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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1403_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 1403 AN ORDINANCE OF THE I�I'T OX" t E � �ANDS REGULATING THE E P i. 'rya:.' CERTAIN N �'as�a�S�k° :'kS INTO !TS SEWERAGE SYSTEM The City Co z_u,;c l of the City y cif Redlands_ks d°y"7s;s ordain s follows: ARTICLE I - Preamble SECTION t The sewerage system of the e C# of Redlands discharges treated eft li,ae"'a into permeable soil T h ' chemical a atu„C.e o this effluent affects fey c"t's I t quality of water flowing s sn the receiving stream cs well as the quality Yf underground w zers sn the vicinity. Regional Water Quality ity °..onx`o.1 Board No. 8 of the State t° f California has limitations upon the chemical content te2'° t ofw effluent discharged y the ®i t:y of Redlands, s a i�� limitations being reflected by Resolution No. 56-1 (4-65) attached hereto or such subsequent amendments as shall b , duly adopted from time to time 15x' the Sante'!. Ana River Regional Water Quality Control Board; and The City of Redy_a ''^r'ys must:: regulate the flow of certain wastes into its sewerage system. SECTION 2 Unless the context wxt:: specifically indicatesotherwise, the m < 1ai" of the terms used 1e � � _s Article shall : �s follows: "Person” shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group, and includes the plural as well as the "Public Sewer"E s a.al mean any sewer located in or maintained by the City of Redlands in which all owners of abutting py oe ry have e qual rights . con- veyancef natural surface waters . "Public W"arks Director" shall mean the Public Works Director of the City of Redlands or is authorized representative o deputy. i' _Lta,0t .awC1g officialo shall mean the Director of Building ld.`r n and Safety of the `ity of Redlands or his authorized representative at.avor deputy. "Industrial Wa .te Water" shall mean c~u' . `t:r�""� waste water arising f from .;: associatedwwith an industrial"k;>stThi as p ra 1.on.. Such operation shall be under- stood production,: processing, a c;k l M"l a or canning ",m fruits, vegetables , meat, or beverages; l TMans,:�k .rin of clothes Ca 's s n public laundries, t, byic self- service ey..i:etcx, _+M laundries , or hospitals ; production n of fertilizer,iy.a.zero r r.ng of livestock or poultry and operation of dairies; production or dying of � - other tx. i.. production 5, soap t�, a,� �. «aw' chemicals ; ,1rod:.ao;" v.`,o;n and processing of pa ,y:i s 7 cleaning o tanks, tank cars r barrels ; a":.�l plating€, or the processing o metals ; processing or reclamation 3,. .a�efus a" all Inds of similar manufacturing, processing and ash%t vsici i:.y operations. "Operation" iiR y.,"ndes the ws`',shs..ng of equipment or spaces used d isk industrial, operations . Industrial waste water does not includeFres following: waste to waters from a""ys;e operations of restaurants, hotels,els, chool s, single o s multiple residences, placesof retail is' :k *a vehicle }"Y.✓ ~~.e facilities, wash racks and garages (see e Art c e III) ; regeneration of water softening k, "Floatable oil and grease" shall mean the oil and grease floating Lntj to the surface of a sample of watu,.;'r when it is retained for one hour 4.n Wi=t quiescent condition in a vessel with vertical walls. filled to the deptn. of Stay centimeters . F .Catable ,_yaarca3.bta_a, oil " shssa.t_ mean the amount of hydrt:"<3Ybo`z oil floating 'Ca the surface ace Ca,a� cS sample of the water urider the 8ame conditions as prescribed in the definition f "floatable oil l an d grease" . "Water supply" shall mean the City ' s 4"C#t nthl average vat %a supply serving the area tributary to the City ' s main a ^;,ageg9�ay" ciia:liPe t plant. "Water supply"" sha'C .0 also m the average monthly sup ly actually served e to specific establishment ox location as determined by testing and : � m . 