A. "Discharge of a pollutant" means any addition of any pollutant to the waters of the San Francisco Bay from any point source. (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1362(12))

B. "Illicit discharge" means any discharge to the City storm drain system that is not composed entirely of stormwater except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit and discharges resulting from fire fighting activities. (40 C.F.R. Sec. 122.26(b)(2))

C. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state, or any interstate body. (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1362(5).)

D. "Point source" means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, or vessel or other floating craft. (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1362(14); 40 C.F.R. Sec. 122.2.)

E. "Pollutant" means dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste. (33 U.S.C. sec. 1362(6).)A pollutant shall also include any increment of increase in the total volume or rate of stormwater runoff resulting from any activity or development occurring after the effective date of this chapter.

F. "Storm drain system" means those facilities within the City by which stormwater may be conveyed to waters of the San Francisco Bay, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, humanmade channels, storm drains and natural watercourses. (40 C.F.R. Sec. 122.26(b)(8).)

G. "Stormwater" means rainfall runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage. (40 C.F.R. Sec. 122.26(b)(2).) (Ord. 6216-NS § 2, 1993)