HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 01 COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
ORDINANCE NO. 1
AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE USE OF THE SEWERAGE
WORKS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS. 1,
2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11; PROVIDING RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMISSION OF SEWAGE FROM
• THE SANITATION DISTRICTS SO ENUMERATED; THE
METERING OF SAME; THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
SEWAGE ADMISSABLE; AND PROVIDING FOR RATES,
SURCHARGES, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. Two
of Orange County, California does ordain as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, certain words and terms _
are defined as follows:
1. B.O.D. "B.O.D. " (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand)
shall mean-YTe quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical
oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure
in 5 days at 200 C. , expressed in parts per million by weight.
2. Dissolved Sulphides. "Dissolved Sulphides" shall mean
sulphides In solu o— a's conErasted to total sulphides.
3. District. "District" shall mean any one of County
Sanitation-UrsM cts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11 of Orange
County, California.
4. The Districts. The term "The Districts" shall mean
all County an a on istricts numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and
11. Where the term is used to indicate only certain districts
or combinations of districts, those districts shall be identified
by number.
5. Garbage. "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the
preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling,
storage and sale of produce.
6. Industrial Wastes. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the
wastes from Industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
7. Joint Construction and 0 eration A reement. "Joint
Construction an era on Agreemen s a mean at agreement
dated December 12, 1951, and entered into by County Sanitation
Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 11.
S. Joint Works. "Joint Works" shall mean the combination
of all trea men ac lities of Sewage Treatment Plant No. 1 and
Sewage Treatment Plant No. 2, as defined herein, including all
arrangements of devices and all sanitary sewers or other sewerage
works Jointly owned by two or more of the Districts and structures
used for treating sewage; the Land and Marine Sections of the Ocean
• Outfall as completed in 1954; and all other facilities as purchased
under the Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated February 28, 1951,
entered into by County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
and 11 and the Orange County Joint Outfall Sewer.
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9. ;pH. ci"pH' shall mean the logarithm of the reprocal
of the weighT of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
10. Pro erl Shredded Garbage, "Properly Shredded Garbage"
shall mean e was ea FomThe preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally pre-
vailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than. 1/2 inch
in any dimension.
• 11. Sanitary Sewer, "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a pipe
or conduit o�arry ng sewage, including appurtenances thereto,
12. See, "Sewage" shall mean 4 combination of the water-
carried was erom residences, business buildings, institutions,
and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface,
and storm waters as may be present through infiltration.
13. Sewage Treatment Plant. "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall
mean any arrangem�o e3 Tfc es and structures used for treating
and disposing of sewage,
14. Sewage Treatment Plant No. 1. "Sewage Treatment Plant
No. 1" shalY mean z, e sewage rea men plant which is located
in an area southwesterly from the intersection of Ellis Avenue
and Verano Street.
15. Sewa�e Treatment Plant No. 2. "Sewage Treatment Plant
No. 2" shalI neari the sewagetreatmentplant located near and
west of the mouth of the Santa Ana River, approximately 1/2 mile
northerly from U. S. Coast Highway 101 (Alternate) .
16. Sewerage Works. "Sewerage Works" shall mean all
facilities an_c appu--maces for the collection, transportation,
pumping, treating and disposing of sewage,
17, Suspended Solids. "Suspended Solids" shall mean
solids that e-M-er—M-a-t on the surface of, or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids; and which are removable by
laboratory filtering.
18. User. "User" shall mean any District from which sewage
is discharg-e=nto the joint works.
ARTICLE II
AUTHORIZATION UNDER JOINT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION AGREEMENT
It is the intent of this ordinance to set forth the things
called for in the Joint Construction and Operation Agreement and
specifically that section of said Agreement which states . . . . . . . .
