[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Great Neck 3-20-2007 by L.L. No. 6-2007. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the Village
through the regulation of connections to MS4s and the regulation of
nonstormwater discharges to MS4s to the maximum extent practicable
as required by federal and state law. This chapter establishes methods
for controlling the introduction of pollutants into MS4s in order
to comply with requirements of the DEC SPDES General Permit (GP-02-02)
for MS4s. The objectives of this chapter are:
A.
To meet the requirements of the SPDES General Permit
for Stormwater Discharges from MS4s, Permit No. GP-02-02, as amended
and revised;
B.
To regulate the contribution of pollutants to MS4s,
since such systems are not designed to accept, process, or discharge
nonstormwater wastes;
C.
To prohibit unauthorized and illicit connections,
activities, and discharges to the Village's MS4;
D.
To establish legal authority to carry out all inspection,
surveillance, and monitoring procedures necessary to ensure compliance
with this chapter; and
E.
To promote public awareness of the hazards involved
in the improper discharge of trash, yard waste, lawn chemicals, pet
waste, wastewater, grease, oil, petroleum products, cleaning products,
paint products, hazardous waste, sediment, and other pollutants into
MS4s.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
words shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings herein
indicated:
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general
good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention, educational practices,
maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent
or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to stormwater,
receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems. BMPs also include
treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control
site runoff, spillage, leaks, sludge, water disposal, and drainage
from raw materials storage.
Best management practices.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.), as amended and revised.
Activities requiring authorization under a DEC SPDES permit
for stormwater discharges from construction activity, GP-02-01, as
amended and revised, or activities covered by erosion and sediment
control or pollution prevention plan laws, rules, or regulations of
the Village. Such activities include construction projects resulting
in land disturbance equal to, or greater than, the area stipulated
in statutes or regulations of the state, county, or the Village, whichever
is most restrictive. Such activities include, but are not limited
to, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating, and demolition.
The County of Nassau.
The State Department of Environmental Conservation.
A state-licensed professional engineer or registered architect.
Any material, including any substance or waste, or combination
thereof, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical,
chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantly
contribute to, a substantial presence or potential hazard to human
health, safety, property, or the environment.
Any action or condition, active or passive, which results
in nonstormwater entering the Village's MS4 or into an MS4 that flows
into the Village's MS4.
Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface,
which allows an illegal discharge to enter the Village's MS4 or into
an MS4 that flows into the Village's MS4, including, but not limited
to:
Any conveyances which allow any nonstormwater
discharge, including, but not limited to, treated or untreated sewage,
process wastewater, and wash water to enter the Village's MS4, and
any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks,
regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously
allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement agency;
Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial
or industrial land use to the Village's MS4 which has not been documented
in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the Village;
Any building or other structure's floor drain
or trench drain; and
Any unauthorized connection as defined elsewhere
in this chapter.
Any direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the Village's MS4, except as exempted in § 335-5B of this chapter.
A facility serving one or more parcels of land or residential
households, or a private, commercial, or institutional facility that
treats sewage or other liquid wastes for discharge into the groundwaters
of the state, except where a permit for such a facility is required
under the applicable provisions of Article 17 of the Environmental
Conservation Law.
Activities requiring a SPDES permit for discharges from industrial
activities except construction, GP-98-03, as amended and revised.
A municipal separate storm sewer system.
A conveyance or system of conveyances and retention and infiltration
facilities, including, but not limited to, roads with drainage systems,
curbs and gutters on municipal streets, manholes, catch basins, ditches,
man-made channels, storm drains, stormwater basins, drainage reserve
areas, dry wells, and all other components of a stormwater system,
that is:
Any discharge to an MS4 that is not composed entirely of
stormwater.
