La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 4.16 Stormwater and Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention

Sections:

• 4.16.010 Title.

• 4.16.020 Purpose and intent.

• 4.16.030 Definitions.

• 4.16.040 Illicit discharges, dumping, and non-storm water discharges.

• 4.16.050 Illicit connections.

• 4.16.060 Reduction of pollutants in runoff.

• 4.16.070 Low impact development measures.

• 4.16.080 Enforcement.

This chapter shall be known as the City of La Puente Storm Water and Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Chapter.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

The purpose of this chapter is to protect and improve water quality of receiving waters by:

(a) Reducing illicit discharges to the municipal storm water system to the maximum extent practicable.

(b) Eliminating illicit connections to the municipal storm water system.

(c) Eliminating spillage, dumping, and disposal of pollutant materials into the municipal storm water system.

(d) Reducing pollutant loads in storm water and urban runoff from land uses and activities identified in the municipal NPDES permit.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

Except as specifically provided herein, any term used in this Chapter 4.16 shall be defined as that term in the current Municipal NPDES permit, or if it is not specifically defined in either the Municipal NPDES permit, then as such term is defined in the Federal Clean Water Act, as amended, and/or the regulations promulgated thereunder. If the definition of any term contained in this chapter conflicts with the definition of the same term in the current Municipal NPDES permit, then the definition contained in the Municipal NPDES permit shall govern. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings when used in this chapter:

“Automotive Service Facility” means a facility that is categorized in any one of the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes (SIC 5013, 5014, 5511, 5541, 7532-7534 and 7536-7539). For inspection purposes, Permittees need not inspect facilities with SIC codes 5013, 5014, 5541, 5511, provided that these facilities have no outside activities or materials that may be exposed to stormwater.

“Basin Plan” means the Water Quality Control Plan, Los Angeles Region, Basin Plan for the Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, adopted by the Regional Water Board on June 13, 1994 and subsequent amendments.

“Best Management Practice (BMP)” means practices or physical devices or systems designed to prevent or reduce pollutant loading from stormwater or non-stormwater discharges to receiving waters, or designed to reduce the volume of stormwater or non-stormwater discharged to the receiving water.

“Biofiltration” means a LID BMP that reduces stormwater pollutant discharges by intercepting rainfall on vegetative canopy, and through incidental infiltration and/or evapotranspiration, and filtration. Incidental infiltration is an important factor in achieving the required pollutant load reduction. Therefore, the term “biofiltration” as used in this chapter is defined to include only systems designed to facilitate incidental infiltration or achieve the equivalent pollutant reduction as biofiltration BMPs with an underdrain (subject to approval by the Regional Board’s Executive Officer). Biofiltration BMPs include bioretention systems with an underdrain and bioswales.

“Bioretention” means a LID BMP that reduces stormwater runoff by intercepting rainfall on vegetative canopy, and through evapotranspiration and infiltration. The bioretention system typically includes a minimum 2-foot top layer of a specified soil and compost mixture underlain by a gravel-filled temporary storage pit dug into the in-situ soil. As defined in the Municipal NPDES permit, a bioretention BMP may be designed with an overflow drain, but may not include an underdrain. When a bioretention BMP is designed or constructed with an underdrain it is regulated by the Municipal NPDES permit as biofiltration.

“Bioswale” means a LID BMP consisting of a shallow channel lined with grass or other dense, low-growing vegetation. Bioswales are designed to collect stormwater runoff and to achieve a uniform sheet flow through the dense vegetation for a period of several minutes.

“City” means the City of La Puente.

“Clean Water Act” (CWA) means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251, et seq.

“Commercial Malls” means any development on private land comprised of one or more buildings forming a complex of stores which sells various merchandise, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store, along with parking area(s). A commercial mall includes, but is not limited to: mini-malls, strip malls, other retail complexes, and enclosed shopping malls or shopping centers.

