HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-06-09 - ORDINANCES - INDUSTRIAL WASTE AMEND (2)ORDINANCE 09-8
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY,
AND WELL-BEING WITH RESPECT TO INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL PERMITS,
PLAN REVIEWS, INSPECTIONS, AND OTHER NECESSARY SERVICES BY AMENDING
SECTIONS 15.20.010, 15.20.020, 15.20.030, 15.20.040, AND 15.20.050 OF CHAPTER 15.20
SANITARY SEWERS AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE, ADOPTING THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES CODE TITLE 20, UTILITIES, DIVISION 2, SANITARY SEWER AND
INDUSTRIAL WASTE BY REFERENCE, AND REPEALING SECTIONS 15.20.060 -
15.40.040 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLE 15, DIVISION 2
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. In order to protect public health, safety, and well-being relating to disposal
of industrial waste within the City, and to protect the quiet enjoyment of property pursuant to the
authority of Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution, Sections 15.20.010, 15.20.020,
15.20.030, 15.20.040 and 15.20.050 of Chapter 15.20 "Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste" of
the Santa Clarita Municipal Code are amended to read as follows:
"Section 15.20.010 Adoption of County Ordinance
A. There is adopted, except as otherwise provided, by reference, as a sanitary sewer and
industrial waste ordinance of the City of Santa Clarita, except as it is hereinafter amended, Los
Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste, as
amended.
B Three copies of the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, have been
deposited with the City Clerk and shall be at all times maintained by the City Clerk for use and
examination by the public.
C. Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, Sanitary Sewers and Industrial
Waste, adopted by this chapter as the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Code of the City, are
amended to read as set forth in the sections below:
Section 15.20.020 Plan Review and Fees for Storm Water Monitoring and Treatment.
Section 20.28.260 Classes of businesses, processes and industries for plan review and
inspection fee is amended in to read as follows:
"Plan review and inspection fees for the categories listed below shall be fixed and established
from time to time by City Council resolution:
Storm Water Monitoring
Storm Water treatment BMP Approval/monitoring"
Section 15.20.030 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 glob, obstruct, or fill the same, or which may in any way
damage or interfere with, or preventing the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or
require frequent repair, cleaning out, or flushing of such serve 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 publically owned treatment works any pollutants(s) which cause pass
through interference. Stormwater runoff shall be discharged into a sanitary sewer.
15.20.040 Fees
Except for those services identified in 15.20.020, the City shall collect a 5 percent administrative
fee in addition to the fees charged pursuant to Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities,
Division 2, Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste, as amended.
15.20.050 Penalties
A. Every person violating any provision of this Chapter or any condition or limitation of permit
issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by fine not
exceeding $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County jail for a period not exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Each day during which any violation described in this Division 2 as willful continues shall
constitute a separate offense punishable as provided by this Chapter."
SECTION 2. Santa Clanta Municipal Code Sections 15.20.060 - 15.40.040 are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall not take effect until thirty (30) days after its final
passage.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
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Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall
cause a summary thereof to be published within fifteen (15) days of the adoption, including the
vote for and against the same, in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th d:
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. 09-8 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 26th day of May, 2009. That thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 9th day
of June, 2009, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
McLean, Kellar, Ender, Weste, Ferry
None
None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the foregoing is the original, of Ordinance No. 09-8 and
was published in The Signal newspaper in accordance with State Law-(G_"Z. 40-80(5).-
CITY
080(5).CITY CLERK
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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 C:larita, do hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of the original Ordinance No. 09-8, adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Clarita, CA on June 9, 2009, 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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