§ 50-19. General requirements.

(a)

The Administrator is authorized to designate as subject activities any activities, operations, or facilities identified as sources or potential sources of pollutant discharges to the County storm drain system, natural surface waters, or watercourses. The designated subject activities will be included within the identified priority area listings in the County's Stormwater Management Program. A subject activity may occur at a stationary facility or it may occur as a mobile activity that takes place at various job sites.

(b)

All persons engaged in subject activities that may result in pollutants entering the County storm drain system, natural surface waters, or watercourses shall implement Best Management Practices (BMPs), to the maximum extent practicable, to prevent and/or reduce such pollutants from entering non-stormwater discharges and/or stormwater discharges in accordance with Section 50-21, Best Management Practices, below. The California Stormwater Quality Association has published four (4) stormwater best management practice handbooks covering construction, industrial and commercial, municipal, and new development and redevelopment that are approved for use by the Administrator to comply with this section.

(c)

All BMPs shall be protected, inspected, and maintained to ensure continuous and fully effective performance as designed. A maintenance and inspection schedule for both dry and wet season BMPs shall be in writing, and a record shall be kept that includes the dates of inspection or maintenance, whether BMPs were inspected or maintained, a description of any maintenance activity, and the name of the inspector or maintenance foreman. This record shall be on a form approved by the Administrator and shall be made available to the Administrator upon request.

(d)

Every person owning or occupying property adjacent to or through which a watercourse passes, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within said property reasonably free of trash, debris, excessive vegetation, and other obstacles that would pollute, contaminate, or significantly obstruct the flow of water through the watercourse. The property owner or occupant shall be responsible for obtaining and complying with any and all other local, State and/or federally required permits necessary for conducting such activities.

(e)

Whenever the Administrator finds that a discharge of pollutants is taking place or has occurred that results in or resulted in pollutants entering the County storm drain system or natural surface waters, the Administrator shall require by written notice to the owner or occupant of the property that the pollution be remediated and the affected property restored within a specified time pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, "Enforcement" below.

(f)

The Administrator shall by written notice require that persons engaged in subject activities and/or owning or operating designated facilities, which may cause or contribute to stormwater pollution, illicit discharges, and/or non-stormwater discharges into the County storm drain system, natural surface waters, or watercourses, to undertake at said person's expense such monitoring and analyses and furnish such reports to the Administrator as deemed necessary to determine compliance with this chapter.

(Ord. No. 3981, § 1 (part), 3-11-08)