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)
