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AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 117 OF THE CITY CODE, WHICH CHAPTER IS KNOWN AS ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 6 SUBDIVISION II AND ADDING SUBDIVISION III TITLED "ILLICIT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION" The City of Ramsey Ordains: ORDINANCE #13 -01 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA SECTION 1 AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS Section 117 -1 is hereby amended to include the following definitions (additions indicated as underline, deletions indicated as strilEe-- thfeugh): CFR means Code of Federal Regulations Contaminated means containing a harmful quantity of any substance. Contamination means the presence of or entry of any substance which may be deleterious to the public health and/or the quality of the water into the public storm water system, Waters of the State, or Waters of the United States. Cosmetic cleaning means cleaning done for cosmetic purposes to the exterior of buildings, motorized vehicles, parking lots, recreational vehicles or similar activity. It does not include industrial cleaning, cleaning associated with manufacturing activities, hazardous or toxic waste cleaning, or any cleaning otherwise regulated under federal, state, or local laws. Harmful quantity means the amount of any substance that will cause pollution of waters of the City, State or Nation that will cause lethal or sub - lethal adverse effects on the representative, sensitive aquatic monitoring organisms residing in waters. Illicit Discharge means any direct or indirect non - stormwater discharge to the storm sewer system except as exempted in Section 117 -414 (b) (2). Mobile commercial cosmetic cleaning means power washing, steam cleaning and any other mobile cosmetic cleaning operation of vehicles and/or exterior surfaces engaged for commercial purposes.