"Those County Sanitation Districts having within their boun-
daries sewage collection systems and discharging sewage into the
sewage treatment plant and disposal works in or on any section or
part of the 'Joint Sewerage System' shall bear and pay the pro-
portionate share of such maintenance and operation costs as the
sewage and effluent arising in each said District bears to the
total volume of such sewage of all of such County Sanitation
Districts, provided that the strength of such sewage or effluent
does not exceed that of normal domestic sewage, If it does so
• exceed such strength, a proportionate increase in cost based on
the strength of sewage or effluent may be made. Such rate of
increase shall be uniform for all County Sanitation Districts, and
the rate and basis of increase to be determined by the joint action
of all Boards of Directors .
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"To e3'fectuate a fair and equitable distribution of the costs
of maintenance and operation of the 'Joint Sewerage System' or
parts thereof, meters shall be placed on the sewer mains emptying
into the sewage disposal works, which meters shall measure the
discharge of sewap.e: or effluent into said sewage disposal works,
and shall be considered control meters . Where more than one
County Sanitation District discharges sewage or effluent into a
sewer main owned by a County Sanitation District or County Sani-
tation Districts, at a point or points on such sewer main above
its point of discharge into said sewage disposal works, such
• County Sanitation District or Districts shall cause meters to be
installed on such branch sewer lines, which meters shall determine
the flow of sewage or effluent into such sewer mains ,jointly used.
Such meters shall be read either weekly or monthly, or more
frequently, if advisable, and the readings shall be reported to
the Joint administrative office. Where the sum total of such
reading for the meters on such branch mains differs from the
readings of the control. meter, such readings shall. be increased
or diminished proportionately to conform to the readings of the
control n�tgrs. tinder direction of the Chief Engineer or the
General Msnager, tha strength of any and all sewage may be deter-
mined as o ^_n as may be necessary by employees of the ,joint
administrative organization. . . . . . . "
ARTICLE III. METERING AND TESTING
In general, sewage will be metered from each District on the
trunk sewer or sewers at or near the point where the sewer leaves
the District boundaries, so that all sewage originating in the
District will be metered. In cases where trunk sewers are ,jointly
owned, peters will be installed to make a determination of sewage
contributed by each District before entering joint lines. Sewage
entering either of the two treatment plants will be metered so
that sewage received from any District at these points shall be
accurately metered and so that total flows of sewage to the re-
spective plants can be recorded either directly or by the aggregate
meter readings of flow entering the plant. At each of the metering
points, provisions will be made for convenient sampling of the
sewage.
All meters shall be sized and shall be of an approved type
to accurately measure sewage flows. All metering installations
shall meet the approval of the management of the ,joint works and
said meters may be changed or redesigned from time to time as
to capacity so that all meter installations will most accurately
record the sewage flow. Meter installations shall be provided
and paid for by the individual District. Where Joint sewers are
involved, each District shall pay the proportionate share of
the cost of installation in accordance with the percentage of
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ARTICLE IV. USE OF THE DISTRICTS ' SEWERAGE WORKS
1. No District shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any sewage, waters, vapors or industrial wastes that has any one
of the following characteristics:
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• 'a.. Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or
other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
b. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood,
paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous
substance capable of causing obstruction to the
flow in sewers or other interference with the
proper operation of the sewage works.
• c. Any sewage or industrial wastes containing a
toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity
to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of
the sewage treatment plant.
d. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
2. A District may discharge sewage and industrial wastes
into the Joint works providing the characteristics of said sewage
or industrial wastes do not exceed the limitations as indicated
below:
a. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher
than 850F_
b. Any sewage or industrial wastes which may contain
more than 200 parts per million, by weight, of
fat, oil, or grease.
c . Any properly shredded garbage, providing no particle
is greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
d. Any sewage containing over 0.5 parts per million
of dissolved sulphides.
e. Any sewage or industrial wastes having a pH lower
than 6.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel
of the sewage works.
f. Any sewage or industrial wastes containing suspended
solids of such character and quantity that unusual
attention or expense is required to handle such
materials in trunk sewers or at the sewage treat-
ment plant.