3Ca3f.inC samples and analysis approved b, the " ir% C ,M1r of Public Works , ARTICLE Il - General Restrictions SECTION Except as hereinafter provide : tall be unlawful l forwand. person to discharge or to cause o be discharged ntany public sewer or any opening leading to a public sewer of the City o Redlands any of the following: (a) Anyearth, sand, r c , s.es gravel, plaster, onrete, ss, metal filings, or metal or 'p,"1 .cis»i:icb j e„wts garbage, or solid or semi-solid material in quantities or volume wb: .ch will obstruct c the flow of sewagein e sewer or any object Which will cause clogging of a sewage Camp or sewage sludge pump, or interfere with the normal operation of the sewer treatment plant. (b) Any compound ataid' which will produce noxious odor in the sewed” or sewage treatment plant. Any volatile liquid or substance which can producetoxic or flammable atmosphere in the sewer, (d) Any ove'„'..am'7:lC`tw from any ,septic tank or cesspool, or any liquid sludge um ed from a cesspool or septic an , except at such place and i such manner as may be prescribed y the Public Works Director. . 9 Any storm water or c""7'.".y runoff from t.,n'a'° field, roo , yard, drive- way, I,ve...ww yt, or street . ,any liquid or vapor which ,,z.L.t. cause the temperature of the sewage in the City ' s receiving main to be .."" i"Fhbr wha.n 140 degrees faMenheit . Q) As.y`' radioactive Metras tes in excess of Federal, St atdae or County, regulations , t:I.ox"s , (h) tx?"?y material C° r quantity yx of material Vni ay J. will cause signifi- cant 7 g..:., ficsa t dc 'ta iG "o any_ a r t: of the sewerage system o r abnormal sulfide gener- ation : r.a?L`1 t; n CS R` abnormal maintenance or operation costs of any part of the sewer- age a ta' er:age system or eaeca.)Cae a nuisance or TCCeIsr_sat;'e to pubAc health, or .'"S"E'.C:.h will cause s the City of Redlands aands sew.ag plant effluent n to xcei the cancentra- tion limitsabet t.t{1' the Regional Water Quality Control Board No. 8, in ac- cordance ana„ with Resolution No. 56-1 (4-65) attached hereto,to, such subse- quent l t„" equean amendments s tas shall be '!.?;k;y adopted om time to time by the Santa Ana iv en'r Regional Wate.r Quality Control Board. ordinance No. 14 - Page two epi di`S. A', Special ARTICLE t,„I t. - S e c.(.a.K... Restrictions Vehicle Servicing t .c t l.` t y` SECTION 4. Any facility maintained for the servicing or repair of roadway machinery shall install and maintain a ryscT;d-and.. oiinterceptor. Wast^,ti„' waters from toilets shall not: be allowed to pass through this nte ceptor, but all waste waters arising from the servicing and repair of vehicles' shall pass through o� � interceptor before discharge to a public sewer of the City ty if Redlands . If the vehicle servicing i n facility dos not include a ilitiesd dor thewast ing a~rS*: ii"ore than one vehicle a time, the interceptor shall have an operation fluid capacity of not less than 6 cubic feet and an accessible effective sti,,,r water surfacenot less than square feet. "Accessible e.;LeC::'ta "C e water tersurface" is here understood od tta mean a surface which is easily accessible for r clea in a;€:alk which at the same time will. retain n t i t. floating on the e surf ac of water passing th Qgh the trap under conditions of use. ..he vehicle servicing a~aci i ty has facilities for washing or otherwisecleaning more than n vehicle at time, the interceptor shall have an operating fluid capacity it of at :least: 12 cubic feet and an accessible fees give water surface of at Zest square .feet., and shall be as much larger than this as is necessary so that seven-day accumulation of sand as oil will not together t .l more than 25% of the fluid capacity. The interceptor shall be designed so as to retain iiiy oil and grease which will float zea"°d any sand which will settle. t shall be water tigt and structurally sound and durable. It shall be lily accessible for cleaning .ar-id also for inspection bat the Public Work Director. SECTION `. Any interceptor legally and properly installed at. <_ vehicle servicing facility before tt"1>i: effective date l` this ordinance shall be acceptable as an alternativeto the interceptor specified in Section 4, provided suci interceptor is effective .l.n removing s n and oil,. and is so designed and installed that it can be inspected and properly` maintained. if the Public Works Director finds either by c..nci.iieiric knowledge or by observation, that n interceptor i incapable of t ain the and oil in t:�z ewaste water flow from m vehicle °v a c n adequatelyfacility, he shall condemn such interceptor and declare that it does not meet the requirements ray this ordinance. c SECTION 3 . The Public works Director sdzall maintain a file, available for public use, C i i" suitable designs of sand-and-oil interceptors. ' a ii„ shall be for informational pt rpomss. installation of an interceptor ." a design shown in this file, or of any design meeting the size