter 15, Sections 66265.51 to 66265.56, shall include in that plan provisions for compliance with this chapter, including the provisions prohibiting non-stormwater discharges and illegal discharges, and requiring the reduction of pollutants in all stormwater discharges.
(Ord. 4822 § 1, 2010.; Ord. 5787 § 32, 2017)