“Construction Activity” means any construction or demolition activity, clearing, grading, grubbing, or excavation or any other activity that result in land disturbance. Construction does not include emergency construction activities required to immediately protect public health and safety, routine maintenance activities, or routine maintenance activities required to maintain the integrity of structures by performing minor repair and restoration work, maintain the original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, or original purposes of the facility. See “Routine Maintenance” definition for further explanation. Where clearing, grading or excavating of underlying soil takes place during a repaving operation, State General Construction Permit coverage by the State of California General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activities or for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction Activities is required if more than one acre is disturbed or the activities are part of a larger plan.

“Control” means to minimize, reduce or eliminate by technological, legal, contractual, or other means, the discharge of pollutants from an activity or activities.

“Development” means construction, rehabilitation, redevelopment or reconstruction of any public or private residential project (whether single-family, multi-unit or planned unit development); industrial, commercial, retail, and other non-residential projects, including public agency projects; or mass grading for future construction. It does not include routine maintenance, routine maintenance to maintain original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, or original purpose of facility, nor does it include emergency construction activities required to immediately protect public health and safety.

“Directly Adjacent” means situated within 200 feet of the contiguous zone required for the continued maintenance, function, and structural stability of the environmentally sensitive area.

“Director” means the Director of Development Services of the City and his or her authorized agent, representative or inspector.

“Discharge” means any release, spill, leak, pump, flow, escape, dumping, or disposal of any liquid, semi-solid, or solid substance.

“Disturbed Area” means an area that is altered as a result of clearing, grading, and/or excavation (Source: Order No. R4-2012-0175).

“Executive Officer” means Executive Officer of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles.

“Flow-through BMPs” means modular, vault type “high flow biotreatment” devices contained within an impervious vault with an underdrain or designed with an impervious liner and an underdrain.

“General Construction Activities Storm Water Permit (GCASP)” means the general NPDES permit adopted by the State Board which authorizes the discharge of stormwater from construction activities under certain conditions.

“General Industrial Activities Storm Water Permit (GIASP)” means the general NPDES permit adopted by the State Board which authorizes the discharge of stormwater from certain industrial activities under certain conditions.

“Green Roof” means a LID BMP using planter boxes and vegetation to intercept rainfall on the roof surface. Rainfall is intercepted by vegetation leaves and through evapotranspiration. Green roofs may be designed as either a bioretention BMP or as a biofiltration BMP. To receive credit as a bioretention BMP, the green roof system planting medium shall be of sufficient depth to provide capacity within the pore space volume to contain the design storm depth and may not be designed or constructed with an underdrain.

“Hazardous Material(s)” means any material(s) defined as hazardous by Division 20, Chapter 6.95 of the California Health and Safety Code.

“Hillside” means a property located in an area with known erosive soil conditions, where the development contemplates grading on any natural slope that is 25 percent or greater and where grading contemplates cut or fill slopes.

“Hydromodification” means the alteration of the hydrologic characteristics of coastal and non-coastal waters, which in turn could cause degradation of water resources.

“Illicit connection” means any device through or by which an illicit discharge is conveyed into the municipal storm water system without a permit, including but not limited to floor drains, pipes or any fabricated or natural conduits, excluding roof drains which convey only storm water.

“Illicit discharge” means the entry of any material other than storm water unless such discharge is exempted under the municipal NPDES permit; is allowed under a separate NPDES permit, including but not limited to a point source permit, a General Industrial Activity Storm Water permit, or a General Construction Activity Storm Water permit; or is allowed by the Executive Officer.

“Impervious Surface” means any man-made or modified surface that prevents or significantly reduces the entry of water into the underlying soil, resulting in runoff from the surface in greater quantities and/or at an increased rate, when compared to natural conditions prior to development. Examples of places that commonly exhibit impervious surfaces include parking lots, driveways, roadways, storage areas, and rooftops. The imperviousness of these areas commonly results from paving, compacted gravel, compacted earth, and oiled earth.

“Industrial Park” means land development that is set aside for industrial development.

“Infiltration BMP” means a LID BMP that reduces stormwater runoff by capturing and infiltrating the runoff into in-situ soils or amended onsite soils. Examples of infiltration BMPs include infiltration basins, dry wells, and pervious pavement.

“LID” means Low Impact Development. LID consists of building and landscape features designed to retain or filter stormwater runoff.

