City of Kalamazoo, MI
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2024-03-04
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Chapter 28 Sewer Use and Pretreatment
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Advertising
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 4A Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 5 (Reserved)
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 Animals and Fowl
- Ch 8 Auctions
- Ch 9 Buildings and Building Regulations
- Ch 10 Cemeteries
- Ch 11 City Bus System
- Ch 12 Civil Defense
- Ch 13 Elections
- Ch 14 Filling Stations
- Ch 15 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 15A Garbage and Trash
- Ch 16 Historic Districts
- Ch 17 Housing Code
- Ch 18 Nondiscrimination
- Ch 18A Fair Housing
- Ch 18B Kalamazoo Transportation Center
- Ch 19 Kalamazoo Mall
- Ch 20 Kalamazoo Municipal Market
- Ch 20A Land Division
- Ch 20B Marihuana Commercial Businesses
- Ch 21 Nuisances
- Ch 22 Offenses and Crimes Generally
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Pawnbrokers; Secondhand Dealers, Precious Metal and Gem Dealers, and Recycling Dealers
- Ch 25 Peddlers; Solicitors; Transient Merchants and Photographers
- Ch 26 Police
- Ch 27 Railroads
- Ch 28 Sewer Use and Pretreatment
- Ch 28 Art 1 General Provisions
- § 28-1-01.01 Purpose and scope.
- § 28-1-01.02 Definitions.
- Ch 28 Art 2 Use of Public Sewers Required
- § 28-2-02.01 Public sanitary sewer system; declaration of necessity.
- § 28-2-02.02 Unlawful deposition.
- § 28-2-02.03 Unlawful construction.
- § 28-2-02.04 Required connection to available sanitary sewer.
- § 28-2-02.05 Public sewer becomes available.
- § 28-2-02.06 Private treatment and disposal requirements.
- § 28-2-02.07 Additional public health requirements.
- Ch 28 Art 3 Sewer Service Laterals and Connections
- § 28-3-03.01 Waste discharge prohibited except through approved sewer connection.
- § 28-3-03.02 Connection permit required.
- § 28-3-03.03 Sewer connection permits; connection costs; performance bonds and insurance.
- § 28-3-03.04 Multiple buildings; separate uses within buildings.
- § 28-3-03.05 Existing sewer service laterals.
- § 28-3-03.06 Construction specifications.
- § 28-3-03.07 Sewer service lateral elevation and location.
- § 28-3-03.08 Floor drains; backwater valve devices.
- § 28-3-03.09 Low sewer service laterals.
- § 28-3-03.10 Connection specifications.
- § 28-3-03.11 Protection and restoration.
- § 28-3-03.12 Connection to sources of runoff prohibited.
- § 28-3-03.13 Pretreatment of any discharge may be required.
- Ch 28 Art 4 Conditions of Service
- § 28-4-04.01 Responsibilities and liabilities for sewer service laterals.
- § 28-4-04.02 Water meters.
- § 28-4-04.03 Disruption of service.
- § 28-4-04.04 Service inspections.
- Ch 28 Art 5 Discharge Prohibited Without Required Approvals, Permits, and Treatment
- § 28-5-05.01 Discharge prohibited.
- Ch 28 Art 6 Regulation of Discharges to POTW
- § 28-6-06.01 Discharge prohibitions.
- § 28-6-06.02 Pretreatment standards and requirements.
- § 28-6-06.03 Right of revision.
- § 28-6-06.04 POTW's right to refuse or condition discharge.
- § 28-6-06.05 Most restrictive standards and requirements apply.
- § 28-6-06.06 Dilution prohibited as substitute for treatment.
- Ch 28 Art 7 User Permits
- § 28-7-07.01 User permit required.
- § 28-7-07.02 Determination of user status.
- § 28-7-07.03 Permit application deadlines.
- § 28-7-07.04 Permit application requirements.
- § 28-7-07.05 Permit issuance, denial, or determination that permit not required.
- § 28-7-07.06 Permit conditions.
- § 28-7-07.07 Permit modifications.
- § 28-7-07.08 Permit duration.
- § 28-7-07.09 Permit reissuance.
- § 28-7-07.10 Continuation of expired permits.
- § 28-7-07.11 Permit suspension and revocation.
- § 28-7-07.12 Limitations on permit transfer.
- § 28-7-07.13 Duty to provide information.
- § 28-7-07.14 Permit appeals.
- § 28-7-07.15 Permits not stayed.
