A. 
It is unlawful for any user to discharge, contribute or cause to be contributed, directly or indirectly, any pollutant or wastewater at any flow rate or concentration which will cause interference with the operation or performance of the wastewater collection system. It is unlawful for any person to dump or discharge any solid, semi-solid, or liquid substance not defined as sewage, wastewater, or non-domestic wastewater into the wastewater collection system, unless allowed by permission or permit from the city or SRCSD's Wastewater Source Control Section.
B. 
It is unlawful for any user or person to discharge the following substances into the wastewater collection system:
1. 
Chlorine Demand. Any wastewater requiring an excessive quantity of chlorine or other chemical compound used for disinfection purposes.
2. 
Corrosive Substances. Any wastewater having a pH lower than 5.0 and greater than 12 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel of the city.
3. 
Dilution Water. Any water added to wastewater for the purpose of diluting wastes which would otherwise exceed applicable maximum concentration limitations.
4. 
Discoloration. Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
5. 
Flammable or Explosive Substances. Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of their nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances, to cause fire or explosion, or be injurious in any other way to the wastewater collection system, or which exceed a flashpoint limit of one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit or sixty degrees Celsius (using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21). At no time shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the sewage system (or at any point in the sewage system), be more than five percent nor any single reading over ten percent of the lower explosive limit (LEL) of the meter. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to: gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substances in any quantity or concentration that the city, the state or the EPA has notified the user is a fire hazard or a hazard to the wastewater collection system.
6. 
Insecticides. Any wastewater containing algicides, fungicides, antibiotics, insecticides, strong oxidizing agents or strong reducing agents in such quantity or strength as to interfere with operation of the wastewater collection system or personnel safety hazards.
7. 
Medical Waste. Any wastewater containing medical wastes including, but not limited to, isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, or dialysis wastes except as specifically authorized by the city manager in a wastewater discharge permit.
8. 
Noxious or Malodorous Substances. Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases or solids which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life, or are sufficient to prevent entry into the wastewater collection system for maintenance and repair.
9. 
Pollutants and BOD. Any wastewater containing pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.), wastes containing suspended solids, or exerting a chlorine demand released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will cause interference to the wastewater collection system.
10. 
Slug Discharges. Any slug discharge having a flow rate, or containing concentrations or quantities of pollutants which will cause interference with the operation of the wastewater collection system.
11. 
Public Nuisance. Any wastewater that causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance.
12. 
Radioactive Wastes. Any wastewater containing radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the city manager in compliance with any applicable state or federal regulations.
13. 
Solids or Viscous Matter. Any solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in the wastewater collection system such as, but not limited to: fats, oils, grease (FOG), garbage with particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension, animal guts or tissues, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshings, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining, or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass grinding or polishing wastes.
14. 
Storm and Cooling Water. Any rainwater, stormwater, groundwater, street drainage, subsurface drainage, yard drainage, including evaporative type air cooler discharge water and noncontact cooling water.
15. 
Sulfides. Any wastewater containing sulfides in sufficient quantity or strength as to cause or contribute to wastewater collection system corrosion, worker or public safety hazard.
16. 
Temperature. Any liquid, vapor, solid, gas, wastewater, or substance having or developing a temperature which exceeds one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (forty degrees Celsius).
17. 
Toxic Substances. Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants, gases, vapors or fumes in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, which may cause acute worker health and safety problems, constitute a hazard to humans or animals.
18. 
Trucked/Hauled Wastes. The discharge of hauled or trucked pollutants, except at points which the city manager shall designate in accordance with Section 13.09.230.
19. 
Petroleum. Any petroleum oil, any nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or any amounts of products of mineral oil origin which may cause interference in the wastewater collection system.
20. 
Any substance prohibited by the SRCSD Consolidated Ordinance, federal, state, or local law.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
A. 
An interceptor shall be installed in a user's building sewer, when in the opinion of the city manager it is necessary for the proper handling of wastewater containing FOG in excessive amounts, any flammable wastes, sand, grit or other harmful ingredients. The city may require general permit coverage of interceptor users.
B. 
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the city manager and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, are gastight and watertight. All interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his or her expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
C. 
Each user shall regularly monitor scum and sludge levels, inspect, clean and repair interceptors owned by the user. Records and costs associated with these actions shall be kept for three years and be made available for inspection by city personnel upon request. The debris from interceptors shall be disposed of through a licensed waste hauler. Waste disposal records, including receipts, shall be kept for three years and be made available for inspection by city personnel upon request.
D. 
Standards for Interceptors. All interceptors shall comply with the standards of this subsection.
1. 
Plans shall be submitted to and approval obtained from the city manager prior to the installation of any interceptor.
2. 
All drains from kitchen areas including pre-wash shall be connected to an interceptor. Toilets, lavatories and other sanitary fixtures shall not be connected to any interceptor.
3. 
All fixtures discharging into an interceptor shall be individually trapped and vented in a manner approved by the city manager.
4. 
Each interceptor shall be so installed and connected that it shall be at all times easily accessible for inspection, cleaning, and removal of the intercepted material.
5. 
Interceptors shall be maintained in efficient operating condition by periodic removal of the accumulated materials. No such collected material shall be introduced into any drainage piping, public or private or discharged into the wastewater collection system.
6. 
Each interceptor shall be constructed of durable materials satisfactory to the city manager and shall have a full-size gastight cover which can easily and readily be removed.
7. 
Interceptors required by this chapter shall not be installed until the type and/or model has been subjected to, and has fully complied with, tests acceptable to the city manager. Where existing conditions are found acceptable as determined by the city manager such facilities as presently exist will be allowed to remain in use. Whenever it shall come to the attention of the city that any interceptor is no longer acceptable or does not comply with the provisions of this section, the city manager shall suspend or revoke such approval and require corrective measures.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
The city reserves the right to establish, by ordinance or permit, more stringent limitations or pretreatment requirements on discharges into the wastewater collection system, if deemed necessary to comply with the objectives of this chapter or the Act.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
Users shall provide wastewater pretreatment as necessary to comply with this chapter and shall achieve compliance with all prohibitions of this chapter within the time limitations specified by EPA, the state or the city manager, whichever is more stringent. Users must provide pretreatment facilities deemed necessary by the city manager or SRCSD to protect the wastewater collection system. Any facilities necessary for compliance shall be provided, operated and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans describing such facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the city manager for review, and shall be acceptable to the city manager before such facilities are constructed. The review of such plans and operating procedures shall in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying such facilities as necessary to comply with this chapter. Subsequent changes in the pretreatment facilities or method of operation shall be reported to and acceptable to the city manager prior to the user's initiation of the changes.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
In no case shall a slug discharge have a flow rate or contain concentrations or quantities of pollutants that will cause interference with operation or performance of the wastewater collection system.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
Spill and slug control plans, if required, will be administered in accordance with the SRCSD Consolidated Ordinance, Chapter 2.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
No user shall intentionally release or discharge a spill into the wastewater collection system.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)
All users shall keep that portion of their side sewer which constitutes a building sewer in good repair at their own expense, and shall be liable for any damages which may result from their failure to do so.
(Ord. 13-2 § 3)