§ 124-2. Discharges and connections prohibited.

A. 

No person shall discharge, as defined in § 124-5 below, or cause to be discharged into any portion of the City's stormwater drainage system, also as defined below, any solid or liquid material of any kind, including but not limited to pollutants or waters containing any pollutants, other than water that consists entirely of stormwater, except that discharges of water from the following sources or under the following conditions are permitted:

(1) 

Discharges resulting from landscape irrigation or lawn watering;

(2) 

Natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, or infiltration to storm drains from groundwater or springs;

(3) 

Diversion of nonpolluted natural stream flows or rising groundwater;

(4) 

Unpolluted groundwater including unpolluted water from foundation drains;

(5) 

The flushing of drinking waterlines or other potable water sources;

(6) 

Air-conditioning condensation;

(7) 

Noncommercial washing of vehicles;

(8) 

Discharge from swimming pools, but only if nonchlorinated (defined as less than one PPM chlorine);

(9) 

Firefighting activities;

(10) 

Discharges which are permitted, in advance and in writing, by the Director of Public Works as being necessary to protect public health and safety;

(11) 

Dye testing, if permitted in advance, either verbally or in writing, by the Director of Public Works; and

(12) 

Discharges permitted under a National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System ("NPDES") permit, waiver, or waste discharge order, issued to the discharger and administered under the authority of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, provided that the discharger is in full compliance with all requirements of the permit, waiver, order, or other applicable laws and regulations, and has obtained written advance permission from the Lebanon Director of Public Works.

B. 

The construction, use, maintenance or continued existence of any illicit connection, as defined in § 124-5 below, to the storm drainage system is prohibited. This prohibition expressly includes, without limitation, illicit connections made in the past, regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or prevailing at the time of connection.