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for maintenance and operation of private stormwater drainage systems,except for <br /> private stormwater drainage systems where the city has expressly assumed maintenance and <br /> operation as provided in EMC 14.28.090 or elsewhere in this chapter. <br /> *** <br /> E.Any modification of an existing stormwater facility or stormwater drainage system must be <br /> approved and permitted by the city with a public works permit. Failure to obtain permits and <br /> approvals or to comply with conditions thereof for any such alteration constitutes a violation of <br /> this chapter. (Ord. 3880-22 §4(Exh.A),2022.) <br /> EMC 14.28.130 Source Control Requirements <br /> A. New and redevelopment projects and existing businesses shall include all known,available <br /> and reasonable source control BMPs.Source control BMPs shall be selected,designed, applied, <br /> and maintained in accordance with EMC 14.28.030. <br /> B. Source control BMPs shall be applied to any activity that might discharge contaminants to <br /> the stormwater drainage system, surface or ground water. <br /> 1. Application of operational source control BMPs(and if necessary structural source control <br /> BMPs or treatment BMPs/facilities, or both)to pollution generating sources shall be maintained <br /> in a safe and proper operating condition,and in compliance with all applicable requirements of <br /> this chapter. <br /> 2. The city shall have the right to enter the property for the purposes of inspecting source <br /> control BMPS at public and privately owned institutional, commercial, multifamily and <br /> industrial sites and take such actions as may be required to enforce the provisions of this <br /> chapter. <br /> 3. The director may require the application of operational or structural source control BMPs at <br /> any time through code enforcement where necessary to prevent illicit discharges. <br /> 4. Failure to implement source control BMPs shall constitute a violation of this chapter and <br /> result in enforcement action. (See EMC 14.28.150.) (Ord.3880-22 §4(Exh.A),2022.) <br /> EMC 14.28.140 Illicit Discharges and Connections <br /> *** <br /> D. Failure to Remove Pollutants from Private System. It shall be a violation of this chapter for <br /> any person who commits an illicit or conditional discharge in violation of this section to fail to <br /> remove the pollutants from a private system that enters the stormwater drainage <br /> system and/or surface and ground waters. In addition, it shall be a violation of this chapter for <br /> any property owner on whose property an illicit or conditional discharge occurs to fail to remove <br /> the pollutants from a private system that enters the stormwater drainage system or surface and <br /> ground water. <br /> E. Prohibition of Illicit Connections. <br /> 1. The construction, use, maintenance, or continued existence of illicit connections to <br /> the stormwater drainage system is prohibited and constitutes a violation of this chapter. <br /> 2. This prohibition expressly includes,without limitation, illicit connections made in the past, <br /> regardless of whether the connection was permissible under law or practices applicable or <br /> prevailing at the time of connection. <br /> *** <br /> More information including BMPs (Best Management Practices) can be found within the Washington <br /> State Department of Ecology Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington as adopted <br /> by the City of Everett and modified and supplemented by local requirements in Chapter 4 of the most <br /> Notice and Order Page 3 of 6 <br />