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See. 31-13. Discharge Prohibitions. <br />(1) Prohibition of Illegal Discharges. <br />A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged into the municipal <br />storm drain system or watercourses any materials, including but not <br />limited to pollutants or waters containing any pollutants that cause or <br />contribute to a violation of applicable water quality standards, other than <br />storm water. <br />B. The commencement, conduct or continuance of any illegal discharge to <br />the storm drain system is prohibited except as follows: <br />(i) The following discharges are exempt from discharge prohibitions <br />established by this section provided they meet all other <br />requirements of law: water line flushing or other potable water <br />sources; landscape irrigation or lawn watering; diverted stream <br />flows; rising ground water; ground water infiltration to storm <br />drains; uncontaminated pumped ground water; foundation or <br />footing drains (not including active groundwater dewatering <br />systems); crawl space pumps; air conditioning condensation; <br />springs; natural riparian habitat or wetland flows; swimming pools <br />(if dechlorinated - typically less than one PPM chlorine); the <br />application of fertilizers to gardens, trees, bushes, or turf; the <br />application of salt to walkways, parking lots and streets for safety <br />purposes (but not the storage of salt uncovered); composting of <br />leaves and organic materials on turf or garden areas; discharges <br />resulting from fire fighting activities; mowing grass (as long as <br />clippings are not discharged to the adjacent roadway); and any <br />other water source not containing Pollutants. <br />(ii) Discharges specified in writing by the Authorized Enforcement <br />Officer as being necessary to protect public health and safety are <br />allowable. <br />(iii) Any discharge is allowable if approved in writing by the <br />Authorized Enforcement Officer as being a reasonable, incidental <br />and customary use of real property that, when considered by itself <br />or in combination with other similar discharges, will not have a <br />significant effect on surface waters. The Authorized Enforcement <br />Officer may impose such conditions on any such approval as the <br />Authorized Enforcement Officer deems necessary to so restrict <br />such discharges that they will not have a significant effect on <br />surface waters. <br />(iv) Dye testing is an allowable discharge, but requires a verbal <br />4 <br />