“Maximum extent practicable” means, within the context of BMP selection, choosing effective BMPs, and rejecting applicable BMPs only: (1) where effective BMPs will serve the same purpose; (2) the BMPs would not be technically feasible; or (3) the cost would be prohibitive.

“MS4” means Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System. The MS4 is a conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains):

(i) Owned or operated by a State, city, town, borough, county, parish, district, association, or other public body (created by or pursuant to State law) having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, stormwater, or other wastes, including special districts under State law such as a sewer district, flood control district or drainage district, or similar entity, or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization, or a designated and approved management agency under section 208 of the CWA that discharges to waters of the United States;

(ii) Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater;

(iii) Which is not a combined sewer; and

(iv) Which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (“POTW”) as defined at 40 CFR § 122.2.

“National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)” means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits, and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements, under CWA § 307, 402, 318, and 405. The term includes an “approved program”.

“Natural Drainage System” means a drainage system that has not been improved (e.g., channelized or armored). The clearing or dredging of a natural drainage system does not cause the system to be classified as an improved drainage system.

“New Development” means land disturbing activities; structural development, including construction or installation of a building or structure, creation of impervious surfaces; and land subdivision (Source: Order No. R4-2012-0175).

“Non-Stormwater Discharge” means any discharge to a municipal storm drain system that is not composed entirely of stormwater.

“Owner” as applied to a building or real property, means any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of such building or real property.

“Parking Lot” means land area or facility for the parking or storage of motor vehicles used for businesses, commerce, or personal use, with a lot size of 5,000 square feet or more of surface area, or with 25 or more parking spaces.

“Person” means any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, state, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.

“Planning Priority Projects” means development projects subject to Permittee conditioning and approval for the design and implementation of post-construction controls to mitigate stormwater pollution, prior to completion of the project(s) (Modified from: Order No. R4-2012-0175). Planning Priority Projects are further defined in Section 4.16.070.

“Pollutant” means any “pollutant” defined in Section 502(6) of the Federal Clean Water Act or incorporated into the California Water Code Section 13373. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to the following:

(1) Commercial and industrial waste (such as fuels, solvents, detergents, plastic pellets, hazardous substances, fertilizers, pesticides, slag, ash, and sludge).

(2) Metals (such as cadmium, lead, zinc, copper, silver, nickel, chromium, and non- metals such as phosphorus and arsenic).

(3) Petroleum hydrocarbons (such as fuels, lubricants, surfactants, waste oils, solvents, coolants, and grease).

(4) Excessive eroded soil, sediment, and particulate materials in amounts that may adversely affect the beneficial use of the receiving waters, flora, or fauna of the State.

(5) Animal wastes (such as discharge from confinement facilities, kennels, pens, recreational facilities, stables, and show facilities).

(6) Substances having characteristics such as pH less than 6 or greater than 9, or unusual coloration or turbidity, or excessive levels of fecal coliform, or fecal streptococcus, or enterococcus.

“Project” means all development, redevelopment, and land disturbing activities. The term is not limited to “Project” as defined under CEQA (Pub. Resources Code § 21065).

“Rainfall Harvest and Use” means a LID BMP system designed to capture runoff, typically from a roof but can also include runoff capture from elsewhere within the site, and to provide for temporary storage until the harvested water can be used for irrigation or non-potable uses. The harvested water may also be used for potable water uses if the system includes disinfection treatment and is approved for such use by the local building department (Source: Order No. R4-2012-0175).

“Receiving Water” means “water of the United States” into which waste and/or pollutants are or may be discharged (Source: Order No. R4-2012-0175).

“Redevelopment” means land-disturbing activity that results in the creation, addition, or replacement of 5,000 square feet or more of impervious surface area on an already developed site. Redevelopment includes, but is not limited to: the expansion of a building footprint; addition or replacement of a structure; replacement of impervious surface area that is not part of routine maintenance activity; and land disturbing activity related to structural or impervious surfaces. It does not include routine maintenance to maintain original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, or original purpose of facility, nor does it include emergency construction activities required to immediately protect public health and safety.