Any of the following which may cause or might reasonably
be expected to cause pollution of the waters of the state in contravention
of the pertinent standards promulgated by the federal government,
the state, the Village, or any other municipality or department thereof,
having legal jurisdiction to impose such standards: dredged spoil;
filter backwash; solid waste; incinerator residue; treated or untreated
sewage, garbage, and sewage sludge; munitions; chemical wastes; biological,
radioactive, and hazardous materials; heat; wrecked or discarded equipment;
industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste; ballast discharged
into water; paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive
fluids; hazardous and nonhazardous liquid and solid wastes; yard wastes,
including branches, grass clippings, and leaves; refuse, rubbish,
garbage, litter, and other discarded or abandoned objects and accumulations
so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; discharges of soaps,
detergents, and floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers;
sewage, fecal coliforms, and pathogens; dissolved and particulate
metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing
a building, structure, or site improvements; cement, rock, gravel,
sand, silt, mud, other soils; and all other noxious or offensive matter
of any kind.
Any lot, parcel of land, or portion of land, whether improved
or unimproved, and all of the buildings and other structures thereon,
including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
Stormwater Management Officer.
State pollutant discharge elimination system.
A permit issued by DEC that authorizes the discharge of pollutants
to waters of the state.
Discharge compliance with water quality standards:
the condition that applies where a municipality has been notified
that the discharge of stormwater authorized under its MS4 SPDES permit
may have caused or has the reasonable potential to cause or contribute
to the violation of an applicable water quality standard. Under this
condition the municipality must take all necessary actions to ensure
future discharges do not cause or contribute to a violation of water
quality standards.
303(d) listed waters: the condition in an MS4
SPDES permit that applies where the MS4 discharges to a DEC 303(d)
listed water. Under this condition the MS4's stormwater management
program must ensure no increase of the listed pollutant of concern
to the 303(d) listed water.
TMDL strategy: the condition in an MS4 SPDES
permit where a TMDL with requirements for control of stormwater discharges
has been approved by EPA for a water body or watershed into which
the MS4 discharges. If the discharge from the MS4 did not meet the
TMDL stormwater allocations prior to September 10, 2003, the MS4 was
required to modify its stormwater management program to ensure that
reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the TMDL is achieved.
The condition in an MS4 permit that applies
if a TMDL is approved in the future by EPA for any water body or watershed
into which an MS4 discharges. Under this condition the municipality
must review the applicable TMDL to see if it includes requirements
for control of stormwater discharges. If an MS4 is not meeting the
TMDL stormwater allocations, the municipality must, within six months
of the TMDL's approval, modify its stormwater management program to
ensure that reduction of the pollutant of concern specified in the
TMDL is achieved.
State of New York.
Rainwater, surface runoff, snowmelt, and drainage.
The Superintendent of the Department of Public Works of the
Village or such other employee, municipal engineer, or other public
official designated by the Board of Trustees to enforce this chapter.
The SMO may also be designated by the Village to accept and review
stormwater pollution prevention plans, forward the plans to the applicable
Village board and inspect stormwater management practices.
A list of all surface waters in the state for which beneficial
uses of the water (drinking, recreation, aquatic habitat, and industrial)
are impaired by pollutants, prepared periodically by DEC as required
by Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. 303(d) listed waters are
estuaries, lakes, and streams that fall short of state surface water
quality standards and are not expected to improve within the next
two years.
Total maximum daily load.
The maximum amount of a pollutant allowed to be released
into a water body so as not to impair uses of the water, allocated
among the sources of that pollutant.
A permanent or temporary unapproved direct or indirect conveyance
to the Village's MS4. Any connection, pipe, hose, or other conveyance,
whether permanent or temporary, that is not documented on plans, maps,
or equivalent records signed by or on behalf of the Superintendent
of the Building Department, or that is not approved by a permit issued
by the Superintendent of the Building Department or the Stormwater
Manager, is considered unauthorized regardless of whether the discharge
is otherwise allowed by this chapter.
Not having any pollutants.
Water that is not stormwater, is contaminated with pollutants
and is, or will be, discarded.
