No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge wastes into the sanitary sewer system which cause, threaten to cause or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances:
A. 
A fire or explosion;
B. 
Obstruction of flow in, or injury to, the sanitary sewer system, or any portion thereof;
C. 
Danger to life or safety of persons;
D. 
Conditions inhibiting or preventing the effective maintenance or operation of the sanitary sewer system;
E. 
Strong or offensive odors, air pollution, or any noxious, toxic or malodorous gas or substance, or gas-producing substances;
F. 
Interference with the wastewater treatment process or overloading of the sanitary sewer system, or excessive collection or treatment costs, or use of a disproportionate share of the capacity of the sanitary sewer system;
G. 
Interference with any wastewater reclamation process which does or may operate in conjunction with the sanitary sewer system, or overloading or a breakdown of such process, or excessive reclamation costs, or any product of the treatment process which renders such reclamation process impracticable or not feasible under normal operating conditions;
H. 
A detrimental environmental impact, or a nuisance wherever located, or a condition unacceptable to any public agency having regulatory jurisdiction over operation of the sanitary sewer system;
I. 
Discoloration, or any other adverse condition in the quality of the effluent from the sanitary sewer system such that receiving water quality requirements established by any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance or permit condition cannot be met by the agency or Authority;
J. 
Conditions at or near the sanitary sewer system, or any portion thereof, which cause, or may cause, the agency or Authority to be in violation of the requirements of law;
K. 
Pollutants introduced into the sanitary sewer system which pass through or cause an interference with the operation or performance of the sanitary system.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged, any storm water, groundwater, rainwater, street drainage, subsurface drainage or yard drainage, either directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewer system, unless a permit therefor is issued by the Authority. Authority may issue such permit only upon a finding by the manager that no reasonable alternative method of disposal of such water is available and upon authorization of the agency.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged any unpolluted water, including, but not limited to, cooling water, process water or blow-down water from cooling towers or evaporative coolers, either directly or indirectly into the sanitary sewer system, unless a permit therefor is issued by the Authority and upon authorization of the agency.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged waste from garbage grinders into the sanitary sewer system, provided, however, that:
A. 
Waste generated in preparation of food normally consumed on the premises which cannot be disposed of as solid waste may be so discharged;
B. 
Except as provided in subsection A of this section, discharge from a garbage grinder may only be made pursuant to a permit issued by the Authority;
C. 
No food waste disposal unit shall be connected to or discharged into any grease trap or grease interceptor. Garbage grinders from which wastes are permitted under either subsection A or B of this section, shall be of such design and capacity to shred wastes used therein such that all waste particles shall be carried freely under normal flow conditions into and through the sanitary sewer system.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged any wastes or wastewater, or any object, material or other substance directly into a manhole or other opening in the sanitary sewer system other than wastes or wastewater through an approved building sewer; provided, however, that wastes or wastewater may be discharged into the sanitary sewer system by means other than through an approved building sewer pursuant to a permit therefor issued by the Authority and upon authorization of the agency.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged any holding tank waste into the sanitary sewer system; provided, however, that:
A. 
Such discharges may be made into facilities designed to receive such wastes and approved by the Authority;
B. 
Such discharges shall be made pursuant to a permit issued therefor by the Authority and authorized by the agency. Unless otherwise provided by the Authority and authorized by the agency, a separate permit shall be required for each separate holding tank waste discharge.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged, any radioactive waste into the sanitary sewerage system, provided, however, that:
A. 
Persons authorized to use radioactive materials by the State Department of Health or other governmental agency empowered to regulate the use of radioactive materials may discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged such wastes, provided that such wastes are discharged in strict conformance with current California radiation control regulations (California Administrative Code, Title XVII, Ch. 5, Sub. Ch. 4, Group 3, Art. 5) and federal regulations and recommendations for such disposal of such wastes; and
B. 
The person so discharging radioactive waste does so in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations of all other regulatory agencies; and
C. 
