HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-10-28 - ORDINANCES - MUNICODE AMEND SANITARY SEWERS (2)ORDINANCE NO. 08-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 24.080 AND
CHAPTER 36.400 OF TITLE 15, OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE
CONCERNING SANITARY SEWERS AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita has previously adopted
Ordinance 90-18, Utilities, which gives effect to Title 15, Chapter 20 of the Santa Clarita
Municipal Code which is regarding Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste; and
WHEREAS, in May 2006 the State Water Resources Control Board issued statewide
Waste Discharge Requirements (WDR) for sanitary sewer systems. The WDR requires public
agencies who own a sanitary sewer system to develop and implement a sewer system
management plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita is the owner of the sanitary sewer system and is
responsible for complying with the WDR; and
WHEREAS, as prescribed by the WDR, the owner of the sewer system must demonstrate
through ordinances, service agreements, or other legally binding procedures that it possesses the
legal authority to:
• Prevent illicit discharges into its sanitary sewer.
• Require that sewers and connections be properly designed and constructed.
• Ensure access for maintenance, inspection, or repairs for portions of the sewer
maintained by the public agency.
• Limit the discharge of fats, oils, grease, and other debris that may cause blockages.
• Enforce any violation of its sewer ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita has contracted with the County of Los Angeles to
perform industrial waste permitting, inspection, and enforcement consistent with federal law,
state law, and the Santa Clarita Municipal Code. In addition, the City utilizes the Los Angeles
County Sewer Maintenance Districts in order to maintain the sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the existing sewer ordinance, Title 15, Division 2, Sanitary Sewers and
Industrial Waste, pertains to these issues. Minor revisions are necessary to include language to
make it consistent with the language contained in the WDR.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 15.24.080 is amended to read as follows:
"15.24.080 Enforcement—City Engineer Powers.
The City Engineer, or designee, shall enforce all the provisions of this Division 2, and for such
purpose shall have the powers necessary for such enforcement."
SECTION 2. That Section 15.24.080 is amended to read as follows:
"15.36.400 Deposit of Certain Substances Prohibited.
A person shall not place, throw, or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown, or deposited
in any public sewer or main -line sewer any dead animal, offal, or garbage, fish, fruit or vegetable
waste, debris, cut roots, other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any kind, of such
nature, as shall clog, obstruct or fill such sewer, or which shall interfere with or prevent the
effective use or operation thereof. A person shall not cause or permit to be deposited, or
discharged into any such sewer any water, or sewage, or liquid waste of any kind containing
chemicals, fats, oils and grease (collectively referred to as FOG), tars or other matters in solution
or suspension, which may clog, obstruct, or fill the same, or which may in any way damage or
interfere with, or prevent the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or require frequent
repair, cleaning out, or flushing of such sewer to render the same operative, or which may
obstruct or cause an unwanted increase in the cost of treatment of the sewage or which may
introduce into a publicly owned treatment works, any pollutant(s) which cause pass through or
interference. Stormwater runoff shall not be discharged into a sanitary sewer."
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from its
passage and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall
cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of October, 2008.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sharon L. Dawson, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 08-15 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 14th day of October, 2008. That thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day
of October, 2008, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS
Ender, Weste, Ferry, McLean, Kellar
None
None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 08-15
and was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law (G.C. 402606).
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. 08-15, adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Clarita, CA on October 28, 2008, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this day of
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Sharon L. Dawson, MMC
City Clerk
By
Susan Caputo, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
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