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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1552Amended By ORD 4723 (move sections to Title IV) i amended by Ord. #2847 / 5-6-74 4343, 4999 ORDINANCE NO. 1552 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS, PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL, THE INSTALLA- TION AND CONNECTION OF BUILDING SEWERS, THE DIS- CHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEEKER SYSTEM: FLING RATES FOR SEWAGE SERVICE AND PRO- VIDING FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE I Definitions Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Ordinance shall be as follows: SECTION 1. "City" shall mean City of Renton. SECTION 2. "Sewage Works" shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. SECTION 3. "City Engineer" shall mean the City Engineer of the City of Renton, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative. SECTION 4. "Sewage" shall mean a compination of the water -carried wastes from resi- dences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with,such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present. SECTION 5. "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. SECTION 6. "Public Seger" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. SECTION 7. "Combined Sewer" shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage. SECTION 8. "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted. SECTION 9. "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial Wastes. SECTION 10. "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrangement of devices and struc- tures used for treating sewage.. SECTION 11. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. SECTION 12. 'tGarbage" shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dis- pensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. SECTION 13. "Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has 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 1/2 inch in any dimension. SECTION 14. "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 -1- 5 feet outside the innder lace of the building wall. SECTION 15. "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. SECTION 16. "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. SECTION 17. "B.O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 200 C., expressed in parts per million by weight. SECTION 18. "Suspended Solids" shall 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 19. "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water. SECTION 20. "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently. SECTION 21. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group. SECTION 22. "Single Family Dwelling Unit" shall mean a building arranged or designed to be occupied by not more than one family or householder. SECTION 23. "Multiple Dwelling Unit" shall mean a building or arrangement of buildings or portions thereof used or intended to be used as the home of two or more families or householders living independently of each other. SECTION 24. "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive. '.ARTICLE II Use of Public Sewers Required SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an insanitary manner upon public or private property within the City of Renton, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excre- ment, garbage, or other objectionable waste. SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Rentmn, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sanitary sewage, in- dustrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 3. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or main- tain any privy, privy vaAlt, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. SECTION 4. The owner of each house, building, or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated within the City and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his ex- pense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this or- dinance, within ninety (90) days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line. -2- ARTICLE III Private Sewage Disposal SECTION 1. Y!XeXFee,-, a =blic sanitary or combined provision -o �d`GY or', the building sewer shall disposal system complying with the provisions of sewer is not available under the be connected to a private sewage this article. SECTION 2. Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Engineer. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information deemed necessary by the City Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars shall be paid to the City Treasurer at the time the application is filed. SECTION 3. A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the City Engineer when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground -portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of notice by the City Engineer, whenever possible. SECTION 4. The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Seattle -King County Health Depart- ment. Field tests and a site survey shall be made before any permit is issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any public sewer or nat- ural outlet. SECTION 5. At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private disposal system, as provided in Article II, Section 4, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this ordinance, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material. SECTION b. The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facili- ties in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City. SECTION 7. No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer. ARTICLE IV Building Sewers and Connections SECTION 1. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or open- ing into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City Engineer. SECTION 2. There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: (1) for resi- dential and commercial service, and (2) for service to establishments producing in- dustrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Engineer. A permit and inspection fee of Ten ($10.00) Dollars for a ($25.00) Dollars for residential or commercial building sewer permit and Twenty-five an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City Treasurer at the time the application is filed. SECTION 3. All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the applicant.of 7t -the cprenrise`.s.,:in -g ie-sti6b-. the building sewer shall be borne by owner or -3- The owner shall indemnify the City against any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer. SECTION 4. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the ream building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front build- ing may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building server. SECTION 5. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Engineer, to meet all require- ments of this ordinance. SECTION 6. The building sewer shall be cast iron soil pipe, ,ASTM specification A74-42 or equal; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM specification C13 -44T or equal; or other suitable material approved by the City Engineer. Joints shall be tight and water- proof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service pipe shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the City Engineer where the building dewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the build- ing sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the City Engineer. SECTION 7. The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer, but in no event shall the diameter be less than six (6) inches. The slope of such 6 -inch pipe shall be not less than one-eighth (1/8) inch per foot. SECTION 8. Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be]aid at uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible. Changes in direction shall be made with properly curved pipe and fittings. SECTION 9. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building sewer. SECTION 10. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specification C12-19 except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. SECTION 11. All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QO-L-156, not less than one (1) inch deep. Dead shall be fun in one pouring and calked tight. No paint, varnish, or other coatings shall be permitted on the jointing material until after the joint has been tested and approved. All joints in vitrified clay pipe or other approved non-metallic pipe or between such pipe and metals, shall be made in amanner approved by the City Engineer. Cement joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute or oakum gasket, of suit- able size to fill partly the annular space between the pipes. The remaining space shall be filled and firmly compacted with mortar composed of 1 part Portland cement and 3 parts mortar sand. The material shall be mixed dry; only sufficient water shall be added to make the mixture workable. Mortar which has begun to set shall not be used or retempered. Lime putty or -hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of tot more than 25 per cent of the volume of the Portland cememt that may be added. -4- Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the City Engineer. SECTION 12. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is available at a suitable location. If the public sewer is twelve (12) inches in diameter or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, the owner shall at his expense install�:a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the City Engineer. Where the public sewer is great- er than twelve (12) inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the downstream direction at an t -m- angle of about forty-five (450) degrees. A forty-five (450) degree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inndr surface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth, neat joint shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the City Engineer. SECTION 13. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Engineer when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Engineer or his represen- tative. SECTION 14. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be guarded with barricades and lights and such other precautions as are reasonably adequate to protect the public from accident and injury. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public prop erty disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City. A surety bond in an amount deemed sufficient and determined by the City Engineer, but in no event less than $500.00, shall be furnished and deposited with the City of Renton to indemnify the City against any loss, damage, liability in connection with such sewer work. ARTICLE V Use of the Public Sewers SECTION 1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, sur- face water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. SECTION 2. 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 City Engineer. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the City Engineer, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet. SECTION 3. Except as hereinafter provided, no perso+hall discharge 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 1500F. (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, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rage, feath- ers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous sub- stance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or otherknterference with the proper operation of the sewage works. -5- �l (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 u structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works. (g) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in suffi- cient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, con- stitute 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. SECTION 4. 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 con- taining grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. 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. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight. SECTION 5. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be main- tained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. SECTION b. The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having (a) a 5 -day Biochemical Oxygen Remand greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or (b) containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (c) containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in Section 3,,or (d) having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer. Where necessary in the opinion of the City Engineer, the owner shall pro- vide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or con- stituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 3, or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the City Engineer and of the Water Pollution Control Commission of the State of Washington and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. SECTION 7. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effedtive operation, by the owner at his expense. SECTION 8. When required by the City Engineer, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained.by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. SECTION 9. All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Article V, Sections 3 and 6, shall be deter- mined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examinat�or to,71pter and Sewage', and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in,etidn 8, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest down- stream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is con- nected. SECTION 1b. No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to ibayment therefor by the industrial concern. ARTICLE U.I. Powers and Authority of Inspectors SECTION 1. The City Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the City bear- ing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all prop- erties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and test- ing, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. ARTICLE VII. Penalties SECTION 1. Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. SECTION 2. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit pro.- vided for in Section 1, Article �% shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding One Hundred (6100.00) Dollars 6r,by-i;inpris6nment nest`. t6l'exce6d;th rty;__(3Q4�days.1-or^by�both^siicfi4.fine and imprison- ment. SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be - comp liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation. ARTICLE VIII. /7 a 7 Charges and Rates for Sewage Disposal Service The monthly rates and charges for sewage disposal service shall be as follows: SECTION 1. Single family dwelling units - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $0.75 per month SECTION 2. Multiple dwelling units- - - 5010 of metered water charge or $0.75 per unit whichever may be the greater SECTION 3. Other than single family or multiple dwelling units - - - 50% of metered water charge a. SECTION 4. Service for users not connected to the City water system shall be charged at a rate fixed by the City Engineer, subject to approval by the City Council. -7- SECTION 5. SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO RATES OF CHARGE. Where the use of water is such that a portion of all the water used does not flow into a City sewer but is lost, by evaporation, irrigation, sprinkling or any other cause, or is used in manufacturing or manufactured products and the person in control provides proof of this fact and installs a meter or other measuring device approved by the City Engineer to measure the amount of water so used or lost, no charge shall be made for sewage because of water so used or lost. SECTION 6. BILLINGS AT COLLECTIONS. All bills for sewage disposal service as set forth herein shall be rendered monthly and shall become due and payable at the office of the City Treasurer on or before the 15th day of each month and shall become delinquent there- after. Any charge for sewage disposal service not paid by the 15th day of each month as herein provided shall immediately become a lien upon the property to which such sewage service is rendered, superior to all other liens or encumbrances, except those for general taxes and special assessments. Such liens may be foreclosed by the City in the manner provided by law for the enforcement of the same and for delinquent sewage charges. As an addition- al and concurrent method of enforcing the lien herein provided, the City may,in case of any such delinquency, but off the water service from the premises to which such sewage disposal service was furnished, and such water service shall remain cut off until all such charges, plus penalties, together with an additional sum of $2.00 for turning the water on, shall have been paid. ARTICLE IX. Validity SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 1181 and any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in con- flict herewith are hereby repealed and superseded. SECTION 2. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of this ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts. ARTICLE X. Effective Hate SECTION 1. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law. Passed by the City Council this 12th day of June , 1956. Elton'L-*., ander.'., City Clerk Approved by the Mayor this 12th day of June , 1956• Joe R. -Baxter, Mayor OVER AS TO FORM: erard IA. S ellan, 16&6666t City Attorney Date of publication: June 21, 1956. 9611M