HomeMy WebLinkAbout2324ORDINANCE NO. E3gs4
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
establishing rates for service
and septic tank discharge, establishing a
septic tank discharge permit, and amending
Section 1 of Ordinance 1258, Section 3
of Ordinance 2019, Sections 2(a) and (b)
and 3 of Ordinance 1548, and Sections 1
and 2 of Ordinance 1696, and repealing
Ordinance 1575.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance 2258, Section 3 of
Ordinance 2019, Section 1 of Ordinance 1696, and Section 2(a) and
(b) of Ordinance 1548 are each amended to read as follows:
(a) The charge for each single residential unit and
each living unit shall be the sum of $7.40 per month.
(b) Each commercial and industrial discharger
connected with the City water system shall be charged monthly a
customer charge of $1.35 per month plus $0.39 per 100 cubic feet
for the amount of metered water consumed by the user in the
billing period.
Section 2. Section 2 of Ordinance 1696 and Section 3
of Ordinance 1548 are each amended to read as follows:
Section 3. Hook -up. The owner or owners of each lot
or parcel of real property within the area served or to be served
by the sanitary sewage disposal system of the City of Port
Angeles as it now exists or as it may be extended, upon which
such lot or parcel there is or shall be situated any building or
structures for human occupation or for any purpose requiring the
use of water which will produce waste, shall forthwith cause a
connection to be made between said sanitary sewage disposal
system and each such building or structure. All premises within
300 feet of a sanitary sewer or lateral thereof upon which any
portion of such building or structure is situated shall be deemed
to be within the area served by such sewerage system, provided
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that the City Manager, the City Engineer and the City Sanitarian
acting in concert may issue a revocable permit waiving this
requirement if, in their opinion, such an installation is
economically unfeasible due to topographic conditions and a
sanitary problem will not be created. Any person requesting such
a permit and being denied one may appeal the decision to the City
Council within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of denial
of such permit.
Section 3. Commercial and industrial dischargers which
have a lower water or wastewater discharge into the public sewers
than is reflected by their water consumption may apply in writing
to the Department of Public Works to have their sewer charges
calculated at the rate of $0.44 times the total number of
Equivalent Plumbing Fixtures. The total number of Equivalent
Plumbing Fixtures shall be calculated, based upon the following
table, which is hereby adopted from the United States of America
Standards Institute National Plumbing Code, USASI, A40.8 -1955:
EQUIVALENT PLUMBING FIXTURE UNITS
EQUIVALENT PLUMBING
FIXTURE TYPE FIXTURE UNITS
One bathroom group consisting of tank- operated
water closet, lavatory, and bathtub or shower
stall 6
Bathtub (with or without overhead shower) 2
Bidet 3
Combination sink -and -tray 3
Combination sink - and -tray with food - disposal unit 4
Dental unit or cuspidor 1
Dental lavatory 1
Drinking fountain 15
Dishwasher, domestic 2
Floor drains 1
Kitchen sink, domestic 2
Kitchen sink, domestic, with food waste grinder 3
Lavatory 1
Lavatory 2
Lavatory, barber, beauty parlor 2
Lavatory, surgeon's 2
Laundry tray (1 or 2 compartments) 2
Shower stall, domestic 2
Showers (group) per head 3
Sinks
Surgeon's 3
Flushing rim (with valve) 8
Service (trap standard) 3
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EQUIVALENT PLUMBING
FIXTURE TYPE FIXTURE UNITS
Service (P trap) 2
Pot, scullery, etc. 4
Urinal, pedestal, syphon jet, blowout 8
Urinal, wall lip 4
Urinal stall, washout 4
Urinal trough (each 2 -ft. section) 2
Wash sink (circular or multiple) each set of
faucets 2
Water closet, tank - operated 4
Water closet, valve - operated 8
Section 4
A. No person engaged in the collection and disposal of
materials from cesspools, septic tanks, chemical toilets,
portable toilets and privies, as a business or commercial
enterprise, may discharge into the sanitary sewer system any of
the materials so collected without having first obtained from the
Director of Public Works a Septic Tank Discharge Permit.
B. The fee for said permit shall be $1,500 annually and
shall be payable on January 1st of each year.
C. Wastes discharged into the sanitary sewer system shall
be discharged only at such points designated by the Director of
Public Works and in a clean, inoffensive manner satisfactory to
the Director of Public Works. Equipment and methods used by the
permittee to discharge, if offensive, shall be grounds for
refusal to grant such permit.
D. On January 1, 1985, and on the first day of January of
any succeeding year, each permittee shall file with the Director
of Public Works a certificate giving the number of loads or
partial loads discharged under the permit during the previous
year.
E. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 5 Repealer. Ordinance 1575 is hereby
repealed.
Section 6 Severability. If any provision of this
Chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held
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invalid, the remainder of the Chapter or the application of the
provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
Section 7 Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect January 1, 1985.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the ±,day of
1984.
ATTEST:
Merr A. Lannoye, City 'lerk
APFRO D jA5 TO FO
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Craig D. Iihu; son, City Attorney
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