- § 28-7-07.16 Permit fees.
- Ch 28 Art 8 Reporting and Notice Requirements
- § 28-8-08.01 Reports by nondomestic users regarding categorical pretreatment standards and requirements.
- § 28-8-08.02 Reports required for nondomestic users not subject to categorical pretreatment standards.
- § 28-8-08.03 Notice by user of potential problems.
- § 28-8-08.04 Notice by user of violation of pretreatment standards.
- § 28-8-08.05 Notice by user of changed discharge or change in user status.
- § 28-8-08.06 Notice by user regarding wastes that are otherwise hazardous.
- § 28-8-08.07 Notice by user regarding installation of new pretreatment facilities.
- § 28-8-08.08 Notice of intent.
- § 28-8-08.09 Other reports and notices required by this article or by other applicable laws and regulations.
- § 28-8-08.10 Requirements applicable to all required reports, notifications, and applications.
- § 28-8-08.11 Signature and certification requirements.
- Ch 28 Art 9 Sampling, Analysis and Monitoring Requirements
- § 28-9-09.01 Sampling and analytical techniques and procedures.
- § 28-9-09.02 Sampling frequency.
- § 28-9-09.03 Sample types.
- § 28-9-09.04 Sampling methods, equipment and location.
- § 28-9-09.05 Costs of monitoring, sampling and analyses.
- § 28-9-09.06 Self-monitoring.
- § 28-9-09.07 Sampling and analyses performed by POTW.
- § 28-9-09.08 Split samples and sample results.
- § 28-9-09.09 Maintenance, repair and calibration of equipment.
- § 28-9-09.10 Required sampling structures and devices.
- § 28-9-09.11 Determination of flow.
- Ch 28 Art 10 Accidental Discharges
- § 28-10-10.01 General.
- § 28-10-10.02 Designation of person in charge of discharge operations.
- § 28-10-10.03 Description of chemicals stored, used or manufactured by user; user discharges; user premises.
- § 28-10-10.04 Segregation of wastewaters requiring pretreatment.
- § 28-10-10.05 Secondary containment requirements.
- § 28-10-10.06 Submission of pollution incident prevention plan.
- § 28-10-10.07 Posting of accidental discharge information.
- § 28-10-10.08 Notice of accidental discharge.
- § 28-10-10.09 Slug control plan.
- Ch 28 Art 11 Upset and Additional Affirmative Defenses
- § 28-11-11.01 Upset.
- § 28-11-11.02 Additional affirmative defenses.
- Ch 28 Art 12 Bypass
- § 28-12-12.01 Bypass not violating applicable pretreatment standards or requirements.
- § 28-12-12.02 Bypass prohibited.
- § 28-12-12.03 Required notices.
- § 28-12-12.04 POTW approved bypass.
- Ch 28 Art 13 Confidential Information
- § 28-13-13.01 Treatment of confidential information.
- Ch 28 Art 14 Records Retention
- § 28-14-14.01 Maintenance of records.
- Ch 28 Art 15 Management, Supervision, and Control of the POTW
- § 28-15-15.01 Management, supervision, and control of POTW.
- § 28-15-15.02 Powers of Director.
- Ch 28 Art 16 User Pollution Controls
- § 28-16-16.01 Provision by users of necessary pretreatment facilities.
- § 28-16-16.02 Proper operation and maintenance.
- § 28-16-16.03 Removed substances.
- § 28-16-16.04 Duty to halt or reduce activity.
- § 28-16-16.05 Duty to mitigate.
- § 28-16-16.06 Duty to pretreat prior to discharge to POTW.
- § 28-16-16.07 Implementation of best management practices or best management practices plan.
- § 28-16-16.08 FOG interceptors; alternate FOG pretreatment technology; sand traps.
- § 28-16-16.09 Dental amalgam; amalgam separators.
- § 28-16-16.10 Additional pretreatment measures.
- Ch 28 Art 17 Enforcement
- § 28-17-17.01 POTW Inspection, surveillance and monitoring authority; right of entry.
- § 28-17-17.02 Notice of violation.
- § 28-17-17.03 Orders and supplemental enforcement tools.
- § 28-17-17.04 Service of notices of violations, orders and notices of assessments.
- § 28-17-17.05 Publication of users in significant noncompliance.
- § 28-17-17.06 Municipal civil infractions.
- § 28-17-17.07 Criminal penalties; imprisonment.
- § 28-17-17.08 Continuing violation.
