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Ordinance No. 2281 <br />Page 9 of 32 <br />39.“Stormwater treatment system” means any engineered system designed to <br />remove pollutants and waste from stormwater runoff by settling, filtration, <br />biological degradation, plant uptake, media absorption/adsorption or other <br />physical, biological, or chemical process. This includes landscape-based <br />systems such as grassy swales and bioretention units as well as proprietary <br />systems. <br />40.“Trash and Litter” Trash consists of litter and particles of litter. California <br />Government Code Section 68055.1(g) defines litter as all improperly discarded <br />waste material, including but not limited to, convenience food, beverage, and <br />other product packages or containers constructed of steel, aluminum, glass, <br />paper, plastic, and other natural and synthetic materials, thrown or deposited on <br />the lands and waters of the State, but not including the properly discarded waste <br />of the primary process of agriculture, mining, logging, sawmilling, or <br />manufacturing. <br />41.“Waste” includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, <br />gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal <br />origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including <br />waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, <br />disposal. <br />42.“Watercourse” means: a) an elongated open depression or channel in which <br />water may or does flow; b) a conduit or channel intended for the conveyance of <br />water whether open or closed; c) a stream or course of running water flowing on <br />the earth; or d) a ditch or artificial channel created for the conveyance of water. <br />43.“Waters of the State” means any surface water or groundwater, including saline <br />waters, within the boundaries of the State. <br />44.“Waters of the United States” shall have the same meaning as set forth in 40 <br />Code of Federal Regulations Section 120.2 or any successor provisions. <br />(Ord. 1572 § 2, 1992) <br />§ 9.14.040 Responsibility for administration. <br />This chapter shall be administered for the City of Pleasanton by the Public Works <br />director or designee. Where storm drain facilities and/or watercourses have been <br />accepted for maintenance by the Alameda County Flood Control and Water <br />Conservation District, the Zone 7 Water agency, or other public agency legally <br />responsible for certain watercourses, the responsibility for enforcing the provisions of <br />this chapter may be assigned to such agency (through contract or agreement executed <br />by the city and such agency) with respect to those watercourses for which they have <br />accepted maintenance. <br />Page 207 of 248