A. 
Definitions of Terms Commonly Used. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth in this section, whether appearing in capital or lower case form.
"ASTM Specifications"
means the Standard Specifications or Methods of the American Society for Testing and Materials of the serial designation indicated by the number and, unless otherwise stated, refer to the latest adopted revision of said specification or method.
"Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)"
means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under a standard laboratory procedure in five days at a temperature of 20 degrees Centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter, or parts per million by weight. Laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
"Building drain"
means 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 feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
"Building sewer"
means the extension from the building drain to the property line or right-of-way line and connection with the public sewer service connection.
"Chlorine requirement"
means the amount of chlorine, which must be added to the sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content, or to meet the requirements of some other objective, in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
"City sewerage system"
means all or any part of the facilities for collection, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage as acquired, constructed or used by the City.
"Combined sewer or system"
means conduit or system of conduits in which both sewage and storm-water are transported.
"Engineer"
means the engineer duly appointed or hired by the City or the owner of private sewers to supervise and direct the design and construction of local sewerage facilities, acting personally or through agents or assistants duly authorized by him or her, such agents or assistants acting within the scope of the particular duties assigned to them.
"Industrial waste"
means any flow discharged into the sewer facilities by any non-governmental user of the City sewage system identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
1. 
Division A: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing;
2. 
Division B: Mining;
3. 
Division D: Manufacturing;
4. 
Division E: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services;
5. 
Division I: Services.
A user in the divisions listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
"Interceptor"
means a sanitary sewer which receives the flow from a number of trunk, main or lateral sewer lines and transports it to a treatment plant or other point of disposal. Generally an interceptor collects the flow from a number of trunks, mains or laterals which would otherwise discharge to a natural outlet.
"Lateral"
means a sanitary sewer line which will receive the flow from service connections and dis-charge into a main.
"Main"
means a sanitary sewer line which will receive the flow from one or more laterals and which will discharge into a trunk or interceptor.
"Natural outlet"
means an outlet into a pond, lake, stream, river, ditch, watercourse or other body of surface water.
"Person"
means any natural person, firm, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity.
"pH"
means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. pH shall be determined by one of the procedures outlined in Standard Methods. (pH is a measure of acidity or alkalinity.)
"Pressure sewer"
means a sewer receiving sewage flow directly from a pump station and discharging under pressure into an interceptor, trunk, main, lateral, another pumping station, or treatment plant.
"Private sewer"
means a sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or combined sewer, exclusive of building sewers, which is neither within the jurisdiction of nor owned or operated by the City or a local government agency.
"Public Works Director" (hereafter referred to as "director")
means Public Works Director or designee.
"Service connection"
means a public sewer line which has been constructed to the approximate property line or right-of-way line from a public sewer for the sole purpose of providing a connection for the building sewer.
"Slug"
means 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 15 minutes more than five times the average 24 hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
"Standard Methods"
means the examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
"Storm sewer"
means a conduit designed or used exclusively to transport stormwater.
"Suspended solids"
means solids that either float on the surface, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
"Trunk"
means a major sanitary sewer line into which more than two laterals or mains discharge and which transports the flow collected from laterals and mains to an interceptor, pumping station or treatment plant.
"Unpolluted water or liquids"
means any water or liquid containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acids or alkalies; substances that may impart taste-and-odor or color characteristics; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; odorous or otherwise obnoxious gases. It shall meet the current state standards for water used for recreation. Analytical determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
"Watercourse"
means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
B. 
Definition of Additional Terms. Words, terms or expressions peculiar to the art or science of sewerage not herein above defined shall have the respective meanings given in Glossary, Water and Wastewater Control Engineering published in 1969, prepared by a Joint Committee representing American Public Health Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation, as may be hereafter supplemented or amended.
(Ord. 188 §§ 1, 2(2), 1996; Ord. 207, Amended, 07/10/1998)
It is declared to be the policy of the City to provide sewage disposal service within the City. The rules and regulations hereinafter set forth shall be applicable to the disposal of sewage into the City sewerage system.
