FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 2012-059 - Laserfiche WebLink

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150.302 DEFINITIONS (A) For the purposes of this ordinance, all terms, phrases, words, and their derivatives shall have the meanings as stated in Chapter 11 of the City Code. 150.303 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION (A) The City of Lake Elmo shall administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this ordinance. Any powers granted or duties imposed upon the City of Lake Elmo may be delegated in writing by the City Administrator to persons or entities acting in the beneficial interest of or in the employ of the City. 150.304 COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER REGULATIONS (A) This ordinance is not intended to modify or repeal any other ordinance, rule, regulation, or other provision of law. The requirements of this ordinance are in addition to the requirements of any other ordinance, rule, regulation, or other provision of law, and where any provision of this ordinance imposes restrictions different from those imposed by any other ordinance, rule, regulation, or other provision of law, whichever provision is more restrictive or imposes higher protective standards for human health or the environment shall control. 150.305 ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY (A) The standards set forth herein and promulgated pursuant to this ordinance are minimum standards; therefore this ordinance does not intend or imply that compliance by any person will ensue that there will be no contamination, pollution, or unauthorized discharge of pollutants. 150.306 DISCHARGE PROHIBITIONS (A) Prohibition of Illegal Discharges. (1) No person shall throw, drain, or otherwise discharge, cause, or allow others under its control to throw, drain, or otherwise discharge into the MS4 any pollutants or waters containing any pollutants, other than storm water. The commencement, conduct or continuance of any illegal discharge to the storm drain system is prohibited except as described as follows: a) The following discharges are exempt from discharge prohibitions established by this ordinance: water line flushing, landscape irrigation, diverted stream flows, rising groundwater, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, springs, water from crawl space pumps, footing drains, lawn watering, individual residential car washing, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, street wash water, dechlorinated swimming pool water, and any other water source not containing a pollutant. (i) For swimming pool discharges, water shall sit seven (7) days without the addition of chlorine to allow for chlorine to evaporate before discharge. 4