HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4061 ORDINANCE NO. 406
2 AN,ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AZUSA, LOS AIeGN'LES COUNTY
3 CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE'DEPOSIT OR
4 DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
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6 The City Council of the City of Azusa, Los Angeles
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County California, does ordain as follows:
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9� ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
10 Section 1. DEFINITIONS.
11 The definitions in this article shall govern the con-
struction of this Ordinance and any permits issued hereunder unless
12 otherwise apparent from the context.
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14 Section 2, CITY.
15 "City" means the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County,
California.
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17 Section 3. ENGINEER.
18 "Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City of Azusa.
19Section 4. COUNCIL.
20 "Council" means the City Council of the said City of
21 Azusa.
22 Section 5, CITY HEALTH OFFICER.
23 "Health Officer" means the County Health Officer of the
24 County of Los Angeles, California or his authorized deputy, agent,
representative or inspector.
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26 Section 6. CESSPOOL.
27 "Cesspool" means an excavation in the ground which receives
the discharge of a drainage system, or part thereof, so designed and
28 constructed as to retain organic matter and solids discharging
therein, but permitting the liquids to seep through the bottom and
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Section 7. DOMESTIC SEWAGE.
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32 "Domestic Sewage" means the water borne wastes derived from
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the ordinary living processes and of such volume and character as
to permit satisfactory disposal into cesspools or septic tanks
approved by the City Health Officer or into a public sewer.
Section 8. EFFLUENT.
"Effluent" means the liquid flowing out of any treatment
plant or facility constructed and operated for the partial or
complete treatment of sewage or industrial waste.
Section 9. GREASE INTERCEPTOR.
"Grease Interceptor" means a device for retaining grease
or oil by gravity -differential separation from industrial liquid
waste.
Section 10. INDUSTRIAL BUILDING,
"Industrial Building".means any building or structure
which is, or which is designed to be used for the manufacture,
processing, or distribution of materials, equipment, supplies, food,
or commodities of any description, or which is used or designed to
be used as a school, sanitarium, hospital, penal institution or
charitable institution; together with all appurtenances thereto, and
the surrounding premises under the same ownership or control.
Section 11. INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION SEWER.
"Industrial Connection Sewer" means that part of the
horizontal piping from an industrial, building, through which is
discharged industrial liquid waste, as herein defined, from a single
industry.
Section 12. INDUSTRIAL LIQUID WASTE.
"Industrial Liquid Waste" means any water borne or liquid
waste from an industrial building except the following: domestic
sewage, uncontaminated cooling water and uncontaminated storm water
run-off from roofs, streets or yard areas.
Section 13. INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
"Industrial Waste" means any industrial liquid waste,
garbage or other toxic or deleterious materials from an industrial
process.
Section 14. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATPdENT PLANT OR FACILITY.
"Industrial Waste Treatment Plant or Facility" means any
works or device for the treatment of industrial waste, prior to
discharge, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 15. INSPECTOR.
"Inspector" means the authorized inspector, deputy, agent
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1 or representative of the City Engineer or County Health Officer.
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3 Section 16. PEPHITTEE.
4 °Permittee° means the person to whom a permit to discharge
industrial waste has been either granted or transferred.
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6 Section 17. PERSON.
"Person" means any individual, firm, co -partnership, joint
7 adventure, association, social club, fraternal organization,
8 corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate,
municipality, district or other political subdivision, or any other
9 group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the
singular number.
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11 Section 18. POLLUTION OF UNDERGROUND OR SURFACE WATERS.
12 "Pollution of Underground or Surface Waters" means affect-
ing such waters in a manner which, if allowed to continue, would
13 render them unfit for human or animal use, or toxic to vegetation
to an extent adversely affecting plact growth or curtailing crop
14 yield.
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Section 19. PUBLIC AGENCY.
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"Public Agency" means and includes the Federal Government
17 or any department or agency thereof, the State or any department or
agency thereof, a, county, city and county, city, public corporation,
18 municipal corporation or public district.
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Section 20. PUBLIC SEWER.
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"Public Sewer" means the main line sewer, constructed in a
21 street highway, alley, place or right of way dedicated to public
use. 'Public Sewer" does not include house connection sewer or
22 industrial connection sewer.
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Section 21. SAND INTERCEPTOR.
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"Sand Interceptor" means a device for retaining sand, silt,
25 grit or other mineral material by gravity -differential separation
from industrial liquid waste, and of a design and capacity approved
26 by the City Engineer.
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Section 22. SECTION.
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"Section" means a section of this Ordinance unless some
29 other Ordinance or statute is mentioned.
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31 Section 23. SEPTIC TANK.
32 "Septic Tank" means a structure for treating domestic
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sewage before disposal into a cesspool, seepage hole, or leaching
system.
