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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND
WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING RELIEF FOR
THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE I, PREAMBLE
Section 101. The sewerage system of the City of San
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11 underground water basin augments the supply of water used for
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dissolved materials in the treated effluent renders such
effluent unsuitable forre-use as domestic orirrigat;l.on water.
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The State of California Regional Water Pollution
Control Board No. 8 has established limitations upon the
chemical content of sewage effluent discharged by the City of
San Bernardino.
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certain wastes into its sewerage system.
ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS
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Section 105. "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet
into a water course, both ditch, lake, or any other body of
surface or ground water..
Section 106. "Water Course" shall mean a channel in
which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermit-
tently.
Section 107. "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer
which carries sewage and into which storm, surface, and ground
waters are not intentionally admitted.
Section 108. "Combined Sewer" shall mean a sewer
receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Section 109. "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain" shall
mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and poll~ted industrial wastes.
Section 110. "S\:lwage ,Treatment Plant" shall mean
any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
Section 111. "Industrial Waste Water" shall mean
the waste water arising from, or associated with, an industrial
operation. Such operation shall be understood to include
production or refining of petroleum, production, processing,
packing, or canning of fruits, vegetables, meat, or beverages,
laundering of clothing in public laundries or public self-
service laundries, production of fertilizers, keeping of live
stock and operation of dairies, production or dyeing of textiles,
production of soap or other detergents or chemicals, cleaning
of tanks, tank cars, or barrels, plating of materials, pro-
cessing or reclamation of refuse, all kinds of manufacturing
and other similar operations. Waste not comparable in
composition and volume to normal domestic sewage shall be
considered to be industrial wastes, except as hereafter
described. It includes the washing of equipment or spaces
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used in industrial operation, unless otherwise provided for.
It does not include waste waters from the operation of
restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, vehicle service
stations, wash racks, garages, establishments for regeneration
of water softening apparatus, or places of retail business.
It does not include the waste waters from lunch rooms, toilets,
or wash rooms in industrial establishments.
Section 112. "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes
from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from
the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
Section 113. 'Properly Shredded Garbage" shall
mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions
normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater
than 1/4" (one quarter inch) in any dimension.
Section 114. "Building Drain" shall mean that part
of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the
building sewer, beginning 5 feet outside the inner face of
the building wall.
Section 115. "Building Sewer" shall mean the ex-
tension from the building drain to the public sewer or other
place of disposal.
Section 116. "B.a.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen
Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter .under standard labo-
ratory procedure in 5 days at 20 degrees C., expr~ss in parts
per million by weight.
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Section 117. "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the
reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter
of solution.
Section 118. "Suspended Solids"sha11 mean solids
that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in
water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are. removable by
laboratory filtering.
Section 119. "Shall" is mandatory; HMay" is permis-
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Section 120. "Interceptor" shall mean an approved
structure designed to temporarily slow down or retain the
sewage from the premises immediately prior to discharge into
the public sewer to permit the separation of meterial dele-
terious to the operation of the sewage system and treatment
plant.
ARTICLE III. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS
Section 121. No person shall discharge or cause to
be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water,
roof runoff, subsurface drainage, polluted cooling water or
polluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated
as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet
approved by the Street Superintendent. Unpolluted commercial
and industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters
may be discharged, upon approval of the Street Superintendent
and after receiving waste discharge requirements from State
of California Regional Water Pollution Control Board No.8, to
a storm sewer, combined sewer, natural outlet or sanitary
sewer.
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Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall dis-
charge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher
than 1500 F.
(b) Any water or waste which may contain more than
100 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease.
(c) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or
other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(d) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, m~d"straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, fe;l.thers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch
manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of
causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(f) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5
or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property
capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment,
and personnel of the sewage works.
(g) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or
poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or inter-,
fere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to
humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters
of the sewage treatment plant.
(h) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids
of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense
is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment
plant.
