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AfJ ORDINANCE AMEfJDI11 CHAPTERS 15.08 and 15.10 of
THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE EFFECTING SEWER
RENTAL PROCEDURES AND ESTABLISHING WASTE DISCHARGE
REGULATIONS
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1.
Chapter
15.08
of the Burlingame
Municipal
Code,
establis
ing sanitary sewer
connections
and
discharges is
amended to
read
as
follows:
"Chapter 15.08
Sanitary Sewer Connections and Charges
15.08.010 Application for Sewer Connection. Whenever sewer laterals
fare to be laid and connected with the sewer mains of the City, the person, firm
or corporation desiring to lay and connect the same shall apply in writing to
the City Engineer stating the location of the premises to which the connection
is to be made. Such application will signify the customer's willingness and
intention to comply with this and other ordinances or regulations relating to
the regular sewer service and to make payment for sewer service required. An
application will not be honored unless payment in full has been made for sewer
'Lllservice previously rendered to the applicant by
such inspection fees as may be established by Council from time to time.
15.08.030 Number of laterals per lot. Every lot, piece and parcel of
land in the City as originally subdivided and shown on the official subdivision
map recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of San Mateo
shall be entitled to at least one sewer service lateral connecting from the
'Imain sewer to the particular piece or parcel of land, capable of being used
for building purposes when the piece or parcel of land has a street or alley
frontage of fifty feet or more and when the street or alley frontage is less
than fifty feet as shown on the original subdivision record as herein mentioned
and the piece or parcel of land is capable of being used for building purposes,
then only one service lateral will be granted to the piece or parcel of land;
nd when the particular piece or parcel of land is on a corner and frontage on
the street or alley9
the lateral service will be on the basis only of the
the City.
Upon
receipt
of the
application,
the
City
Engineer
shall
issue the
necessary
permits
and
collect
such inspection fees as may be established by Council from time to time.
15.08.030 Number of laterals per lot. Every lot, piece and parcel of
land in the City as originally subdivided and shown on the official subdivision
map recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of San Mateo
shall be entitled to at least one sewer service lateral connecting from the
'Imain sewer to the particular piece or parcel of land, capable of being used
for building purposes when the piece or parcel of land has a street or alley
frontage of fifty feet or more and when the street or alley frontage is less
than fifty feet as shown on the original subdivision record as herein mentioned
and the piece or parcel of land is capable of being used for building purposes,
then only one service lateral will be granted to the piece or parcel of land;
nd when the particular piece or parcel of land is on a corner and frontage on
the street or alley9
the lateral service will be on the basis only of the
official width of the property as appears on the original subdivision record
in the office of the County Recorder of San Mateo County as herein mentioned.
15.08.040 Application for lateral rearrangement of lot frontage.
Glhenever any person, firm or corporation has made or is to make a
rearrangement of his,
her
or its property on the street or
alley
frontage, it
shall be necessary,
before
any sewer lateral service
is given
to
any property,
piece or parcel of
land
so rearranged, that such
person,
firm or
corporation
shall apply in writing
to
the City Council for the
desired
sewer
service latera -
and attached to the
application
shall be a drawing
of the
piece
or parcel of
land as rearranged.
It shall be within the discretion at all times of the City Council to
grant or deny the application as required in this section and under such times
and conditions as it deems proper.
15.08.050 No sublaterals permitted. All sewer lateral connections
from the street or alley mains shall be made on a direct connection thereto and
shall be a separate and distinct connection, no sublateral being permitted.
15.08.060 Sewer rental - Definitions. As used in Sections 15.08.070
through 15.08.110, the following words shall have the meanings given in this
section:
(a) "Person" means and includes individuals, partnerships, associat-
ions and corporation.
(b) "Sewage" is defined as water or a combination of water and
waterborne wastes conducted from residences, commercial buildings and institut
ions and which
is known
as domestic sewage; also
the liquid or water -carried
waste resulting
from commercial
manufacturing or
industrial operation or
process, which
water or
waterborne wastes enter
the system of sewerage, or any
part thereof,
of the City
from any premises having
a connection therewith or
thereto.
(c) "Premises" refers to and includes a'lot, parcel of land, bulding
or establishment.
(d) "Industrial" refers to a user which may be subject to any
pre-treatment program established by the City.
