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HomeMy WebLinkAbout426_Amend Part 17 Ch 3_Repeal Ord 393 & Providing New Requirements on Use of STP5321 0337 91 990014 CITY OF OWASSO ORDINANCE NO. 426 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 393 WHICH IS PART SEVENTEEN (17), UTILITIES, CHAPTER THREE (3), WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, IN LIEU THEREOF PROVIDING FOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS IN RESPECT TO THE CONNECTION, USE, PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL SEWERS FORMING A PART OF THE SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS LIMITING THE DISCHARGE OF ALL WASTES INTO THE SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM, PROVIDING REMEDIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF, DIRECTING qlh�r CODIFICATION. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, THAT: SECTIONS: 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 SECTION ONE (1): PART 17, Utilities, Chapter 3, Water Treatment Works, of Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, be and the same is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof there be provided as follows: CHAPTER 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM Definitions License and Revocation Bond and Deposit Permit to Connect House Sewer Use of Other Name Inspection Required Inspection Fees Report of Work - Approval Time of Inspection Altering After Inspection Sanitary Sewer- Plumbing Connections Private Repairs Separate Sanitary Sewers - Each Premise" Connections Outside Of District Property Not Assessed Mobil Home Parks Approval of Plans for All Building Sewers, House - Sewers, or House Lines Eight Inches (811) in Diameter or Over Miscellaneous Rules Plugging of abandoned Building Sewer, House Sewer Lines Connections to Public Sanitary Sewers. Admission of Industrial Waste into Public Sanitary Sewers. Prohibited Discharges Administration Confidential Information volume and Sampling of Industrial waste Control Chambers For Industrial Waste Powers and Authority of Enforcing Agents Reconstruction of Public Sanitary Sewers Rules and Regulations Removal Credits 1 5321 0338 SECTION 300. SCOPE THE SCOPE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL INCLUDE ALL GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROHIBITIONS IN RESPECT TO THE CONNECTION, USE, PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL SEWERS FORMING A PART OF THE SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF OWASSO AND TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS LIMITING THE DISCHARGE OF ALL WASTES INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM WHICH COULD OR WOULD CAUSE DAMAGE OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM, OR WOULD DAMAGE OR INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OR THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE QUALITY OF THE EFFLUENT, OR THE SLUDGE, OR CAUSE UNREASONABLE MAINTENANCE, ATTENTION AND EXPENSE TO EITHER THE COLLECTION SYSTEM OR THE TREATMENT FACILITIES; AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED HEREIN. SECTION 3.01 Definitions For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein: (a) B.O.D.: The term "B.O.D." shall mean the quantity of oxygen expressed in milligrams per liter, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature of twenty (20) degree centigrade. The laboratory determinations of B.O.D. shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods ". (b) BUILDING DRAIN shall mean that of the lowest horizontal piping of sanitary drainage system which receives the discharge from sanitary waste, pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sanitary sewer. (c) Building SEWER, HOUSE SEWER, or HOUSE SEWER LINE: The term "Building Sewer, House Sewer, or House Sewer Line" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the sanitary sewer or other place of disposal. (d) CITY: The term "CITY" shall mean the City of Owasso, Oklahoma a municipal corporation, acting through the Utility Board and the City's duly authorized officers or agents. (e) DOMESTIC SEWAGE: The term "Domestic Sewage" shall mean water - carried waste normally discharged into the sanitary sewers of dwellings (including apartments houses and hotels), office buildings, factories and institutions, free from storm surface water and industrial (f) GARBAGE: The term "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes and residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and produce. (g) INDUSTRIAL USER: The term "Industrial User" or Industry" shall mean: 2 5321 0339 (1) Any user of publicly owned treatment works which discharges more than equivalent of 25,000 gals per day (gpd) of sanitary wastes and which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the following divisions: Division A. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Division B. Mining Division D. Manufacturing Division E. Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services Division I. Services A user in the divisions listed shall be excluded if it is determined by the Utility Superintendent of the City of Owasso that it will introduce only segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences. (2) Any user of publicly owned treatment works which discharges wastewater to the treatment works which contains toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate sludge of any municipal systems, or to interfere with any sewage treatment process,or which constitutes a hazard to humans, or animals, creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works. (3) Any user for which Federal Categorical Standards apply. (h) INDUSTRIAL WASTE: The term "Industrial Waste" shall mean all water - carried solids, liquids, and gaseous wastes resulting from any industrial, manufacturing or food processing operation or process, from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of these with water or domestic sewage as distinct from normal domestic sewage. (i) MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg /1): The term "Milligrams Per Liter" (mg /1) shall mean a weight to volume ratio; the milligrams per liter value multiplied by the factor 8.34 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water. (j) NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE: The term "Normal Domestic Sewage" shall mean sewage of the City of Owasso in which the average concentration of suspended solids and five -day B.O.D. is established at 250 milligrams per liter. (k) PERSON, ESTABLISHED, OR OWNER: The term "Person, Established, or Owner" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, partnership or group, their agents, servants, or employees. (1) pH: The term "pH" shall mean the logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined by one of the procedures outlined in "Standard Methods." (m) PREMISE: The term "Premise" shall be construed to mean any plot or tract of ground, regardless of size or plat under individual ownership and /or individual use and occupancy where the water service is metered independently