A. An illicit discharge is anything not entirely composed of stormwater that is allowed to enter a storm drainage system that discharges to surface water or groundwater. Dumping materials into or that may reach a storm drain facility, including but not limited to a storm drain inlet, a dry well or drill hole, or connecting a wastewater pipe into the storm drainage system, is prohibited under various State and local laws and results in illicit discharge (see City of Bend Illicit Discharge Minimization Best Management Practices Manual (Illicit Discharge Manual)). Any illicit discharge to any storm drain, dry well or drill hole, including the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4), underground injection controls and private storm drainage systems, is a violation of this title unless exempted by BC 16.20.030.

B. Any person engaged in activities that will or may result in pollutants entering a storm drain, dry well or drill hole shall undertake reasonable measures to reduce such pollutants.

C. No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained any refuse, rubbish, garbage, debris, sediment, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, dry well or drill hole inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, parking area, or upon any public or private plot of land so that the same might be or become a pollutant, except where such pollutant is being temporarily stored in properly contained waste receptacles or is part of a well-defined compost system.

D. No person shall cause or permit any dumpster, solid waste bin, or similar container to leak such that any pollutant is discharged into any street, alley, sidewalk, parking lot, storm drain, dry well or drill hole inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, business place, or upon any public or private plot of land within Bend’s jurisdictional boundaries.

E. The occupant or tenant, the owner, lessee, or proprietor of any real property in the City where there is located a paved sidewalk, drive, or parking area shall maintain said paved surface free of dirt or litter to the extent reasonable and practicable, and provide an adequate means for the disposal of refuse, rubbish, garbage, or other articles so as to prevent such matter from entering a storm drain facility. Sweepings from said paved areas shall be disposed of properly.

F. No person shall throw or deposit any pollutant in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, creek or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the City, except as otherwise permitted under local, State or Federal law.

G. It is prohibited to establish, use, maintain, commence or continue illicit drainage connections or discharges to the MS4 or any public or private storm drains, dry wells and drill holes. [Ord. NS-2176, 2012]