Piedmont Municipal Code § 30.10 Discharge Regulations and Requirements

thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained any "refuse," "rubbish," "garbage," or other

discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, in or upon any street, alley,

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sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, business

place, or upon any public or private lot of land in the City, so that the same might be or

become a pollutant, except in containers or in lawfully established dumping grounds.

The occupant or tenant, or in the absence or occupant or tenant, the owner, lessee, or proprietor of any real property in the City of Piedmont in front of which there is a paved sidewalk shall maintain said sidewalks free of dirt or litter. Sweepings from said sidewalks shall not be swept or otherwise made or allowed to go into the gutter or roadway, but shall be disposed of in receptacles maintained on said real property as required for the disposal of garbage.

No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or any other

body of water in a park or elsewhere within the City.

parking lot, gas station tarmac or similar structure shall clean those structures as frequently

and thoroughly as practicable in a manner that does not result in discharge of pollutants to

the City storm drain system.

construction contractor performing work in the City shall comply with and undertake the latest best management practices for construction projects adopted by the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program, and if required, any approved erosion and sediment control plans incorporated into said building permit. The Director of Public Works may establish controls on the volume and rate of storm water runoff from new developments and redevelopments as may be appropriate to minimize the discharge and transport of pollutants.

commercial discharger, discharger associated with construction activity, or other discharger, described in any general storm water permit addressing such discharges, as may be adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board or the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, shall provide notice of intent, comply with and undertake all other activities required by any general storm water permit applicable to such discharges.

Each discharger identified in an NPDES permit relating to storm water discharges shall comply with and undertake all activities required by such permit.

guidelines or requirements have been issued by any federal, State of California, regional or city agency, for any activity, operation, or facility which may cause or contribute to storm water pollution or contamination, illicit discharges and/or discharge of non-storm water to the storm drain system, every person undertaking such activity or operation or owning or operating such facility shall comply with such guidelines or requirements (as may be identified by the Director of Public Works). (Ord. 694 N.S. 09/2010)

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SEC.30.11 WATERCOURSE PROTECTION

Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes, or such person's lessee or tenant, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property reasonably free of trash, debris, excessive vegetation, and other obstacles which would pollute, contaminate, or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse; shall 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; and shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for said maintenance, nor remove said vegetation in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion.

No person shall commit or cause to be committed any of the following acts, unless a written permit has first been obtained from the Director of Public Works: