Paso Robles Municipal Code Art. III Reduction of Pollutants in Storm Water

Each responsible person for any site, activity, operation, or facility that may discharge any pollutant to the storm drain system shall implement those BMPs as may be designated by the director.

(Ord. No. 993 N.S. § 1, 7-2-2013)

A. Any person engaged in commercial or industrial activities or operations, or owning commercial or industrial facilities or property which will, or may, result in pollutants entering storm water, the storm drain system, or receiving waters, shall first obtain any required NPDES storm water permit and shall install and maintain BMPs consistent with the CASQA industrial/commercial BMP handbook or equivalent. BMPs must be designed to implement the requirements of this chapter and any applicable permit.

B. The director may require documentation demonstrating coverage by and compliance with any applicable permit, including copies of any notice of intent, storm water pollution prevention plans, inspection reports, monitoring results, and other information deemed necessary to assess compliance with this chapter or any NPDES permit.

(Ord. No. 993 N.S. § 1, 7-2-2013)

A. Every responsible person for any property through which a watercourse passes, shall keep and maintain that part of the bed, bank, and channel of the watercourse within the property free of pollutants. The responsible person for any such property shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for maintenance, nor perform vegetation management in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion.

B. The responsible person for any property through which a watercourse passes must maintain existing privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that such structures will not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse. Maintenance must be conducted in a manner that does not adversely impact waterway species.

C. All prohibitions and requirements contained in this chapter regarding non-storm water discharges to the storm drain system are extended to watercourses.

D. The responsible person for any property through which a watercourse passes must comply with all laws, rules, and regulations of state, federal agencies who may have jurisdiction over wetlands and waterways.

(Ord. No. 993 N.S. § 1, 7-2-2013)

A. Except when deposited into containers or in lawfully established dumping areas, no person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained any refuse, rubbish, garbage or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles and accumulations, including but not limited to dirt, green waste and animal waste, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit, or other drainage structures, business place or upon any public or private lot of land in the city, so that the same may cause or contribute to pollution.

B. The responsible person for any real property adjacent to a paved sidewalk shall maintain said sidewalk free of dirt or litter. Sweepings from sidewalk shall not be swept or otherwise made or allowed to go into the gutter or roadway, but shall be disposed of in receptacles maintained on such real property as required for garbage disposal.

C. Each person responsible for pets shall promptly pick up animal waste deposited in public areas and properly dispose of it in a trash receptacle.

(Ord. No. 993 N.S. § 1, 7-2-2013)