HomeMy WebLinkAbout2358ORDINANCE NO. g255?
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, regulating the discharge of
septic tank, cesspool, holding tank,
chemical toilet, portable toilet and privy
wastes into the public sewer system; and
amending Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2324.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WASHING-
TON, DOES ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of Ordinance 2324 is amended to
read as follows:
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, or any individual person, 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. Such permit shall be non - transferable.
B. 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. Waste generated from outside the
City shall not be permitted into the system. Equipment and
methods used by the permittee to discharge, if offensive, shall
be grounds for refusal to grant such permit.
C. The discharger of such waste shall, as a condition of
the Septic Tank Discharge Permit, maintain a manifest of each
load discharged into the public sewer system. A copy of the
manifest shall be given to the City at the time of discharge into
the public sewer system. The manifest shall be on a form ap-
proved by the Director of Public Works and contain all informa-
tion required by the Director, including the composition and
volume of the discharge and the name and address of the septic
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tank owner or other discharger.
D. The City will periodically sample and test the dis-
charge.
E. Prior to discharge of waste into the public sewer
system, the discharger shall make an appointment to discharge
such waste at least 24 hours before the time for which the dis-
charge is to be scheduled.
F. The annual fee, which is non - refundable, shall be $50
and shall be payable on January 1st of each year.
G. In addition to the annual permit fee, each discharger
shall be billed on a monthly basis for the volume that is dis-
charged into the public sewer system. The charge shall be as
follows:
1. Fresh waste which has not begun to decompose or
waste chemically treated to reduce BOD and suspended solid
loading shall be charged at a rate of $0.02 per gallon of waste.
2. Other septic discharge shall be charged at a rate
of $0.09 per gallon of waste.
Section 2 Severability. If any provision of this
Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance is
held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or the application
of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not
affected, and to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are
declared to be severable.
Section 3 Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
effect November 20, 1985.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular 45T egular meeting of said Council held on the � day of
Odor- , 1985.
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ATTEST:
Merr� A. Lannoye, City clerk
APP D AS TO FORM:
Craig D. nutson, City Attorney
PUBLISHED:
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