15.08.070 Sewer rental - Service charges.
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Every person whose premises:
in the City are served by a connection with the system of sewerage of the
City, whereby the sewerage or industrial wastes, or either or both, are
disposed of by the City, shall pay a bi-monthly sewer charge based upon the
quantity of metered water per bi-monthly billing period as set forth in the
following rate schedule and quantity of water derived from a source other than
the City water supply. The Director of Public Works shall determine the class-
ification of uses not specifically listed and the method of measuring unmetered
water sources.
(1) Single-family/duplex/
institutional (schools,
churches and government
buildings)
(2) Multi -family residential
(3) Restaurants, caterers,
supermarkets, bakeries
and other commercial food
processing and food related
commercial
(4) Moderate strength commercial,
including manufacturing,
commercial or industrial
laundries, hotels with
restaurants
'(5) Light strength commercial,
including office -warehouse,
office buildings, cocktail
lounges, auto related, car
wash, laundromats, convalescent
homes, hotels without restaur-
ants and hospitals
$0.72 per thousand gallons of water
consumption for the billing periods
December through May; and $0.38 per
thousand gallons of water consumption
for the billing periods of June through
November.
$0.67 per thousand gallons of water
consumption.
$2.04
per
thousand
gallons of water
consumption.
-monthly. The
sewer
$1.48 per .thousand gallons of water
consumption.
$1.04 per thousand gallons of water
consumption.
15.08.090 - Sewer rental - Industrial sampling. Every premises
,determined to be within the industrial class shall provide a facility for
the sampling of its effluent at a location approved by the City Engineer.
15.08.100- Sewer rental - Charges payable Di
manner, at the time and by the same persons as are the charges for water
furnished by the City, and the amount thereof shall be included in the total
amount due for water. All provisions of this code applicable to the charge,
collection and enforcement of rates for water furnished by the City are made
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-monthly. The
sewer
rental
specified in this
chapter
shall be
charged,
collected
and enforced
in the
same
manner, at the time and by the same persons as are the charges for water
furnished by the City, and the amount thereof shall be included in the total
amount due for water. All provisions of this code applicable to the charge,
collection and enforcement of rates for water furnished by the City are made
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applicable to
the provisions of
Sections 15.08.060 through 15.08.110.
15.08.110
Sewer rental -
Fund All monies received from the collection
of the sewer rental
charges as
authorized shall be deposited with the
City Treasurer
who shall keep a
separate and distinct fund and account to
be
known as "the
sewer rental fund."
This fund shall be used, when appropriated
by the Council,
for the management,
maintenance, operation and repair of
the
sewage system,
sewage pumping,
treatment and disposal works and for the
planning, extension
and enlargement
of the works."
Section
2. Chapter 15.10
of the Burlingame Municipal Code, establishing
sanitary sewer
regulations, is
amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 15.10
Sanitary Sewer Use Regulations
15.10.010 Purpose and Policy. These Sanitary Sewer Use Rules and
Regulations set uniform requirements for discharges into the wastewater
collection and treatment system and enable the City of Burlingame to comply
with the administrative provisions of the Clean Water Grant Regulations, the
water quality requirements set by the applicable effluent limitations,
national standards of performance, toxic and pretreatment effluent standards,
and all other discharge criteria which are required or authorized by State
or Federal law, and to derive the maximum public benefit by regulating the
quality and quantity of wastewater discharged into the City of Burlingame's
sewer system.
These Rules and Regulations provide a means for determining wastewater
volumes, constituents and characteristics, the setting of charges and fees,
and the issuance of permits to certain users.
Revenues derived from the application of these Rules and Regulations
shall be used to defray the City's cost of operating and maintaining adequate
wastewater collection and treatment systems and to provide sufficient funds
for capital outlay, bond service costs, capital improvements, and depreciation.
Charges and fees, as hereinafter referred to, are and have been established
pursuant to the City of Burlingame ordinances.
These Rules and Regulations are not intended to be inconsistent with
or repeal any provisions of said ordinances or any amendments thereto, and in
the event that ahy provision of these Rules and Regulations is found to be
inconsistent with any provision of said ordinances, the provisions of said
ordinances shall apply.
15.10.011 Violation Unlawful
Following the effective date of this
chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to connect to, construct or
install or provide, maintain or use any other means of sewage disposal from
any building except by connection. to a public sewer in the manner as provided
in this chapter.