(i) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance
capable of creating a public nuisance.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or
wastes having (a) a 5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater
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1 than 300 parts per million by weight, or (b) containing more
2 than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids or
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4 teristics described in Section 121, or (d) having an average
5 daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow
6 of the City, shall be subject to the review and approval of
7 the Street Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion of
8 the Street Superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his
9 expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to,
10 (a) reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 300 parts per
11 million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by
12 weight, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or con-
13 stituents to within the maximum li~its provided for in Section
14 121, or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of
15 such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other
16 pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment
17 facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Street
18 Superintendent and of the Water Pollution Control Commission
19 of the State of. California, and no construction of such
20 facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained
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ARTICLE IV. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS
VEHICLE SERVICING STATIONS
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Section 122. Any station maintained for the
24 servicing or repair'of roadway vehicles shall install and
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the effective date of this ordinance. Waste waters from toilets
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station does not include facilities for the washing of more
than one vehicle at a time, the interceptor shall have an
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operating fluid capable of not less than 6 cubic feet and an
accessible effective water surface not less than 4 square feet.
"Accessible effective water surface" is here understood to mean
a surface which is easily accessible for cleaning and which at
the same time will retain oil floating on the surface of water
passing through the trap under conditions of use. If the
service station has facilities for washing more than one
vehicle at a time, the interceptor shall have an operating
fluid capacity of at least 12 cubic feet and an accessible
effective water surface of at least 6 square feet, and shall
be as much larger than this as is necessary so that a seven-
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day accumulation of sand and oil will not together fill more
than 25% of the fluid capacity. The interceptor shall be
designed so as to retain any oil and grease which will float
and any sand which will settle. It shall be water-tight and
structurally sound and durable. It shall be easily accessible
for cleaning and also for inspection of the City Plumbing
Inspector.
Section 123. Any interceptor legally and properly
installed at a vehicle service station before the effective
date of this ordinance shall be acceptable as an alternative
to the interceptor specified in Section 121, provided such
interceptor is effective in removing sand and oil and is so
designed and installed that it can be inspected and properly
maintained. If the City Plumbing Inspector finds either by
engineering knowledge or by observation, that an interceptor
is incapable of rataining adequately the sand and oil in the
waste water flow from a service station, he shall condemn
such interceptor and declare that it does not meet the require-
ments of this ordinance.
Section 124. 1heCity Plumbing Inspector shall
maintain a file, available for public use, ot suitable designs
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of sand-and-oil interceptors. This shall be for informational
2 purposes. Installation of an interceptor of a design shown
3 in this file, or of any design meeting the size requirements
4 set forth in this ordinance shall not impute any liability
5 to the City of San Be~nardino for the adeq~acy of the inter-
6 ceptor under actual conditions of ~se. It shall not relieve
7 the owner or proprietor of responsibility for keeping sand
8 and oil out of the sewer. If his interceptor is not adequate
9 under the conditions of use he shall construct one which is
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Section 125. The Plumbing Inspector shall not
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13 station if it does not have a sand-and-oil interceptor meeting
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Section 126. The sand-and-oil interceptor of a
16 vehicle servicing station shall be properly maintained. It
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shall be cleaned as often as is necessary to assure that sand
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19 efficiency of the interceptor, or in such amount that sand or
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oil will pass out with the effluent. When an interceptor is
cleaned, the accumulated sediment and floating material shall
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23 An interceptor is not considered to be properly maintained if
24 for any reason it is not in good working condition. It is not
25 considered to be properly maintained if sand and oil accumula-
26 tions total more than 25% of the operating fluid capacity.
