(a) 
Authorization to Adopt and Impose Best Management Practices. The city may adopt, and from time to time amend, requirements identifying best management practices for activities, operations, or facilities which may cause or contribute to pollution or contamination of storm water, the storm drain system, or waters of the U.S. as a separate BMP guidance series. BMP requirements may incorporate by reference best management practices promulgated by federal, state of California, or regional agencies. Where best management practices requirements are promulgated in the BMP guidance series, each person who discharges pollutants to the storm drain system or waters of the U.S., and each person owning or operating any facility that may cause such a discharge, shall comply with those BMP requirements.
The public works director will periodically report to the city council on the status of implementation of BMPs and new BMPs that may be developed for inclusion in the BMP guidance series.
(b) 
Responsibility to Implement Best Management Practices. Notwithstanding the presence or absence of BMP requirements promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, each person engaged in activities or operations, or owning facilities or property which will or may result in pollutants entering storm water, the storm drain system, or waters of the U.S. shall implement best management practices to the extent they are technologically achievable to prevent and reduce such pollutants. The owner or operator of each commercial or industrial establishment shall provide reasonable protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes into the city storm drain system and/or watercourses. Facilities to prevent accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes shall be provided and maintained at the expense of the owner or operator.
(c) 
Construction Sites. The city's BMP guidance series shall include best management practices to reduce pollutants in any storm water runoff from construction activities. The city may incorporate BMPs and other requirements in any land use entitlement and construction or building-related permit issued relating to such development or redevelopment. The owner and operator shall comply with the terms, provisions, and conditions of such land use entitlements and building permits and as required by this chapter.
Construction activities subject to BMP requirements shall continuously employ measures to control waste such as discarded building materials, concrete truck washout, chemicals, litter, and sanitary waste at the construction site that may cause adverse impacts to water quality, contamination, or unauthorized discharge of pollutants.
(d) 
New Development and Redevelopment. The city shall require appropriate best management practices (BMPs) to control the volume, rate, and potential pollutant load of storm water runoff from new development and redevelopment projects as required by the NPDES permit to minimize the generation, transport and discharge of pollutants. The city shall incorporate BMP requirements in any land use entitlement and construction or building-related permit to be issued relative to such development or redevelopment. The owner and developer shall comply with the terms, provisions, and conditions of such land use entitlements and building permits as required in this chapter and the NPDES permit as it may be amended from time to time.
These requirements may include a combination of structural and nonstructural BMP requirements to ensure the proper long-term operation and maintenance of these BMPs, including inspections and right of entry by city staff or agent to ensure compliance with the requirements of this article or to enforce any provision of this article.
(e) 
The provisions and requirements of this chapter shall become effective upon its adoption except that:
(1) 
The provisions and requirements pertaining to construction sites, as described in subsection (c) of this section, and in the BMP guidance series as described in this subsection (a) of this section, shall not become effective until October 1, 2007; and
(2) 
The provisions and requirements pertaining to new development and redevelopment, as described in subsection (d) of this section, shall not become effective until March 6, 2014.
(Ord. 07-002 § 2, 2007; Ord. 14-001 § 1, 2014)
Notwithstanding the requirements of PGMC § 9.30.200 or § 9.30.220 herein, the public works director may by written notice require 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. 07-002 § 2, 2007)
(a) 
The public works director 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 the ordinance codified in 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. The reconnection or reinstallation of the connection shall be at the responsible person's expense.
(Ord. 07-002 § 2, 2007)
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 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 maintenance, nor remove said vegetation in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion. The property owner shall be responsible for maintaining and stabilizing that portion of the watercourse that is within their property lines in order to protect against erosion and degradation of the watercourse originating or contributed from their property.
(Ord. 07-002 § 2, 2007)
Whenever the public works director finds that a discharge of pollutants is taking place or has occurred which will result in or has resulted in pollution of storm water, the storm drain system, or water of the U.S., the public works director may require by written notice to the owner of the property and/or the responsible person that the pollution be remediated and the affected property restored within a specified time pursuant to the provisions of PGMC § 9.30.220 through § 9.30.280.
(Ord. 07-002 § 2, 2007)
The public works director may require by written notice that any person engaged in any activity and/or owning or operating any facility which may cause or contribute to storm water pollution, illegal discharges, and/or nonstorm water discharges to the storm drain system or waters of the U.S., to undertake, at said person's expense, such monitoring and analyses and furnish such reports to the city as the public works director may deem necessary to determine compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 07-002 § 2, 2007)
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 which are resulting or may result in illegal discharges or pollutants discharging into storm water, the storm drain system, or waters of the U.S. 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 (e.g., calling "911"). In the event of a release of nonhazardous materials, said person shall notify the city's public works department in person or by phone or facsimile no later than 4:00 p.m. of the next business day. Notifications in person or by phone shall be confirmed by written notice addressed and mailed, postage prepaid, to the city's public works department within three business days of the phone notice. 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 the actions taken to prevent its recurrence. Such records shall be retained for at least three years, and shall be provided to the city public works director upon request.
(Ord. 07-002 § 2, 2007)