CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

intent, comply with and undertake all other activities required by any general stormwater permit applicable to such discharges. 2. Each discharger identified in an individual NPDES permit relating to stormwater discharges shall comply with and undertake all activities required by such permit. E. Compliance with Best Management Practices. Where best management practices guidelines or requirements have been adopted by any federal, state, regional and/or city agency, for any activity, operation or facility which may cause or contribute to stormwater pollution or contamination, illicit discharges and/or discharge of non-stormwater to the stormwater system, every person undertaking such activity or operation or owning or operating such facility shall comply with such guidelines or requirements as may be identified by the operations services director. (Ord. 1572 § 2, 1992; Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2019 § 1, 2011) § 9.14.090 Watercourse protection. A. Maintenance. Every person owning property through which a watercourse passes, or such person's lessee or tenant, shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property reasonably free of trash, debris, excessive vegetation and other obstacles which would pollute, contaminate or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse; shall 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; shall not remove healthy bank vegetation beyond that actually necessary for said maintenance, nor remove said vegetation in such a manner as to increase the vulnerability of the watercourse to erosion; and shall ensure that storm drain inlets are marked with "No dumping, drains to bay" and such markings remain legible at all times. B. Prohibited Acts. No person shall commit or cause to be committed any of the following acts, unless a written permit has first been obtained from the operations services director: 1. Discharge into or connect any pipe or channel to a watercourse. 2. Modify the natural flow of water in a watercourse. 3. Carry out development within 30 feet of the center line of any creek or 20 feet of the top of a bank. 4. Deposit in, plant in or remove any material from a watercourse including its banks, except as required for necessary maintenance. 5. Construct, alter, enlarge, connect to, change or remove any structure in a watercourse. 6. Place any loose or unconsolidated material along the side of or within a watercourse or so close to the side as to cause a diversion of the flow, or to cause a probability of such material being carried away by stormwaters passing through such watercourse. (Ord. 1572 § 2, 1992; Ord. 2000 § 1, 2009; Ord. 2019 § 1, 2011) § 9.14.1070 Authority to inspect and sample. A.Request for EntryGeneral Procedures. 1.The authorized enforcement official has authority to conduct inspections related to purposes of implementing this chapter on private or public property. Inspections shall be based upon such reasonable selection processes as may be deemed necessary to carry out the objectives of the chapter, including, but not limited to, visual evidence of an actual or potential violation of any provision of this chapter, complaints received, knowledge or physical evidence of subject activities or other pollutant Page 300 of 428