14.30.060 General requirements.
A. Requirement to Eliminate Illegal Discharges. The administrator may require by written notice that a property owner or person responsible for an illegal discharge immediately, or by a specified date, discontinue the discharge, clean up the polluting matter and, if necessary, take measures to eliminate the source of the discharge to prevent the reoccurrence of discharges. The administrator may charge all associated costs thereof to the property owner or responsible party.
B. Requirement to Eliminate Illicit Connections. The administrator may require by written notice that a property owner or person responsible for an illicit connection to the stormwater drainage system eliminate the connection by a specified date, regardless of whether or not the connection had been established or approved previously.
C. Requirement to Implement Best Management Practices. The owner or operator of a commercial or industrial establishment and property owners shall provide, at their own expense, reasonable protection from accidental discharge of prohibited materials or other wastes into the stormwater drainage system or waters of the state through the use of structural and nonstructural BMPs (as defined in GHMC 14.30.020). The administrator may require any person responsible for a property or premises, which is, or may be, the source of an illicit discharge to implement, at their own expense, additional structural and nonstructural BMPs to prevent the further discharge of pollutants to the stormwater drainage system.
D. Watercourse Protection. Any person owning property through which a watercourse passes shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property free of trash, debris, and other items that would pollute or contaminate the flow of water through the watercourse.
E. Notification of Illegal Discharges.
1. Notwithstanding other requirements of law, as soon as any person responsible for a facility or operation has information of any known or suspected illegal discharges into the stormwater drainage system or waters of the state, said person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release.
2. In the event of an illegal discharge of hazardous materials into the stormwater drainage system or waters of the state, said person shall immediately notify the appropriate public agency identified by the city. A list of appropriate agencies is available on the city’s website or in person. The alternative notification agencies are the emergency dispatch services (911) and the city’s public works department.
3. In the event of an illegal discharge of nonhazardous materials into the stormwater drainage system or waters of the state, said person shall notify the city’s public works department by phone, by facsimile, or in person within 48 hours after said discharge.
4. 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 kept and maintained on a permanent basis from the effective date of this chapter. (Ord. 1168 § 2, 2009).