“Regional Board” means the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.

“Restaurant” means a facility that sells prepared foods and drinks for consumption, including stationary lunch

counters and refreshment stands selling prepared foods and drinks for immediate consumption (SIC Code 5812).

“Retail Gasoline Outlet” means any facility engaged in selling gasoline and lubricating oils.

“Routine Maintenance.” Routine maintenance projects include, but are not limited to projects conducted to:

1. Maintain the original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, or original purpose of the facility.

2. Perform as needed restoration work to preserve the original design grade, integrity and hydraulic capacity of flood control facilities.

3. Includes road shoulder work, regrading dirt or gravel roadways and shoulders and performing ditch cleanouts.

4. Update existing lines* and facilities to comply with applicable codes, standards, and regulations regardless if such projects result in increased capacity.

5. Repair leaks.

Routine maintenance does not include construction of new** lines or facilities resulting from compliance with applicable codes, standards and regulations.

* Update existing lines includes replacing existing lines with new materials or pipes.

** New lines are those that are not associated with existing facilities and are not part of a project to update or replace existing lines.

“Significant Ecological Areas (SEAs)” means an area that is determined to possess an example of biotic resources that cumulatively represent biological diversity, for the purposes of protecting biotic diversity, as part of the Los Angeles County General Plan. Areas are designated as SEAs, if they possess one or more of the following criteria:

1. The habitat of rare, endangered, and threatened plant and animal species.

2. Biotic communities, vegetative associations, and habitat of plant and animal species that are either one of a kind, or are restricted in distribution on a regional basis.

3. Biotic communities, vegetative associations, and habitat of plant and animal species that are either one of a kind or are restricted in distribution in Los Angeles County.

4. Habitat that at some point in the life cycle of a species or group of species, serves as a concentrated breeding, feeding, resting, migrating grounds and is limited in availability either regionally or within Los Angeles County.

5. Biotic resources that are of scientific interest because they are either an extreme in physical/geographical limitations, or represent an unusual variation in a population or community.

6. Areas important as game species habitat or as fisheries.

7. Areas that would provide for the preservation of relatively undisturbed examples of natural biotic communities in Los Angeles County.

8. Special areas, worthy of inclusion but that do not fit in the seven criteria set forth above.

“Site” means land or water area where any “facility or activity” is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity.

“Storm Drain System” means any facilities or any part of those facilities, including streets, gutters, conduits, natural or artificial drains, channels, and watercourses that are used for the purpose of collecting, storing, transporting or disposing of stormwater and are located within the City.

“Storm Water or Stormwater” means water that originates from atmospheric moisture (rain or snow) and that falls onto land, water, or other surfaces. Without any change in its meaning, this term may be spelled or written as one word or two separate words.

“Stormwater Runoff” means that part of precipitation (rainfall or snowmelt) which travels across a surface to the storm drain system or receiving waters.

“Urban Runoff” means surface water flow produced by storm and non-storm events. Non-storm events include flow from residential, commercial, or industrial activities involving the use of potable and non-potable water.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

(a) No person shall cause or allow an illicit discharge to enter the municipal storm water system.

(b) No person shall place, dump, dispose, litter, accumulate, maintain, discharge, or cause to enter into the MS4 any pollutant or any foreign object such as batteries, tires, waste receptacles, yard debris, refuse, rubbish, food waste, chemicals, animal waste or oil cans, which are also considered illicit discharges.

(c) Any person causing an illicit discharge to the MS4 may be required to pay for the cost of clean-up and remediation.

(d) Any owner of any private property from which a non-storm water discharge is observed may be required to pay for the cost of collecting and analyzing the discharge to determine if it is an illicit discharge.

(e) The following non-storm water discharges are not considered illicit discharges:

(1) Discharges determined by the Executive Officer not to be significant sources of pollution, including but are not limited to: natural springs and rising ground water; flows from riparian habitats or wetlands; stream diversions, permitted by the State Board; and uncontaminated ground water infiltration (as defined by 40 C.F.R. 35.2005(20)); reclaimed and potable landscape irrigation runoff; potable drinking water supply and distribution system releases (consistent with American Water Works Association guidelines for dechlorination and suspended solids reduction practices); drains for foundations, footings, and crawl spaces; air conditioning condensate; dechlorinated/debrominated swimming pool discharges; dewatering of lakes and decorative fountains; non-commercial car washing by residents or by non-profit organizations; and sidewalk rinsing.

