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Subd. 15. STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Publicly-owned facilities by which storm water is collected and/or conveyed, including but not limited to any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs, and other drainage structures. Subd. 16. STORM WATER. Any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation. Subd. 17. STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP). A document which describes the Best Management Practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify sources of pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant discharges to Storm Water, Storm Water Conveyance Systems, and/or Receiving Waters to the Maximum Extent Practicable. Subd. 18. WASTEWATER. Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water, discharged from any premises. 912.03: APPLICABILITY: This Chapter shall apply to all water entering the storm drainage system generated on any premises unless explicitly exempted by the City. 912.04: RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION: The Director of Public Works is the principal City official responsible to administer, implement, and enforce the provisions of this Chapter. The Director may delegate any or all of the duties hereunder to designated persons or entities acting in the beneficial interest of or in the employ of the City. 912.05: ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY: The standards set forth herein and promulgated pursuant to this Chapter are minimum standards; therefore, this Chapter does not intend or imply that compliance by any person will ensure that there will be no contamination, pollution, or unauthorized discharge of pollutants. 912.06: DISCHARGE AND CONNECTION PROHIBITIONS Subd. 1. Prohibition of Illegal Discharges: 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. Subd. 2. Exemptions to Discharge Prohibitions: The commencement, conduct, or continuance of any illegal discharge to the storm drainage system is prohibited except as described as follows: a. Dischaxges resulting from the following activities: water line flushing, landscape irrigation, diverted stream flows, rising ground waters, uncontaminated ground water infiltration, uncontaminated pumped ground water, discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, springs, water 4/8