Section 24. SEWAGE,
"Sewage" means contaminated water or water borne wastes
from dwellings, hotels, restaurants, schools, institutions, hospital;
office and industrial buildings and other similar structures, but
excluding the following: storm water, rain water, ground, water,
roof or ,yard drainage, uncontaminated cooling water.
Section 25. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
"Sewage Treatment Plant" means any works or device for
treating sewage except any industrial waste treatment plant or
facility or any septic tank, settling tank, or cesspool designed to
dispose of domestic sewage.
Section 26. SHALL AND MAY,
"Shall" is mandatory and "May" is permissive.
ARTICLE II. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS
Section 27. REFERENCE INCLUDES AMENDMENTS.
Whenever reference is made to any portion of this Ordinance,
such reference applies to all amendments and additions thereto now
or hereafter made.
Section 28. SHORT TITLE.
This Ordinance shall be known as the "Industrial Waste
Ordinance" and may be cited as such.
Section 29. DELEGATION OF POWERS,
Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon
the Engineer, the C'. Health Officer, or other City Officer,
by the provisions of this Ordinance, the power may be exercised or
the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer or a person
authorized pursuant to law by the officer, unless this Ordinance
expressly provides otherwise.
Section 30. VALIDITY.
If any provision of this Ordinance, or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder
of the Ordinance, and the application of such provisions to other
persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
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1 Section 31. CONDITIONS UNDER WFICH EXCEPTIONS MAY BE GRANTED.
2 Whenever the Engineer is permitted by this Ordinance
to grant an exception to any requirement of this Ordinance, he shall_
3 do so only if he finds that literal compliance with such provision is
impossible or impractical and that the purposes of this Ordinance
4 may be accomplished and public safety secured by an alternative
5 construction or procedure.
6 Section 32. .J" "' ENGINEER TO ENFORCE.
7 The City Engineer shall enforce all the provisions of this
8 ordinance and for such purpose shall have the powers of a peace
officer.
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10 Section 33. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION,
11 Every person violating any provision of this ordinance is
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than
12 Ten Dollars (010.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not less than five days
13 nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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Section 34. CONTINUED VIOLATION.
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Each day during which any violation described in this
16 ordinance as willful continues shall constitute a separate offense
punishable as provided by this ordinance.
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18 Section 35. NOTICE.
19 Unless otherwise provided herein, any notice required to
be given by the Council or the Engineer under this act shall
20 be in writing and served in the manner provided in the Code of Civil
Procedure for the service of process, or by registered mail. If
21 served by mail upon an applicant or permittee it shall be sent to
the last address given to the Engineer. Where the permittee is
22 unknown, service may be made as above provided upon the owner of
record of the property from which industrial waste is being
23 discharged.
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Section 36. TIME LLMITS.
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Any time limit provided for in this ordinance may be
26 extended by mutual consent of the officer or department concerned
27 and the permittee or applicant, or other person affected.
28 Section 37. INSPECTORS{ IDENTIFICATION.
29 The Engineer and the -, •. Health Officer shall
30 Provide means of identification for inspectors which shall identify
them as such. Inspectors shall identify themselves upon request,
when entering upon the work of any contractor or property owner for
31 any inspection required under this ordinance.
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1 ARTICLE III. SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS
2 Section 38. WHEN DISCHARGE IS PROHIBITED.
3 A person shall not discharge or deposit, or cause or suffer
4 to be discharged or deposited at any time, any industrial waste
effluent, or any other material which may create a public nuisance,
5 or menace to the public health and safety, or which may pollute
underground or surface waters, or which may cause damage to any
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7 Section 39. NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
8 Every person applying for a .permit for construction of a
9 new industrial building, or for an addition or alteration to an
existing industrial building, shall secure a signed statement from
10 the I Engineer as to requirements for disposal of industrial wast(
The person for whom such building is to be constructed shall furnish
11 to the y Engineer such plans, information, data, statements or
affidavits as he may require for determination of the nature and
12 quantity of the wastes involved and the facilities to be provided
for the disposal thereof.
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14 Section 40. r ENGINEER SHALL ISSUE S_ATEI?FNT.
15 within ten days after the submission of the required date,
the �'4..Engineer shall issue a statement made in accordance with
16 one or more of the following conditions, which shall be incorporated
17 in the approved plans and made a part of the City building permit:
(a) That disposal of all industrial wastes shall be made
18 by connection to -the public sewer in accordance with provisions of
Ordinance No. of the City of Azusa.
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(b) That connection to the public sewer is not feasible:
20 that the applicant has certified that the wastes involved consist
only of domestic sewage, uncontaminated cooling water, or innocuous
21 materials; and that disposal shall be made into septic tanks,
cesspools, seepage holes, or other similar facilities to be approved
22 by the C'7Nr' Health Officer.