This chapter shall apply to discharge connections
to the Village's MS4. This includes activities that result in discharge,
seepage, or deposition into the Village's MS4, and all water entering
the Village's MS4 generated on any premises unless explicitly exempted
by an authorized enforcement agency and allowed by a discharge or
connection permit or other document approved by the SMO. This chapter
shall also apply to discharges and connections entering another MS4
that flows to the Village's MS4.
The SMO shall administer, implement, and enforce
the provisions of this chapter.
A.
Prohibition of illegal discharges.
(1)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the Village's MS4 any illicit discharge or any other materials other than stormwater, except as provided in Subsection B hereof.
(2)
No person shall permit, tolerate, or allow to be discharged from his or her premises into the Village's MS4 any illicit discharge or any other materials, other than stormwater, except as provided in Subsection B hereof.
(3)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into any stream channel, surface waters of the state, watercourse, or waterway any hazardous material or other pollutant, or any other materials other than stormwater, except as provided in Subsection B hereof.
[Added 10-7-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
(4)
No person shall permit, tolerate, or allow to be discharged from his or her premises into any stream channel, surface waters of the state, watercourse, or waterway any hazardous material or other pollutant, or any other materials other than stormwater, except as provided in Subsection B hereof.
[Added 10-7-2008 by L.L. No. 6-2008]
B.
Exceptions.
(1)
The following discharges are exempt from discharge
prohibitions established by this chapter, unless they are subsequently
determined to be substantial contributors of pollutants: water line
flushing, or flushing from other potable water sources, uncontaminated
landscape irrigation, lawn watering, existing diverted stream flows,
rising groundwater, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration to storm
drains, uncontaminated pumped groundwater from foundation or footing
drains, uncontaminated crawl space or basement sump pump discharges,
air conditioning condensate, uncontaminated irrigation water, springs,
water from individual residential car washing, natural riparian habitat
or wetland flows, dechlorinated swimming pool discharges, residential
street wash water, water from fire-fighting activities, and any other
water source not containing pollutants. When deemed appropriate by
the SMO, such exempt discharges shall be made in accordance with a
plan for reducing pollutants.
(2)
Discharges approved in writing by the SMO to protect
life or property from imminent harm or damage, provided that such
approval shall not be construed to constitute compliance with other
applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and further provided that
such discharges may be permitted for a specified time period and under
such conditions as the SMO may deem appropriate to protect such life
and property while reasonably maintaining the purpose and intent of
this chapter.
(3)
Dye testing in compliance with applicable state and
local laws, rules, and regulations is an allowable discharge.
(4)
Any discharge permitted under a SPDES permit, waiver,
or waste discharge order issued to the discharger and administered
under the authority of the DEC, provided that the discharger is in
full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, or order
and other applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and provided that
written approval has been granted for any discharge to the Village's
MS4 by the SMO.
A.
Connections to the Village's MS4 without a permit
are prohibited.
(1)
The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence
of an unauthorized connection to the Village's MS4 is prohibited.
(2)
The prohibitions in this section expressly include
not only future connections, but also, without limitation, connections
made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible
under law, rule, regulation, or practice applicable or prevailing
at the time of the connection.
(3)
The connection of interior floor drains and trench
drains at the entrances to buildings or other structures is prohibited.
B.
No person shall, or shall cause another, to construct,
use, maintain, or continue to use or maintain an unauthorized connection
to the Village's MS4.
C.
No person shall permit, tolerate, or allow an unauthorized
connection from his or her premises to the Village's MS4.
No persons shall operate a failing individual
sewage treatment system in areas that can migrate into the Village's
MS4. A failing individual sewage treatment system is one which has
one or more of the following conditions:
A.
The backup of sewage into a structure.
B.
Discharges of treated or untreated sewage onto the
ground surface.
C.
A connection or connections to a separate stormwater
sewer system.
D.
Liquid level in the septic tank above the outlet invert.
E.
Contamination of off-site groundwater.
F.
Structural failure of any components of the individual
sewage treatment system that could lead to any of the other failure
conditions as noted above in this section.