of any other use. 3 5321 0340 (n) PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The term "Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes from the preparation , cooking and dispensing of food, exclusive of egg shells, bones, etc., that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sanitary sewers, with no particles greater than one -half (1/2) inch in any dimension. (o) PUBLIC SANITARY SEWERS: The term "Public Sanitary Sewers" shall include the following meanings: (1) All sanitary sewer of whatever size or extent for which the City of Owasso is responsible for the operation, repair and maintenance thereof. (2) Any sanitary sewer, of whatever size or extent, the construction cost of which has been paid for out of public funds in accordance with Section 287, Title 11, Statutes of the State of Oklahoma. (3) Assessment District Sewer. Any sanitary sewer constructed within a legally constituted district as provided for under Section 274, Title 11, Statutes of the State of Oklahoma. (4) Nonassesssment District Sewer. Any sanitary sewer constructed within a legally constituted district as provided by special ordinance wherein the property owners petition to construct same by cash as provided for under Section 275, Title 11, Statutes of the State of Oklahoma. (5) Outside Sewer Districts. The term "Outside Sewer District" shall mean any system of one or more sanitary sewers other than house sewers constructed outside the corporation limits of the City of Owasso, and connected to the sewerage system of the City of Owasso. The physical boundaries of said "Outside Sewer Districts" shall be as established and defined by legal description, setting forth the actual tracts of land served thereby whether platted or unplatted. Upon annexation to the City of Owasso, such tracts of land as described shall be exempt from subsequent assessment for sanitary sewer construction except as may be provided by the Statutes of the State of Oklahoma. (p) SANITARY SEWER: The term "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer that conveys sewage or wastewater, and into which storm surface and ground waters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not admitted intentionally. (q) SEWER SERVICE CHARGE: The term "Sewer Service Charge" shall mean the charge made on all users of the sanitary sewer system whose wastes do not exceed in strength the concentrations values established in this Ordinance. (r) SEWER SYSTEM: The term "Sewer System" shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewaters and would include the wastewater treatment facilities. (s) SLUG: The term "Slug" shall mean any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste other than toxic materials which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity or flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty - four (24) hour concentration of flows during normal operations. 4 5321 0341 (t) STANDARD METHODS: The term "Standard Methods" shall mean the examination and analytical procedures set forth in the latest edition at the time of analysis of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater" as prepared, approved and published jointly by the American Water Works Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation. (u) STORM WATER RUNOFF: The term "Storm Water Runoff" shall mean that portion of the rainfall that is drained into the storm sewers. (v) SUPERINTENDENT The term "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewerage, or the person succeeding to his duties and functions by whatever name known, or his duly authorized deputy, agent, or representative. (w) SURCHARGE: The term "Surcharge" shall mean the charge in addition to the sewer service charge which is made on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established as representative of normal charges. (x) SUSPENDED SOLIDS: The term "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water. sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods." (y) WASTEWATER or SEWAGE: The term "Wastewater or Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water - carried waste from residences, business establishments, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm water as may be present. (z) WASTEWATER PLANT: The term "Wastewater Plant" shall mean any City -owned facility, device, and structure used for receiving and treating wastewater from the City sanitary sewer system. (aa) COMPOSITE SAMPLE: The term "Composite Sample" shall mean a sample of wastewater composed of samples collected at equal intervals, not exceeding one hour, throughout the operational day of a user, representative of the discharge of the facility. (bb) OPERATIONAL DAY: The term "Operational Day" shall mean that period of time during a twenty -four hour period during which the facility is operating and consequently discharging wastewater. (cc) ACT: The term "Act" or "the Act" shall mean the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq. (dd) AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER: The term "Authorized Representative of Industrial User may be: (1) A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice - president, if the Industrial User is a corporation: (2) A general partner or proprietor if the Industrial User is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; (3) A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates. 5 5321 0342 (ee) GRAB SAMPLE: The term "Grab Sample" shall mean a sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one -time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time. (ff) PRETREATMENT: The term "Pretreatment" shall mean the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutants properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the Public Sanitary Sewer System. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical, or biological processes, or process changes or other means, except as prohibited herein. (gg) NEW SOURCE: The term "New Source" shall mean any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication of proposed regulations prescribing a section 307 (c) (33 U.S.C. 1317) Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standard which will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter promulgated within 120 days after proposal a new source means any source, the construction of which is commenced after the date of promulgation of the standard. (hh) FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD OR CATEGORICAL STANDARD: Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with section (307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1347) which applies to specific Industrial Users. INTERFERENCE: The inhibition or disruption of the City of Owasso treatment process or operations which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the City's NPDES Permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the City of Owasso in accordance with section 405 of the Act, (33U.S.C. 1345) or any criteria, guidelines, or regulations developed pursuant to the Solids waste Disposal Act (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act, or more stringent State of Oklahoma criteria (including those contained in any State of Oklahoma Sludge Management Plan prepared pursuant to Title VI of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the City. (jj) CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR): The term "Code of Federal Regulations" refers to Documents published by the Office of Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Codifying general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. (kk) MONITORING: The term "Monitoring" shall mean the performance of procedures (wastewater flow measurements, wastewater sampling, sample analysis, etc.) necessary to determine wastewater discharge ordinance compliance and /or to verify strength of wastewater flows. SECTION 3.02 LICENSE AND REVOCATION. (a) License: No person shall engage in house sewer construction, house sewer repairing, house sewer cleaning, or making house sewer connections to the sanitary sewer system of the City of Owasso unless such person shall have been licensed by the State Board of Health as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber. 6 5321 0343 (b) License Revocation: Any license required under this Section shall be subject to revocation in accordance with the general provisions of the ordinances of the City of Owasso for the revocation or suspension of licenses. SECTION 3.03 BOND AND DEPOSIT Every person engaging in sanitary sewer work of any kind as defined in this Chapter shall maintain such bonds and deposits as required either by the Plumbing Code of the City of Owasso, or as required by the standard specifications of the City of Owasso for the construction of public or district sanitary sewers or the reconstruction or relocation thereof. All obligations of the principal as incurred in connection with the specific work undertaken under this Title and that he /or she will indemnify and save harmless the City of Owasso from any expense or liability of any kind that may be imposed by law from any act of said principal. Such bonds or deposits shall have prior approval of the Superintendent. SECTION 3.04 PERMIT TO CONNECT HOUSE SEWER It shall be unlawful for any person to proceed with any house sewer connected with or to be connected with any public sanitary sewer system until a permit for such work shall have been obtained from the Superintendent; provided further, that no permit shall be required for the making of minor repairs, unless a portion or a section of the house sewer line is cut out, removed or replaced, or a hole is made in any section of same. SECTION 3.05 USE OF OTHER MANE No person shall allow his name or his license to be used by any other person to obtain any permit or certificate of inspection required by this Chapter, the penalty for non - compliance being suspension of license. SECTION 3.06 INSPECTION REQUIRED All sanitary sewer work from the soil pipe installed under the Plumbing Code outward to the public sanitary sewer must be done or installed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the standard specifications for house sewers and must be inspected by the Superintendent and a certificate of inspection issued therefor, before the same may be used as a connection to any public sanitary sewer line or to any sanitary sewer line connected with a public sanitary sewer line. SECTION 3.07 INSPECTION FEES. The Superintendent shall charge inspection fees for house sewers based on the following schedule: (a) Inside the Corporate Limits of the City (1) Each inspection for any sewer work $15.00 (2) Each re- inspection of corrected faulty work, or work not being ready for inspection when requested $12.00 7 5321 0344 (b) Outside Corporate Limits of the City (1) Each inspection for sewer work $22.50 (2) Each re- inspection for corrected faulty work, or not being ready for inspection when requested $18.00 SECTION 3.08 REPORT OF WORK- APPROVAL. Any person doing sanitary sewer work must report the same to the Superintendent as soon as the pipe work has been completed and is ready for inspection, and must keep the trench open and pipe fully exposed for inspection until said inspection is completed. If such work is approved, a certificate of satisfactory inspection shall be issued to the contractor. SECTION 3.09 TIME OF INSPECTION. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, in all cases when notified, to inspect all house sewers within forty - eight (48) hours after receipt of notice from the Licensed Contractor, Licensed Plumber, or person in charge,that such work is ready for inspection. Holidays and Sundays shall not be computed in said forty-eight hours. SECTION 3.10 ALTERING AFTER INSPECTION. It shall hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to alter or change any sewer pipe or remove any material after inspection has been made without obtaining a permit from the Superintendent to do so, and then said Superintendent shall re- inspect all work altered or changed and the same fee shall be charged as provided for the original inspection. SECTION 3.11 SANITARY SEWER - PLUMBING CONNECTIONS The connection outside of the buildings and underground between soil or waste pipes and the concrete or vitrified tile sanitary sewer shall be thoroughly made with such jointing material as may be approved by the Superintendent. However, these connections shall not be made until the work in the building has been tested and approved by the Plumbing Inspector. SECTION 3.12 PRIVATE REPAIRS. It shall be the duty of all persons owning any property upon which there is a house sewer line connecting with the public sanitary sewer system, to keep such house sewer line in a sufficiently good state of repair that it does not constitute a health nuisance or interfere with the operation and maintenance of the public sanitary sewer system. It shall be the duty of such owner to have the proper repairs made by a licensed contractor or licensed plumber to such repairs is given by the Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewerage. SECTION 3.13 SEPARATE SANITARY SEWERS - EACH PREMISE. Each premise shall have a separate sanitary sewer connection, provided that where, after the public sanitary sewer has been constructed, the adjacent property has been platted, replatted, or the several buildings thereto relocated in such a manner that one on more are separated from the public sanitary sewer then the Superintendent may require an extension of the main or lateral of the public sanitary sewer system so that the said public sanitary sewer could serve directly any building that has been separated from the existing public sanitary sewer; provided further such other requirements are met as to size of pipe, construction and use as the Superintendent may deem 8 5321 0345 necessary and that easement be granted to the public, covering the location of the extended public sanitary sewers across intervening lots or tracts of ground. SECTION 3.14 CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT. Any person owning property or in charge of property within the City limits not