23 (c) That connection to a public sewer is not feasible,
and disposal of all industrial wastes shall be made in accordance
24 with the applicable provisions of this ordinance; and that plans
I the treatment facilities required shall be submitted to and
25 approved by the C';� Engineer, and the required permit issued as
in this ordinance provided, before construction of such facilities
26 is started.
27 (d) That disposal of a portion of the industrial wastes
shall be made in accordance with applicable provisions of this
28 ordinance and that disposal of all remaining wastes shall be
29 effected in accordance with either paragraph (a) or (b) hereof.
(e) "_'hat the proposed use of the building or structure will
30 produce wastes containing impurities which cannot be reduced to safe
or reasonable limits by any known processes; that disposal of such
31 wastes in the manner proposed may create a menace to the public
health or sdfety, or create a public nuisance, or pollute underground
32 or surface waters, or cause serious damage to public or private
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property; and that no permit for disposal of such wastes can be
issued under provisions of this ordinance.
Section 41. EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
This ordinance hereby grants a permit to deposit or
discharge industrial waste from an existing industrial building to
the same extent and by the same method as that legally employed
on the effective date of this section. The Cll,- Engineer may
suspend and the Council may revoke any such permit pursuant to the
provisions of Article IV of this Ordinance.
Section 42. VIOLATIOA!S TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Notwithstanding any of the exceptions mentioned in this
ordinance, the ^=.y. Engineer shall promptly investigate every
complaint charging violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance, and shall take action to correct any violation discov
Section 43. EDUCATIONIAL WORK.
The C`.`..y Engineer may perform educational work, and may
cooperate with civic organizations, industries, water companies and
public agencies whenever in the opinion of the City Engineer such
work and cooperation is essential to the development of standards
or procedures which will prevent creation of a public nuisance, or
menace to the public health or safety, or pollution of underground
or surface waters.
Sectlonn 44. NFSCOTIATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.
The C `;" Engineer may confer and negotiate with officials
of any public agency interested in, or regulating the disposal of
industrial wastes, for the purpose of adopting uniform standards
satisfactory to all.
Section 45. ENFORCEMENT BY COUNTY OFFICIALS.
The 7"z,— Engineer may recommend to the Council consummation
of a contract by which the administration and enforcement of this
ordinance would be transferred to officials of the County of Los
Angeles. .
ARTICLE IV. PERMITS AND PLANS
Section 46. WHEN PERAIT REQUIRED.
A person shall not discharge or deposit, or cause or suffer
to be discharged or deposited, any industrial waste or effluent in
or upon mmincorporated territory of the City of Azusa, or into
streams or bodies of water, or storm drains, or flood control
channels, "LQve tha qQmp 10 ijo j aor- pga, a t
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1 without first securing in,, -the manner hereinafter provided, a permit
from the Engineer so to do, and at all times having an unrevoked
2 permit therefor.
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4 Section 47. WHEN PERMITS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
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No permit shall be required under this ordinance for --
(a) Industrial buildings connected to the public sewers
6 in accordance with provisions of Ordinance No. 355 of the City of
7 Azusa for the disposal of all industrial wastes therefrom.
(b) Industrial buildings which involve only the disposal
8 of domestic sewage and uncontaminated cooling water, or innocuous
9 materials into septic tanks, cesspools, or seepage holes approved
by the Health Officer.
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11 Section 48. TRANSFER OF PERMIT RIGHTS.
The Engineer shall transfer a permit to the successor
12 in title or interest of the premises for which the permit was
granted if such successor files with the Engineer a written
13 application signed by such successor, agreeing to comply with all
14 the conditions of the permit, giving his mail address and such
evidence of the transfer of title or interest as the Engineer may
15 require.
16 Section 49. PERMITS NOT TRANSFERABLE.
17 Permits issued under this ordinance are not transferable
18 from one location to another, and discharge of wastes shall be made
strictly in accordance with all provisions contained in the permit,
19 at the location specifically designated therein.
20 Section 50. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.
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Any person requiring a permit under the provisions of
22 this ordinance shall make written application therefor to the
Engineer, giving such information as said Engineer may require. The
23 Engineer shall provide printed application forms, indicating thereon
the information to be furnished by the applicant. The Engineer may
24 require from the applicant in addition to the information furnished
on the printed form, any additional information including detailed
25 plans and specifications which will enable the Engineer to determine
that the proposed work and plan of operation complies with the
26 provisions of this ordinance.
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Section 51. PLANS REQUIRED.
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In event treatment is required to make the waste acceptable,
29 the application for a permit to dispose of industrial waste shall be
accompanied by four (4) copies of suitable plans showing the method
30 of collection and treatment proposed to be used, and a permit shall
not be issued until said plans or required modification thereof have
31 been checked and approved by the Engineer and the Health Offices.
The Engineer may submit the application or plans, or both, to any
32 public agency for comment or recommendation.
