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Ordinance No. 03-3408
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS AMENDING
CHAPTER 25, UTILITIES, OF THE PLAINVIEW CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF WATER
CONTRIBUTED TO THE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM TO
PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF INADEQUATELY TREATED
WASTEWATER INTO THE SYSTEM; CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE;
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; CONFLICTS CLAUSE; EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council:of the City of Plainview recognizes a need to
prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater disposal system,
whether it be inadequately treated or otherwise incompatible with the system;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the public
health and safety of the citizens to enact regulations governing wastewater
contributors;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Plainview hereby ordains that:
Section
The following sections of Chapter 25, Utilities, of the Plainview Code of
Ordinances be amended as follows:
Sewer 25-97. Temperature.
No person may discharge liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one
hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (650 Celsius), or any substance which causes
the temperature of the total wastewater treatment plant influent to increase at a rate of
ten (10) degrees Fahrenheit or more per hour- or a combined total increase of plant
influent temperature to one hundred ~*c=m-four (4-~!04) degrees Fahrenheit. (Ord. No.
76-1912, § 7, 2-24-76)
Sec. 25-105. Sampling and testing.
a) Sampling shall be conducted ~~~-.; --,odsi_n
accordance to 40 CFR 136, reflecting the effect of constituent upon the sewage
works and determining the existence of hazards to health, life, limb and property.
(Note: The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four hour
composite sample from all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab
sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, B.O.D. and
suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls.
Where applicable, 16-hour, 8-hour or come other period may be required~ Periodic
grab samples are used to determine pH.)
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b) Examination and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes required by
this article shall be:
1) Conducted in accordance with the latest edition of"q*o'-'~o",~ ~A~,*~',',,~o"'4n CFR
136~ and
2) Determined from suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided or other
control point authorized by the approving authority.
c) B.O.D. and suspended solids shall be determined from composite sampling.
d) The city may select an independent firm or laboratory to determine flow, B.O.D. and
suspended solids.
e) The city is entitled to select the time of sampling at its sole discretion so long as at
least annual samples are taken.
f) In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be
considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the sanitary sewer to the point
at which the building sewer is connected. In the event the nearest downstream
manhole is unsuitable for collection of a representative sample, the building's sewer
cleanout shall be used for sample collection. (Ord. No. 76-1912, § 15, 2-24-76; Ord.
No. 93-2956, 6-8-93)
Sec. 25-152. Septic tank emptying.
a) No sePtic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet, or any similar receptacle for waste storage
shall be emptied at the Plainview Water Reclamation Plant or any other designated
emptying site or its contents removed except by a person holding an annual
transport permit from the State Agency, as well as an annual disposal permit from
the City Manager or his/her designee.
b) The permittee shall take all reasonable measures to prevent the development or
existence of a nuisance or of any condition hazardous to health which can arise from
his operations, and shall comply with the following:
1) Material taken from a septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet, or any similar
receptacle for waste storage shall be disposed of only in a manner and place
approved by the State Agency. Approval shall be obtained at the time of
issuance of the State permit, and no change in the approval procedure shall be
made by the permittee without prior approval of the State Agency.
2) Every vehicle and all auxiliary equipment used for the transportation or handling
of the contents of any septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet or any similar waste
storage receptacle shall be liquidtight,' gastight, and soundproof, so that no foul
material may spill or escape therefrom. Tanks on septic vehicles shall have a
minimum capacity of seven hundred fifty (750) gallons.
3) No vehicle or auxiliary equipment used for carrying, transporting or handling the
contents of septic tanks, cesspools, chemical toilets or any similar wast,e, storage
receptacle shall be allowed to stand or remain within fifty feet (50) of any
occupied premises.
4) Vehicles and equipment shall be kept in a clean condition and shall not be
opened longer than is necessary when in use.
5) Each vehicle used under this regulation shall have the permittee's State Agency
permit number, name, phone number, transporter number, as well as the
.registration stickers_ visib y inscribed on the side door panels and the rear face in
numerals not less than three (3) inches high.
