Lakeport Municipal Code Art. II Prohibited Discharges

A. It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made any non-stormwater discharge into the city storm drainage system or directly to natural surface waters, except as allowed by the municipal stormwater permit.

(Ord. 853 § 1(part), 2006)

A. The director may prepare and update the list of authorized non-stormwater discharges and circumstances under which these discharges may be allowed in the city stormwater system pursuant to the municipal stormwater permit.

(Ord. 853 § 1(part), 2006)

A. It is unlawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater or material that causes or contributes to causing the city to violate water quality standards, the city's obligations under the municipal stormwater permit, or any state-issued discharge permit.

(Ord. 853 § 1(part), 2006)

A. The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of illicit connections to the storm drain system is prohibited. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.

(Ord. 853 § 1(part), 2006)

A. 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, component of any storm drain system, or waters of the United States any refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, so that the same may cause or contribute to pollution.

(Ord. 853 § 1(part), 2006)

A. Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity NPDES stormwater discharge permit shall demonstrate that he/she has obtained coverage under, and is complying with the required permits. Proof of coverage and compliance with such permit shall be required in a form acceptable to the director to or as a condition of a subdivision map, site plan, building permit, or development or improvement plan, upon inspection of the facility, during any enforcement proceeding or action, or for any other reasonable cause.

(Ord. 853 § 1(part), 2006)