(Ord. 188 § 2(1), 1996)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City any human excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. 
It is unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
C. 
Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City.
D. 
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is a public sanitary sewer of the City, is required, at owner's expense, to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly to the proper public sewer, either by gravity or with approved pumping facilities, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, within 90 days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is available to or on the property. In the event that, during the period of 90 days, the owner shall file written objections with the Director against so being required to install the facilities, the City shall not enforce the provisions of this subsection upon the owner so filing his or her objections, until the Council shall hear the objections of owner, and render its decision thereon. The meeting of the Council shall be held not less than 10 days or more than 40 days from and after the date of the filing of objections with the Director. Not less than seven days prior to the date set by the Council for the meeting, the Director shall give due notice of the date set therefore to owner. The decision of the Council shall be final and no recourse shall be available owner except as is provided by law.
(Ord. 188 § 3, 1996)
A. 
Stormwater, Unpolluted Water. No person shall discharge any stormwater, surface drainage, subsurface drainage, groundwater, roof water, cooling water or unpolluted water into any sanitary sewer owned or operated by the City or connected to the City sewerage system.
B. 
Prohibited Substances. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge into the public sewers:
1. 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas which may, by themselves or by interaction with other substances, cause injury to persons, property or the operation of the City sewerage system;
2. 
Any water 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 (CN) in excess of two milligrams per liter as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer;
3. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH of lower than 5.5 or having any other corrosive properties 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 in 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, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, or other materials;
5. 
Materials from cesspools and septic tanks, other than effluent.
C. 
Additional Limitations. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the opinion of the Director that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process, or equipment, or can otherwise endanger or injure persons, public property, or constitute a nuisance. In forming an opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Director shall give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials used in 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 150 degrees F (65 degrees C);
2. 
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and 150 degrees (zero and 65 degrees 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 horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director;
4. 
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not;
5. 
Any waters or wastes discharged to the public sewer containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc or similar objectionable or toxic substances exceeding a concentration of one part per million total chrome and one part per million additional other heavy metals, or such other limits as may be established by the Director in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
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 Director as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the applicable requirements of state, federal or other public agencies;
7. 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Director in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations;
8. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5;
9. 
Materials which exert or cause:
a. 
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids such as, but not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues or of dissolved solids such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate, tions,
b. 
Excessive discoloration such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
c. 
Unusual 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 a total of 30 pounds or more suspended solids or BOD in any one day may be admitted to the City sewerage system subject to the provisions of Section 8.08.050;
11. 
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 any agencies having jurisdiction over effluent quality.
D. 
Special Agreements.
1. 
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any person whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be admitted to the sewage disposal works, either before or after pretreatment, provided that there is no impairment of the functioning of the sewage treatment works by reason of the admission of such wastes, and no extra costs are incurred by the City without recompense by the person.
2. 
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the City sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in subsections B and C of this section which, in the judgment of the Director, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the City may:
a. 
Reject the wastes;
b. 
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers, including a minimum of two hours of settling for wastes containing soil, dirt and/or sand;
c. 
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, by the construction of equalization basins or by other appropriate methods; or
d. 
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing sewer charges under the provisions of The Engineering Requirements and Standard Specifications, as adopted by Ordinance 143.
e. 
Any combination of subdivisions (b), (c) and (d), above.
3. 
If the Director 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 City and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes and laws.
E. 
Grease Traps and Other Pretreatment.
1. 
Grease, oil and sand traps shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Director, 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 Director, and shall be located so as to be easily cleaned and inspected. Any facilities required by the Director to install such traps and interceptors may be appealed to the public works and streets commission for an exemption. Business licenses to any facility not in full compliance with this chapter shall not be renewed or granted by the City.
2. 