included in any duly established public sanitary sewer district within the corporate limits of the City of Owasso, who desires to connect said property with the nearest public sanitary sewer, provided that said public sanitary sewer has not been constructed from public funds, and further provided that said sanitary sewer is neither directly abutting nor located directly thereon such property, and further provided that a sufficient public sanitary sewer can ultimately be constructed to serve the property in a normal manner, shall file a written application with the a Superintendent who shall investigate the same and make his recommendation to the Owasso City Council for approval. If such application is approved by the Council, then the City shall enter into an agreement with such applicant for a connection into the existing public sanitary sewer system. The applicant, as consideration thereof, shall agree (1) to waive any protest against the levying of any assessment thereafter made against said property for the installation of any public sanitary sewers in any district in which said property may be included; (2) to pay a Fifty Dollar ($50.00) connection fee, plus the fee for filing such agreement. In the event the property covered by this agreement is subsequently subdivided into additional premises, new agreements shall be entered into covering each of the new premises, and each premise shall have a separate connection with the public sanitary sewer. SECTION 3.15 PROPERTY NOT ASSESSED. Whenever publicly financed sanitary sewers for the purpose of better drainage, or for other reasons shall be constructed in any alley or other place where otherwise a district sanitary sewer would have been constructed and where such publicly financed sanitary sewer serves the purpose of a district sanitary sewer for the property abutting property or property being crossed thereon, and the owner of such abutting property or property being crossed makes application for permit to connect with such sanitary sewer, no permit shall be issued to such abutting owner, unless he shall have entered into a written agreement with the City of Owasso and have first paid to the City of Owasso an amount equal to that which he would have been required to pay for sufficient district lateral sanitary sewer so constructed as to provide similar service; such amounts to be charged for connections with publicly financed sanitary sewers shall be ascertained by the Superintendent of Waterworks and the City Council. In event the property covered by said agreement is subsequently subdivided into additional premises, and each premises shall have a separate connection with the public sanitary sewer. SECTION 3.16 MOBILE HOME PARRS. Before any permit shall be issued covering the connection to the public sanitary sewer system for any space to be occupied by one or more mobile home, a plan of the area showing the proposed layout of water service pipes, house sewers and sanitary sewer system and profile thereof shall be approved by the Owasso City Council and Superintendent. 9 5321 0346 SECTION 3.17 APPROVAL OF PLANS FOR ALL BUILDING SEWERS, HOUSE SEWERS, OR HOUSE SEWER LINES EIGHT INCHES (8 ") IN DIAMETER OR OVER. Plans for all building sewers, house sewers, or house sewer lines eight inches (811) in diameter and over shall be approved by the Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewerage and the State Department of Health before the initiation of any construction. SECTION 3.18 MISCELLANEOUS RULES (a) No permit shall be issued nor a connection permitted to a public sanitary sewer under construction until said sanitary sewer has been approved by the Superintendent or City Council. (b) The City of Owasso shall be under no obligation to maintain or repair any house sewer as defined in this Chapter. SECTION 3.19 PLUGGING OF ABANDONED BUILDING SEWERS, HOUSE SEWERS, OR HOUSE SEWER LINE CONNECTIONS TO PUBLIC SANITARY SEWERS. (a) Any person, firm, company, partnership or corporation owning any house or other structure connected to any public sanitary sewer shall, before demolition of such house or other structure or before removal of such house or other structure from its situs, cause such line connection to any public sanitary sewer to be plugged adequately and properly. (b) Such plugging as referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section shall be done only by a licensed plumber or licensed contractor. (c) Before any line connection to the public sanitary sewer shall be plugged, the licensed plumber or licensed contractor who is to do such plugging shall secure a permit from the Superintendent for the plugging of such line connection to the public sanitary sewer. (d) After the permit referred to in paragraph (c) of this Section is secured and after the plugging has been completed, it shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent to inspect such sanitary sewer plug to ascertain that the same is proper and adequate. (e) No permit shall be issued for the removal or demolition of any such structure referred to in paragraph (a) hereof until and after the Superintendent shall have approved the sewer plug as being proper and adequate. SECTION 3.20 ADMISSION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE INTO THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWERS. (a) APPROVAL Required. Review and acceptance of the Superintendent shall be obtained prior to discharge into the public sanitary sewers of any wastes or waters having: (1) A five -day 20 degree Centigrade biochemical- oxygen- demand (B.O.D.) greater than 250 mg /l (2) Suspended Solids containing greater than 250 mg /1. (3) The potential to discharge prohibited discharges. 10 5321 0347 (b) Pretreatment. "Where required, as herein specified to modify or eliminate wastes that are harmful to the structures, process, or operation of the sewage works, or detrimental to the quality of the effluent, sludge, the person shall provide, at his expense, such pretreatment as may be determined by the Superintendent, necessary to render the wastes acceptable for admission to the Public Sanitary Sewers, and comply with the limitations specified herein. (c) Industrial Waste with excessive B.O.D. or Suspended Solids.Persons or owners discharging industrial wastes which exhibit none of the characteristics of wastes prohibited in Section 3.19, other than excessive B.O.D. or Suspended Solids but have a concentration during a twenty -four (24) hour period average of B.O.D. or Suspended Solids content in excess of "normal domestic sewage" shall be required to pretreat the industrial wastes to meet the requirements of "normal domestic sewage;" however, such wastes may be accepted for treatment if all the following requirements are met: (1) The waste will not cause damage to the sanitary sewer collection system. (2) The waste will not impair the wastewater treatment process. (3) The discharger of the waste enters into a contractual agreement with the City of Owasso providing for a surcharge over and above the published sewer rates. (d) Grease , Oil and Sand Interceptors. Grease, oil and sand traps or interceptors shall be provided for proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwellings. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for easy cleaning and inspection. Grease and Oil 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, shall be gas tight and watertight. Where installed, all grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. Materials removed from these facilities shall be either utilized by industry or disposed of at designated approved locations. (e) Submission of Information. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment or processing facilities or flow equalization facilities shall be submitted for approval of the Superintendent prior to the start of their construction, if effluent from such facilities is to be discharged into public sanitary sewers. All plans shall be prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer and shall bear his signature and seal. 11 5321 0348 SECTION 3.21 PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. (a) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any storm water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or any water from down spouts, yard drains, yard fountains, and ponds, septic tanks, or lawn sprays into any sanitary sewer. Water from swimming pools, boiler drains, blow -off pipes or cooling water from various equipment, may be discharged into the sanitary sewer by an indirect connection whereby such discharge is cooled if required, and flows into the sanitary sewer,at a rate not to exceed the capacity of the sanitary sewer provided the waste does not contain materials or substances in suspension or solution in violation of the limits prescribed by this Chapter; and provided further that said water from an air conditioning or cooling unit shall in no event exceed one -tenth (0.1) gallon per minute per ton capacity of the unit. Dilution of any waste discharge to the sanitary sewer system is prohibited, whether accomplished by the combination of two or more waste streams by a person or addition of other liquids solely for the purpose of diluting the quality of the waste discharge. (b) No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, into any public sanitary sewer any of the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes: (1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 Fahrenheit or (65 degrees Centigrade), or which would cause the waste -water treatment plant influent to exceeded 104 degree fahrenheit, or (40 degree Centigrade). (2) Any water or waste which contains wax, grease, oil plastic, or other substance that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between 32 degrees to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. (3) Flammable or explosive liquid, solids or gas, such as gasoline, kerosene, benzine, naphtha, and other like substances. (4) Solids or viscous substances in quantities capable of causing obstruction to flow in sanitary sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, whole blood, paunch, manure, hair, and fleshing, entrails, lime slurry, lime residue, slops, chemical residues, paint residues, fiberglass, or bulk solids. (5) Any garbage that has not been properly comminuted or shredded. (6) Any noxious or malodorous substance which can form a gas, which either singly or interacting with other wastes, is capable of causing objectionable odors or hazards to life and property, which forms solids in Concentrations exceeding limits established herein or creates any other condition deleterious to structures or treatment processes; or requires unusual facilities, attention, or expense to handle such materials. 12 5321 0349 (c) Except in quantities, or concentrations, or with provisions as stipulated herein, it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, or individual to discharge waters or waste to the public sanitary sewers containing: (1) Free or emulsified oil and grease exceeding on analysis an average of 100 mg /l (834 pounds per million gallons) of either or both or combinations of free or emulsified oil and grease, if, in the opinion of the Superintendent, it appears probable that such wastes: (a) Can deposit grease or oil in the sanitary sewer lines such manner as to clog the sanitary sewers; (b) Can overload the discharge's skimming and grease handling equipment; (c) Are not amenable to biological oxidation and will therefore pass to the receiving waters without being affected by normal wastewater treatment processes; or (d) Can have deleterious effects on the treatment process due to excessive quantities. (2) Acids or alkalies which attack or corrode sanitary sewers or wastewater disposal structures or have a pH value lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0. (3) Salts of heavy metals, in solution or suspension, in concentrations, toxic to biological wastewater treatment processes, or adversely affect sludge digestion or any other biochemical, biological, or other wastewater treatment process, or to the biota of the receiving stream to which the effluent of the wastewater treatment facility discharges, or exceeding the following, the analytical results to be expressed in terms of the elements indicated: TOXIC SUBSTANCE mg/l Cadmium 0.7 Chromium 3 Copper 3 Lead 0.4 Mercury .002 Nickel 3 Zinc 3 or other elements which will damage collection facilities or are detrimental to treatment processes or are detrimental to the biota of the receiving stream to which the effluent of the wastewater treatment facility discharges. When the volume of a single toxic industrial waste discharge, or the combined toxic industrial waste discharge of a group of industries within a single contributory area, is so large as to raise a question of the ultimate concentration of toxic substances entering a treatment plant or a receiving stream, the Superintendent shall impose separate or special concentration limits upon the discharger to insure: 13 5321 0350 (a) That the concentrations in wastewater of any toxic substances shall not exceed those concentrations in the influent of any wastewater treatment plant toxic to biological wastewater treatment processes, or adversely affect sludge digestion, "or sludge quality ", or any biochemical, biological or other wastewater treatment process. (b) That in no instance will the combined concentrations of any toxic substances in the effluent of any wastewater treatment plant exceed the discharge stream limitations as published by the state regulatory agency. (4) Cyanide or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic gas on acidification in excess of two (2) mg /l as CN in the waste from any outlet into the public sanitary sewers. (5) Radioactive materials exceeding the existing standards of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, or unless they comply with the Atomic Energy Commission Act of 1954 (68 O.D. 919 as amended and Part 20, Sub -Part D- Waste Disposal, Section 20.303, of the Regulations issued by the Atomic Energy Commission, or amendments thereto). (6) Any wastewater containing phenols or