A.
Activities contaminating stormwater and unauthorized
connections to MS4 prohibited.
(1)
Activities that are subject to the requirements of
this section are those types of activities that:
(a)
Cause or contribute to a violation of the Village's
MS4 SPDES permit.
(b)
Cause or contribute to the Village being subject
to special conditions.
(c)
Cause or contribute to the Village's MS4 receiving
pollutants.
(d)
Cause, or contribute to the Village's MS4 receiving
discharges from an unauthorized connection.
B.
Upon notification to a person that he/she is engaged
in activities that cause or contribute to violations of the Village's
MS4 SPDES permit authorization, or cause or contribute to pollutants
being discharged into the Village's MS4, that person shall immediately
take all reasonable and necessary actions to correct such activities
and thereafter continue to use due diligence to correct such activities
so that he/she no longer causes or contributes to violations of the
Village's MS4 SPDES permit authorization or causes or contributes
to pollutants to be discharged or deposited into the Village's MS4.
A.
BMPs. Where illicit discharges or activities contaminating
stormwater have been identified, the SMO may require implementation
of BMPs to control those illicit discharges and activities.
(1)
The owner, tenant, and operator of a commercial or
industrial establishment shall each be responsible, jointly and severally,
for assuring that provision is made for reasonable protection from
the discharge, accidental or otherwise, of pollutants or other prohibited
materials or wastes into the Village's MS4 through the use of structural
and nonstructural BMPs.
(2)
The owner, tenant, and any other person responsible
for premises, which are or may be the source of an illicit discharge
or an activity contaminating stormwater, may be required to implement,
at said person's expense, additional structural and nonstructural
BMPs to reduce or eliminate the source of pollutants to the Village's
MS4 in the most practicable and expeditious manner appropriate under
the circumstances.
(3)
Compliance with all terms and conditions of a valid
SPDES permit authorizing the discharge of stormwater associated with
industrial activity, to the extent practicable, shall be deemed in
compliance with the provisions of this section.
B.
Individual sewage treatment systems. Where individual
sewage treatment systems are contributing to the Village's MS4 being
subject to special conditions, the owner, tenant, and operator of
the premises upon which such individual sewage treatment system is
located or which are otherwise being serviced by such individual sewage
treatment systems, shall be required to:
(1)
Maintain and operate individual sewage treatment systems
as follows:
(a)
Inspect the septic tank annually to determine
scum and sludge accumulation. Septic tanks must be pumped out whenever
the bottom of the scum layer is within three inches of the bottom
of the outlet baffle or sanitary tee, or the top of the sludge is
within 10 inches of the bottom of the outlet baffle or sanitary tee.
(b)
Avoid the use of septic tank additives.
(c)
Avoid the disposal of excessive quantities of
detergents, kitchen waste water, laundry waste water, and household
chemicals.
(d)
Avoid the disposal of cigarette butts, disposable
diapers, sanitary napkins, trash, and other such items.
(2)
Repair or replace individual sewage treatment systems
as follows:
(a)
Individual sewage treatment systems shall be
repaired or replaced in accordance with 10 NYCRR Appendix 75A or,
if applicable, the Nassau County Department of Health's Manual of
On-Site Sewage Disposal, as amended and revised.
(b)
A design professional shall prepare design plans
for any type of absorption field that involves:
(c)
A written certificate of compliance shall be
submitted by the design professional to the Village at the completion
of the repair or the construction of the replacement system.
A.
Suspension due to imminent and substantial danger.
The SMO may, without prior notice, suspend a person's access to the
Village's MS4 when such suspension is necessary to stop an actual
or threatened discharge, which presents or may present imminent and
substantial danger to the environment, to the health, safety, or welfare
of persons, to property, or to the Village's MS4. The SMO shall notify
the person of such suspension within a reasonable time thereafter,
in writing, of the reasons for the suspension. If the violator fails
to comply with a suspension order issued in an emergency, the SMO
may take such steps as deemed necessary, in his/her sole discretion,
to prevent or minimize damage to the environment, persons, property,
or the Village's MS4.
