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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 501 COUI7TY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE N0. 55O1 AN ORDINANCE FROVibSRc 4LE3rAM) REGULATIONS REM?1RrTrM=ff=7F0—"fT`SMCT TRUNK SEWERS General The provisions of this ordinance relate on1 to conneetions made tq trunk sewers owned and operate so e y or o n y y County Sanitation Districts of Orange County: namely, Count Sanitation Districts Nos. 1, 2& 3, 5 6 and 11. It is not appli- oaia le owls owned By Cities or other governmental subdivisions which are within the boundaries of a County Sanitation District. The provisions, application for permit and permit, under this ordinance do not relate to lines on private property, i.e, house or industrial connections, private laterals, etc., except as they affect the District 's interest as to quality and characteristics of sewage; and size and depth of sewer at connection line junction. Sewer line construction on private property is under the Jurisdiction of (1) the County of Orange for unincorporated territory or (2) the Jurisdiction of the City or other governmental agency where the property is located. Definitions In addition to the definitions as set up in Ordinance No. 1 and made a part hereof, the following definitions shall be added: "Domestic Sewa e" "Domestic Sewage" shall mean the water borne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes and of such volume and character as to permit satisfactory disposal into a public sewer. "Industrial Waste" "Industrial Waste" shall mean any and all liqui or so was a substance, not sewage, from any producing, manufacturing or processing operation of whatever nature. "Trunk Sewer Manholes" "Trunk Sewer Manholes" shall mean those manho es, 00na ruc a an are a part of the structure of the County Sanitation District 's trunk sewer system. "Connection Manholes" "Connection Manholes" shall mean a manhole constructed U= main line of a District trunk sewer, not as a part of the original construction, or a manhole built adjacent thereto, for the purpose of permitting sewage to flow into a District trunk sewer. "Industrial Waste Treatment Plant or Facility" "Industrial Waste Treatment Pan or ac y s a mean any works or device for the treatment of industrial waste, prior to the discharge into District trunks. "Pretreatment" "Pretreatment" shall mean treatment prior to dischargeinnto a-county Sanitation District trunk sewer by means of an industrial waste treatment plant or facility. "The District" or "District" "The District" or "Distriet" shall mean county n a on s rict No. 5 of Orange County, California. "Public Co oration" "Public Corporation" shall mean any city, district-or o er puIle agency duly organized under the laws of the State of California. "Connecting Sewer" "Connecting Sewer", for the purposes of this ordinance, a mean that portion of any sewer owned and/or maintained by a permittee located within 50 feet (by linear measur- ment) from the point of connection to the District trunk sewer. -1- General Provisions Public Corporations having power to maintain public sewerage works shall be the only persons or entities entitled to a permit. No person, firm or corporation shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenace thereof belonging to the District without first obtaining a written permit from the District. No permit granted pursuant to this ordinance shall be assignable without the written permission of the District and any purported assignment without such written permission shall automatically suspend said permit as hereinafter provided. The permit shall be in two parts: First, for the purpose of authorizing connection to a District trunk sewer under conditions set forth in said permit; and secondly, for discharging sewage and indus- trial wastes into District sewerage facilities in 'accordance with the rules, regulations and ordinances of the District as to character- istics, quality and quantity of sewage . The second part of the permit may be suspended if a permittee is acting in violation of any provision of the ordinances, rules or regulations of the District thirty days after receiving a formal written notice of such violation and a demand for correction thereof by the District. Such formal written notice shall be given only upon recommendation of the General Manager and approval of the directors of the District. For each day a permittee whose permit has been sus- pended continues to discharge sewage or industrial wastes into a District sewerage facility in violation of the ordinances, rules or regulations of the District, it shall be charged the sum of $100.06 per day or any part of a day. No formal written notice of violation shall be authorized unless the General Manager of the District has first given an informal written notice of violation to the subject permittee at least fifteen days in advance of action by the Board of Directors. The same noticing procedure set forth hereinabove shall apply for Intermittent or sporadic violators and in lieu of a suspension of permit, the District directors may impose a fine of not less than $100.00 per day or any part of a day for intermittent violations. The amount of the fine may be directly related to increased treatment costs occasioned to the District by reason of such violations and/or damage caused to the sewerage facilities of the District by such violations. In such cases the formal written notice of violation shall set forth the fine to be imposed for violations after the thirty-day correction period. Procedure for Acquiring Permit The permittee, an applicant for a permit or his agent shall make application on a form furnished by the District. The permit appli- cation shall be supplemented by such plans, specifications and other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the General Manager of the District. A permit and inspection fee of 425.00 shall be paid to the District at the time the application is