other taste producing substances in such concentrations as to produce odor or taste in the effluent as to affect the taste and odor of the receiving waters. (7) Materials which exert or cause: (a) Unusual concentrations of solids or composition; as for example in total suspended solids of inert nature (such as Fuller's Earth) and /or in total dissolved solids (such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, or sodium sulfate); (b) Excessive discoloration: (c) Unusual biochemical oxygen demand or an immediate oxygen demand; (d) High hydrogen sulfide content; or (e) Unusual flow and concentration. (8) Toxic substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment process employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters without first pretreating to a concentration acceptable to the City. When wastewater containing any of the aforementioned materials is discharged into the sanitary sewer and such wastes are not properly pretreated or otherwise corrected, the Superintendent may (i) reject the wastes and terminate the service to the sanitary sewer; (ii) require control of the quantities and rates of discharge of such wastes with flow regulating devices; or (iii) require payment of surcharge for excessive cost of treatment provided such wastes are amenable to treatment by existing wastewater treatment plant facilities. 14 5321 0351 (9) Except where expressly authorized by the Superintendent to do so by an applicable categorical Pretreatment Standard, no Industrial User shall ever increase the use of process water or, in any other way, attempt to dilute a discharge as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with Ordinance discharge limitations. SECTION 3.22 ADMINISTRATION. It shall be unlawful to discharge wastewater to the Public Sanitary Sewer except as authorized by the Superintendent in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Upon promulgation of the Federal Categorical Pretreatment Standards for a particular industrial subcategory, if the discharge limitation defined in that regulation are more stringent than imposed under this ordinance, the Categorical limitation shall govern. (a) INDUSTRIAL USER PERMITS: After the effective date of this Ordinance, no Industrial User shall discharge wastewater to the Public Sanitary Sewer without a valid Wastewater Discharge Permit issued by the Superintendent. All Industrial Users proposing to connect to or to discharge sewage, industrial waste, and other waste to the Public Sanitary sewers shall obtain a Wastewater Discharge permit before connecting to or discharging to the Public Sanitary Sewer. (b) PERMIT APPLICATION - NEW ESTABLISHMENT: Permits for new establishments constructed after the effective date of this Ordinance will be issued only after the following conditions are met: (1) Formal application is submitted on a form issued by the Superintendent. (2) Where applicable, pretreatment facilities and /or flow regulating devices or inspection chambers approved by the Superintendent have been installed. (3) Estimated amounts and strengths of industrial wastes have been agreed upon by both parties. When a discharger discharges 20,000 gallons or more daily, strengths shall be based on actual samples from the point or points of discharge. (4) All new discharges shall provided a control chamber or inspection chamber subject to approval of the Superintendent. (c) PERMIT APPLICATIONS - EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS: Permits for existing establishments, after the effective date of this Ordinance, will be issued only after the following conditions are met: (1) Formal application is submitted on a form issued by the Superintendent within 120 days after the effective date of this Ordinance. (2) Where applicable, plans and specifications for pretreatment facilities and /or control or inspection chambers have been approved by the Superintendent. (3) Estimated amounts and strengths of industrial wastes have been agreed upon by both parties. When a discharger discharges 20,000 gallons or more daily, strength shall be base on actual samples from the point or points of discharge. 15 5321 0352 (d) PERMIT CONDITIONS: Wastewater Discharge Permits shall be expressly subject to all provisions of this Ordinance and all other applicable regulations, user charges and fees established by the City Permits may contain the following: (1) The unit charge or schedule of user charges and fees for the wastewater to be discharged to a community sewer; (2) Limits on the average and maximum wastewater constituents and characteristics; (3) Limits on average and maximum rate and time of discharge or requirements for flow regulations and equalization; (4) Requirements for installation and maintenance of inspection and sampling facilities; (5) Specification for monitoring programs which may include sampling locations, frequency of sampling, number, types, and standards for test and reporting schedule; (6) Compliance schedules; (7) Requirements for submission of technical reports or discharge reports; (8) Requirements for maintaining and retaining plants records relating to wastewater discharge as specified by the City, and affording City access thereto; (9) Requirements for notification of the City or any new introduction of wastewater constituents or any substantial change in the volume or character of the wastewater constituents bring introduced into the wastewater treatment system. (10) Requirements for notification of slug discharges; (11) other conditions as deemed appropriate by the City to ensure compliance with this Ordinance. (e) PERMIT ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL FEES: The Superintendent shall charge fees for the issuance and renewal of permits based on the following schedule: (1) For any person, firm, or establishment discharging any industrial waste into any sanitary sewer which leads to any of the City's wastewater treatment plants: (1) Inside Corporate Limits of 1. The issuance of an initial permit..$500.00. 2. An annual renewal fee after permit. $250.00. (2) Outside Corporate Limits of 1. The issuance of an initial permit. $750.00. 2. An annual renewal fee after permit. $375.00. 16 City one -year issuance of an initial City one -year issuance of an initial 5321 0353 (2) For any industry discharging only normal domestic waste and having no process or manufacturing operation that discharges industrial waste into any sanitary sewer which leads to any of the City's wastewater treatment plants. (1) Inside Corporate Limits of City 1. The issuance of an initial one -year permit. $200.00. 