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project.
<br />2. “Authorized enforcement official” for the purposes of this Chapter, means the following City of
<br />Pleasanton officials and/or their designees, employed by the City of Pleasanton or working under a
<br />contract with the City of Pleasanton: Fire Chief or his or her designee, Public Works Director or his
<br />or her designee, City Engineer or his or her designee, and/or Building Official or his or her designee.
<br />3. “Best management practice (BMP)” means structural device, measures, facility, activity, schedules of
<br />activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution-prevention
<br />practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the
<br />discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to “waters of the United States.” BMPs also include
<br />treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control plant-site runoff, spillage or
<br />leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.
<br />4. “Biotreatment Soil Media (BSM)” means a soil blend designed to meet the specifications approved
<br />by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board Executive Officer and incorporated
<br />into the C.3 Technical Guidance Manual.
<br />5. “C.3 Technical Guidance Manual” means the most recent version of the Alameda Countywide Clean
<br />Water Program manual that sets forth guidance, design standards and best management practices for
<br />low impact development.
<br />6. “City” means the City of Pleasanton.
<br />7. “Construction activity” means any activity that involves soil disturbing activities including, but not
<br />limited to, grubbing, clearing, filling, leveling, building, paving, grading, demolition, and ground
<br />disturbances such as stockpiling and excavation unless exempted by the municipal code.
<br />8. “Development” or “development project” means construction, rehabilitation, redevelopment, or
<br />reconstruction of any public or private residential project (whether single-family, multi-unit, or
<br />planned unit development); or industrial, commercial, retail or other nonresidential project, including
<br />public agency projects. Development project as defined here and used in this chapter includes
<br />redevelopment, which means land-disturbing activity that results in the creation, addition, or
<br />replacement of exterior impervious surface area on a site on which some past development has
<br />occurred.
<br />9. “Development runoff requirements” means the provisions in the MRP and any additional City of
<br />Pleasanton standards that contain performance standards to address both the construction and post-
<br />construction phase of new development and redevelopment projects.
<br />10. “Director” means the Public Works Director of the City of Pleasanton, or his or her designee.
<br />11. “Discharge” means: a) Any addition or discharge of any pollutant, waste, or combination of
<br />pollutants and waste directly or indirectly to the storm drain system or to Waters of the United States
<br />or Waters of the State from any activity or operation, or b) Any addition of any pollutant, waste, or
<br />combination of pollutants and waste directly or indirectly to the storm drain system or to the waters of
<br />the contiguous zone or the ocean from any activity or operation other than a vessel or other floating
<br />craft being used as a means of transportation.
<br />This includes additions of pollutants or waste to Waters of the United States or Waters of the State
<br />from: surface runoff which is anthropogenically collected or channeled; discharges through pipes,
<br />sewers, or other conveyances, including street surfaces and curb and gutters, owned by a State,
<br />municipality, or other Person which do not lead to a treatment facility; and discharges through pipes,
<br />sewers, or other conveyances, leading to privately owned treatment works.
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