A. It is unlawful to discharge any matter into the storm drain system such that the discharge results in or contributes to a violation of any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the discharger and administered by the state of California under authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including the NPDES permit issued to the City of Berkeley and others (NPDES Permit No. CA0029831, on file in the office of the City Clerk) and any amendment, revision or reissuance thereof, and whether such discharge is separately considered or when combined with other discharges.

B. Each industrial discharger, discharger associated with construction activity, or any other discharger described in any general NPDES permit regulating stormwater discharges, as may be adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board, or the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, shall submit to the appropriate agency a notice of intent to comply with said permit and undertake all other activities required by any general stormwater permit applicable to such discharges.

C. Each discharger identified in any individual NPDES permit regulating stormwater discharges shall comply with and undertake all activities required by such permit. (Ord. 6216-NS § 7, 1993)