(2) Discharges specifically allowed under a separate NPDES permit, including but not limited to, a General Industrial Storm Water Activity permit or General Construction Storm Water Activity permit.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

(a) No person shall maintain or intentionally use a connection that operates to convey an illicit discharge to the municipal storm water system.

(b) Upon discovery of an illicit connection, the person owning or operating such connection shall either remove it or render it incapable of conveying an illicit discharge.

(c) If any person fails to eliminate an illicit connection after being called upon by the city to do so, the city manager or his or her designee(s), shall impose appropriate measures to remove or disable the illicit connection and may recover the costs from the owner of such illicit connection.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

No person shall cause or threaten to cause the discharge of pollutants to the MS4 by exposing such pollutants to storm water runoff.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

(a) Objective. The provisions of this section contain requirements for construction activities and facility operations of Development and Redevelopment projects to comply with the current “Municipal NPDES permit,'” lessen the water quality impacts of development by using smart growth practices, and integrate LID design principles to mimic predevelopment hydrology through infiltration, evapotranspiration and rainfall harvest and use. LID shall be inclusive of new development and/or redevelopment projects.

(b) Scope. This Section contains requirements for stormwater pollution control measures in Development and Redevelopment projects and authorizes the City to further define and adopt stormwater pollution control measures, to develop LID principles and requirements, including but not limited to the objectives and specifications for integration of LID strategies, and to grant waivers or alternate compliance as allowed by the Municipal NPDES permit and collect fees from projects granted exceptions. Except as otherwise provided herein, the City shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Section. Guidance documents supporting implementation of requirements in this Ordinance are hereby incorporated by reference, including LID Manuals.

(c) Applicability. The following Development and Redevelopment projects, termed “Planning Priority Projects,” shall comply with the requirements of this Chapter:

(1) All development projects equal to 1 acre or greater of disturbed area that adds more than 10,000 square feet of impervious surface area.

(2) Industrial parks 10,000 square feet or more of surface area.

(3) Commercial malls 10,000 square feet or more of surface area.

(4) Retail gasoline outlets with 5,000 square feet or more of surface area.

(5) Restaurants (Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) of 5812) with 5,000 square feet or more of surface area.

(6) Parking lots with 5,000 square feet or more of impervious surface area, or with 25 or more parking spaces.

(7) Streets and roads construction of 10,000 square feet or more of impervious surface area.

(8) Automotive service facilities (Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) of 5013, 5014, 5511, 5541, 7532-7534 and 7536-7539) 5,000 square feet or more of surface area.

(9) Projects located in or directly adjacent to, or discharging directly to an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA), where the development will:

a. Discharge stormwater runoff that is likely to impact a sensitive biological species or habitat; and

b. Create 2,500 square feet or more of impervious surface area

(10) Single-family hillside homes.

(11) Redevelopment Projects

a. Land disturbing activity that results in the creation or addition or replacement of 5,000 square feet or more of impervious surface area on an already developed site on Planning Priority Project categories.

b. Where Redevelopment results in an alteration to more than fifty percent of impervious surfaces of a previously existing development, and the existing development was not subject to post-construction stormwater quality control requirements, the entire project must be mitigated.

c. Where Redevelopment results in an alteration of less than fifty percent of impervious surfaces of a previously existing development, and the existing development was not subject to post-construction stormwater quality control requirements, only the alteration must be mitigated, and not the entire development.

d. Redevelopment does not include routine maintenance activities that are conducted to maintain original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, original purpose of facility or emergency redevelopment activity required to protect public health and safety. Impervious surface replacement, such as the reconstruction of parking lots and roadways which does not disturb additional area and maintains the original grade and alignment, is considered a routine maintenance activity. Redevelopment does not include the repaving of existing roads to maintain original line and grade.

e. Existing single-family dwelling and accessory structures are exempt from the Redevelopment requirements unless such projects create, add, or replace 10,000 square feet of impervious surface area.

