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1. Construction Site Practices. In.addition to.compliance with specific requirements <br />contained in an approved permit, all permittees shall establish and implement construction site <br />management practices that wl~ll prevent toxic materials and other debris from entering the City's storm <br />drainage and waterway systems. The following construction site practices are prolu'bited and <br />constitute a violation of these rules: <br />1.1 Improper storage of chemicals (pesticides, fertilizers, fuels, paints, thinners); <br />1.2 Improper disposal. of construction. waste material, garbage, rubbish, and <br />sanitary waste, plaster, dry-wall, grout, gypsum; <br />1.3 Failure to immediately clean up spl7ls of toxic materials; <br />i .4 Washing excess concrete material or other. construction related material .into <br />a street, catch basin, or other public facility, the City's stormwater system, private stormwater <br />drainage systems that discharge to the City's stormwater system, Related Natural Resource. <br />Areas, or other protected area identified on the approved Construction Site Management <br />Plan; <br />1.5 Allowing construction vehicles to track or spiYl soil or debris into 'or onto a <br />street or public right ofway, or <br />1.6 Ground disturbing: activities. or destruction. of vegetation in protected areas. <br />1.7 Beginning construction activities without a valid permit or prior to initial site <br />inspection by city. <br />2. Prevention Measures and Design Standards.. The City's Erosion Prevention and <br />Construction Site Management Practices Manual may be utilized. to obtain ideas as to how to achieve <br />the outcomes mandated by R-6.645-D.1. The Manual is a guidance ~ document ~ only. Except as <br />provided in R 6.645 D, it is not necessary to utilize any .of the' specific best management practices <br />contained in the Manual, nor is the use of one or .more of those best management practices .a <br />guarantee that. a permit will be issued. Each site and the proposed construction related activities need <br />to be examined to determine what measures are required for that specific site. . <br />R-6.645-H Enforcement. <br />1. Intervention. The primary focus of sections 6.625 to 6.645. of the Eugene Code, <br />1971 and these Rules is to achieve compliance with the outcomesspecified in R-6.645 D and prevent <br />erosion and control stormwater impact, and the City will use the amount of enforcement necessary <br />to achieve compliance. Where possible the City willrely on education rather than.enforcement. The <br />City Manager may provide educational programs or other informational materials that wl~ll assist <br />Administrative Rule - 18 <br />C::Crl;MPY13~osionPiew2ao.wpd <br />