All industrial wastes shall be pretreated when required by the City. Pretreatment may include, but is not limited to, vibrating or rotary screens to remove any particle larger than 20-mesh or such other treatment or facilities as may be determined necessary by the City to render the waste acceptable for admission to the public sewers.
3. 
All wastes containing soil, dirt and/or sand shall be settled a minimum of two hours in an acceptable basin before discharge to a public sewer.
F. 
Inspection. The City inspection and enforcement program to assure all facilities in the City are in compliance with this chapter, consists of the following at a minimum:
1. 
The City shall send a letter of notification to those facilities that, in the opinion of the Director, need to be inspected for compliance with this chapter, stating that they will be inspected in the next 30 days.
2. 
The Director shall inspect and advise the owners or operators of the facilities in writing of their compliance status with the grease trap ordinance. For those facilities not in compliance, a minimum of 30 days' written notice shall be given establishing a time period for them to comply.
3. 
In the event the Director in his or her discretion, determines that the public safety or welfare of the public requires otherwise or that the sewage system may suffer injury, the time tables may be accelerated as is determined necessary.
4. 
For those facilities not in compliance within the above stated or Director imposed emergency time period, penalties as set out in Section 8.08.120 shall apply.
G. 
Waste Sampling and Monitoring.
1. 
Wastes discharged into the public sewers shall be subject to periodic inspection and a determination made of character and concentration. The determination shall be made as often as deemed necessary by the Director.
2. 
When automatic flow measurement and sampling facilities are not available, the samples shall be collected by the City in such a manner to be representative of the composition of the wastes. The sampling may be accomplished either manually or by the use of mechanical equipment. Access to sampling locations shall be granted to the Director or his or her duly authorized representatives at all times.
3. 
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined by the City in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods and shall be determined and taken at a 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 the City by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to persons or property.
(Ord. 188 § 4, 1996)
A. 
Control of Industrial Wastes.
1. 
Prohibited Discharges. Industrial waste contributors shall be subject to all provisions of Section 8.08.040.
2. 
Approval Required. Review and acceptance by the Director shall be obtained at least 30 days prior to the discharge into the City sewerage system of any wastes having either:
a. 
A total of 30 pounds or more of suspended solids in any one day;
b. 
A total of 30 pounds or more of BOD in any one day.
3. 
Submission of Basic Data. Any person who is discharging industrial wastes into the City sewer system shall, upon request by the City, prepare and file with the City or a local government agency contracting with the City, a report that shall include pertinent data relating to the quantity and characteristics of the wastes discharged to the sewers. The Director shall establish when the report is to be filed.
Similarly, any person planning or desiring to make a new connection to a City sewer for the purpose of discharging industrial wastes as defined herein shall prepare and file prior to actual discharge a report with the City that shall include actual or predicted data relating to the quantity and characteristics of the waste to be discharged.
4. 
Extension of Time. When it can be demonstrated that circumstances exist which would create an unreasonable burden on the person to comply with the time schedule imposed by subsection (A)(2) of this section, a request for extension of time may be presented for consideration by the Director.
B. 
Industrial Waste Sewer Service Charges.
1. 
Except as provided in subdivision 2 of this subsection, each person discharging industrial wastes into a public sanitary sewer shall construct and maintain an approved control manhole, together with such flow measurement flow sampling and sample storage facilities for all waste entering the public sewer as may be required by the Director. These facilities will be used to obtain flow, BOD and suspended solids data for use as a basis for an industrial waste sewer service charge.
2. 
In lieu of directing the construction of measurement sampling and sample storage facilities, the Director may require that each person discharging industrial wastes into a public sanitary sewer procure and test at the person's expense and in a manner approved by the Director, sufficient composite samples on which to base and compute the person's industrial waste sewer service charge. In the event private water supplies are used, they shall be metered at the person's expense. Cooling waters or water not discharged to a sanitary sewer shall be separately metered at the person's expense and in a manner approved by the Director prior to allowing any deduction of such flow from the total water used on the premises in computing the industrial waste sewer service charge.
3. 