(12) Any other project as deemed appropriate by the Director.

(d) Effective Date. The Planning and Land Development requirements contained in this Ordinance shall become effective 90 days from the adoption of the Ordinance. This includes Planning Priority Projects that are discretionary permit projects or project phases that have not been deemed complete for processing, or discretionary permit projects without vesting tentative maps that have not requested and received an extension of previously granted approvals within 90 days of adoption of the Ordinance. Projects that have been deemed complete within 90 days of adoption of the Ordinance are not subject to the requirements of this Chapter.

(e) Stormwater Pollution Control Requirements. The Site for every Planning Priority Project shall be designed to control pollutants, pollutant loads, and runoff volume to the maximum extent feasible by minimizing impervious surface area and controlling runoff from impervious surfaces through infiltration, evapotranspiration, bioretention and/or rainfall harvest and use.

(1) A new single-family hillside home development shall include mitigation measures to:

a. Conserve natural areas;

b. Protect slopes and channels;

c. Provide storm drain system stenciling and signage;

d. Divert roof runoff to vegetated areas before discharge unless the diversion would result in slope instability; and

e. Direct surface flow to vegetated areas before discharge, unless the diversion would result in slope instability.

(2) Street and road construction of 10,000 square feet or more of impervious surface shall follow USEPA guidance regarding Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure: Green Streets (December 2008 EPA-833-F-08-009) to the maximum extent practicable.

(3) The remainder of Planning Priority Projects shall prepare a LID Plan to comply with the following:

a. Retain stormwater runoff onsite for the Stormwater Quality Design Volume (SWQDv) defined as the runoff from:

i. The 85th percentile 24-hour runoff event as determined from the Los Angeles County 85th percentile precipitation isohyetal map; or

ii. The volume of runoff produced from a 0.75 inch, 24-hour rain event, whichever is greater.

b. When, as determined by the City, 100 percent onsite retention of the SWQDv is technically infeasible, partially or fully, the infeasibility shall be demonstrated in the submitted LID Plan. The technical infeasibility may result from conditions that may include, but are not limited to:

i. The infiltration rate of saturated in-situ soils is less than 0.3 inch per hour and it is not technically feasible to amend the in-situ soils to attain an infiltration rate necessary to achieve reliable performance of infiltration or bioretention BMPs in retaining the SWQDv onsite.

ii. Locations where seasonal high groundwater is within five to ten feet of surface grade;

iii. Locations within 100 feet of a groundwater well used for drinking water;

iv. Brownfield development sites or other locations where pollutant mobilization is a documented concern;

v. Locations with potential geotechnical hazards;

vi. Smart growth and infill or redevelopment locations where the density and/ or nature of the project would create significant difficulty for compliance with the onsite volume retention requirement.

c. If partial or complete onsite retention is technically infeasible, the project Site may biofiltrate 1.5 times the portion of the remaining SWQDv that is not reliably retained onsite. Biofiltration BMPs must adhere to the design specifications provided in the Municipal NPDES Permit.

i. Additional alternative compliance options such as offsite infiltration may be available to the project Site. The project Site should contact the City to determine eligibility.

d. The remaining SWQDv that cannot be retained or biofiltered onsite must be treated onsite to reduce pollutant loading. BMPs must be selected and designed to meet pollutant-specific benchmarks as required per the Municipal NPDES Permit. Flow-through BMPs may be used to treat the remaining SWQDv and must be sized based on a rainfall intensity of:

i. 0.2 inches per hour, or

ii. The one year, one-hour rainfall intensity as determined from the most recent Los Angeles County isohyetal map, whichever is greater.

e. A Multi-Phased Project may comply with the standards and requirements of this section for all of its phases by: (a) designing a system acceptable to the City to satisfy these standards and requirements for the entire Site during the first phase, and (b) implementing these standards and requirements for each phase of Development or Redevelopment of the Site during the first phase or prior to commencement of construction of a later phase, to the extent necessary to treat the stormwater from such later phase. For purposes of this section, “Multi-Phased Project” shall mean any Planning Priority Project implemented over more than one phase and the Site of a Multi-Phased Project shall include any land and water area designed and used to store, treat or manage stormwater runoff in connection with the Development or Redevelopment, including any tracts, lots, or parcels of real property, whether Developed or not, associated with, functionally connected to, or under common ownership or control with such Development or Redevelopment.