- § 28-17-17.09 Number of violations.
- § 28-17-17.10 Nuisance.
- § 28-17-17.11 Reimbursement.
- § 28-17-17.12 Review or approval by City.
- § 28-17-17.13 Severance or suspension of sewer and/or water service.
- § 28-17-17.14 Judicial relief.
- § 28-17-17.15 Cumulative remedies.
- Ch 28 Art 18 Administrative Review and Appeals
- § 28-18-18.01 Procedures available.
- § 28-18-18.02 Informal review and reconsideration by Director.
- § 28-18-18.03 Formal appeal to Wastewater Board of Appeals.
- § 28-18-18.04 Payment of charges, penalties, fines, and other costs or fees.
- § 28-18-18.05 Finality of action.
- § 28-18-18.06 Appeals from determination of WBA.
- Ch 28 Art 19 Protection from Damage
- § 28-19-19.01 Protection from damage.
- Ch 28 Art 20 Municipal Liability
- § 28-20-20.01 No municipal liability.
- Ch 28 Art 21 Use of Public Sewers
- § 28-21-21.01 Use of public sewers conditional.
- Ch 28 Art 22 Industrial Pretreatment Program Fees
- § 28-22-22.01 Purpose.
- § 28-22-22.02 IPP fees.
- § 28-22-22.03 IPP fee amounts.
- § 28-22-22.04 Surcharges.
- § 28-22-22.05 Billing and collection of IPP fees.
- Ch 28 Art 23 Sewer Service Charges, Rates, and Fees
- § 28-23-23.01 System to be operated on rate basis.
- § 28-23-23.02 Connection charges.
- § 28-23-23.03 Wastewater service charges to be charged for all connections; basis; meters.
- § 28-23-23.04 Rate schedules established by City Commission; additional charges.
- § 28-23-23.05 Classification of users for billing purposes.
- § 28-23-23.06 Applicability of demand charge to property not connected to sewer.
- § 28-23-23.07 Billing; responsibility for payment.
- § 28-23-23.08 When due and payable; penalty and interest for delinquency.
- § 28-23-23.09 Charges as lien; collection by suit, discontinuing wastewater service for failure to pay.
- § 28-23-23.10 Disposition of revenue.
- Ch 29 Stormwater System
- Ch 30 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 31 Solid Waste
- Ch 32 Special Assessments for Public Improvements
- Ch 33 Streets and Other Public Grounds
- Ch 34 Swimming Pools
- Ch 35 Taxation
- Ch 36 Traffic Code
- Ch 37 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 38 Water
- Ch 39 Wellhead Protection
- Ch 40 Wreckers
- Ch 41 Cable Television
- Ch 42 Tree Ordinance
- Ch 43 Cable Television Rate Regulations
- Ch 44 Kalamazoo Cable Communications Regulatory Ordinance
- Ch 45 Telecommunications
- Ch 46 Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 50 Zoning
- Appendix
- Apx A Zoning Ordinance
- Apx B Land Subdivision Standards Ordinance
- Apx C Constitution of the Kalamazoo Municipal Golf Association
- Apx D Voting Precinct Boundary Descriptions
- Apx E Economic Development Corporation
- Apx F Downtown Development Authority
- Reference Tables
- Ch CCT Code Comparative Tables
- Ch SRT Statutory Reference Tables
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commissioners
of the City of Kalamazoo 10-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2071.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Freedom of information — See MCLA § 15.231 et
seq.
Bodies of dead animals — See MCLA § 287.651
et seq.
Natural resources and environmental protection — See MCLA
§ 324.101 et seq.
General pretreatment — See MCLA
§ 324.3101 et seq.
Hazardous waste management — See
MCLA § 324.11101 et seq.
Septage waste servicers — See MCLA § 324.11701
et seq.
Liquid industrial by-products — See MCLA § 324.12101
et seq.
Public health — See MCLA § 333.1101 et seq.
Medical waste — See MCLA § 333.13801 et seq.
Licensure of dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants;
requirements and qualifications — See MCLA § 333.16611.
Dental amalgam collection, disposal, and recycling; separator;
requirements; promulgation of rules; local ordinance, regulation,
or resolution — See MCLA § 333.16631.
Revised judicature — See MCLA § 600.101 et seq.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an
effective date of 1-1-2024.
This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 28, Wastewater Discharge
Regulations and Enforcement Procedures, adopted 6-30-1997 by Ord. No.
1639, as amended.