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Section 52. PLANS NOT REQUIRED.
When, in the opinion of the -.j Engineer, and the
Health Officer, the disposal of industrial wastes by an industry
can be effected in a manner which will not endanger the public
health or safety, create a public nuisance, pollute underground
or surface waters, or cause damage to public or private property, a
permit may be granted without special plans or other requirements
as elsewhere in this ordinance provided.
Section 53. PROPERTY USE PMRITS REQUIRED.
Whenever facilities for the discharge of industrial waste
connect to structures or encroach on the property or rights of way
owned or controlled by a public agency, the Engineer shall
either (a) require that the applicant obtain a property use permit,
license, easement or other right to use said properties prior to
the issuance of a permit to dispose of industrial waste; or, (b)
issue such permit subject to the execution of a property use permit,
license, easement, or other right to use said properties.
Section 53. WORK IN STATE HIGH1,71AY.
Whenever an application for permit filed under provisions
of this ordinance will necessitate any excavation or fill in, upon
or under any State Highways, the applicant shall obtain a permit f
the State Department of Public Storks (Division of Highways).
Section 54. ", `_' ENGINEER SHALL NOTIFY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.
Whenever an application for permit is filed, the
Engineer shall notify the Cc- -. Health Officer and such other
public agencies as in his opinion may be affected, and shall request
a prompt reply containing their recommendations. Upon request, he
shall secure from the applicant and furnish to the affected depart-
ment or agency, such additional plans or information as it may
require, relative to such application.
Section 55. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS.
The Engineer shall issue a permit as required by this
ordinance if he determines that all of the following conditions
have been met:-
paid. (1) All fees or deposits hereinafter required have been
(2) Recommendations and conditions of the various public
agencies, as contained in their reports, if any, have been met. The
"^ Engineer may waive this provision except as to the requirements
of the t"��._.'y Health Officer.
(3) The material to be discharged or deposited,
or will not, in the opinion of the C4_ -'l Health Officer,
a potential public nuisance or menace to the public health
safety and will not violate other provisions of the Health
Code of the State of California.
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(4) The material to be discharged or deposited does not
or will not involve disposal of any toxic materials or chemicals
in such manner as to cause pollution of any stream, water course,
lake or other body of water, or underground or surface water
storage reservoir either natural or artificial.
(5) The material to be discharged or deposited does not
or will not damage any storm drain, channel or any public or
private property.
(6) Urder existing circumstances and conditions it is
necessary and reasonable so to dispose of such waste matter.
Section 56. PFM IT SUBJECT TO L MITATIONS.
The C---.- Engineer may issue a permit containing limitations
or conditions, or both, in addition to those recommended by the
County Health Officer, but in such permit he shall include all
limitations and conditions recommended by the r "'°`. Health Officer.
Section 57. NOTICE TO APPLICANT.
The C:" Engineer shall either grant or deny a permit
within thirty days after receipt of the application.
The C' ,� Engineer shall immediately notify the applicant
whenever he grants a permit, denies a permit, or grants a permit
subject to apecial conditions or limitations.
Section 58. REQJJEST FOR HEARING.
Within thirty days after receipt of notice of denial of
a permit or granting of a permit subject to conditions or
limitations, the applicant may file with the City Council a written
demand for a public hearing. If he does not do so, he shall be
deemed to have consented to the action of the C'sv he
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such action shall be final.
Section 59. NOTICE TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS
When the Ci; Engineer finds as a fact that industrial
waste, effluent, or any other material is being discharged or
deposited in such manner as to create a public nuisance, a menace to
the public safety, pollution of underground or surface waters, or
which may cause damage to any storm drain, channel, or public or
private property, he shall serve notice of violation upon the person
owning or operating the premises, describing the conditions and
requiring prompt correction. thereof.
When the Health Officer
trial wastes or effluent or any other material is
or deposited in such manner as to create a menace
health, he may serve notice of violation upon the
operating the premises, describing the conditions
prompt correction thereof and shall so notify the
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Section 60. .PER M SHALL BE.OBTAINED.
A person who is required to but does not have a permit and
who has been notified by the City Engineer that he is operating
In violation of provisions of this ordinance, shall immediately appl
for a permit and shall rectify and cure all such violations. Failur
so to do shall constitute willful violation of this ordinance.
Section 61. SUSPENSION OF PMMITS.
When the conditions described in Section _S _ are so
aggravated that immediate cessation of operations is necessary and
the. C;: ;,< Engineer so finds as a fact, he shall suspend the permit.
He shall serve notice of such suspension on the permittee. The
Engineer may also suspend a permit if objectionable conditions
listed in a notice to correct, served. in accordance with Section
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Section 62. RECOMEMENDATION TO REVOKE PFR11IT.
