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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1971-1289ORDINANCE NO. 12S9 AN -ORDINANCE OF T H E CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1230 ESTAB- LISHING PROCEDURES F. 0 R THE INSPECTION, ANALYSIS, A.ND DISPOSAL OF INDUS- TRIAL WASTES Then City Council ofthe ornita Na tional ational City, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That City Ordi- nance No. 1230 of the City of National City, and all other ordinances and parts of ordi- nances in conflict with this ordi- nance are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. OBJECTION- ABLE SEWAGE PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any per- son, firm, or corporation, to cause to enter or permit to enter the public sewerage sys- tem any substance, liquid, gas, or solid, which would cause a public nuisance or hazard to life, or would be deleterious to the plumbing system, public sewerage system, or to the waters receiving the discharge of the public sewerage system. SECTION 3. DISPOSAL PER- 14IIT REQUIRED. Any person, firm, corporation, or govern- mental agency desiring to dis- charge industrial wastes into the sewerage system shall ob- tain a permit to discharge said wastes into said system from the Director of Building and Housing. SECTION 4. REGULATIONS. The Director of Building and Housing shall promulgate and enforce regulations necessary to the administration of this ordi- nance. He may amend such regulations from time to time as conditions require. These regulations shall be consistent w it h the general policy established by the City Council and shall be approved by reso- lution of the City Council. SECTION 5. APPEAL. In the event that any interested or affected person shall be dis- satisfied with any action or determination of the Director of Building and Housing, such person shall be entitled to make an appeal in writing to the City Manager. If dissatisfied with the determination of the City Manager, said person shall be entitled to make an appeal in writing to the City Council. If thirty (30) days or more shall elapse following the action or determination of any one of the officials in the above designated chain of appeal without an appeal being taken therefrom, then the action or determination of such official or officials shall be final. SECTION E. NOTICE OF VIOLATION. Any person, firm, or corporation found to be violating any provision of this ordinance or a n y regnln.tion promulgated relative thereto shall be served by the Director of Building and Housing with a written notice which shall state the nature of the violation and shall provide a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, per- manently cease all violation. SECTION 7. SUSPENSION OF SEWER SERVICE. When deemed necessary by the Direc- tor of Building and Housing for the preservation of the public health or safety or for the protection of public or private property, he may suspend sewer service to any person, firm, or corporation using', the sewer sys- tem in any manner or way to endanger the public health or safety, or public or private property. In suspending service he may sever all pertinent connections to the public sewerage system. If such en- dangerment shall be imminent, then the Director may act immediately to suspend sewer service coincident with notice or warning to said person, firm, or corporation. Section 8. TESTS AND IN- SPECTION. (A) The Director of Building and Housing or other duly a u t h or i z e d employees and agents of the City shall be per- mitted to enter onto all prop- erties at any reasonable hour for the purpose of (1) deter- mination of the size, depth, location, and condition of any sewer or drain connection; (2) determination of the location, use, and discharge connections of interceptors, and plumbing fixtures; and (3) inspection, observation , measurement, sampling, and testing of the quality and characteristics of sewage or other liquids or wastes being discharged into the public sewerage system. (B) Where warranted, in- stallation of an appropriate manhole or manholes for purposes of sampling the final industrial waste discharge may be required by the Director of Building and Housing. (C) Whenever an analysis of the sewage and wastes from any plant, building, or premises of an industrial or commercial character confirms the presence of any substance, liquid, gas, or solids in sufficient quantity or condition which would cause a public nuisance or hazard to life or would be deleterious to the plumbing system, public sewerage system, or to the waters receiving the discharge of the public sewerage system, the owner of said plant, building, or premises shall pay to the City Treasurer of the City of National City the cost of each such sewage and wastes analysis. SECTION 9. DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases whenever used in this ordinance or in the regulations promulgated in relation thereto shall be construed as defined herein. (A) INDUSTRIAL WASTES. All wastes other than domestic wastes. (B) SEWAGE. Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, including I i q u ids containing chemicals in solu- tion. (C) PLUMBING SYSTEM. The plumbing system means and in- cludes all potable water supply and distribution pipes, all plumb- ing fixtures and traps, all drain- age and vent pipe, and all drains, including their respective joints and connections, devices, recep- tacles, and appurtenances within property lines of private prop- erty. (D) SEWERAGE. Sewerage is a comprehensive term including all construction and appurtenant equipment utilized in the collec- tion, trasportation, pump in g, treatment and final disposal of sewage. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 14th day of December, 1971, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen Camacho, Reid, Waters. :iforgan NAYES: Councilmen None ABSENT: Councilmen Hogue KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, California ATTEST: IONE MINOGUE City Clerk I hereby approve the fore- going Ordinance this 14th day of December, 1971. KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, California I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 1289 of the Ordinances of the City of National !City, Ca ornia, by e City Co ncil d approved by aid City, o the 971. OGUE `k of the City of NationaCity, California. NC5471 12-`22-81 as a of id Cit the Mayor o 14th ay bTT'1 (s) ION City Cle AND I HEREBY CERTIFY that the same has been duly published.., cordino law. Cit Clerk, City of Tonal City, California