ARTICLE V. ADMINISTRATION
The management of the Joint works shall take samples, make
tests, and make such laboratory determinations and at such inter-
vals as is deemed necessary to ,properly carry out the provisions
of Article: IV. In general, all tests will be predicated upon 24
hour averages except where the management of the Joint works
determines that tests at longer intervals are sufficiently deter-
minate, but in no case less than once a month. The management
shall report to each District, on or near the first of each
• calendar month, the results of said tests as relates to all of
the Districts, and more frequently if deemed necessary.
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ARTICLE VI. RATES, SURCHARGES AND PENALTIES
1. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of
this Ordinance:
a. Rates shall be established to pay for the cost of
maintaining and operating the sewerage works on the basis
of normal domestic sewage.
b. Surcharges shall be established to provide for
• payments of additional amounts of money necessary to cover
the costs of maintenance and operation caused by sewage
and industrial waste having a strength or other character-
istics harmful to the joint works and operation and mainten-
ance of the sewerage works that normal domestic sewage does
not have.
c. Penalties shall be established for the purpose of
requiring all veers of the ,joint works to comply with the
requirements of Article IV. In this connection it is the
intent of this Ordinance to penalize any user to whatever
extent necessary to require compliance with Article IV or
in the event of continued non-compliance to provide suf-
ficient funds through such penalties to pre-treat such
sewage and industrial wastes before the sewage and industrial
wastes enter the joint works in order to require compliance
with the requirements of Article IV.
It is the further intent of this Ordinance that no user
shall be penalized ..here its sewage and industrial wastes
are discharged into a trunk sewer used by other users if
its sewage and industrial wastes, though failing to meet
the requirements of Article IV, at the point of discharge
into such ,jointly used trunk, do not cause the commingled
sewage and industrial waste in such trunk sewer to have
characteristics prohibited in Article IV. Determination
of such commingled sewage and industrial waste shall be made
at the nearest manhole after such ,junction.
2. The rates, surcharges and penalties provided in Section
1 of this Article shall be established by Resolution which will
become binding and effective on all of the Districts when such
resolution is passed by the directors of any five of the seven
Districts.
ARTICLE VII. ENFORCEMENT.
The provisions of this Ordinance may be enforced by civil
action at law and by injunction.
In this connection this Ordinance shall be construed as
a contract between each County Sanitation District of Orange
County, California adopting the provisions of this Ordinance.
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ARTICLE VIII. VALIDITY.
If any article, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance, or the application of any thereof to
any person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be held
to be invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect
the validity of any other provision or application; and to this
end the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. Two
of Orange County, California hereby declares that the provisions
of this Ordinance and each and every article, section, subsection,
sentence clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that
any one or more other articles, sections, subsections, sentences ,
clauses or phrases, or the application of any thereof to any
person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be declared
invalid.
ARTICLE IX. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall sign this
Ordinance and the Secretary of the Districts shall attest thereto
and certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and shall cause the
same to be published once in the Anaheim Bulletin ,
a __d_a� i�lyy newspaper of—general circulation, printed,
pub-1iah eeand circulated in County Sanitation District No. Two
of Orange County, California, within fifteen (15) days after tCe
date of the passage of this Ordinance by said Board of Directors,
and said Ordinance shalltake effect thirty ( 30) days after its
adoption by the Board of Directors of said County Sanitation
District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of County
Sanitation District No. Two of Orange County California at a
regular meeting held on Tie—loth day of February 1954.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, ORA MAE MERRITT, Secretary of the Board of Directors of
County Sanitation District No. 2 of Orange County, California,
do hereby certify the foregoing Ordinance No. 1 was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said Board of Directors, held
on the loth day of February, 1954, by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: Directors Frank J. Schweitzer, Jr. , Willis H. Warner,
Charles E. Stevens, Charles Morgan, Hugh W. Warden,
Dean W. Hasson, L. N. Wisser and Courtney R. Chandler
NOES: Directors None
ABSENT: Directors None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, .I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of County Sanitation District No. 2 of Orange County,
California, this loth day of February , 1954.
Secretary, board of Directors
County Sanitation District No. 2
Orange County, California
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