The purpose of this article is to prohibit the
spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials other than stormwater
to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) operated by the
Township of Medford so as to protect public health, safety and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this article clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township of Medford, and is designed and used for collecting
and conveying stormwater.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow-removal equipment.
The spilling, dumping, or disposal of materials,
other than stormwater, to the municipal separate storm sewer system
operated by the Township of Medford is prohibited. The spilling, dumping,
or disposal of materials other than stormwater in such a manner as
to cause the discharge of pollutants to the municipal separate storm
sewer system is also prohibited.
The following activities are exempt from the
prohibitions in § 122-3:
A.
Water line flushing and discharges from potable water
sources;
B.
Uncontaminated groundwater (e.g., infiltration, crawl
space or basement sump pumps, foundation or footing drains, rising
groundwaters);
C.
Air-conditioning condensation (excluding contact and
noncontact cooling water);
D.
Irrigation water (including landscape and lawn watering
runoff);
E.
Flows from springs, riparian habitats and wetlands,
water reservoir discharges and diverted stream flows;
F.
Residential car washing water and residential swimming
pool discharges;
G.
Sidewalk, driveway and street wash water;
H.
Flows from fire-fighting activities;
I.
Flows from rinsing certain equipment;
(1)
Flows from rinsing of the following equipment with
clean water:
(a)
Beach maintenance equipment immediately following
their use for their intended purposes;
(b)
Equipment used in the application of salt and
de-icing materials immediately following salt and de-icing material
applications. Prior to rinsing with clean water, all residual salt
and de-icing materials must be removed from equipment and vehicles
to the maximum extent practicable using dry cleaning methods (e.g.,
shoveling and sweeping). Recovered materials are to be returned to
storage for reuse or properly discarded.
(2)
Rinsing of equipment, as noted in the above situation,
is limited to exterior, undercarriage, and exposed parts and does
not apply to engines or other enclosed machinery.
