Santa Clara County Municipal Code Ch. II Discharges to Stormwater System

Sec. B11.5-4. - Discharge prohibition.

Any non-stormwater discharge into any part of the stormwater system and watercourses is prohibited. It is unlawful to throw, deposit, leave, abandon, maintain or keep materials or waste on public or private lands in a manner and place where they may result in a non-stormwater discharge. This section shall not apply to non-stormwater discharged in compliance with an issued individual or any general NPDES permit.

(Ord. No. NS-517.84, 6-25-13; Ord. No. NS-517.87, § 2, 8-26-14)

Sec. B11.5-5. - Exceptions to discharge prohibition.

Any discharge regulated under a valid NPDES Permit or Regional Water Quality Control Board Waste Discharge Requirements Permit issued to the discharger, shall be regulated exclusively by the Regional Water Quality Control Board and is exempt from discharge prohibitions established by this division.

Unpolluted non-stormwater discharges which are properly managed and are identified in the most recently adopted version of the NPDES Municipal Stormwater Discharge Phase I or II permits issued to the County of Santa Clara by the San Francisco Bay and Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, may be exempt from the prohibition of discharging non-stormwater, unless they are identified as a source of pollutants to receiving water bodies.

(Ord. No. NS-517.84, 6-25-13)