[Amended 12-2-2020 by Ord. No. 733]
Shall be consistent with a PAG-13 NPDES general permit for stormwater
discharges from MS4 communities and as listed here:
A.
No person in the municipality shall introduce, permit or allow or
cause to introduce, permit or allow stormwater discharges into the
municipality's separate storm sewer system which are not composed
entirely of stormwater, except as permitted by this chapter; or
[Amended 12-2-2020 by Ord. No. 733]
B.
Permissible discharges, based on a finding by the municipality that
the discharge(s) do not significantly contribute to pollution to surface
waters of the commonwealth, are recommended to be discharged safely
to a vegetated area or infiltration BMP, but can also be discharged
to a storm sewer system, include but are not limited to:
[Amended 12-2-2020 by Ord. No. 733]
(1)
Discharges from firefighting activities.
(2)
Potable water sources, including dechlorinated water-line and fire-hydrant
flushing.
(3)
Noncontaminated irrigation drainage from agricultural practices.
(4)
Routine external building washdown (which does not use detergents
or other compounds).
(5)
Noncontaminated air-conditioning condensate.
(6)
Water from individual residential car, boat or other residential
vehicle washing that does not use detergents or other compounds.
(7)
Springs.
(8)
Noncontaminated water from basement or crawl space sump pumps.
(9)
Noncontaminated water from foundation or from footing drains.
(10)
Flows from riparian habitats and wetlands.
(11)
Lawn watering.
(12)
Pavement washwaters where spills or leaks of toxic or hazardous
materials have not occurred (unless all spill material has been removed)
and where detergents are not used.
(13)
Splash pad (recreational spray patio with no standing water)
discharges.
(14)
Noncontaminated groundwater.
C.
In the event that the municipality subsequently determines that any of the discharges identified in Subsection B significantly contribute to pollution of waters of the commonwealth, or is so notified by DEP, then the municipality will notify the responsible person to cease the discharge.
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D.
Upon notice provided by the municipality under Subsection C, the discharger will have a reasonable time to cease the discharge consistent with the degree of pollution caused by the discharge.
E.
Nothing in this section shall affect, limit, or alleviate a discharger's
responsibilities under state or federal law.
[Added 12-2-2020 by Ord. No. 733]
A.
The following connections are prohibited:
(1)
Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or
subsurface, which allows any nonstormwater discharge including sewage,
process wastewater, and wash water to enter the separate storm sewer
system, and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor
drains and sinks.
(2)
Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial
or industrial land use to the separate storm sewer system which has
not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records, and approved
by the municipality.
(3)
Drains carrying stormwater or groundwater shall not be connected
to or discharge to any public or private sanitary sewer system or
facility.
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B.
This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation,
connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection,
drain or conveyance was previously allowed, permitted, or approved
by a government agency, or otherwise permissible under law or practices
applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.
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A.
A landowner
may not alter the natural flow of surface water on his property by
concentrating it in an artificial channel and discharging it upon
lower land of his neighbor even though no more water is thereby collected
than would naturally have flowed upon the neighbor's land in a diffused
shallow broad path or sheet flow condition.
B.
A landowner
may not alter any BMPs, facilities or structures that were installed
under this chapter without written approval of the municipality.
A.
Roof drains shall not be connected to streets, sanitary or storm sewers or roadside ditches, except as provided in § 164-51B.
B.
When it is more advantageous to connect directly to
streets or storm sewers, connections of roof drains to streets or
roadside ditches may be permitted on a case-by-case basis by the municipality.
C.
Roof drains shall discharge to infiltration areas
or vegetative BMPs to the maximum extent practicable.
No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain,
keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, left, or maintained, in or
upon any public or private property, driveway, parking area, street,
alley, sidewalk, or other component of the municipality’s separate
storm sewer system, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other
discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations so that
the same may cause or contribute to pollution. Wastes deposited in
streets in proper waste receptacles for the purposes of collection
are exempted from this prohibition.
A.
No person shall modify, remove, fill, landscape or
alter any existing stormwater BMP, unless part of an approved maintenance
program, without the written approval of the municipality.
B.
No person shall place any structure, fill, landscaping
or vegetation into a stormwater BMP or within a drainage easement,
which would limit or alter the functioning of the BMP, without the
written approval of the municipality.
