§ 30-43. Industrial or construction activity discharges.

Any person subject to an industrial or construction activity NPDES stormwater discharge permit shall comply with all provisions of such permit. Proof of compliance with said permit shall be required in a form acceptable to the county prior to the allowing of discharges to the (MS4).

The county shall have access to the site or sites of the industrial or construction activity (collectively the "facility") as follows:

(1)

The county shall be permitted to enter and inspect facilities subject to regulation as often as may be necessary, at reasonable times to determine compliance with this section. Facility operators shall make the necessary arrangements to allow access to representatives of the county. Failure to allow the county access to a permitted facility is a violation of a stormwater discharge permit and of this section.

(2)

Facility operators shall allow the county ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, examination and copying of records that must be kept under the conditions of an NPDES permit to discharge stormwater, and the performance of any additional duties as defined by state and federal law.

(3)

The county shall have the right to set up on any permitted facility such devices as are necessary to conduct monitoring and/or sampling of the facility's stormwater discharge.

(4)

The county has the right to require the discharger to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The facility's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the discharger at its own expense. All devices used to measure stormwater flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.

(5)

Any temporary or permanent obstruction to access the facility to be inspected or sampled shall be promptly removed by the operator at the written request of the county and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the operator.

(Ord. No. 2017-0004, § 2, 10-12-17)