14.28.060 Reduction of pollutants in urban runoff.

(A) Any person engaged in activities which will, or may result in, pollutants entering the storm drains, shall undertake all practicable measures to cease such activities, and/or eliminate or reduce such pollutants through the implementation of BMPs, consistent with the California Stormwater Quality Association BMPs.

(B) Littering. Except for pollutants lawfully disposed of by way of containers or at lawfully established dumping grounds, 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, and accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, business place, or upon any public or private lot of land in the city, such that, in the opinion of the authorized enforcement official, the same might be or become a pollutant discharged to the receiving waters.

The occupant or tenant, or in the absence of occupant or tenant, the owner, lessee, or proprietor of any real property in the city in front of which there is a paved sidewalk shall maintain said sidewalk free of dirt and/or litter to the maximum extent practicable. Sweepings from said sidewalk shall not be swept or otherwise made or allowed to go into the gutter or roadway, but shall be disposed of in receptacles maintained on said real property as required for the recycling or disposal of garbage.