The C't Engineer may recommend to the Council that a
suspended permit "te revoked and request a public hearing.
Section 63. NOTICE OF SUSPENSION.
The :i..` Engineer shall immediately notify the permittee
of suspension ofpermitor recommendation to the Council that such
permit be revoked, or both.
Section 64. DISCONTINUANCE OF DISCHARGE.
A person whose permit has been suspended, or who has
been notified of violation, as provided in Section J-9 shall
immediately discontinue the deposit or discharge of industrial
waste, sewage, or effluent, and shall not resume such deposit or
discharge until a permit has been issued or reinstated by the
Engineer, or Council as hereinafter provided. Failure so to do
shall constitute willful violation of this ordinance.
Section 65. RIGHTS OF P^RP.M TEE.
Within the time specified in the notice of violation or
suspension, the permittee shall:
(a) Correct and remedy the conditions so specified, to
the satisfaction of the ""'7ngineer, or
(b) File with the Council a denial that all of the
conditions so specified exist, request a public hearing and correct
the conditions which the .permittetadmits do exist, or
(c) File with the Council a denial that any of the
conditions so specified exist, and request --.a public hearing.
1 Section 66. REINSTA TEBdYNT OF PTaM IT BY CITY ENGINEER,
2 The ,;Z4~ Engineer may reinstate a suspended permit when
3 all violations are corrected,
4 Section 67. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
5 Within thirty days after application for a. hearing has been
6 requested, the Council shall give notice of the time and place of
public hearings to the applicant or permittee, the°';C Health
7 Officer and the T. );,*- Engineer, at least ten days in advance of the
date set for such hearing.
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9 Section 68. PUBLIC HEARING.
10 After a public hearing requested by an applicant, a
permittee or the C; Engineer, the Council may:
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1. Confirm the action of the," ' Engineer in denying a
12 permit or issuance of a permit subject 'to special conditions and
limitations.
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2. Instruct the L'°t- Engineer to issue a permit without
14 conditions or limitations or drith such special conditions and
limitations as the Council may designate.
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3. Continue suspension of an existing permit invoked by
16 the G':,,-.Fngineer pending correction of objectionable conditions
by the permittee.
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4. Remove the suspension of an existing permit invoked
18 by the.C,,;FX Engineer pending correction of objectionable conditions
by the permittee.
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5. Deny that objectionable conditions exist and reinstate
20 an existing permit.
21 6. Revoke an existing permit on any of the following
grounds:
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(a) Failure of the permittee to correct conditions as
23 required by the C '.;.Engineer.
24 (b) Conditions which would justify the denial of a permit.
25 permit. (c) Fraud or deceit was employed in the obtaining or a
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27 (d) Any other violation of this ordinance.
28 Section 69. JUDICIAL POWERS NOT DELEGATED.
29 In granting, denying, suspending or revokingapermit,
Cl -..-..,Engineer and the Council act in a purely adminstratl-Veapacity.
30 This ordinance,does not delegate any ny judicial or quasi-judicial power
31 to either the.Oj._ Engineer or to the Council.
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trial de novo-and an independent determination of the reasonableness
and legality of such administrative action in a court of competent
jurisdiction on all the issues of law, facts, and mixed questions of
law and facts and opinions, therein involved.
ARTICLE V. FEES AND DEPOSITS
Section 70. PET4ITS EXCMPT FROM FEE.
This ordinance does not
where the collecting of such fee
the Government Code of the State
Statute.
require the payment of any fee
is prohibited by Section 6103 of
of California, or by any. other
Section 71. Cl_.: ETSGINEFR TO COLLECT PERMIT FEE.
Before issuing any permit as required by this ordinance,
the'; ':� Engineer shall collect a fee of Three Dollars and twenty-fi,
cents"(43.25), which fee shall be separate and apart from any fees
or deposits collected or imposed under provisions of any other
Ordinance or regulation, or by reason of any license, agreement,
or contract between the applicant and any other Public Agency.
Section 72. FORFEIT OF FEE.
If the work authorized by a permit for construction of an
industrial connection sewer, sewage treatment plant, or industrial
waste treatment plant or facility, or other similar appurtenance
is not started within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the
date of issuance, then such permit shall thenceforth be null and
void and the permit fee paid under provisions of this ordinance
shall be forfeited, and before such work can be started, a new
permit shall be applied for, and the same fee as hereinbefore
fixed for the original permit shall be paid therefor.
Section 73. DEPOSIT FOR PLAN CHECK.
Whenever, in the opinion of the ;! A"'t.. Engineer, special
field investigation is required, or when plans for construction
of any industrial server, sewage treatment plant, or industrial
waste treatment plant, or facility must be checked and. approved,
the applicant shall deposit a sum estimated to cover the cost of
checking the plans, and based on the following schedule:
(a) For sewage treatment plants, or industrial waste
treatment plants or other facilities, Ten Dollars (tq10.00) times
the estimated number of man -days required for checking the plans
and making field examinations, and in addition thereto
(b) An amount equal to ten per cent (10%) of the above
amounts to cover indirect costs.
