(a)
Users who propose to discharge, or who in the judgment of the director
could discharge now or in the future, nondomestic waste in violation
of the provisions of these regulations may be required to install
a monitoring facility, which may include sampling or metering equipment.
(b)
Monitoring facilities required to be installed shall be constructed
and paid for by the user and shall be operated and maintained by the
city at the user's expense.
(c)
The monitoring facility and its location on the user's premises
outside of the building will be approved by the director. When such
location would be impractical or cause undue hardship on the user,
the director may allow the facility to be constructed in the public
street or sidewalk area, with the approval of the city and located
so that it will not be obstructed by the landscaping or parked vehicles.
(d)
If the monitoring facility is inside a fence, there shall be accommodations
to allow safe and immediate access for city personnel, such as a gate
secured with a city lock. There shall be ample room in or near such
facility to allow accurate sampling and composition of samples for
analyses. The entire facility and the sampling and measuring equipment
shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition
by and at the expense of the user.
(e)
Monitoring facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the
city's requirements and in accordance with all applicable construction
standards and specifications. When, in the judgment of the director,
an existing user requires a monitoring facility, the user will be
so notified in writing, and construction must be completed within
ninety days following written notification unless a time extension
is otherwise granted by the city.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
Access to service connections and appurtenances shall be provided
for the city at all times. The city may inspect the facilities of
any user to ascertain whether the purpose of this chapter is being
met and all requirements are being complied with. Persons or occupants
of premises where waste is created or discharged shall allow the city
ready access at all reasonable times to all parts of the premises
for the purpose of inspection or sampling or in the performance of
any of its duties.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1
(part), 1976.]
The city shall have the right to set up on the industrial user's
property such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling or metering
operations. When a user has security measures in force which would
require proper identification and clearance before entry into user's
premises, the user shall make necessary arrangements with its security
guards so that upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel
from the city will be permitted to enter without delay for the purpose
of performing their specific responsibilities. If monitoring facilities
are not operating properly, grab samples may be taken and used to
determine charges and sewage content.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1
(part), 1976.]
The city will require pretreatment of waste prior to entering
public sewers if it exceeds the limitations of this chapter, or if
it exceeds the acceptable limits prescribed by agencies of the state
or federal governments.
Any user's facilities which pretreat waste shall be provided
and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing
the pretreatment facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted
to the city for review, and shall be approved by the director before
construction of the facility. The review and approval of such plans
and operating procedures will in no way relieve the user from the
responsibility for modifying the facility as necessary to produce
an effluent complying with the provisions of this chapter or the requirements
of other regulatory agencies. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment
facilities or method of operation shall be reported to and be approved
by the director prior to construction or installation.
Each user shall provide and maintain protection from accidental
discharge of prohibited materials or wastes at the user's expense.
Detailed plans showing facilities and operating procedures to provide
this protection shall be submitted to the director for review and
shall be approved by the director before construction of the facility.
The review and approval of such plans and operating procedures will
in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying the
facility as necessary to provide the protection necessary to meet
the requirements of this chapter or the requirements of other regulatory
agencies. (Ord. No. 679, § 1(part), 1976).
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976; Ord. No. 1252-18 § 4.]
Users shall notify the City immediately upon accidentally or
otherwise discharging prohibited materials or wastes to enable countermeasures
to be taken by the City to minimize damage to the sewer system, treatment
facility, treatment processes and the receiving waters.
This notification shall be followed, within five days of the
date of occurrence by a detailed written statement describing the
causes of the accidental discharge and the measures being taken to
prevent future occurrences. Such notification will not relieve users
of liability for any expense, loss or damage to the sewer system,
treatment plant, or treatment process or for any fines imposed on
the city on account thereof under Section 13350 of the California
Water Code or for violations of Section 5650 of the California Fish
and Game Code as they now exist or may be amended hereafter, or regulatory
agencies or other law.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
Any direct or indirect connection or entry point for persistent
or deleterious wastes from the user's plumbing or drainage system
should be eliminated. Where such action is impractical or unreasonable,
the user shall appropriately label such entry points to warn against
discharge of such wastes.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
When the city finds that a discharge of waste has been taking
place in violation of this chapter, effluent limitations, or the provisions
of a waste discharge permit, the city may require the user to submit
for approval such modifications to the user's premises as city
deems necessary and a detailed time schedule of specific actions which
the user shall take in order to prevent or correct the violations.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
The director is authorized to install, or order the user to
install, at the user's expense, screening devices on the sewer
service at the point of connection with the system in order to prevent
any industrial user from discharging industrial waste of a greater
size than will pass through such screening device into the sewer service.
The screening device shall have openings equivalent to a maximum of
three-eighths inch. No person shall remove any such screen without
authorization by the director.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
Industrial users shall pay the costs for construction or the
extension of sewer lines to serve their premises.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
In the event that sewage cannot be handled by natural gravity
flow, the person making a request for sewer service shall be required
to pay for and have installed such mechanical devices, approved by
the director, as are necessary to elevate the flow of sewage to a
point at which it will flow into the city sewer system.
[Ord. No. 679, § 1(part),
1976.]
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to give to user or property
owner, or to create, any property right or interest or thing in the
capacity reserved for any user.
