FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 2012-059 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Section 3. The City- Council of the City of Labe Elmo hereby ordains that Sections 150.300 thr u 150.314 of the Lake Elmo City Code are to read as follows: Sections: 150.300 Purpose 150.301 Applicability 150.302 Definitions 150.303 Responsibility for Administration 1.50.304 Compatibility with Other Regulations 150.305 Ultimate Responsibility 150.306 Discharge Prohibitions 150.307 Watercourse Protection 150.308 Industrial or Construction Activity Discharges 150.309 Requirement to Prevent, Control, and Reduce Storm Water Pollutants by the Use of Best Management Practices 150.310 Notification of Spills 150.311 Right of Entry 150.312 Enforcement 150.313 Severability 150.314 Authority ILLICIT DISCHARGE AND CONNECTION 150.300 PURPOSE (A) The general purpose of this ordinance is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the public through the regulation of non -storm water discharges to the storm drainage system to the maximum extent practicable as required by federal and state law. This ordinance establishes methods for controlling the introduction of pollutants into the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) in order to comply with. requirements of the MS4 permit issued to the City of Lake Elmo by the Minnesota Pollution control Agency (MPCA) under the National. Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit process. The objections of this ordinance are: (1) To regulate the contribution of pollutants to the MS4 by storm water discharges by any user; (2) To prohibit illicit connections and discharges to the MS4; (3) To establish legal authority to carry out all inspection, surveillance, monitoring, and enforcement procedures necessary to ensure compliance with this ordinance. 150.301 APPILICABILITY (A) This ordinance shall apply to all water entering the storm drainage system generated on any developed and undeveloped lands unless explicitly exempted by Section 150.306 (A) (1) a) — d) of this Ordinance.