($11.00). In no case shall the deposit be less than Eleven Dollars
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Section 74. DEPOSIT FOR INSPECTION OF CONSTRUCTION.
Before granting any permit for the construction of an
industrial sewer, or sewage treatment plant, or industrial waste
treatment plant or facility;: the "`, Engineer shall collect from
the applicant a deposit of money which the Fl,t.. Engineer estimates
to be sufficient to cover the costs of field�lnspection of the
proposed construction and of preparing or procuring record plans.
The amount of deposit required under this section shall be
calculated from the following schedule:
(a) dor inspection of construction, the estimated
number of inspection man -days times the inspector's rate of pay,
and in no case less than Ten Dollars ($10.00),and
(b) For preparing record plans, Ten Dollars ('x$10.00) time
the estimated number of man -days required, but in no case less than
Ten Dollars ($$10.00), and in addition thereto
(c) An amount equal to ten per cent (100) of the above
amounts to cover indirect costs.
Section 75. DEFICIENCY DEPOSITS AND REFUNDS.
In the event the actual cost to the City for checking
plans, or inspecting construction, or preparing record plans,
including supervision, mileage, and other incidental expenses is
more than the amount deposited by the applicant, the applicant
shall deposit the deficiency. If the actual cost is less than
the amount deposited by the applicant, the unused balance of the
deposit shall be refunded in the same manner as provided by law
for the repayment of trust moneys.
Section 76. RECORD OF FEES AND DEPOSITS.
The C:7-- Engineer shall keep a permanent and accurate
account of allfees and deposits received under this ordinance,
giving the names and addresses of the persons upon whose accounts
the same were paid. or deposited, the date and amount thereof, and
the number of the permits granted, if any. The G;'r Engineer
shall pay all fees received by him into the C`, -i7' Treasury on the
following business day and take the Treasurer's receipt therefor.
ARTICLE VI. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREMI ENT::
PLANTS OR FACILITIES
Section 77. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREAMIENT PLANTS OR FACILITIES
REQUIRED.
Industrial waste treatment plants or facilities shall be
installed whenever the Health Officer or the
Fngine.er, or both, shall find as a fact that such facilities ale
required to safeguard the public health; prevent pollution of streams,
or bodies of surface or underground water, or storage reservoirs,
either natural or artificial; prevent pollution of water wells;
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nuisance; or to comply with applicable regulations of' any other
public agency.
Section 78. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TRF.ATTIENT FACILITIES NOT REQUIRED.
Installation of industrial waste treatment facilities
shall not be required if the affected industry guarantees to,
separately dispose of any objectionable waste, in a manner which
meets the approval of the Eealth Officer and the
rl.;, Engineer, and receives a permit so to do from the City
Engineer.
Section 79. SAND OR GREASE INTERCEPTORS REOJJIRED.
Industrial wastes containing greases or sand or heavy
metals, or similar ingredients in excess of the standards
established in accordance with provisions of Section 90
hereof, shall pass through a properly designed and. constructed sand
or grease interceptor approved by the City Engineer.
Section 80. NEUTRALIZING CHAIMBERS OR 0`fF?ER TREATMENT FACILITIES
REQUIRED.
No industrial liquid wastes containing chemical or toxic
ingredients in excess of the standards established in accordance
with provisions of Section ?O _ hereof, shall be discharged until
neutralized or treated in a properly designed and constructed.
neutralizing chamber or other treatment facility approved by the
C",'",;7 Engineer.
Section 81. INSTALLATION.
Grease interceptors, sand interceptors, neutralizing
chambers, or other treatment facilities shall be so installed and
constructed that they shall be at all times easily accessible for
inspection and maintenance.
Section 82. ADDITIONS -.TO TREATMENT PLANTS OR FACILITIES.
If an existing industrial waste treatment plant or facility
or sewage treatment plant under jurisdiction of this ordinance is
added to, or altered, a permit shall be secured in accordance with
provisions of this ordinance before commencing work thereon, and the
completed work shall be accepted only when the entire plant shall
meet all of the requirements for new facilities as provided herein;
except that existing facilities, used and undisturbed may not be
rejected solely because they are not new.
Section 83, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF TREATMENT PLANTS OR
FACILITIES.
All industrial waste treatment plants or facilities or
sewage treatment plants, and all appurtenances thereto, now existing
or hereafter constructed under jurisdiction of this ordinance shall
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of the property affected, in a. safe and sanitary condition at all
times. All devices and safeguards which are .required by this
ordinance for the operation thereof, and all records of such
operation, shall be maintained in good order. This section shall
not be. construed as permitting the removal or non -maintenance of
any devices or safeguards on existing facilities unless authorized
In writing by the `� -- 4 Engineer.
