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Any person engaged in activities which will or may result in pollutants entering the storm drain system shall undertake all practicable measures to reduce or prevent the contamination of stormwater by pollutants. Such measures shall include, but are not limited to, adherence to the following requirements:

A. Littering prohibited. No person shall throw, deposit, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left or maintained, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, or accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or other drainage structures, business place, or upon any public or private lot of land in the City, so that the same might be or become a pollutant that enters the storm drain system; provided however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the disposal of garbage, rubbish or other waste in a lawful manner as provided in Berkeley Municipal Code Chapter 11.16 (Waste Collection and Disposal) or Chapter 12.32 (Refuse Disposal), or the disposal of recycled materials in the manner provided for pursuant to Chapter 12.36 (Recycled Materials Collection Program), or the disposal of garbage, rubbish or other waste in lawfully established dumping grounds.

B. Requirements for construction and development.

1. Any construction contractor performing work in the City shall provide filter materials at catch basins to retain any debris, dirt, or other pollutants generated by such work to prevent said pollutants from flowing into the City's storm drain system.

2. Any applicant for a building or grading permit from the City shall, as a condition of receiving such permit, sign a certification stating that the applicant has read and shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, applicable portions of the state stormwater best management practices manual for construction activity, a copy of which shall be available to the applicant where building and grading permits are obtained.

3. Any applicant for a building or grading permit from the City who is subject to the state NPDES construction general permit shall, as a condition of receiving such permit, provide evidence that the applicant has submitted a notice of intent to the state Water Resources Control Board as required by said permit.

4. The City Manager may establish controls on the volume and rate of stormwater runoff from new developments and redevelopments as may be appropriate to minimize the discharge and transport of pollutants into the storm drain system.

C. Standards for parking lots and similar structures. Any person owning or operating a parking lot, gas station or similar structure shall clean said structure as frequently and thoroughly as practicable in a manner that does not result in the discharge of pollutants to the storm drain system. (Ord. 6216-NS § 5, 1993)