filed. GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING CONNECTIONS TO DISTRICT TRUNK LINES Connections Made to District Trunk Sewer Manholes If a connection is made to a District trunk sewer manhole, it must be made at an elevation generally just above the invert, or at an elevation indicated to best suit the conditions of entry at the time the plans are approved. -2- Connections Made to Connection Manholes Connection manholes, constructed with plans and specifications on file in the office of the General Manager, fmay be required at the o .' option of the District, determined upon the volume of sewage flow involved, needs for sampling points, or to prevent unnecessary con- struction in highways. If it is required that the applicant construct a connection manhole over or adjacent to a trunk sewer, the same . requirements as in the paragraph preceding must apply where the sewage enters the trunk sewer. NO CONNECTION SHALL BE MADE DIRECTLY TO A DISTRICT TRUNK SEWER LINE EXCEPT AT A DISTRICT OR CONNECTION MANHOLE. Industrial Wastes Whenever an applicant seeks a permit for a connection which will principally discharge industrial wastes, the District may as a con- dition to granting such permit require that industrial wastes be discharged separately from sanitary sewage into an inspection box or manhole which must be so located as to be easily accessible to the District inspectors. Whenever the District finds that industrial waste requires treat- ment prior to disposal in order to prevent harmful effects in the trunk sewer line or treatment plant facilities, it may require the installation of an industrial treatment plant or facility prior to acceptance of the industrial waste for disposal. If subsequent inspection indicates that damage to the sewer line or treatment plant facilities is resulting from such discharge, permission shall be revoked until such time as the harmful effects have been eliminated. (See provisions for suspension of permit and/or. fining of permitter.) Tests and Inspections For the purpose of securing compliance with the ordinances, rules or regulations of the District, District inspectors shall make periodic tests of samples of industrial waste or effluent obtained from the place or places of discharge or deposit, periodic inspections from the industrial waste treatment plants or facilities and such other testa as they may deem necessary. For the purpose of making such tests or inspections, the District inspector shall be permitted at all reasonable hours to enter any industrial building, industrial waste treatment plant or facility or any premise or place where industrial wastes or effluents are being or are proposed to be dis- charged or deposited or where there may be a violation of the Dis- trict's ordinances, rules or regulations. Maintenance and Inspection The public corporation located within the District and owning a sewer line or lines constructed to enable discharge of domestic sewage and/or industrial wastes into the District trunk sewer lines shall be responsible for maintenance of theline or lines so owned and connected and shall bear all costs for said maintenance. Standards for Sewage and Industrial Wastes 1. No user, including all permittees and all public corporations having power to maintain sewerage facilities shall discharge, cause or permit the discharge into a District sewerage facility of any sewage, waters, vapors or industrial wastes that has any one of the following: -3- 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 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 permitee may discharge sewage and industrial wastes into a district sewerage facility providing the characteristics of said sewage or industrial wastes do not exceed the limitations herein- after set forth: a. gn$ liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 5 F. 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 treatment plant. Enforcement The provisions of these regulations may be enforced by civil action at law and/or by injunction. In this connection, these regulations shall be construed as a contract between County Sanitation tction District No. 5 of Orange County and each permittee. -4- 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 of any of the remaining provisions or portions of this Ordinance; and to this end the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 5 of Orange County, California hereby declares that it would have adopted 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 appli- cation of any thereof to any person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be declared invalid, 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 Ne ort Harbor News Press , a newspaper o genera c rcu a on, printed, pu s e an c rcu a •e in County Sanitation District No- 5 of Orange County, California, within fifteen (15) days after the date of the passage of this Ordinance by said Board of Directors, and said Ordinance shall take 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 Sani- tation District No. 5 of Orange County, California, at a regular adjourned meeting held on the 5th day of February, 1958. James B. Stoddard Chairman Board of Directors ATTEST: County Sanitation District No. 5 Orange County, California Secretary Ora Mae Merritt Board of Directors County Sanitation District No. 5 Orange County, California -5- STATE OF CALIFORNIA) se COUNTY OF ORANGE ) I, ORA MAE MERRITT, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 5 of orange County, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 501 was passed and adopted at a regular adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 5 on the 5th day of February, 1958 by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: Directors NOES: Directors ABSENT: Directors IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No. 5 of Orange County, California, this 5th day of February, 1958. Secretary, Board of Directors County Sanitation District No. 5 Orange County, California -6-