15.10.020 Sewer Required. The' owner of any building or structure
occupied or used by humans is required at his expense to connect said building
directly to the sewerage works, in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter, within ninety days from completion.
15.10.021 Occupancy Prohibited. No building, industrial facility nor
other structure shall be occupied or used until the owner of the premises has
complied with all rules and regulations of this chapter.
15.10.030 Character of Permitted Wastes. Because the concentration or
amount of a particular constituent which may be judged to be excessive or
unreasonable cannot be forseen but will depend on the results of technical
.determinations or the actions of regulatory agencies, when the list of con-
Istituents which are to be regulated and their specific limits are reasonably
'known a resolution establishing limits will be adopted by the City Counci 1.
Other constituents may be regulated from time to time by resolutions after a
public hearing.
15.10.040 Prohibited Wastes PJone of the following wastes shall be
".discharged into the sanitary sewer system or introduced into the wastewater
treatment plant:
(a) Animal and Vegetable Greases. Animal or vegetable greases or oils
,which will harden or solidify at temperatures below eighty degrees Fahrenheit
'!shall not be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. Such materials shall
'.be retained and collected in grease traps or by other acceptable devices and
'shall regularly be removed from such traps of devices and otherwise disposed
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The prohibition in this regulation, shall not apply to usual household wastes
processed by domestic garbage disposal installations:
(b) Inert Solilds. Settling chambers or other treatment work shall be
maintained to prohibit
discharge of inert solids such
as sand, glass,
metal
chips and bone. Plastics
or plastic treated material
shall not
be discharged
into the sanitary sewer
system but shall be screened
and removed
at a point
prior to introduction;
by the
use of
(c) Explosives. Solids, liquids, or gases which by themselves or by
interaction with other substances may cause fire or explosion hazards;
(d) Noxious or Malodorous Substances. Substances which by themselves or by
interaction with other wastes may create a public nuisance or hazard to make
human entry into the sewers extraordinarily hazardous;
(e) Toxicity. Wastes containing concentration of toxic substances sufficient
to inhibit biological processes employed at the wastewater reclamation plant
shall not be discharged to the sewer system, Toxic substances include, but
are not limited to, salts of the heavy metals, cyanides, chloroform, certain
organic solvents, phenols, bacteriocides, antibiotics and insecticides. This
restriction is not intended to prohibit the discharge of incidental laboratory
quantities or minute carryover quantities of toxic substances. In general,
discharges shall be to those quantities set forth by resolution as provided in
Section 15.10.030.
(f) Storm, surface and underground waters. No storm water, roof or yard
drainage, foundation or underdrainage shall be discharged into the sanitary
sewer system, nor shall any plumbing or piping be connected in such a manner
as to make possible the discharge of storm, surface and underground waters
into said system.
(g) Grease or Oil. The sanitary sewer shall not be used as a means of
disposal of grease or oil. In no case shall the concentration of floatable
oil and grease exceed
twenty parts
per million,
nor shall
the total oil or
grease concentration
(dispersed and
emulsified,
as well as
floatable) exceed
one hundred parts per
million.
or vehicles
by the
Any shop,
commercial
or industrial
establishment
which
drains
or
removes greases or
oils from
machinery,
equipment
or vehicles
by the
use of
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water jet, heated water, steam or other processes shall provide a trap or
other device for the collection of such greases or oils. Such traps or
devices shall be maintained in an operable condition at all times and greases,
oils, or other accumulations shall be removed as frequently as may be necessary
to prevent malfunction of the trap or other device.
(h) Other.Such other unacceptable wastes as may be limited or prohibited by
the Director of Public Works from time to time.
15.10.050 Quantity of Wastes. The rate of discharge of industrial
wastes
to
the sewer system
shall
be limited
to
the
capacity
prevent the
of
the
lateral
and main
sewers flowing as
open
-channel
conduits.
Facilities
shall
be provided
for dampening or equalizing "slug" discharges in order to comply with concen-
tration restrictions as defined in Section 15.10.030.
15.10.060 Reoorting of Industrial Waste Discharges. At the time of
application for a building permit for construction of facilities producing
industrial wastes or at the time any existing building is proposed to be used
or remodeled in similar circumstances, the applicant shall submit a detailed
analysis or estimate of industrial waste production, treatment and disposal.
If, after beginning operation of a new plant or operation, the data submitted
are found to be in error by more than twenty percent, a revised industrial
waste data sheet shall be submitted to the City Engineer within ninety days.
