1429-21 Amend Scrivner's Error to Stormwater Compliance Ordinance No. 732-99

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OR BK 10453 PG 438 Page 6 of 9 SECTION 4-3. CONTROL OF ILLICIT DISCHARGES OR ILLICIT CONNECTIONS: Persons responsible for illicit discharges or illicit connections shall immediately, upon notification or discovery, initiate procedures to cease discharging or provide suitable containment facilities until modifications are made to properly treat the discharge, or a NPDES permit is obtain. Such procedures shall include a requirement to obtain approval from the City Manager of a schedule for implementing proposed corrective measures. ARTICLE 5 — INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS SECTION 5-1. INSPECTION AND MONITORING FOR COMPLIANCE City personnel shall be granted access for inspection of facilities discharging or suspected of discharging to the City's MS4 or waters of the U.S. in order to evaluate and investigate the potential for release of materials other than stormwater or potential violations of any of the terms of this Ordinance. All structures and processes which allow discharges to the City's MS4, as well as records concerning them, shall be made accessible to City personnel for monitoring of the quality of the discharges. SECTION 5-2. MAINTENANCE OF CONTROL STRUCTURES: Structural controls and other BMP's used to reduce pollutants in stormwater discharges shall be operated and maintained so as to function in accordance with the permitted design or performance criteria in compliance with NPDES or other permit conditions. Operation and maintenance shall be done so as to assure treatment of stormwater or reduction in pollutants in stormwater discharges consistent with appropriate federal, state, water management district, or local rules or permit requirements. ARTICLE 6 — EXEMPTIONS Section 6-1. EXEMPTIONS: The following activities shall be exempt from the requirements of this Ordinance: A. Discharge from: • water line flushing; • landscape irrigation; • uncontaminated groundwater infiltration (as defined at 50 CFR 35.2005(20)) to separate storm sewers; • uncontaminated pumped gas and water; • discharges from portable water sources;