In addition to the foregoing requirements of this section, any industrial contributor shall, prior to connection to the City sewage system, make satisfactory arrangements with the Recorder to pay to the City that portion of the capital cost of the City sewage system which is allocable to the treatment of such industrial waste. Such capital cost recovery payments shall conform to the current United States Environmental Protection Agency industrial cost recovery requirements.
4. 
The City may determine, by composite waste samples during a year, if a waste discharged to the sanitary sewers, of either BOD or suspended solids, exceeds 200 pounds per day for three consecutive days, then the requirements set forth below for installation of measurement and sampling equipment shall apply.
C. 
Flow Measurement and Sampling Facilities.
1. 
If so directed by the City, all devices, access facilities, and related equipment shall be installed by the person discharging the waste, at the person's expense, and shall be maintained by the person so as to be in safe condition, in proper operating condition at all times, and readily accessible to City employees during the operating day. The flow measurement device may be a Parshall flume, weir, venturi nozzle, magnetic flowmeter, or any other type of device acceptable to the Director which provides accurate and continuous flow indication. Pump timers or other indirect measurement devices shall not be acceptable.
2. 
The flowmeter shall be suitable for indicating and totalizing the flow with an error not exceeding plus or minus 5%. This quantity should be selected so as to insure a minimum of 50 samples per operating day. Other control variations shall be acceptable if it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Director that the sampling procedure will result in a waste sample which is proportional to the waste flow. The length of operation of the sampling device shall be dependent on the type of sampling arrangement used, but in no case shall the daily collected sample be less than two quarts in volume.
3. 
The method of sampling used may be by continuous pumping past a solenoid-operated valve, direct pumping into the sample container, continuous pumping past a sampler dipper calibrated to remove a constant sample, by a proportional sample dipper operating directly in the waste flow, or by any other means approved by the Director. All samples must be continuously refrigerated at a temperature of 39 degrees Fahrenheit, plus or minus five degrees.
4. 
The flow measurement and sampling station shall be located and constructed in a manner acceptable to the City. Complete plans on all phases of the proposed installation, including all equipment proposed for use, shall be submitted to the City for approval prior to construction.
5. 
The person discharging the waste shall keep flow records as required by the City and shall provide qualified personnel to properly maintain and operate the facilities.
D. 
Analyses. Laboratory procedures used in the examination of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in Standard Methods. However, alternate methods for certain analyses of industrial wastes may be used if approved by the Director. The waste samples shall be analyzed by the City.
(Ord. 188 § 5, 1996)
A. 
Connection to Private Sewage System Required. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 8.08.030(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the requirements of the Oregon State Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon State Health Division, the Plumbing Code of the State of Oregon, and the applicable codes and ordinances of the City of Yachats, which are in effect at the time of the connection.
B. 
Connection to Public Sewer Required When Available. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in Section 8.08.030(D), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this chapter. Any septic tanks, cesspools or similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with approved granular mate-rial, except as provided below or as the Director shall otherwise permit. Where existing buildings are too low to be served by gravity to an available sewer, the existing septic tank facilities shall be maintained in use and, when so ordered by the Director under Section 8.08.030(D), approved pumping facilities shall be installed to pump the septic tank effluent into the available sanitary sewer system. Refusal to connect to public sewer shall result in termination of water services until the condition is corrected.
C. 
The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any requirements of state, federal or other law.
(Ord. 188 § 6, 1996; Ord. 207, Amended, July 10, 1998)
A. 
Unauthorized Connections. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection to or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereto. No person, shall make any connection to any part of the sewer system without first making an application to the City and securing a permit therefore.
B. 
Building Sewer Permits. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits for the City: (1) for residential and commercial service; and (2) for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or agent thereof shall make application on a form furnished by the City. The permit applications shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information deemed pertinent in the Director's judgment. A permit and inspection fee as established from time to time by the City shall be paid to the Recorder at the time the application is filed.
C. 
