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DDA presses city for education after fines for illicit storm‑drain discharges affect downtown restaurants
Summary
DDA staff told the board that illicit water discharges to storm drains have triggered enforcement actions and fines; the authority agreed to amplify outreach and training to restaurants and property owners after business owners said they had not received adequate prior warning.
DDA staff and board members raised the issue of illicit discharges to storm drains during the May 19 meeting after multiple downtown restaurants and property managers received summonses and fines for non‑stormwater flows entering city drains.
DDA staff reported they have been coordinating informational meetings, assembling lists of approved cleaners and vendors, and attending magistrate hearings for illicit discharge cases. “The goal is no storm drain other than rainwater,” the DDA staff member said when briefing the board on the outreach and…
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