B.
Suspension due to the detection of illicit discharge
or unauthorized connection. Any person discharging to the Village's
MS4 in violation of this chapter may have its access to the Village's
MS4 terminated if such termination would abate or reduce an illicit
discharge, or result in the remedy of an unauthorized connection.
The SMO shall notify a violator in writing of the proposed termination
of its access to the Village's MS4 and the reasons therefor. The violator
may petition the SMO for reconsideration and a hearing. Access may
be granted by the SMO if it has been determined that the illicit discharge
has ceased and the discharger has taken steps to prevent its recurrence,
or that the discharger has obtained proper permission for the connection.
Access may be denied if the SMO determines in writing that the illicit
discharge has not ceased, or is likely to recur, or the unauthorized
connection has not been remedied. A person commits an additional offense
if the person reconnects to the Village's MS4 after such connection
had been terminated pursuant to this section, if such reconnection
is without the prior approval of the SMO.
Any person subject to an industrial or construction
activity SPDES stormwater discharge permit shall comply with all provisions
of such permit. Proof of compliance with said permit may be required
in a form acceptable to the SMO prior to the allowing of discharges
to the Village's MS4.
A.
General. Any connection to the Village's MS4 requires
a permit issued by the SMO. Applications for permits shall be made
on forms provided by the SMO. Permit applications shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications, analyses, calculations, or other information
considered pertinent by the SMO. The Village considers connection
to the Village's MS4 as a last resort to solve flooding problems.
Before approving a connection, the Village may require that applicants
use on-site BMPs to handle stormwater and other authorized nonstormwater
discharges to the maximum extent practicable. The SMO may assess the
adequacy of the applicant's on-site stormwater disposal BMPs and require
additional practices if it is deemed advisable.
B.
Permit types.
(1)
General permit. An authorization for a connection permit and the discharge of stormwater, or authorized nonstormwater, pursuant to § 335-5B(1) of this chapter, from properties occupied by private dwellings.
(2)
Connection permit. An authorization for a connection and a discharge, pursuant to § 335-5B(4) of this chapter. A connection permit may be subject to special terms and conditions by the SMO. The permit will expire on or before the expiration of the DEC SPDES permit, waiver, or order, or upon a change of ownership or use of the premises.
C.
Permit fees. Permit fees for general permits, connection
permits, and special permits shall be set, from time to time, by resolution
of the Board of Trustees.
D.
Inspection. All connections to the Village's MS4 shall
be subject to the approval and inspection of the SMO. The applicant
must notify the SMO at least 48 hours prior to commencing work and
at least 48 hours prior to making the final connection.
E.
Indemnification.
(1)
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the owner
and the applicant, if different from the owner, shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Village, the Mayor, the
Board of Trustees and all of the Village's other elected and appointed
officials, employees, agents, representatives, and volunteers (collectively,
the "indemnitees") from and against all claims, damages, losses, costs,
and expenses, including, but not limited to, attorney and expert witnesses'
fees, arising out of or resulting from its installation and connection
to the Village's MS4. Such obligation shall not be construed to negate,
abridge, or to otherwise reduce any other right or obligation of indemnity
which would otherwise exist to an indemnitee.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to provide
indemnification which is otherwise prohibited by Article 5 of the
General Obligations Law.
(3)
In any and all claims against the indemnitees by any
employee of the owner or the applicant, if different from the owner,
anyone directly or indirectly employed by them, or anyone for whose
acts they may be liable, the indemnification obligation pursuant to
this section shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on
the amount or type of damages, compensation, or benefits payable by
or for the owner or the applicant, if different from the owner, under
any workers compensation acts, disability acts, or other employee
benefit acts.
F.
Acknowledgement. The owner and the applicant, if different
from the owner, in making their application, acknowledge that the
Village makes no guarantee that the Village's MS4 will not become
surcharged or otherwise overburdened and that water from the Village's
MS4 will not back-up through the connection onto the owner's premises.