2. An annual renewal fee after issuance of an initial permit. $100.00. (2) Outside Corporate Limits of City 1. The issuance of an initial one -year permit. $300.00 2. An annual renewal fee after issuance of an initial permit. $150.00 A certified annual report shall be submitted to the Superintendent certifying that there have been no changes in the operational procedures, flow rates, BOD, and Suspended Solids values, or if there have been such changes, furnishing the information in such detail as may be required by the City. Failure to submit such reports shall constitute cause for the suspension of revocation of the Wastewater Discharge Permit. Any significant changes in flow rate, BOD, and /or Suspended Solids values or other Characteristics of the industrial waste being discharged shall be reported to the City within thirty (30) days of such changes. In the event a permit is canceled for any cause under the provisions hereof, a fee in an amount twice the applicable initial permit fee shall be charged for subsequent permit. (f) PERMIT TRANSFER: Wastewater Discharge Permits shall be to an Industrial User for a designated premise or premises. A Wastewater Discharge Permit shall not be reassigned, transferred, or sold to a new owner, new user, different premises, or new or changed operations. (g) PERMIT MODIFICATIONS: Upon promulgation of Federal Categorical Standards, the Wastewater Discharge Permit of applicable users shall be modified to require compliance with such regulations and compliance with applicable requirements under 40 CFR 403.12. SECTION 3.23 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Information and data furnished to the Superintendent with respect to the nature and frequency of discharge shall be available to the public or other governmental agency without restriction unless the Industrial User specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Superintendent that the release of such information would divulge information, processes, or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets or proprietary information of the Discharger. When requested by Industrial User furnishing a report, the portions of a report which may disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public but shall be made available upon written request to governmental agencies for use related to this ordinance, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits, State Disposal System Permits and /or the Pretreatment Program. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information. 17 5321 0354 Information accepted by the Superintendent as confidential, shall not be transmitted to any governmental agency or to the general public by the Superintendent until and unless a ten -day notification is given to the Industrial User. SECTION 3.24 VOLUME AND SAMPLING OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE: The volume of waste may be determined by the same methods used to calculate the regular sewer service charge. For establishments discharging less than 20,000 gallons per day, the BOD and Suspended Solids values may be determined from standard values for various industrial established by the Superintendent. In cases where the discharger desires to determine accurate values of B.O.D. and Suspended Solids, the discharger shall install at his expense a control chamber or inspection chamber at a location near the outlet of each building drain or connection with any sanitary sewer of the City as approved by the Superintendent. B.O.D. and Suspended Solids values determined from samples collected from any establishment shall be determined by the Superintendent, the discharger and approved laboratory or an independent laboratory, employed by the discharger and approved by the Superintendent. Such reports shall contain a statement that the sample collected and values determined are based on a twenty -four (24) hour composite sample representative of the establishment's flow. Each industrial user is subject to being monitored at a minimum, annually, and subsequently assessed a monitoring charge. SECTION 3.25 CONTROL CHAMBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTE: Any person discharging or desiring to discharge any industrial waste into any sanitary sewer which leads to any of the City's wastewater treatment plants, shall within one (1) year from the effective date of this Ordinance, provide and maintain in a suitable accessible position on his premises, or such premises occupied by him, an inspection chamber, or manhole, near the outlet of each building sewer, drain, pipe, channel or connection which discharges industrial waste into any sanitary sewer or any sewer connected therewith. Every such manhole, or inspection chamber, shall be of such design and construction as to prevent infiltration by ground and surface waters or introduction of slugs of solids by the installation of screens with maximum openings of one inch, but of sufficient fineness to prevent the entrance of objectionable slugs of solids to the sanitary sewer system, and shall be so maintained by the person discharging wastes so that any authorized representative or employee of the City may readily and safely measure the volume and obtain samples of the flow at all times. Plans for construction of control manholes, or inspection chambers, including such flow measuring devices as may be required by this Ordinance, shall be approved by the Superintendent prior to the beginning of construction. SECTION 3.26 POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF ENFORCING AGENTS. (a) The Superintendent or his duly authorized agent bearing credentials and identification shall be permitted to gain access to such properties as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing, to determine compliance of provisions of the permit. Should a violation of the permit be found, the Superintendent or his designated representative shall serve the person a written notice stating the nature of the violation of the permit and providing a reasonable time limit for 18 5321 0355 satisfactory correction thereof, and the person shall within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice furnish the Superintendent in writing what action has been taken or will be taken to effectuate correction of such violation. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit shall be guilty of violation of the permit, and shall be summarily disconnected from the sanitary sewer and /or water service, such disconnection and reconnection to be at total expense of said person, and the permit shall be revoked by the Superintendent. in addition hereto, the City of Owasso is hereby authorized to seek injunctive relief before the appropriate courts of the State of Oklahoma to prevent the continued violation of this Title. Where acids or chemicals damaging to the sanitary sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper treatment of the wastewater, the Superintendent is authorized to immediately terminate service by such measures as are necessary to protect the facilities. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the City by reason of such violation. (b) Hearing granted on petition; notice and time of hearing. Any person affected by any notice which has been served upon the person in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, or of ant rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or who is aggrieved thereby, and who believes the same to be contrary to the Ordinances or the regulations of the City, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter complained of before the Superintendent or his designated representative; provided that such person shall file in the office of the Superintendent a petition containing a brief statement of the grounds therefor, within fifteen (15) days after the notice was served or received by the person. Upon receipt of such petition the Superintendent or his designated representative shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing, the petitioner shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and show cause why such notice should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing shall be commenced within not more than fifteen (15) days after the day on which the petition is filed; provided, that upon application of the petitioner, the date of the hearing may be postponed for a reasonable time beyond such fifteen (15) days period, and in the judgment of the Superintendent or his designated representative the petitioner has submitted a good and sufficient reason for such postponement. At such hearing, the Superintendent or his designated representative may sustain, modify or withdraw the notice, depending upon his findings as to whether the provisions of the Chapter and of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto have been complied with. If the Superintendent or his designated representative sustains or modifies such notice, it shall be deemed to be final order; provided, that any notice served pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section shall become a final order if written petition for hearing is not filed in the office of the Superintendent within fifteen (15) days after such notice is served or received by the person upon which the same is served. 19 5321 0356 After the hearing in the case of any notices suspending the permit required by this Chapter and such notice having been sustained by the Superintendent or his designated representative, the permit shall be deemed to have been revoked; provided, that any such permit which has been suspended by notice shall be deemed to be revoked if a petition for hearing is not filed in the office of the Superintendent, within fifteen (15) days after such notice is served or received. (c) Proceedings of hearings, findings, notices and orders to be made public records; appeal from final orders to the City of Owasso City Council, City of Owasso, Oklahoma. The proceedings of any hearing held pursuant to this section, including the findings and decision of the Superintendent or his designated representative, shall be summarized, reduced to writing, and entered as a matter of public record in the office of the Superintendent. Such records shall also included a copy of every notice or order issued in connection with the matter. Appeals from any final order of the Superintendent or hid designated representative may be made to the City of Owasso City Council, within fifteen (15) days after a copy of the same has been served upon or received by the petitioner. All such appeals shall be effective when a notice thereof specifying the grounds of the appeal shall have been filed in the office of the Superintendent of Water & Sewage of the City of Owasso. Hearing on appeal shall be do novo before said City Council meetings at their second regular meeting following filing of the notice of appeal. SECTION 3.27 RECONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SANITARY SEWERS. No building, structure, wall, or other above - ground obstruction including additional fill material shall be placed, erected, installed, or permitted directly over any public sanitary sewer. In event any of the above obstructions are to occupy the ground immediately above a public sanitary sewer, it shall be necessary to first re -route the public sanitary sewer at the property owner's expense in order to subsequently comply with the above provisions. In event there is no sufficient grade available in order to perform the re- routing, it shall be necessary for the property owner to present a proposed plan to the Superintendent, setting forth the necessary construction to safeguard the public sanitary sewer. In any event, either the re- routing of the sanitary sewer or reconstruction as approved by the Superintendent shall be carried out through proper contracts and bond with the City of Owasso. SECTION 3.28 RULES AND REGULATIONS. The Superintendent shall prepare standards, rules, and regulations which are deemed necessary to protect the public health and safety and for the administration and enforcement of this Chapter. Such standards, rules and regulations shall be recommended to the City of Owasso City Council for their adoption. SECTION 3.29 REMOVAL CREDITS: The City of Owasso may at its discretion, pursuant to 40 CFR 403.9, apply for removal credits if requested by affected industry(s) and with the following conditions: 20 5321 0357 (1) The requesting industry(s) agree in writing to pay the City's cost of seeking such credits, and escrow an estimated cost as determined by the Superintendent. (2) Removal credits shall not be sought for any parameter which is presently adversely affecting the sanitary sewer system of the City of Owasso or, adversely affecting the Sludge Disposal alternatives pursued by the City. SECTION TWO (2) - CODIFICATION: That the provisions hereof shall be codified in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, as Part Seventeen (17), Utilities, Chapter Three (3), Water Treatment Works, Section 17 -300 through 17 -329, respectively. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 15th day of ,1991 Mark Thompson, Mayor ATTEST: Jane Buchanan, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ronald D. Cates, City Attorney Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn newspaper printed in the City of PUBLISHER'S FEE $18.25 PUBLIC NOTICE Published in the Owasso Reporter, Owasso, Tulsa County, Okla- homa. January 24, 1991. CITY OF OWASSO ORDINANCE NO. 42S AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 393 WHICH IS PART SEVENTEEN (17). UTILI- TIES, CHAPTER THREE (3), WATER TREATMENT WORKS, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF - 1 THE, CITY OF OWASSO, OK HOMA, IN LIEU THEREOF P VIDING FOR GENERAL.j REQUIREMENTS AND PROHISi-,! TIONS IN RESPECT TO CONNECTION, USE, PROTEC- TION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL SEWERS FORMING A PART OF THE SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF`, OWASSO, ESTABLISHING REGU LATIONS LIMITING THE DIS CHARGE OF ALL WASTES:INTO THE SANITARY SEWERAGE SYS-: TEM. PROVIDING REMEDIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED:' HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A,, PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS",' HEREOF, DIRECTING CODIFICA- TION. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 15th day of January, 1991 Is/ Mark Thompsw Mark Thompson, Mayor;: 1 ATTEST: Is/ Jane Buchanan Jane Buchanan, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM.- Ronald D. Cates, City Attorney A complete copy of this Orid nance is available for review in ihs, City Clerk's office at City Hall.