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Industrial, Commercial Activities & Stormwater
Pollution
Stormwater Overview
The City of San José regularly inspects a variety of businesses
to ensure that the businesses are doing their part to protect the
stormdrains and creeks and that the businesses are operating in
compliance with the law. Most businesses are inspected every three
to five years depending on the type of business. If a business has
difficultly complying with stormwater regulations, that business
will be inspected by the City more frequently. Typical businesses
that are subject to inspection include restaurants, transportation
facilities, recycling facilities, metal plating facilities, auto
repair shops and a variety of other types of manufacturing and service
related businesses that have the potential to pollute stormwater
runoff.
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Stormwater Inspections
& Enforcement
The City’s Environmental Inspectors, located within the Watershed
Protection Division of the Environmental Services Department, inspect
more than 4,000 businesses per year to ensure that proper practices
are employed to prevent stormwater pollution. How frequently a business
is inspected depends on their potential for contributing pollutants
as determined by previous inspection results. This method of assigning
inspection frequencies has been effective in focusing limited inspection
resources on high priority cases to best protect water quality.
Generally, over 70% of the businesses inspected are found to have
no significant stormwater issues and thus do not warrant near-term
re-inspection. When issues are identified, education and enforcement
are used together to achieve compliance.
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Stormwater Resources
Visit our Publications page to find Best
Management Practices (BMPs) that will help your business comply
with stormwater regulations. You can also ask your City inspector
for additional guidance and resources.
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Codes & Fines |
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Administrative
Fines for Violation of the San José Wastewater
& Stormwater Discharge Regulations |
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California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) Industrial and Commercial Handbook