§ 19-102. Regulations for use of storm sewer.

(a)

No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain or keep or permit to be thrown, placed, left, maintained or kept, any refuse, rubbish, garbage or any other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, or accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, drainage structure, business place, or upon any public or private plot of land so that the same might be or become a pollutant, except in containers, recycling bags, or other lawfully established waste disposal facility.

(b)

No person shall intentionally dispose of grass, leaves, dirt, or other landscape debris into a lake, wetland, stormwater pond, wetland buffer strip, street, road, alley, catch basin, culvert, curb, gutter, inlet, ditch, natural watercourse, ravine, flood control channel, canal, storm drain or any fabricated natural conveyance.

(c)

No person shall leave, deposit, discharge, dump, or otherwise expose any chemical or septic waste in an area where discharge to streets or the storm sewer system may occur.

(d)

No person shall use any storm sewer connection to intentionally convey nonstormwater to the stormwater system.

(e)

Objects, such as motor vehicle parts, containing grease, oil or other hazardous substances, and unsealed receptacles containing hazardous materials, shall not be stored outdoors.

(f)

Fuel and chemical residue or other types of potentially harmful material, such as animal waste, garbage or batteries, which is located outdoors shall be removed as soon as possible and disposed of properly. Household hazardous waste shall not be placed in a trash container.

(g)

No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the city storm sewer system.

(h)

The following activities shall be determined exempt from the provisions listed in this article:

(1)

City staff or city contractors during the course of conducting maintenance activities; and

(2)

Metropolitan Mosquito Control District during the course of conducting mosquito control activities.

(Ord. No. 444, § 1, 2-12-07)