CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control — Chapter Overview

CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
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944
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Chapter 944
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S, 116-84, ER, 14-13
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Sheffield Lake Overview
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
CHAPTER 931 Sewers
CHAPTER 935 Water
CHAPTER 939 Notice to Purchasers of Status of Utility Accounts
CHAPTER 943 Stormwater
CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
944.01 PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
944.02 APPLICABILITY.
944.03 DEFINITIONS.
944.04 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY.
944.05 CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, NUISANCES AND RESPONSIBILITY.
944.06 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION.
944.07 DISCHARGE AND CONNECTION PROHIBITIONS.
944.08 MONITORING OF ILLICIT DISCHARGES AND ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS.
944.09 ENFORCEMENT.
944.10 REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE.
CHAPTER 945 Construction Site Runoff Control
CHAPTER 946 Post-Construction Storm Water Management
TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
OH
Sheffield Lake
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
CHAPTER 944
Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
944.01    Purpose and scope.
944.02    Applicability.
944.03    Definitions.
944.04    Disclaimer of liability.
944.05    Conflicts, severability, nuisances and responsibility.
944.06    Responsibility for administration.
944.07    Discharge and connection prohibitions.
944.08    Monitoring of illicit discharges and illegal connections.
944.09    Enforcement.
944.10    Remedies not exclusive.
CROSS REFERENCES
Construction site runoff control - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 945
Post-construction storm water management - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 946
 
 
 
944.01 PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
   The purpose of this regulation is to provide for the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio through the regulation of illicit discharges to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). This regulation establishes methods for controlling the introduction of pollutants into the MS4 in order to comply with requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit process as required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA). The objectives of this regulation are:
   (a)    To prohibit illicit discharges and illegal connections to the MS4.
   (b)    To establish legal authority to carry out inspections, monitoring procedures, and enforcement actions necessary to ensure compliance with this regulation.
      (Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-23-13.)
944.02 APPLICABILITY.
   This regulation shall apply to all residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional facilities responsible for discharges to the MS4 and on any lands in the City of Sheffield Lake, except for those discharges generated by the activities detailed in Section 944.07(a)(1) to (a)(3) of this regulation. (Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-23-13.)
944.03 DEFINITIONS.
   The words and terms used in this regulation, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall have the following meaning:
   (a)   Best Management Practices (BMPs): means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants to storm water. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
   (b)    Community: means the City of Sheffield Lake, its designated representatives, boards, or commissions.
   (c)   Environmental Protection Agency or United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA): means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including but not limited to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA), or any duly authorized official of said agency.
   (d)    Floatable Material: in general this term means any foreign matter that may float or remain suspended in the water column, and includes but is not limited to, plastic, aluminum cans, wood products, bottles, and paper products.
   (e)   Hazardous Material: means any material including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
   (f)    Illicit Discharge: as defined at 40 C.F.R. 122.26 (b)(2) means any discharge to an MS4 that is not composed entirely of storm water, except for those discharges to an MS4 pursuant to an NPDES permit or noted in Section 944.07 of this regulation.
   (g)    Illegal Connection: means any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, that allows an illicit discharge to enter the MS4.
   (h)    Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4): as defined at 40 C.F.R. 122.26 (b)(8), municipal separate storm sewer system means a conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains):
      (1)    Owned or operated by a State, city, town, borough, county, parish, district, municipality, township, county, district, association, or other public body (created by or pursuant to State law) having jurisdiction over sewage, industrial wastes, including special districts under State law such as a sewer district, or similar entity, or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization, or a designated and approved management agency under section 208 of the Clean Water Act that discharges to waters of the United States;
      (2)    Designed or used for collecting or conveying storm water;
      (3)    Which is not a combined sewer; and
      (4)    Which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) as defined at 40 C.F.R. 122.2.
   (i)   National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Storm Water Discharge Permit: means a permit issued by EPA (or by a State under authority delegated pursuant to 33 USC § 1342(b)) that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group, or general area wide basis.
   (j)   Off-Lot Discharging Household Sewage Treatment System: means a system designed to treat household sewage on-site and discharges treated wastewater effluent off the property into a storm water or surface water conveyance or system.
   (k)   Owner/Operator: means any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or on the owner's behalf.
   (l)   Pollutant: means anything that causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to, paints, varnishes, solvents, oil and other automotive fluids, non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes, yard wastes, refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter or other discarded or abandoned objects, floatable materials, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, hazardous materials, wastes, sewage, dissolved and particulate metals, animal wastes, residues that result from constructing a structure, and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
   (m)   Storm Water: any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
   (n)   Wastewater: The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of a source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions.
      (Ord. 14-13. Passed 4-23-13.)
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Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
order to comply with requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit process as required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA)
Ord. 14-13
ords and terms used in this regulation, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall have the following meaning:
Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality
Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken
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