Escalon Municipal Code Art. III Reduction Of Pollutants In Stormwater

A. Authorization to Adopt and Impose Best Management Practices (BMP). Each city department may adopt requirements identifying best management practices for any activity, operation or facility which may cause or contribute to pollution or contamination of stormwater, the MS4 system or waters of the United States. Where best management practice requirements are promulgated or adopted by the city or any federal, State of California or regional agency for any activity, operation or facility which would otherwise cause the discharge of pollutants to the MS4 system or water of the United States, every person undertaking such activity or operation or owning or operating such facility shall comply with such requirements.

B. Responsibility to Implement Best Management Practices. Notwithstanding the presence or absence of requirements promulgated pursuant to subsection A of this section, any person engaged in activities or operations or owning facilities or property which will or may result in pollutants entering stormwater, the MS4 or waters of the United States shall implement best management practices required or approved by the director in accordance with this chapter, or with any local, state, or federal law, rule, regulation, or permit to prevent and reduce such pollutants.

(Ord. 542, 2014)

A. Every person responsible for any property through which a watercourse passes shall keep and maintain that part of the bed, bank, and channel of the watercourse within the property free of pollutants. The responsible person for any such property shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for maintenance, nor perform vegetation management in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion.

B. The person responsible for any property through which a watercourse passes must maintain existing privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that such structures will not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse. Maintenance must be conducted in a manner that does not adversely impact waterway species.

C. All prohibitions and requirements contained in this chapter regarding nonstormwater discharges to the MS4 are extended to watercourses.

D. The person responsible for any property through which a watercourse passes must comply with all laws, rules, and regulations of state and federal agencies who may have jurisdiction over wetlands and waterways.

(Ord. 542, 2014)