By making a connection, the owner and the applicant, if different
from the owner, assume all of the risk and liability to their premises
that may arise from their connection to the Village's MS4.
G.
Permit transfers. General permits may be transferred
with the sale of premises, provided the use does not change. The new
owner of the premises shall comply with the terms and conditions of
the transferred permit. Special permits are not transferable without
the approval of the SMO.
H.
Work within Village roads. Any connection made within
or involving work within a Village road must also comply with and
be subject to any and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations
pertaining to permits for work on and within Village roads. A permit
under this chapter shall not relieve the applicant from the obligation
to obtain all necessary permits under the foregoing laws, rules, and
regulations.
I.
Other permits required. A connection permit issued
pursuant to this chapter does not relieve the applicant from obtaining
any and all other applicable permits and permissions, nor from compliance
with all other applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
J.
Permit rules and regulations. The SMO may promulgate
rules and regulations for the permitting process set forth within,
and subject to the constraints of, this chapter.
A.
Applicability. This section applies to all facilities
that the SMO is required or authorized to inspect in order to enforce
the provisions of this chapter, and whenever the SMO has reason to
believe that there may exist a condition that constitutes a violation
of this chapter.
B.
Access to facilities.
(1)
The SMO shall be permitted to enter and inspect facilities
subject to regulation under this chapter as often as may be reasonable
or necessary to determine compliance with this chapter. If a discharger
has security measures in force that require proper identification
and clearance before entry into its premises, the discharger shall
make the necessary arrangements to allow access to the SMO.
(2)
Facility operators shall allow the SMO ready access
to all parts of their premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling,
examination, and copying of records, as may be required to implement
this chapter.
(3)
The Village shall have the right to set up on any
facility subject to this chapter such devices as are necessary, in
the discretion of the SMO, to conduct monitoring and/or sampling of
the facility's stormwater discharge.
(4)
The SMO has the right to require the facilities subject
to this chapter to install monitoring equipment as is reasonably necessary
to determine compliance with this chapter. The facility's sampling
and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe
and proper operating condition by the discharger at its own expense.
All devices used to measure stormwater flow and quality shall be calibrated
to ensure their accuracy.
(5)
Delays, which in the reasonable discretion of the
SMO are determined to be unreasonable, in allowing the Village access
to a facility subject to this chapter are a violation. A person who
is the operator of a facility subject to this chapter commits an offense
if the person denies the SMO reasonable access to the facility for
the purpose of conducting any activity authorized or required by this
chapter.
(6)
If the SMO has been refused access to any part of
the premises from which stormwater is discharged, and is able to demonstrate
probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this chapter,
or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine
inspection and sampling program designed to verify compliance with
this chapter, or any order issued hereunder, then the SMO may seek
issuance of a search warrant from the Village Court or any other court
of competent jurisdiction.
A.
Illegal discharges. 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 other pollutants
discharging into the Village's MS4, said person shall take all necessary
steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release.
B.
Release of hazardous materials. In the event of such
a release of hazardous materials, said person shall immediately notify
emergency response agencies of the occurrence via emergency dispatch
services, and, immediately thereafter, the SMO, the Police Department,
and the Village Clerk.
C.
Release of nonhazardous materials. In the event of
a release of nonhazardous materials, said person shall notify the
SMO in person, by telephone or by facsimile no later than the next
business day. Notifications in person or by telephone shall be confirmed
by written notice addressed and mailed to the SMO within three business
days, in person or by telephone. 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 on-site for at least three years.
A.
Notice of violation. When the SMO finds that a person
has violated a prohibition or failed to meet a requirement of this
chapter or of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter, he/she may
order compliance by written notice of violation to the responsible
person. Such notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested, and by first class mail to the last known owner of the
premises based upon the Village's latest assessment records and, in
the event that there is a permittee different from such owner, to
the permittee in the same manner, and shall be posted upon the premises.
