HomeMy WebLinkAbout3146ORDINANCE NO. 3146
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, providing for
the processing of septic waste from within Clallam County at the City's
Sewage Treatment Plant and amending Ordinance 2394 as amended and
Chapter 13.64 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Ordinance 2394 as amended and Chapter 13.64 of the Port Angeles
Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending Chapter 13.64 PAMC to read as follows:
Chapter 13.64
SEPTIC HAULER DISCHARGE
Sections:
13.64.010
13.64.020
13.64.030
13.64.040
13.64.050
13.64.060
13.64.070
13.64.080
Septic Tank Discharge Permit Required.
Discharge Only at Approved Points.
Manifests Required.
Sampling and Testing.
Twenty -Four Hour Notice Required.
Annual Fee Required.
Volume Fee Required.
Acceptance of Waste from Outside Clallam County Not Permitted.
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13.64.010 Septic Tank Discharge Permit Required. 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 nontransferable. (Ord. 2394
Ch. V §1, 6/2/86)
13.64.020 Discharge Only at Approved Points. Wastes discharged into the sanitary
sewer system shall be discharged only at
the City's Sewage Treatment Plant and in a clean, inoffensive manner satisfactory to the Director
of Public Works and Utilities. Equipment and methods used by the permittee to discharge, if
offensive, shall be grounds for refusal to grant such permit.
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13.64.030 Manifests Required. The discharger of such waste shall, as a condition of
the Septic Tank Discharge Permit, maintain a manifest of each load discharged into at the Sewage
Treatment Plant publie- sewer-s-pstem. A copy of the manifest shall be given to the City at the time
of discharge ' . ... . The manifest shall be on a form approved by the Director
of Public Works and Utilities and contain all information required by the Director, including the
composition and volume of the discharge and the name and address of the septic tank owner or other
discharger.
discharge.
13.64.040 Sampling and Testing. The City will periodically sample and test the
13.64.050
Hours of Discharge.
Discharge of waste
permitted under this Chapter shall be made at the City's Sewage Treatment Plant during regularly
scheduled workdays from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
13.64.060 Annual Fee Required. The annual fee, which is nonrefundable, shall be as
set forth in Chapter 3.70 PAMC and shall be payable on January 1st of each year.
13.64.070 Volume Fee Required. In addition to the annual permit fee, each discharger
shall be billed on a monthly basis for the volume that is discharged into at the system.
Sewage Treatment Plant. The charge shall be as follows:
A. 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 as set forth in Chapter 3.70
PAMC. (Fresh waste shall have a BOD5 loading less than 400 mg/land a Suspended Solids loading
less than 400 mg/1.)
B. Other septic discharge shall be charged at a rate as set forth in Chapter 3.70
PAMC.
13.64.080 Acceptance of Waste From Outside Clallam County Not Permitted. Waste,
which is generated, or has its point of origin, outside of Clallam County, shall not be permitted to
be discharged into the City's sewer system.
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the City's sewer system unless specifically approved by
Section 2 - Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance, or its application to any
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
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Section 3 - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect five days following the date
of its publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 16th day of September , 2003.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Becky J. U ty Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Craig D. Knut on, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: September 21, 2003
By Summary
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September 11, 2003
Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on September 16, 2003
Ordinance No. 3145
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, increases electric rates by $0.0031
per kWh for all rate classes and by 5.7% for all fixed charge classes of customers, except the
industrial transmission class, and amends Ordinance 2054, as amended, and Chapter 13.12
of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. This Ordinance shall take effect on all billings
beginning October 1, 2003.
Ordinance No. 3146
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, provides for the processing of
septic waste from within Clallam County at the City's Sewage Treatment Plans and amends
Ordinance 2394, as amended, and Chapter 13.64 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code.
The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office or will be mailed
upon request. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Unless
otherwise noted above, these Ordinances shall take effect five days after publication of these
summaries.
Becky J. Upton
City Clerk
Publish: September 21, 2003