URBAN RUNOFF

City Ordinance
Section 13.16.100 - Reduction of Pollutants in Storm Water

Any persons engaged in activities which will or may result in pollutants entering the City storm sewer system shall eliminate such pollutants to the maximum extend practicable. Examples of such activities include, but are not limited to, ownership and operation of leaking vehicles and ownership and use of facilities which may be a source of pollutants such as parking lots, gasoline stations, industrial facilities, commercial facilities, stores fronting City streets, etc. The following minimal requirements shall apply:

A. Littering: No person shall deposit, throw, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained any refuse, rubbish, garbage or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles and accumulations, in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structure, business place, or upon any public or private lot of land in the City, so that the same might be or become a pollutant, except in lawfully established garbage containers or in lawfully established dumping grounds.

The occupant or tenant, or in the absence of occupant or tenant, the owner, lessee, or proprietor of any real property in the City in front of which there is a paved sidewalk shall maintain said sidewalk free of dirt and of litter to the maximum extent practicable. Sweepings from said sidewalk shall not be swept or otherwise made or allowed to go into the gutter or roadway, but shall be disposed of in receptacles maintained on said real property as required for the disposal of garbage.

No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, creek, or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the City.

B. Standard for Parking Lots and Similar Structures: Persons owning or operating a parking lot, fas station pavement, or similar structure shall clean those structures as frequently and thoroughly as practicable in a manner that does not result in discharge of pollutants to the City storm sewer system.

C. Best Management Practices for New Developments and Redevelopments: Any person or construction contractor performing work in the City shall, at a minimum, provide filter materials at the catch basin to prevent any debris and dirt from flowing into the City's storm sewer system. In addition, any person or construction contractor performing work in the City is subject to all the provisions of Ordinance No. 10446 C. M. S., entitled "Ordinance for Erosion and Sedimentation Control; To Supplement Ordinance No. 10323 C. M. S. (Chapter 12 of the Oakland Municipal Code) dated January 18, 1983" and to any amendment or revision thereof.

The Chief of Building Services or his or his designee may establish controls on the volume and rate of storm water runoff from new developments and redevelopments as may be appropriate to minimize the discharge an transport of pollutants. The Chief of Building Services or his or her designee may require as a condition of development or redevelopment implementation of continuous or post construction Best Management Practices such as good housekeeping practices or storm water treatment systems.

When required by the Chief of Building Services or his or her designee, Best Management Practices shall be incorporated into required grading plans, erosion and sedimentation control plans, private improve plans, plans associated with a building permit and subdivision development.

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