Such notice may require, without limitation, any or all of the actions
listed below, and/or such other action as the SMO, in his/her own
discretion, may deem appropriate:
(1)
That a proper permit be obtained;
(2)
The elimination of illicit or unauthorized connections
or discharges;
(3)
That violating discharges, practices, operations,
activities, or connections shall cease and desist;
(4)
The abatement or remediation of stormwater pollution
or contamination hazards and the restoration of any affected premises;
(5)
The performance of monitoring, analyses, and reporting;
(6)
Payment of a fine and/or restitution for the damages
that have occurred as a result of the violation or failure; and
(7)
The implementation of source controls or treatment
BMPs.
B.
Abatement and restoration. If abatement of a violation
and/or restoration of affected premises is required, the notice shall
set forth a deadline within which such remediation or restoration
must be completed. Said notice shall further advise that should the
violator fail to remediate or restore the affected premises within
the established deadline, the work may be performed by the Village
and the expense thereof shall be charged to the violator and, if unpaid
within 30 days, become a lien upon the violating premises and collected
in the same manner as Village real property taxes.
C.
Penalties. In addition to, or as an alternative to,
any penalty provided herein or otherwise by law, any person who violates
the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation punishable
by a fine of not more than $2,000, or imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 15 days, or both, for conviction of a first offense; for
conviction of a second offense, both of which were committed within
a period of five years, punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000,
or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both; and upon
conviction for a third or subsequent offense, all of which were committed
within a period of five years, punishable by a fine of not more than
$10,000, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both.
Each week's continued violation shall constitute a separate additional
violation.
Any person receiving a notice of violation may
appeal within 10 calendar days of its issuance. The SMO shall hear
the appeal within 30 days after the filing of the appeal, and, within
five days of making a decision, issue a decision by certified mail
to the discharger. The SMO may conduct the hearing and take evidence,
or may designate another officer or employee of the Village to do
so.
A.
If a violation has not been corrected pursuant to
the requirements set forth in the notice of violation or, in the event
of an appeal, within five business days of the decision of the SMO,
or in the event that access is permitted to the SMO pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter, then the SMO shall request the owner's
permission to take any and all measures reasonably necessary to abate
the violation and/or restore the premises.
B.
If refused access to the premises, the SMO may seek
a warrant in the Village Court or another court of competent jurisdiction
to be authorized to enter upon the premises to determine whether a
violation is occurring or is reasonably likely to occur if immediate
action is not taken. Upon determination that a violation has occurred
or is reasonably likely to occur if immediate action is not taken,
the Village may seek a court order permitting the Village to take
any and all measures reasonably necessary to abate the violation and/or
to prevent the violation from occurring and/or to restore the premises.
The cost of implementing and maintaining such measures shall be the
sole responsibility of the discharger. In any such action, the Village
shall be entitled to its legal costs and expenses, including the fees
of attorneys and witnesses, as may be awarded by the Court.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any
provision, or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this
chapter.
B.
Any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation
of any requirements of this chapter that is a threat to the public
health, safety, and welfare is declared and deemed a public nuisance.
C.
If a person has violated or continues to violate the
provisions of this chapter, the Village may petition for a temporary
restraining order, preliminary injunction, and/or permanent injunction
restraining the person from activities which would create further
violations, or compelling the person to perform abatement or remediation
of the violation. The cost of implementing and maintaining such measures
shall be the sole responsibility of the discharger. In any such action,
the Village shall be entitled to its legal costs and expenses, including
the fees of attorneys and witnesses, as may be awarded by the Court.
A.
Where a person has violated a provision of this chapter,
he/she may be eligible for alternative remedies in lieu of a fine,
upon recommendation of the prosecuting attorney for the Village and
with the concurrence of the SMO, where:
B.
Alternative remedies may consist of one or more of
the following:
The remedies listed in this chapter are not
exclusive of any other remedies available under any applicable federal,
state, or local law and it is within the discretion of the SMO and
of the Village to seek cumulative remedies.
