Piedmont Municipal Code § 30.2 Definitions

supplementary thereto, and/or defined in the regulations for the storm water discharge permitting program issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on November 16, 1990 (as may from time to time be amended) as used in this ordinance shall have the same meaning as in that statute or regulations. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall be as defined below:

(a) any addition of any pollutant to navigable waters from any point source, or

(b) any addition of any pollutant to the waters of the contiguous zone or the

ocean from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft.

Any discharge into the City’s storm drain system that is not composed entirely of storm water except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit and discharges resulting from fire fighting activities.

Dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue,

sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,

radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt

and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharge into the City’s storm

drain system.

system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal

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sewage or industrial wastes of liquid nature which is owned by a "State" or

"municipality." This definition includes sewers, pipes or other conveyances only if

they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.

precipitation, snow melt runoff, surface runoff, and subsurface drainage.

Director of Public Works, Public Services Superintendent, Public Services Supervisor, Building Official, City Planner, Fire Chief, Police Chief, and sworn officers.

prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of "waters of the United States." BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, prohibitions and practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, drainage from raw material storage and other management practices, to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to watercourses, water bodies and wetlands.

facilities within the city by which storm water may be conveyed to waters of the United States, including any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels or storm drains, which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.

land whether improved or unimproved including

adjacent sidewalks and parking strips. (Ord. 694 N.S. 09/2010)