A permit has been issued therefor by the Authority and authorized by the agency.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
Any discharge from any water conditioning device equipment or system serving an industrial discharger, commercial discharger or planned unit development of five or more residential dwellings and which discharges salts or dissolved salts or solids into the sanitary sewer system is prohibited unless a permit therefor is issued by the Authority and upon authorization of the agency.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to discharge, cause to be discharged or permit to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system, any wastewater containing any of the following constituents in excess of the maximum allowable amounts established in this section therefor:
A. 
0.10 mg/1 Arsenic;
B. 
0.11 mg/1 Cadmium;
C. 
2.77 mg/1 Chromium;
D. 
3.88 mg/1 Copper;
E. 
0.69 mg/1 Lead;
F. 
0.010 mg/1 Mercury;
G. 
3.98 mg/1 Nickel;
H. 
0.43 mg/1 Silver;
I. 
2.61 mg/1 Zinc; or
J. 
1.20 mg/1 Cyanide;
K. 
5.0 mg/1 Phenolic compounds (non-chlorinated);
L. 
1.20 mg/1 Chlorinated Phenolics;
M. 
0.72 µg/1 Aldrin and Dieldrin;
N. 
1.08 µg/1 Chlordane and related compounds;
O. 
0.36 µg/1 DDT and Derivatives;
P. 
0.72 µg/1 Endrin;
Q. 
1.44 µg/1 HCH;
R. 
1.08 µg/1 PCBs;
S. 
2.52 g/1 Toxaphene.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
No person shall, and it is unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged or allow to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system:
A. 
Any wastewater or any part thereof, any liquid, solid, vapor, gas or thing having or developing a temperature of 150ºF (65ºC) or more, or which may cause the temperature at the sewage treatment plant to exceed 104ºF (40ºC);
B. 
Any wastewater or other waste containing more than ±200 mg/1 of oil or grease of animal or vegetable origin;
C. 
Any wastewater or other waste containing more than 100 mg/1 of oil or grease of mineral or petroleum origin;
D. 
Any wastewater or other waste containing a pH lower than 6.0 or having a corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures or equipment of the sanitary sewer system or any portion thereof;
E. 
Any sand, grit, straw, metal, glass, rags, feathers, paper, tar, plastic, wood, leaves, garden clippings, manure, dead animals, offal or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in the sanitary sewer system, or which in any way interferes with the proper operation of the sanitary sewer system;
F. 
Any wastewater or other waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance, not otherwise specifically prohibited in this chapter, in sufficient quantities to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to create a hazard in the sanitary sewer system, or to injure or interfere with the operation thereof;
G. 
Any wastewater containing suspended solids, not otherwise specifically prohibited under the provisions of this chapter, the characteristics or quantity of which require unusual attention, treatment or expense in handling or treating such material in the sanitary sewer system, or any portion thereof;
H. 
The use of diluting waters to meet the requirements or limitations on wastewater strength of this section or Section 13.52.120 is prohibited.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)
Notwithstanding the limitations upon the characteristics or quantity of wastewater discharged, caused to be discharged or permitted to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system pursuant to this article, Authority may, in connection with the issuance of permits pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of this chapter, establish additional or different specific limitations on wastewater strength upon a finding by the Authority, that:
A. 
The limitations set forth in this article may not be sufficient to protect the operation of the sanitary sewer system, or any portion thereof, or that the waste or wastewater proposed to be discharged otherwise constitutes a hazard to, or an unreasonable burden upon, such operation or otherwise causes or significantly contributes to violation of Authority's NPDES permit;
B. 
The limitations set forth in this article may be unreasonably restrictive when applied to a specific industry; imposing a less stringent limitation will not cause or contribute to violation of any state or federal requirement of law; and the less stringent limitation will not result in a pass through, interference or sludge contamination violation; or
C. 
State or federal pretreatment standards are established more stringent than the standards set forth in this article; or
D. 
Specific standards have been established by the state or federal government for a specific category of industrial discharger, more stringent than the standards set forth by this article, which would supersede the limitations set forth in this article, with respect to such category.
(Ord. 9-94 § 2(part), 1994)