From time to time, the City Engineer may require revision or resubmission of
detailed industrial waste information. All waste sampling and/or analyses
needed to provide the required data shall be performed by either the industrial
waste discharger with certification by a certified laboratory or by the City
at discharger's expense.
15.10.70 Pretreatment of Industrial Waste. An Industrial wastewater '
pretreatment
more
system or device may be
required
by the City to treat industrial
flows prior
to discharge to the sewer
when it
is necessary to restrict or
prevent the
discharge to the sewer of
certain
waste constituents, to distribute
equally over a longer time period any peak discharges of industrial
wastewaters or to accomplish any pretreatment result required by tYie City
All pretreatment systems or devices shall be approved by the City but such
approval shall not absolve the industrial discharger of the responsibility of
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meeting any industrial effluent
limitation
required
by the
City.
In special
cases, the City may require
construction
by the owner,
of sewer lines
by
the discharger
to
convey certain industrial
wastes
to
a specific City
trunk
sewer.
All pre-
treatment systems judged
by the
City
to require engineering
design
shall have
plans prepared and signed
by an
engineer
of suitable
discipline
licensed
in
the State of California.
Normally a gravity separation interceptor, equalizing tank neutral-
ization chamber and contrbl manhole will be required respectively to remove
prohibited settleable and floatable solids, to equalize wastewater streams
varying greatly in quantity and/or quality, to neutralize low or high pH
flows and to facilitate inspection, flow measurement and sampling. Floor
drains from commercial or manufacturing buildings, warehouses, multi -use
structures, areas where any waste requiring pretreatment is involved shall
not discharge directly into the sewer, but shall first discharge to a gravity
separation interceptor. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
The City may adopt additional rules and regulations by resolution,
-after
hearing, for
a
for administration of this section.
Section 15.10.080 Interceptors Required. Grease, oil and sand
interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of the City Engineer they
are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in
excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients;
except that such interceptors shall not be required for buildings used for
residential purposes. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the City Engineer, and shall be so located as to be readily and
easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Interceptors will be located
upstream of dishwashers or discharges exceeding 1101F.
reasonable access for periodic inspection and testing.
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All grease,
oil and
sand interceptors shall
be maintained
by the owner,
at
his expense
in
continuously efficient
operation at all
times.
The City
shall be
granted
reasonable access for periodic inspection and testing.
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5.10.090 Control Manholes. When required by the City Engineer, the
owner of any property served by the side sewer carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the side sewer to ,facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be
accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with
plans
approved by the
City
Engineer.
sewer
The
manhole
shall
be
installed
approved
by the
owner
at his expense,
and
shall
be maintained
by
him so
as
to be
safe
and
accessible at all times.
15.10.100 Disposal of Unacceptable 4Jaste. Waste: not permitted to be
'.discharged
into
the
community
sewer
must
be
transported to
a
State
approved
disposal
site.
The
required
"Waste
Haulers
Report" must
be
completed
and a
'.copy furnished within 30 days to the City by the discharger.
15.10.110 Treatment of 4Jaste Required. It is unlawful to discharge
'to any stream or watercourse any sewage, industrial vaastes, or other polluted
'.waters.
15.10.120 Illegal Sewer Uses. Any use of any sanitary sewer system
which does not conform to
the regulations herein
established is
illegal.
Within thirty days
following
notice by the City
Engineer that
an illegal use
exists, corrective
measures
to eliminate the illegal
use shall
be made by the
owner or responsible
party
except that in cases
where extensive
or exceptional
repairs or replacements
to
existing installations
are required,
the City
Engineer may grant
extensions
of time or consent
to temporary
remedial
arrangements.
15.10.130 Agreements in Exceptional Cases. Discharge of wastes not
meeting the requirements stated in this title may be permitted by special
agreement between the discharger and the City.
The City shall have the right to disallow exceptional discharges,
prescribe pretreatment of some
types of industrial wastes, and to establish
surcharges based on the cost of handling exceptional wastes in the City's
'sewage collection and treatment system."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law
Mayor �
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I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame do hereby
certify that this foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 16th day of May ,1983, and was
adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th
day of June ,1983, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARYON, CROSBY, ik1ANGINI, MARTIN
NOES:
COUNCILMEN:
NONE
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
NONE