27 The owner of any service station, the lessee and sub-lessee
28 if there be such, and the proprietor, operator or superintendent
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ARTICLE V. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS - WATER
TREATMENT WASTE
Section 127. It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to discharge or cause to be discharged from any
establishment, industry or apparatus used for commercial
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regeneration of portable water treating units, or of replacable
elements of water treating equipment, any waste containing
in excess.of 0.36 pOl,lDds of chloride ion per kilo grain of
softening capacity regenerated, Or to discharge any quantities
of other water-treating wastes which may cause or contribute
to difficulties in operation and maintenance of the sanitary
sewer system or sewage treatment works.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
discharge or cause to be discharged from any establishment,
industry or apparatus used for regeneration of water-treating
equipment or for treating of all or a portion of water used by
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sai4 person or person, any waste containing more than 0.20
pounds of chloride ion per kilo grain of softening capacity
regenerated, or to discharge any quantities of other water-
treating wastes which may cause or contribute to difficulties
in operation and maintenance of the sanitary Sewer system or
sewage treatment works. This sectiotl does not apply to use of
individual residential water softening units when regeneration
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Section 128. Any person desiring tolnstall, enlarge,
or replace any apparatus to regenerate iOri-exchange water soften-
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to the Street Superintendent a letter describing the intended
installation or alteration and describing the arrangements
which will serve to prevent improper discharge of the waste
water, including installation and operation of recording
monitoring devices simultaneously recording the conductivity
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and rate of flow of waste discharge or other means of ascertain-
ing compliance with Section 127. Within ten days, the Street
Superintendent shall reply, stating whether or not the disposal
arrangements are adequate to insure against the addition of
excessive mineral salts to the sewage or the ground. No person
shall regenerate an ion-exchange water softener or elements
thereof, in a commercial regeneration establishment unless he
has a letter from the Street Superintendent approving as
satisfactory the proposed arrangements for disposal and monitor-
ing of the waste waters. Such apparatus may be operated only
so long as the method of waste water disposal is as approved
by the Street Superintendent. Alteration in the method of
disposal may be made only after communication to the Street
Superintendent and receipt of a letter of approval as in the
first instance.
Section 129. A person installing or operating a
water treatment apparatus of the kind described in Section 127
shall make such apparatus accessible to the Street Superintendent
for inspection, and shall make such reports as the Street
Superintendent may request as to the operation of the apparatus.
Section 130. Any water treating apparatus which has
a rated capacity less than five gallons in an 8-hour period
shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. Multiple
units installed to supply water to the same points of use shall
be considered as a single apparatus for the purposes of this
section.
Section 131. Nothing in this article shall be
construed as lessening the applicability of other requirements
of this ordinance.
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ARTICLE VI. WAIVERS
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Section 132. If a waste water contains or may contain
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4 the requirements set forth hereinbefore in this ordinance for
5 sewage or industrial waste discharges, but if the Street Super-
6 intendent finds that the discharge will not cause harm to the
7 sewerage system nor unreasonable or inequitable burden in op-
8 eration of the system, and that it will not cause deterioration
9 of the quality of the sewage effluent of the City, then he may
10 grant approval for discharge to the sewer with waiver or modi-
11 fication of the requirement which would not be met. In this
12 letter of approval he shall include a statement regarding the
13 requirement that is waived, with reasons as to why the waiver
14 is reasonable. A copy of this letter shall be filed with the
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ARTICLE VII.
DISCHARGE TO STORM DRAINS.
P TS AND LAND
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Section 133. It shall be unlawful for any person to
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20 storm water channel or natural water course,whether currently
21 carry~ng water or not, or into any pipe or waterway leading
22 to such drain, channel, or water-course, any solid or fluid
23 material which will impair the useful functioning of such drain,
24 channel, or water-course, or which will cause expense to the
25 City in maintaining the proper functioning of same. or which
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Section 134. It shall be unlawful for any person
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course any material which by seeping underground or by being
leached or by reacting with the soil can cause such alterations
of usable underground waters as to be detrimental and as to be
beyopd the range of the effects or' ordinary non-industrial
land uses on underground water. into which such wastes may
seep, or which will violate any requirements of State of
California Regional Water Pollution Control Board No.8.
ARTICLE VIII. APPEALS
Section 135. Any person~~y appeal a decision of the
Street Superintenden~ in respect to the provisions of this
ordinance, to the City Council. Action of the City Council
shall be final insofar as the authority of the City of San
Bernardino is concerned.
ARTICLE IX. PENALTIES
Section 136. Any person, firm or corporation,
whether as principat, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating
or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five
Hundred & 00/100 Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment fO.r a
term not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Such person, firm or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day
during any portion of which any violation of this ordinance
is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation
and shall be punishable as herein .provided.
ARTICLE X. VALIDITY
Section 137. If any section, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The Common Council of the City of San Bernardino
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1 hereby declares that it would have passed and does hereby pass
2 this ordinance and each section, sentence, clause and phrase
3 hereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections,
4 sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid, or un-
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ARTICLE XI. REPEAL
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Section 138. All other ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of
San Bernardino at a )~~~~ meeting thereof
held on the~ day of ~ _.A-/____/~A ./ , 1959, by
the following vote: :
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The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved this
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JACK T. FELTON, Cily Cler/!
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