(f) Other Agencies of the City. All City departments, offices, entities and agencies, shall establish administrative procedures necessary to implement the provisions of this Article on their Development and Redevelopment projects and report their activities annually to the Director.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)

(a) The following violations shall be deemed to be a public nuisance:

(1) Any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of this chapter;

(2) Any violations of the provisions of this chapter;

(3) Any failure to comply with a certification or verification provided by a person or the person's successor interest; or

(4) Any failure to properly operate and maintain any BMP on a property as called for in the municipal NPDES permit and as more specifically required in the city’s Storm Water Quality Management Program and which shall also be construed to be a threat to the public health and safety and may be abated or restored by any authorized enforcement officer in accordance with procedures set forth in Chapter 3.20 in this code, and a civil or criminal action to abate, enjoin or otherwise compel the cessation of such nuisance may be brought by the city attorney.

(b) The cost of such abatement and restoration shall be borne by the owner of the property and the cost thereof shall be invoiced to the owner of the property, as provided by law or ordinance for the recovery of nuisance abatement costs.

(c) If any violation of this chapter constitutes a seasonal and recurrent nuisance, the city manager of his or her designee(s) shall so declare. The failure of any person to take appropriate annual precautions to prevent runoff pollution after written notice of a determination under this paragraph shall constitute a public nuisance and a violation of this chapter.

(d) Causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, or concealing a violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a violation of such provision.

(e) In addition to any other remedies provided in this section, any violation of this section may be enforced by a civil action brought be the city. In any such action, the city may seek, as appropriate, any or all of the following remedies.

(1) A temporary and/or permanent injunction;

(2) Assessment of the violator for the costs of any investigation, inspection or monitoring survey which led to the establishment of the violation, and for the reason liable costs of preparing and bringing legal action under this subsection;

(3) Costs incurred in removing, correcting or terminating the adverse effects resulting from violation; and

(4) Compensatory damages for loss or destruction to water quality, wildlife and aquatic life.

(f) In addition to the other enforcement powers and remedies established by this chapter, the City has the authority to impose the following administrative remedies:

(1) Cease and Desist Orders. When the City finds that a discharge has taken place or is likely to take place in violation of this chapter, the City may issue an order to “cease and desist” such discharge, practice, or operation likely to cause such discharge, and direct that those persons not complying to: (1) comply with the requirements; (2) comply with a time schedule for compliance; and (3) take appropriate remedial or preventive action to prevent the violation from persisting or recurring.

(2) Notice to Clean. Whenever the City finds any material, including oil, earth, dirt, debris, grass, weeds, dead trees, tin cans, rubbish, refuse, or waste in or upon the sidewalk abutting or adjoining any parcel of land or upon any parcel of land or grounds, which may result in the transport of pollutants or illicit discharges to the MS4, the City may give notice to the owner or occupant of the adjacent property to remove such materials. The recipient of such notice shall undertake the activities as described in the notice.

(3) Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or fails to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable as provided in § 1.08.040 of this code; provided, however, that the city attorney may determine that such violation should be prosecuted as an infraction. Each and every day, or any part thereof, during which any such violation is committed, continued or allowed, shall constitute a separate offense.

(4) Permit Revocation. To the extent the City makes a provision of this chapter or any identified BMP a condition of approval to the issuance of a permit or license, any person in violation of such condition is subject to the permit revocation procedures set forth in this code.

(5) Remedies. Remedies under this chapter are in addition to and do not supersede or limit any and all other remedies, civil or criminal. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

(6) No Taking. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed or operate to deprive any property owner of substantially all of the market value of such owner's property or otherwise constitute an unconstitutional taking without compensation.

(Ord. 936 § 3, 2015)