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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 710 ORDINANCE NO. 710 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7, of Orange County, California, does ordain as follows: ARTICLE 1 No person or public corporation shall discharge sewage, indus- trial waste or any substance of any kind or nature into a District, sewerage facility or into a local sewering agency facility, which facility discharges into a District facility, when the components of such effluent include: Any flammable or explosive liquid or gas or any substance which singly or in combination with other substances could cause an explosive, radioactive or toxic condition in the sewerage system of the District; Any solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper oper- ation of the sewerage facilities of the District. ARTICLE 2 - VIOLATION Each day or any part of a day that any person or public corpor- ation violates the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered a separate violation. ARTICLE 3 - PENALTIES (a) Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) , imprisonment -I- for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both. (b) Any person or public entity who has repeatedly violated the provisions of this ordinance shall not be permitted to discharge any sewage, industrial waste or any substance of any kind into a District sewerage facility or into a local"sewering agency facility which facility discharges into a District facility. (c) The provisions of this ordinance may be enforced by injunc- tion. ARTICLE 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 por- tions of this ordinance; and to this end the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7, 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 application of any thereof to any person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be declared invalid. ARTICLE 5 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND URGENCY The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall sign this ordinance and the Secretary of the District shall attest thereto and certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be pub- lished once in The Tustin News , a weekly newspaper of general circu- lation printed, published and circulated in County Sanitation District No. 7, of Orange County, California. The Board of Directors finds and declares that there have been repeated instances where explosive substances have been discharged into the sewerage system of the District. The Board of Directors further finds that the dischargelof explosive substances into the -2- 6 sewerage system of the District demands and requires the establish- ment of standards for sewage and industrial wastes discharged into the District's sewerage facilities in order to immediately preserve public health and safety. For the foregoing reasons this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage. - PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of County Sanita- tion District No. 7, of Orange County, California, at an adjourned regular meeting held on the Sth day of January 1970. Chairlpn of the Board of Directors ATTEST: n - V Secretary of the Board Directors -3- STATE OF CALIFORNIA% COUNTY OF ORANGE )) SS, I, FRED A. HARPER, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7 , of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance No. 710 was regularly passed and adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of said Board on the 8th day Of January , 19 70 , by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Directors Clifton C. Miller (Chairman), Lorin Griset, Wm. Hirstein, Ellis N. Porter, Don E. Smith ABSENT: Director Howard Rogers NOES:>,"" None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No. 7 , of Orange County, California, this 8th day of January 19 70 La r Harper, ecre a y, Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7 , of Orange County, California ORDINANCE NO. 710 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7, of Orange County, California, does ordain as follows: ARTICLE 1 No person or public corporation shall discharge -sewage, indus- trial waste or any substance of any kind or nature into a District sewerage facility or into a local sewering agency facility, which facility discharges into a District facility, when the components of such effluent include: Any flammable or explosive liquid or gas or any substance which singly or in combination with other substances could cause an explosive, radioactive or toxic condition in the sewerage system of the District; Any solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper oper- ation of the sewerage facilities of the District. ARTICLE 2 - VIOLATION Each day or any part of a day that any person or public corpor- ation violates the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered a separate violation. ARTICLE 3 - PENALTIES (a) Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) , imprisonment' - -1- for not to exceed thirty (30) days , or both. (b) - Any person or public entity who has repeatedly violated the provisions of this ordinance shall not be permitted to discharge any sewage, industrial waste or any substance of any kind into a District sewerage facility or into a local sewering agency facility which facility discharges into a District facility. (c) The provisions of this ordinance may be enforced by injunc- tion. ARTICLE 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 por- tions of this ordinance; and to this end the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7, 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 application of any thereof to any person, entity, public corporation or circumstance be declared invalid. . ARTICLE 5 - EFFECTIVE DATE AND URGENCY The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall sign this ordinance and the Secretary of the District shall attest thereto and certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be pub- lished once in The Tustin News, a weekly newspaper of general circu- lation printed, published and circulated in County Sanitation District No. 7, of Orange County, California. The Board of Directors finds and declares that there have been repeated instances where explosive substances have been discharged into the sewerage system of the District. The Board of Directors further finds that the discharge- of explosive substances into the -2- sewerage system of the District demands and requires the establish- ment of standards for sewage and industrial wastes discharged into the District' s sewerage facilities in order to immediately preserve public health and safety. For the foregoing reasons this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of County Sanita- tion District No. 7 , of Orange County, California, at an adjourned regular meeting held on the 8th day of January 1970. Y�C� C airm of the Board of Directors ATTEST: Secrets y of the Board o Directors -3� STATE OF CALIFORNIA% )))) COUNTY OF ORANGE SS, _ I, FRED A. HARPER, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7 of Orange County, California, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance. No. 710 was regularly passed and adopted at an adjourned regular meeting of said Board on the 8th day of January , 19 70, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Directors Clifton C. Miller (Chairman), Lorin Griset, Wm, Hirstein, Ellis N. Porter, Don E. Smith ABSENT: Director Howard Rogers NOES: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No, 7 , of Orange County,' California, this 8th day Of January 19 70 re A. arp r, 6ecretMry, par of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 7 of Orange County, California