6) Mixing of incompatible wastes within the same container is prohibited.
Transi:)orters shall not use the same container or pumping equipment to collect or
transport incompatible waste without first emptying and cleaning the container
and equipment of all previously handled wastes. For purposes of th s subsection,
incompatible waste r~eans wastes which have different processing, storage, or
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disposal requirements. However, transporters may mix wastes with different
characteristics provided the facility to which the waste is being transported is
authorized to store, process, or dispose of such waste mixture.
c) Persons who collect and/or transport waste subject to control under this subchapter
shall initiate and maintain a record of each individual collection and deposit. Such
record shall be in the form of a manifest flip ticket or other similar documentation
required by the State Agency and -approved- by the City Manager or his/her
designee. The transporter shall provide tlie person who generates the waste a copy
of the waste control record or other document showing receipt of waste and shall
provide the facility operator a copy of all control records of wastes deposited. The
transporter shall retain a copy of all records showing the collection and disposition of
waste. Such copies shall .be retained for t-~fi~e~ years and made available
to the City Manager or his/her designee upon request. The waste control record
shall include:
1) Owner, address, telephone number and State Agency registration of transporter;
2) Name, address, and telephone number of the person v~ho generate th~ waste
and date collected;
3) Type and amount of waste collected or transported;
4) Name of responsible person (driver) collecting, transporting, and depositing the
waste;
5) Date and place where the waste was deposited;
6) Identification (permit application or site registration number, location, and
operator) of the facility where the waste was deposited; and
7) Name and signature of facility representative acknowledging receipt of the waste
and the amount of waste received.
~me of the septic tank/,qrease or ,qrit tra_Es.~.
d) TransPorters shall deposit waste at a facility ~lesignated by or acceptable to the
generator of said wastes and the City of Plai6view ~here the operator of the facility
agrees to receive the wastes.
1) Only true septage will be accepted at the Plainview Water Reclamation Plant.
Grease and grit trap wastes shall not be accepted and should be disposed of as
per State regulations.
2) in the event of a discharge of waste during collection or transportation, the
collector or transporter must take aPpropriate action to protect human health and
the environment, e.g. notify local law enforCement, and the State Agency as to
:size, nature, and location of the discharge area; clean up any'waste discharge
that occurs during transportatiOn; or take such action as may be required or
approved by federal, state or local officials having jurisdiction SO that the waste
di§Charge no longer presents a public health or environmental problem.
Transporters are r6sponsibJe for reporting spills in accordance with requirements
of the "State of TexaS Oil'and Hazardous Substance Spill Contingency Plan", or
sUbSequent regulations.
e) TransPorters sha i deposit wastes at the Plainview Water Reclamation Plant or other
deSigr~ated site only during the hours posted at the gate.
f) Prior to dumping each tank truck gate, notify the facility
operatOr, an~l ali~w inspeCt,
g)
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901 Broadway, at a cost of fifty dollars ($50.00) per vehicle.
j) Existing permits shall be renewed July 1st of each year beginning July 1,1993. In the
event a septic waste transporter applies for a new permit or an additional permit
after July 1st, the permit feet of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be prorated in order to
include only the months of waste disposal. The permittee shall renew all permits on
July 1st of each year thereafter.
k) The following transport permits are obtainable at City Hall, 901 Broadway, at a cost
of:
On-site sewage disposal system $61.00
Commercial septic tank emptying $61.00
(Ord. No. 93-2956, 6-8-93)
Section II.
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent,
alter, or diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting,
regulating or governing the subject matter herein.
Section III.
Should any section, subsection, or any portion hereof be deemed invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not render or invalidate any other section, sub-section,
sentence, provision, clause, phrase, or word severable therefrom and the same
shall be deemed severable for this purpose.
Section IV.
This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage and publication
as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this the 4th day of December, 2003.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this the 9th day of December,
2003.
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT
John Berry, Dir. Of Public Works
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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