req:°t1.riite is set forth in this ordinance ce h lV not impute any liability to the City of Redlands for the adequacy of the interceptor under actual conditions o use. It siiesl`,,;, haat relieve the owner or proprietor of responsibility for keeping sand and oil out of the sewer. If is interceptor is n td equ at under the conditions ions d"i 1l use, he shall construct one which is effective A. accomplishing the intended purpose. SECTION 7 . The Plumbing o fic.,: .: as ;l not approve,- the plumbing t` a.... vehicle servicing or repairing facility if it goes not have a sand-and- oil .'i; --c`rnd-iii. inter eptor meeting n the requirements of hitsrdi a n . SECTION V The sand-and-oil nterceptor of a vehicle servicing faci- lity it'v shall be properly maintained. It shall ,leated as often as is necessary to assure that sand and oil do not accumulate to impair the ordinance No. 1403 - Page three gg' efficiency of the interceptor. When an interceptor is cleaned, the accu- mulated sediment and floating material shall be removed and legally dis- posed theywise than to a sewer. An interceptor is not considered to be properly maintained if for any reason it is not in good working condi-- tion. it is not considered to be properly maintained if an and oil, accumulations total more than 25% of the operating fluid capacity. The owner of any vehicle servicing facility, the lessee and sub-lessee if there be such, and any proprietor, operator or superintendent of such facility are individually and severally liable for any failure of proper maintenance of such interceptor. ARTICLE IV - Special Restrictions - Water Softening Wastes Subject to the following restrictions, it shall be lawful for any person to install, replace, enlarge, use or maintain apparatus for soften- ing all or any part of the water supply to his property. Such apparatus includes zeolite and resinous ion-exchange softeners or demineraliter s, and other like devices . Rest. " No water conditioning equipment installed, replaced, enlarged, used or maintained ( including establishments for regeneration of water softening apparatus) may discharge its wastes to the sewer if (1) the equipment utilizes in its regeneration process more than 0. 375 pounds of salt per kilograin of hardness to beremoved, or (21, the maximum capacity of such equipment exceeds a rated continuous flow of 150 gallons per minute peak rate, or (3) the equipment contains n excess of 15 cubic feet of minerals, or (4) the equipment is rated to remove more than 240 kilograins of hardness per days at salt dosage of 0. 25 pounds of salt per kilograin of hardness . Multiple units installed to supply water to the same points of use shall be considered as a siqle apparatus for the pur- poses of this section. No equipment so restricted nor any establishment for regeneration of water softener apparatus shall discharge any of the sodium and chloride to the sewer which results from such operations, except as hereinafter pro- vided for in Article vi, ARTICLE V - Special Restrictions - industrial Waste Waters SECTION 9. Any person desiring to discharge industrial waste water into a public sewer in Redlands in an amount exceeding 100 gallons in any one day shall submit a letter to the Public Works Director presenting information as to the kind and arnount of industrial waste water produced and discharged by the industrial operations producing the waste water, plans for any pretreatment facilities planned to prevent discharge of improper materials to the sewer, and any other pertinent information neces- sary to control discharge to the sewerage system as requested by the Public Works Director, Within ninety ( 90) days the Public or Director shall reply to this letter. If the Public Works Director finds ( 1) that the quality of the waste water and the existing facilities or facility for which the person furnishes a commitment to instaZ11, aaiithin a Yreasonable period for discharge to the sewer, conform to the requirements of this and other ordinances of the City, (2) that any existing or committed pre- treatment facilities are adequate, and (3) that the sewer capacity is available, he shall reply approving discharge of that waste water to the City. A letter of approval shall state (1) the nature of the industry ordinance No. 1403 - gfour �. 'ffi '�'-"zjf�Y.. and the nature of the amount of flow which the applicant may discharge to the sewer, ( ?)