Building Sewer and Service Connection Costs. All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of sewer lines from the main to the residence or building, including reasonable costs previously expended by the City to install the service connection from the main to the approximate property line or right-of-way line, shall be the expense of and paid by the owner.
The owner shall be responsible and shall provide insurance sufficient to indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation.
D. 
Use of Existing Sewers. Any existing building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings or new sewers only when they are determined, on examination and testing by the Director, or his representative, to meet all requirements of this chapter.
E. 
Separate Building Sewer. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for each building. Apartments, courts, motels and similar structures held under a single ownership are permitted to use a single sanitary sewer connection while such single ownership shall continue, such single connection to be of a size and type approved by the Director as adequate for the purpose.
F. 
Basement Service.
1. 
Building sewers serving buildings with basements shall, whenever possible, be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor.
2. 
In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
G. 
Restricted Connections. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of storm or other surface water runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
H. 
Point of Connection. Building sewer connections shall be made at the sewer main, except as provided in Section 8.08.060(B). The cost to connect shall be paid by the owner or agent.
I. 
Building Sewers. Construction of building sewers shall conform to this chapter and to the Engineering Specifications for Building Sewer Construction in the City of Yachats together with all amendments thereof, or hereafter adopted. Copies of Engineering Specifications are available at the office of the Director.
J. 
Maintenance and Repair. The property owner shall be responsible for all the maintenance and repair and the costs associated therewith of the private sewer lateral from the structure to the City sanitary main line.
(Ord. 188 § 7, 1996; Ord. 278, Amended, March 2008; Ord. 313 Amended March 2012)
A. 
Engineering requirements and standard specifications for sewer construction have been adopted by Yachats Municipal Code - Chapter 7.04, and are applied, as now constituted or hereafter amended, adopted or codified.
B. 
Tracing wire. All new private sewer lateral construction shall be installed with a tracing wire to make "locates" possible.
(Ord. 188 § 8, 1996; Ord. 278, Amended, March 2008; Ord. 313 Amended March 2012)
A. 
Approval Required. No connection shall be made to the City sewerage system without the prior approval of the City.
B. 
Sewer Connection to City System. Sewers shall be planned so as to require the minimum practical number of points of connection to the City system.
C. 
Sewer Surcharges.
1. 
An additional charge shall be made for quantities of water other than sewage and industrial waste in excess of the volume established for design purposes in the Engineering Requirements and Standard Specifications as adopted by Ordinance 143 or amendments thereto. Any charge made in addition to the regular charge shall be based on metered records of flow taken and compiled by the City. Daily surcharges for excess flow shall be as established by rate schedules adopted by resolution of the City.
2. 
To determine when quantities of water other than sewage and industrial waste entering the City's sewerage facilities become excessive, the City may meter and record flows from suspected areas between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The flows during this period, less a 10% allowance for possible night-time use of the system, shall be assumed to be water other than sewage and industrial waste. If this amount exceeds the allowance as set forth in the Engineering Requirements and Standard Specifications, as adopted by Ordinance 143, the area shall be deemed to be contributing excessive flow. Significant commercial activity during the test period, such as manufacturing, will be metered at the source and subtracted from the above metered flows to arrive at the quantity of water other than sewage and industrial waste.
3. 
If the City elects to meter and record total daily flow from such sewers, the person shall be given at least five days' notice in writing in advance of such metering. Metering periods shall continue until excessive flow conditions are corrected.
(Ord. 188 § 9, 1996)
A. 
Prohibited Discharges. No person shall discharge into the public sewer, directly or indirectly, any material or substance which is prohibited by any ordinance of the City or other law. No person shall discharge any material whatsoever into a City manhole through its top.
B. 
Interference With Operation of City System. No unauthorized person shall enter any City sewer, manhole, pumping station, treatment plant or appurtenant facility. No person shall maliciously, will-fully or negligently break, damage, destroy, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the City system. No person, other than an authorized employee or agent of the City, shall operate or change the operation of any City sewer, pumping station, treatment plant or appurtenant facility.