Section 84. TEST PIANHOLES OR STRUCTURES.
The h":'� Engineer and permittee, may by mutual agreement,
provide for the installation of a test manhole or other structure,
through which all industrial waste shall pass. Said structure shall
be so designed that flows may be measured and samples readily ob-
tained therefrom.
If such test manhole or other structure is installed, the
Engineer shall, at no cost to the permittee, make periodic
tests of samples obtained from such test manhole or other structure
and shall not enter the plant for the purpose of checking industrial
processes or obtaining samples from other sourves, except under any
one of the following conditions:
(a) Consent of the person in charge has been obtained.
(b) The "<<' Engineer doubts that all wastes are being
discharged through the test manhole or structure.
(c) Wastes discharged through. the test manhole or structure
exceed limitations imposed by the permit.
Section 85. PEI?IODIC, TESTS.
The .'`its Engineer or Health Officer, or both
shall at no cont to the permittee, make periodic tests of samples of
sewage, industrial wastes or effluent obtained at the points or
places of discharge or deposit thereof.
Section 86. MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS.
For the purpose of obtaining the samples required by this
Section, the Engineer Engineer or Health Officer, or
both, shall be permitted at all reasonable hours, to enter and inspec,
the place, enclosure or structure where such sewage, industrial
wastes or effluent is being discharged or deposited.
Section 87. INSPECTION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATIJENT PLANTS OR
FACILITIES.
The t` Engineer or Health Officer, or both,
may make inspections at any reasonable time of all sewage treatment
plants or industrial waste treatment plants or facilities on any
premises, and may require that any such treatment plant or facility
be used and maintained as required by this ordinance, and be kept
in a clean and sanitary condition, and may prosecute any person
managing, operating or having control of any such premises, or
portion thereof, for failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with
the provisions of this ordinance, using the penal provisions of this
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ordinance for any such prosecution.
A person shall not refuse to permit, and shall not hinder
or obstruct in any way any reasonable inspection or investigation
of such treatment plant or facilities by any of the representatives
of the .CN'51',' Engineer or Health Officer.
Section 88. OWNER'S SAFETY REGULATIONS.
Inspectors shall comply with any special safety regulations
of the owner.
ARTICLE VII. STANDARDS.
Section 89.'. WORK AND PLANS SHALL CONFORA4.
All plans required under provisions of this ordinance
shall conform to applicable standards of design on file in the
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construction or which will be installed as part of the improvement
shall be shown and designated on the plan. Large substructures
which require special treatment in the design shall also be shown
in profile.
The permittee shall submit to the Z,ti Engineer a state-
ment from each utility company having substructures in the affected
area, certifying that the location and size of such structures,
as shown on the plans are the same as shown upon their records.
Section 94. SOIL CONDITIONS.
Soil conditions, high ground water tables, rock, or filled
ground, shall be prospected and the results shown on the profile.
Section 95. BENCH MARi:S,
Bench marks on United States Geological Survey datum and
adequate to construct the work shall be shown on the profile.
ARTICLE VIII. CONSTRUCTION.
Section 96. ALL CONSTRUCTION SHALL COATFOF141.
All construction shall conform to the approved plans and
specifications, and in addition thereto, shallocomply with the
applicable:
(a) Specification of ?''..� Engineer.
(b) Specifications of the Chief Engineer of the Depart-
ment of Building and Safety of the County of Los Angeles.
Section 97, EXCAVATIONS.
All excavations shall have sufficient width to allow
proper workmanship and permit adequate inspection, and shall be
supported in the manner set forth in the rules, orders and regulat-
ions prescribed by the Division of Industrial Safety of the Depart-
ment of Industrial Relations. Sheet piling and other timbers shall
be withdrawn in such a. manner as to prevent caving of the walls of
the excavation or disturbance of the structure.
Section 98. WET OR SOFT GROUND.
Before construction of any structure on soft, wet or spongy
soil, sufficient gravel or crushed rock to stabilize the subgrade
shall be placed in the bottom of the excavation. Where necessary in
the opinion of the C' ? Engineer or Chief Engineer of the Department
of Building and Safety of the County of Los Angeles, the subgrade
shall be consolidated by suitable construction methods.
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subsurface water level above the lowest level of the work to be
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available on the job to keep the excavation unwatered.
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back -filling,
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14 Every industrial connection sewer shall be tested before
being approved, by a static water pressure test, which shall consist
15 of filling the line or lines with water and carrying the level of
the column of such water to a height sufficient to develop a
16 pressure of two (2) pounds per square inch at the lower terminus
thereof, and in no event to a height of less than four (4) inches
17 above the top of the upper terminal end of such sewer, or in lieu
of such static water pressure test, by a pump test which shall
18 consist of filling such line or lines with water, capping or sealing
each upper terminus thereof, and applying an air pun} in such a
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square inch in the sewer at the lower terminus.