- any controls h ch the Public ic t°=eo k ir ; °t or finds neces- sary e ea y in order tt"iat": the sewerage system may serve e its intended purpose, (: ) t+.szwose chemical constituents to be at«awtwr'cC"md and reported upon, and (a``) in the' a"+e'*ibis that installation of pretreatment or other facilities are deemed necessary, :e letter ha l specify the period of time grantedor the installation w pretreatment o r other fr`?cL.t.. tie . If t z Public Wrk Director w"i 1.d that .Ci proposed ( c ha ge will not be lawful under this Article or other applicable laws he shall so notify the applicant, such notification t be within in ii°tn ty 901 days of the ding. SECTION .t if the discharger wishes t.v make alterations of pre- treatment facilities or alterations of connections to the sewer, or if he wishes to discharge additional waste or to discharge wastes in excess of the amounts which l"a.ve been approved, or wastes es o different k .nd, he shall submit to the Public works Director a letter requesting approval of such alteration.ation. h ulic Works Director shall treat this in the same mariner as an original pl...ic°ation under Section 9. SECTION 11 . It shall be unlawful, after e one hundred eighty 80) days from February 6, 1970, for any person to discharge into he public sewerage syste x.°E of the Mutt of Redlands, t irecty or indirectly, any in- dustrial ust-.Y is waste tm water in excess of 100 gallons a day vahi".::h is not. %ai3pri;'vi''.d as to kind and amount by a. letter from the Public Works Director. n such discharge shall b its accordance anc with any restrictions an conditions imposed in the Public Works Director's letter of approval, except that the Public Works Director shall grant such reasonable extensions of time excess of the o hundred eighty (18 0) day period as may be necessary for ,lana alterations , changes s n process or thedesign,. acquisition, manu- t= re, installation and testing of the committed treatment ment car other facilities which additional time the Public tar Director agrees is re- quired to effect compliance. SECTION t, ax a m,e, t as hereinafter set forth, 3:o industrial waste shall tic: i ch,ai ged to a public sewer nles it conforms to the require- ments equi e1 ntts set ft r tr;l'1 i..i'"= this Article cle 'o all dischargesto public sewers, and no industrial `waaa tm water er f.t w exceeding 100 gallons in any one day shall be discharged to a public xea unless it conforms ms a-. o to the regaire- ments set:, forth in this section. Compliance with the requirements of this section shall be based on the mean values obtained fromna _sis of in- dustrial n -usti "tea _ waste saiw'tpie a representative of the quality anda amity of dis- charge i a- c`t�a ge t:.0 theis»ew er at tml"i pint. cit` �.1'att y of industrial al ast Ee "t the pub- lic sewer $✓ tem or if this s not feasible le Wit. ,i> 'r points up the stream f he individual industrial a mast:" discharge. All such samples shall be, weighted with t;t'ze flow at the eYp int point ;to t"mui"nisa"t. values weighted with t«h C im nd quantity o r each required a c a l cons i „i:t'ei"I t`P.A Vlhierever deemed practical by the Public Works Director these industrial waste water aaple t may be composited with regard to time nquantity and the analysis made from such omp s.-t: samples . The of low.in constituent it (a) a_Cw."r"'o;.4g tett are those i"a w n which the Santa Ana giver Regional al rata Quality Control Board specifies limita- tions imita-t'ion for in te?"?t;ks of not exceeding the water supply plus is given incre- ment of ,.Iai;ite—men he constituent. The increments t.tm given in this ordinance have been s increased above've #t 'cos e .t,,a.3 f: by the Boardto give industrial waste dischargers the benefit of the dilution of domestic waste discharges. ifsuch discharge dilution is insufficient t thisordinance may be amended tt to decrease tugs increment values . Ordinance Nom 140 M Page five W M, (a) The content of dissolved solids shall at no time exceed the yearly average dissolved solids in the water supply plus 1000 milligrams per liter, (b) The content of sodium-ion shall at no time exceed the yearl,,,,r average sodium-ion in the water plus 200 milligrams per liter. (c) The content of chloride-ion shall at no time exceed the yearly average of Moride-ion in the water supply plus 200 milligrams per liter. (d) The content of sulphate shall at no time exceed the yearly aver- age sulphate in the