(Ord. 188 § 10, 1996)
A. 
Imposed. The City Council shall establish and may amend by resolution all rates, fees, penalties and other charges for service, maintenance, operation and replacement of the sewer system.
B. 
Billing. Billings for sewer service shall commence, and shall be prorated from, the day the sewer connection is completed, inspected and approved by the City public works department for a new service. It shall be the property owner's responsibility to request the inspection prior to use. When ownership is transferred for an established service, the billing for the base rate shall be prorated based on the date of transfer. A monthly base rate shall be charged for sewer service and excess charges shall be based on the number of cubic feet of water used. All provisions of Section 8.04.040 shall apply for sewer service.
(Ord. 188 § 11, 1996; Ord. 227, Amended, April 2002; Ord. 313 Amended March 2012)
A. 
Denial of Connection. No person may connect a sewer to the City sewerage system unless such person is in compliance with the terms, provisions and conditions of this chapter, including all applicable Engineering Specifications for Construction.
B. 
Issuance of Stop Work Order. If any person shall construct a public sewer, private sewer or building sewer in violation of this chapter including all Engineering Specifications for Construction, the City may issue an order to such person to stop work in progress which is not in compliance with this chapter or the City may issue an order to correct work which has been performed. Such person shall forthwith take such action as may be necessary to comply with such order and with this chapter, at the sole expense of such person.
C. 
Compliance with Order to Discontinue Prohibited Discharges. The City may order the owner of any property from which discharges prohibited by Section 8.08.040 are entering any sewer to correct such condition. If the property of such owner lies within a local government agency, the City shall first give written notice of such prohibited discharge to the agency, and only if such agency fails to correct such condition within 30 days after receipt of such notice, the City may directly order such owner to correct such condition. If any owner shall not correct the condition within 30 days following receipt of such City order, the City may dis-continue water service.
Any person discharging any material deemed to be dangerous, injurious to treatment process, hazardous to any person, structure or treatment unit, may be subject to immediate discontinuance at the discretion of the Director of sewer service without prior notice. The City may also discontinue water service.
D. 
Delinquency. All provisions of Section 8.04.040 shall apply for sewer service.
E. 
Discontinuance of Service. The City shall have the right to discontinue water service to any person in the event of failure: (1) to pay sewer service charges after they become delinquent; (2) to cease discharging to the sewer substances prohibited by laws, rules and regulations of the City; (3) to have flow or sampling devices in proper operating condition for more than one week; or (4) to connect to the public sewer when it becomes available to a property. City service shall not be restored until all charges have been paid and the cause for discontinuance of service corrected.
F. 
Ownership and Occupancy Changes. Change of ownership or occupancy of premises found delinquent shall not be cause for reducing or eliminating these penalties.
G. 
Notice of Violation. Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be given written notice stating the nature of the violation. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
H. 
Liability for Expenses, Loss or Damage. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
I. 
Injunction, Abatement Proceedings. The City may, as an alternative to other remedies that are legally available, institute an injunctive, abatement or other appropriate proceeding to enjoin temporarily or permanently, prevent, abate or remove any violation of this chapter.
J. 
Civil Infractions and Forfeiture Amounts. Any person violating any provisions of this chapter shall be sanctioned under the provisions of Chapter 1.12. Any violation shall be classified as a Class A infraction. Each day that any person violates any provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 188 § 12, 1996; Ord. 313 Amended March 2012)
Any decision or action of the City made or taken pursuant to this chapter may be appealed to the Council by filing written notice of appeal with the Recorder within 45 days following such decision or action. Such notice of appeal shall set forth in reasonable detail the action or decision appealed from the appellant's grounds for reversal or modification thereof. No later than the next regular Council meeting following receipt of such notice, the Council shall set a time for hearing upon such appeal. The action of the Council upon such appeal shall be conclusive, subject to appeal in the manner required by law.
(Ord. 188 § 13, 1996)