[CC 1979 §90.230]
The rate of assessment to be charged and collected for the use
and service of the sewerage system of the City of Stockton, said sewerage
system of said City, shall be under the control and supervision of
the Board of Public Works, subject to the resolutions and ordinances
of the City.
[CC 1979 §90.250; Ord. No. 130 §90.250, 6-24-1991; Ord. No. 281A §90.250, 2-12-2001]
An excavation permit for sewerage services to premises not connected
with the City sewerage system shall be made to the Supervisor of Public
Works or other person designated by the Board of Aldermen by the occupant
or owner of the premises to be served accompanied by an application
fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) to defray hook-up cost
of the City. Thereupon, such applicant shall have the right to connect
with the sewerage system of the City. All further costs of such connection
to be borne by such applicant. City personnel will make the sewer
tap. When a lot is divided or other arrangements are made to accommodate
rental or multiple units on the same lot with more than one (1) residence
or business, a separate connection and a separate sewer tap shall
be made for each.
[CC 1979 §90.260]
The rates hereinbefore specified for the use and services of
the sewerage system of the City including sewerage services rendered
and to be rendered shall become effective immediately upon connection
with the City system.
[Ord. No. 177 §90.345 Art.
I, 2-28-1994]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20°C) expressed in milligrams
per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the
building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a wastewater pond, ditch, lake or other body
or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogenions
in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½) inch
(1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
Human excreta and wastewater, including bath and toilet waste,
residential laundry waste, residential kitchen waste and other similar
waste from household or establishment appurtenances. Sewage and domestic
sewage waste are further categorized as:
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Is mandatory; MAY — is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration on
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Supervisor of Public Works of the City of Stockton or
his/her authorized representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[CC 1979 §90.310]
A.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface
water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior
and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted
industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater
and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers
as are specifically designed as combined sewers or storm sewers, or
to a natural outlet approved by the Supervisor. Industrial cooling
water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Supervisor, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
C.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two (2)
mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged in the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5)
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
4.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow of sewers, or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited
to: ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
5.
Any waters or wastes having:
a.
A five (5) day biochemical oxygen demand greater than three hundred
(300) parts per million by weight,
b.
Containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids, or
c.
Having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the
average sewage flow of the City shall be subject to the review of
the Supervisor. Where necessary in the opinion of the Supervisor,
the owner shall provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to:
(1)
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300)
parts per million by weight,
(2)
Reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts
per million by weight, or
(3)
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters
or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted
for the approval of the Supervisor and no construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
[CC 1979 §90.320]
A.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, water or wastes if it appears likely in the
opinion of the Supervisor that such wastes can harm either the sewers,
sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the
receiving stream, or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property
or constitute a nuisance. In forming his/her opinion as to the acceptability
of these wastes, the Supervisor will give consideration to such factors
as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities
in the sewer, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the
sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant,
degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and
other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F) or sixty-five degrees Centigrade
(65° C).
2.
Any water or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32° F) and one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit (150° F) (0° and 65° C).
3.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(¾) horsepower (9.76 h.p. metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Supervisor. This provision is to
assure that commercial and institutional grinders are of adequate
size to shred properly.
4.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, similar
objectionable or toxic substances or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits established by the Supervisor for such materials.
6.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Supervisor as necessary after treatment of the composite sewage
to meet the requirements of the State, Federal or other public agencies
of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
7.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Supervisor in compliance with
applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and one-half (9.5).
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not
limited to, fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of
dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such
quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment
works.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[CC 1979 §90.330]
A.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Section 710.060 of this Article, and which in the judgment of the Supervisor may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Supervisor may:
1.
Reject the wastes,
2.
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the public sewers,
3.
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or
4.
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of Subsection (F) of this Section.
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If the Supervisor permits the pretreatment or equalization of
waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Supervisor and
subject to the requirements of all applicable Codes, ordinances, and
laws.
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B.
Grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of
the Supervisor, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid
wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes,
sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall
not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All
interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Supervisor
and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
C.
Where
preliminary treatment of flow-equalizing facilities are provided for
any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
D.
When
required by the Supervisor, the owner of any property serviced by
a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Supervisor. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at
his/her own expense and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be
safe and accessible at all times.
E.
All
measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and
wastes to which reference is made in this Article shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", published by
the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at
the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said
control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted
methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works
and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property.
(The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four
(24) hour composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or
whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not
always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four
(24) hour composites of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from
periodic grab samples.)
F.
No
statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial
concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefore,
by the industrial concern.
[CC 1979 §90.340]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
the charge of disorderly conduct.
[CC 1979 §90.350]
A.
The
Supervisor and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
The Supervisor or his/her representatives shall have no authority
to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil,
refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having
a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers
or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Supervisor or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees, and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by the City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain a safe condition as required in Section 710.070(D).
C.
The
Supervisor and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easements pertaining to the private
property involved.
[CC 1979 §90.360; Ord. No. 71 §90.360, 10-12-1987]
A.
Any person found violating any provision of this Article except Section 710.080 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection (A) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any
person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become
liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the
City by reason of such violation.
[Ord. No. 161 §90.365, 5-10-1993]
A.
With
regard to dumping waste material from outside sources in the City
of Stockton's wastewater lagoon, the City shall consider each request
to dump on an individual basis. Each decision will be based on such
things as, but not limited to, the material to be dumped, the quantity
of material, the time of year, or the condition of the lagoon at the
time.
B.
If
permission is granted, a permit will be issued indicating a specified
amount of time and number of loads. The permit will be processed and
signed by the Supervisor of Public Works as well as the applicant.
C.
Minimum
charge will be three dollars ($3.00) for three hundred (300) gallons
or less and one dollar ($1.00) per one hundred (100) gallons over
the minimum.
D.
No
waste material generated outside the City limits will be accepted
in the lagoon.