water supply plus 100 milligrams per liter. (e) The content of boron shall at no time exceed the yearly average boron in the water supply plus 1.0 milligrams per liter of boron. (f) The content of fluoride shall at no time exceed the yearly aver- age of fluoride in the water supply plus 1.0 milligrams per it of fluoride. (g) The content of hardness expressed as calcium carbonate shall not exceed the monthly average hardness in the water supply plus 100 milli- grams per liter. ' The following items (h) through (n) are those which relate to the, City' s operation of its own sewers and sewage treatment works . (h) The content of total oil and grease shall at no time exceed 600 milligrams per liter, ( i) The coat t* of floatable oil and grease shall at no time exceed 100 milligrams per liter. (j) The content of floatable hydro-carbon oil shall at no time ex- ceed 100 milligrams per liter, (k) The standard 5-day biochemical oxygen demand shall at no time exceed 1000 milligrams per liter. (1) The suspended solids content shall at no time exceed 1000 milli- grams per liter. (m) The dissolved sulfide content shall at no time exceed 0. 1 milli- grams per liter, I k kn; The pH shall at no time be below 6. (o) Toxic constituents shall at no time exceed the values prescribed by Regional Water Quality Control Board No. 8 in its Resolution 57-15 (4-65) , which are as follows: Arsenic 0. 10 Mg/l Barium, 2. 0 mg/1 Cadmium 0.02 mg/l Cyanide 0.4 mg/I Hexavalent Chromium 0. 10 Mg/l, Load Ono Mg/: Selenium 0.02 mg/3. Silver 0. 10 Mg/1 SECTION 13 . The point of determining compliance with the provisions of this Article shall be at the point of discharge to the public sewerage system or such other upstream sampling point an the private lateral as mutually agreed upon by the industry representative and the Public Works Orginance No. 1403 Page six 1124 Director. Where certain wto are critical the Public Works ixecto may specify procedures "or obtaining necessary samples and the Public Works Director may require that any persons discharging industrial waste water through the ewer install as measuring evane and that samples be analyzed and measurements of flows s be taken and reported to the city, an such sampling and measuring device shall e made accessible to the Public %n`?:rkms Director or his authorized epreser*tative. CTOv 14 The letter of approval which shall b ~ recti ate upon compliance with the provisions of Section 12 and Section 13 may be revoked by the Public Works irect r upon a mini a,um notice ce is three "3) days when it is found thaat the discharge which the letter approves is :in fact in violation of the provisions of this *article, SECTION 15. Nothing in this Article shill. 'be construed has lessening the applicability of other: requirements of this Article. ARTICLE VI - Waivers SECTION 16. It any discharge t a publics sewer contains or may con- tain on-t .i.,n constituents which will cause it to faail to conform to anis of the t hereinbefore reu�.reent� �, ��'�.1� in Article IV and Article `, but the Public Works Director fines that (1) the discharge will not cavae harm t the sewerage system nor unreasonably or inequitably burden the operation of the system a 2) when considered together with similar excesses i discharges of others limited by articles IV and , will not materially affect the ability of the City to meet the requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board on the City's e a effluent i. ch .rc e, he shall grant approval for discharge to the sewer with waiver or modifica- tion difi -tion of the requirement which would not be met. Establishments restricted in discharge' of sodium and chloride under Article IV herein, shall b permitted by the Public Works Director or to discharge gasp to 30% by weight of the regenerating chemicals to the sewer. To make use of this provision the establishment most provide that Public Works Director with monthly notarized records of the weight of all regeneration chemicals purchased and the weight of all such chemicals used in regeneration, and the Public Works Director must be satisfied that controls are so established the discharge ge r:: the chemicals to the serer will be limited s provided above. In his letter of approval he shall include a statement regarding the requirement that is waived with reasons as to why the waiver is reasonable, A copy of this letter shall be filed with the City Clerk. Any waiver granted