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-CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 30- LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARTICLE VII. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT b. Individual lots shall each be required to install and maintain a rock construction entrance throughout building construction until a dust free access has been installed. (4) Sanitary waste facilities shall be provided on site and be located as far from storm sewer inlets and receiving waters as practical on the construction site. (5) Chemicals, paint, petroleum, fertilizer, and pesticides must be stored in a covered enclosure and as far from receiving waters as practical on the construction site. (f) Notification of spills. Not withstanding other requirements of law, as soon as any person responsible for a facility or operation, or responsible for emergency response for a facility or operation has information of any known or suspected release of materials which are resulting or may result in illegal discharges or pollutants discharging into the storm sewer system, or water of the state said person shall take all necessary steps to ensure the discovery, containment, and cleanup of such release. In the event of such a release of hazardous materials said person shall immediately notify emergency response agencies of the occurrence via emergency dispatch services. In the event of a release of non-hazardous materials, said person shall notify the city no later than the next business day. (g) Access to buildings for inspection, monitoring and/or dye testing. (1) The city shall be permitted to enter and inspect all buildings under this article as often as may be necessary to determine compliance with this article. (2) Facility operators shall allow the city ready access to all parts of the premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, dye testing, examination and copying of records that relate to the discharge of stormwater. (3) The city shall have the right to set up at any building such devices as are necessary to conduct monitoring, sampling and/or dye testing of the facility's stormwater discharge. (4) The city has the right to require the discharger to install monitoring equipment as necessary. (5) Unreasonable delays in allowing the city access to a facility is a violation of this article. (6) If the city has been refused access to any part of the premises from which stormwater is discharged, and is able to demonstrate probable cause to believe that there may be a violation of this section, or that there is a need to inspect and/or sample as part of a routine inspection and sampling program designed to verify compliance with this article or any order issued hereunder, or to protect the overall public health, safety, and welfare of the community, then the city may seek issuance of a search warrant from any court of competent jurisdiction. (h) Suspension of storm sewer system access. (1) Suspension due to illicit discharges in emergency situations. The city may, without prior notice, suspend storm sewer system discharge access to a person when such suspension is necessary to stop an actual or threatened discharge which presents or may present imminent and substantial danger to the environment, or to the health or welfare of persons, or to the storm sewer system or waters of the state. If the violator fails to comply with a suspension order issued in an emergency, the city may take such steps as deemed necessary to prevent or minimize damage to the storm sewer system or waters of the state, or to minimize danger to persons. (2) Suspension due to the detection of illicit discharge. Any person discharging to the storm sewer system in violation of this article may have their storm sewer system access terminated if such termination would abate or reduce an illicit discharge. A person commits an offense if the person reinstates storm sewer system access to premises terminated pursuant to this section, without the prior approval of the city. Elk River, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 8