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• • • required in a form acceptable to the city prior to allowing discharges to the storm sewer system. All facilities that have storm water discharges associated with industrial activity which are, or may be, the source of an unlawful discharge shall be required to implement, at their expense, additional structural and nonstructural BMPs to prevent the further discharge of pollutants to the storm sewer system. Such BMPs shall be part of a storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) for compliance with requirements of the NPDES permit. (Ord. XX -10, passed x -x -xxxx) § 404.06 PROHIBITED DISCHARGE, ACTION REQUIRED. Not withstanding other requirements of law, as soon as any person responsible for a facility or operation, or responsible for emergency response for a facility or operation has information of any known or suspected unlawful discharge into the storm sewer system or waters of the state, said person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release. In the event of the release of hazardous materials said person shall immediately notify emergency response agencies of the occurrence via emergency dispatch services. In the event of a release of non - hazardous materials, said person shall notify the city no later than the next business day. (Ord. XX -10, passed x -x -xxxx) § 404.07 ACCESS TO BUILDINGS FOR INSPECTION, MONITORING AND /OR DYE TESTING. (A) The city shall be permitted to enter and inspect all buildings and land as often as may be necessary to determine compliance with this chapter. Facility operators shall allow the city ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, dye testing, examination and copying of records that relate to the discharge of storm water. The city shall have the right to set up at any building such devices as are necessary to conduct monitoring, sampling and /or dye testing of the facility's storm water discharge. The city has the right to require the facility operator to install monitoring equipment as necessary. (B) Unreasonable delays in allowing the city access to a facility is a violation of this section. (C) If the city has been refused access to any part of the premises from which storm water is discharged, and is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this section, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program designed to verify compliance with this section or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of the community, the city may seek issuance of a search warrant from any court of competent jurisdiction.