pursuant to this section shall. be subject to withdrawal at any time the Public Works Director mak a subsequent erat„ - ining that the City sewerage system is burdened r the abil- ity of the City to met Regional. Water Quality Control Board No. 8 re quirements is materially affected. SECTION 17. T o e discharging toxic constituents as itemized in Section 12 will not be held in violation of hat section of this mance as long as the sewage treatment :; .ant effluent dues not: exceed these requirements unless damage is caused to the sewerage: system by the dis- charge r --charge of such constituents . ARTICLE V General Provisions SECTION M It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or cause ordinance No. 1403 Page seven ARM won to be discharged into any storm drain or storm water channel or natural water course, whethercurrently carrying water or not, or into any pipe or waterway leading to such drain, channel, or watercourse, any of or fluid material That will impair the useful functioning of such drain, channel, r watercourse, or which will cause expense to the City, or other public agency, in maintaining the proper functioning of same, or whic,c will cause public nuisance or public hazard or which will cause detrimen- tal pollution of natural surface or subsurface waters . SECTION 19. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or des­ char"ge or cause to be deposited or discharged into any suirip which is not impermeable or into any it or well, or on to the ground, or into any storm drain or watercourse any material which by seeping underground or by being leached or by reacting with the soil is detrimental to the usable underground waters and exceeds the range of the effects of ordinary non- industrial land uses on underground waters into which such wastes may seep, or which will violate any requirements of Water Quality Control Board No. 8a SECTION 20. Decisions, judgment or findings made by the Public Works Director pursuant to this ordinance may be appealed to the City Council. The City Council may amend, modify, confirm or reject any such decision, judgment or finding (including waivers) provided the purpose and intent of this ordinance is not violated. No appeal shall be made with respect to the specific ordinance requirements pertaining td< quality, content or type of disposal of waste water that may be discharged, as contained in Articles Il and III, Section 12 of Article V, and the 30% limit on regen- eration chemicals discharged to the sewer as set forth in Article VI . SECTION 21. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Three 111�n- dred Dollars ($300 . 00) or by imprisonment for a period of not more than three (3) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such per- son, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance. SECTION 22. The invalidity of any article, section, clause, sen-­ fence, or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part which can be given effect without such invalid part ar parts . SECTION 23 . Wherever in this ordinance time limits are established or periods of compliance or extensions thereof are specified the com" mencement date for computing such periods or time limits for area. annexed to the City of Redlands subsequent to enactment of this ordinance shall be the official annexation date, This section shall have no application to firms or industries established subsequent to the annexa- tion date. SECTION 24. All the provisions of this ordinance are to be- reasonably interpreted, It is the intent herein to recognize that there are varying degrees of hazard to the underground waters and to apply Ordinance No. 1403 Page eight aft, Il the principle that the degree of protection should be commensurate with the degree of hazard, ARTICLE VIII - Ordinance in rorce SECTION 25, The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published once in the Redlands Daily Facts . This ordinance shall become effective an the 30th day after the date of its adoption. Adopted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 6th day of January, 1970. ATTES0 41a Y,oir/eo]f4—h ye—pity o f R e d I a n Clerk- APPROVED FOR FORM: City Attor iey I, Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day of January, 1970, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Martinez, Cummings, DeMiyjyn, Knudsen, Mayor Burroughs NOES: None ASSENT: None Cp1glerk Ordinance No. 1403 Page nine