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23 sewer, the pressure in a static water pressure test exceeds four
(4) pounds per square inch, such sewer may be tested in sections of
24 such length that no such section, or any portion thereof, will be
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In the event that any joints of any industrial sewer are
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including any fitting, material, work or construction fails to
withstand the test herein provided for leakage at any point.
Section 105. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION TESTS.
The b r Engineer may at his discretion make tests of the
facilities constructed and the materials used in the construction,
to determine the acceptability of the installation, or of the
materials used therein. Such tests shall conform to standard
engineering practice.
Section 106. OVERALL TIME LIMIT.
All work required by a permit shall be completed in
accordance with provisions of this ordinance, within one hundred
eighty (180) days from the date of the original permit.
ARTICLE IX. CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS.
Section 107. WHEN INSPECTION IS RTgUIRED.
(a) All work done under the provisions of this ordinance
shall be subject to inspection by and shall meet the approval of
the Engineer.
(b) If the Chief Engineer of the Department of Building
and Safety files with the "C_'_* Engineer a statement that he has
inspected a structure and that it complies with plans and
specifications approved by the ;C`.rnEngineer for such structure,
the Cr",Engineer shall accept such statement, and shall not
Inspect construction of such structure, but shall issue a
certificate of final inspection as provided in Section!/
(c) Whenever work is done on property or easements of
the County Flood Control District, or any other Public Agency,
the applicant shall make proper arrangements with such agency
or district for such inspection of facilities as may be required.
Section 108. INSPECTION TO BE REQUESTED IN ADVANCE.
Unless the Chief Engineer of the Department of Building
and Safety files a statement with the 17'�;";-- Fnginee.r that he will
inspect a structure as to compliance with plans and specifications
approved by the Engineer, inspection of the constiruction of
facilities installed in accordance with provisions of this
Ordinance shall be made by the C;,`"' Engineer who shall determine
the character and amount of such inspection required, and shall
secure a deposit to cover the estimated cost thereof, in accordance
with the provisions of Section��, The permittee shall be
advised in writing as to the nature, .time and extent of inspection
which will be required. On construction projects of more than
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be assigned to the work at all times. In all other cases the
permittee shall request inspection by the Cjr-;,r Engineer at least
24 hours before the inspection is to be made.
Section 109. WORK SPALL BE READY.
At the time of the inspection the permittee shall have all
work_ uncovered and convenient for the City Engineer's examination,
and shall give the Engineer every facility to make a thorough
examination and tojapply tests as hereinafter provided.
Section 110. NOTICE TO R17>40VE OBSTRUCTIONS.
If any portion of the structure being inspected is covered
in any, way so as to tend to obstruct a thorough inspection of the
structure and the C;Engineer notifies the permittee to remove said
obstructions, the r.; Engineer need not inspect the work until such
obstructions are removed.
Section 111. CORRECTION OF DEFECTIVE WORK..
Within thirty days after the r?' r Engineer notifies the
permittee that any work is defective, either in the construction or
material, the permittee shall reconstruct or remove such work and
make it conform to the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 112. PEPUMITTEE TO FURNISH LABOR AND EQUIPMENT.
The permittee shall furnish all labor, tools and materials
necessary for all tests.
Section 113. INSPECTION OF FOMIS,
All forms for concrete work shall be inspected by
Engineer before the pouring of concrete. The permittee shall notify
the City Engineer at least 24 hours in advance of the time or times
at which inspection of forms is desired.
Section 114: CERTIFICATE OF FINAL INSPECTION.
When the cis, t: Engineer finds that all. work done under the
permit has been constructed according to, and meets the requirements
of, all the applicable provisions of this ordinance, and that all
fees and deposits have been paid, the k€`';w Engineer shall cause to
be issued to the permittee constructing such work a certificate of
final inspection. Said certificate shall recite that such work as
is covered by -the permit has been constructed according to this
ordinance and that said work is in an approved condition.
The certificate of final inspection shall be the sole
authority to use any treatment plant, works, device or facility
constructed pursuant to this ordinance.
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Section 115.
The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk
shall attest same and certify to the passage, adoption and publicat-
ion thereof and shall cause the same to be published, as required
by law in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Azusa,
which said newspaper is hereby designated for that purpose.
Attest:
M. A. Hynes Clerk of the City of
Azusa.
Pa sed, approved and adopted this
day of Vie, 1948.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached and foregoing
ordinance was duly passed and adopted by the city council
of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 6th day of July, 1948 by the following vote, to -wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Nasser, Memmesheimer, Malone, Jumper
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Hynes, ty Clerk o e
City o Azusa, California