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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 129
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 13, CHAPTER 13.04
AND 13.16 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE BY DELETING
SECTION 13.16.020 AND REVISING SECTIONS 13.04.010,
13.04.050,13.16.030,13.16.050AND 13.16.060 TO INCORPORATE
ENCINA WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY INDUSTRIAL
WASTEWATER PRETREATMENT REGULATIONS AND
PROCEDURES.
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Title 13, Section 13.04.010 is amended to read as follows:
13.04.010 Definitions
For the purpose of this title the following words and phrases shall have the mc
ascribed to them by this section:
(1) City Engineer or Engineer. Y3ty Engineer" or "Engineer" means the City Engineer
(2) Department. "Department" means the Engineering Department of the City;
(3) District. "District" means the City of Carlsbad unless otherwise identified;
(4) Garbage. "Garbage" means the animal and vegetable waste from the han
preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food.
(5) Grease. "Grease" means any material which is extractable from an acidified Sam
a waste by hexane or other designated solvent and as determined by the appropriate procI
in Standard methods. "Grease" includes fats and oils.
(6) Grease Interceptor. "Grease interceptor" means a pretreatment device designec
installed to separate fats, oils and grease from wastewater.
(7) Industrial waste. "Industrial waste" means solid, liquid or gaseous substances disch;
or flowing from an industrial, manufacturing or commercial premises resulting
manufacturing, processing, treating, recovery or development of natural or artificial resourc
whatever nature.
(8) Industrial Wastewater. "Industrial wastewater" means all water-carried waste:
wastewater of the community excluding domestic wastewater and including all wastewater
any industrial production, manufacturing, processing, commercial, agricultural, or other opera
These may also include wastes of human origin similar to domestic wastewater.
(9) Joint Sewer System. "Joint sewer system" means the sewer system constructed jc
by the Vista Sanitation District, the City and the Buena Sanitation District pursuant to that ce
contract entitled "Basic Agreement between Vista Sanitation District and the City of Carlsba
the Acquisition and Construction of a Joint Sewer System" (County Contract No. 1858-2129E:
all amendments and supplements thereto and as such sewer system is specifically delineate
that certain map entitled "Map of Joint Sewer System-City of Carlsbad. Vista Sanitation Di
and Buena Sanitation District" on file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors c
Buena Sanitation District as Document No. 381247.
City or his authorized representatives.
(10) Operator "Operator" means the Encina Administrative Agency.
(11) Owner. "Owner" includes a holder in fee, life tenant, executer, administrator, tru
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guardian or other fiduciary, lessee or licensee holding under any government lease or licer
real property.
(12) Person. "Person" means any person, firm, company, association, corporation, PO:
subdivision, municipal corporation, district, the state, the United States of America 01
department or agency of any thereof.
(13) pH. "pH" means the reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentra
It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity on a pH scale running from 0 to 14. A pH 1
of 7.0, the midpoint of scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 indicate alkalinity and 1
below 7.0 indicate acidity.
(14) Premises. "Premises" means any lot, piece or parcel of land, building or establish
(15) Sewage. "Sewage" means the waterborne wastes derived from ordinary human 1
processes and of such character as to permit satisfactory disposal, without special treatment:
the public sewer, a private sewer, or by means of household septic tank systems and indiv
household aerobic units.
(16) Sewer, Building or House. "Building or house sewer" means that portion of a pi,
conduit carrying sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes from a building to the public sew
a common sewer.
(17) Sewer, Private. "Private sewer" refers to a privately owned sewer which is not dir
controlled by the City.
(18) Sewer, public. "Public sewer" means a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (PO
which is owned in this instance by Encina Joint Powers and its member agencies. This defin
includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POW plant, but does not include p
sewers, or other conveyances not connected to the facility providing treatment. "Public se
shall also include any sewers that convey wastewater to the POW from persons outside the (
of Carlsbad and Vista, the Vallecitios Water District, the Leucadia Water District, the B
Sanitation District, and the Encinitas Sanitary District, who are, by contract or agreement with
Cities and/or Districts, users of the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility.
(19) Sewer System. "Sewer system" means all construction and appurtenant equip:
utilized in the collection, transportation, pumping, treatment and final disposal of sewage w
the district.
(20) Slug. t'Slug" means any discharge of water, sewage or industrial wastes whic
concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of durz
longer than fifteen minutes more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentratic
flows during normal operation.
(21) Standard Methods. "Standard methods" means the current edition of Stan
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater as published by the American PI
Health Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation.
(22) Suspended Solids "Suspended solids" or "SS" means solids that either float on
surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids; and which are largely remov
by laboratory filtering and as determined by the appropriate procedure in Standard method:
(23) Toxic Substances. "Toxic substances" means any substance whether gaseous, li
or solid, which when discharged to the sewer system in sufficient quantities may tend to inte:
with any sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, (
inhabit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent f
the sewage treatment plan.
(24) Wastewater. 'Wastewater" means any liquid waste of any kind, whether treated or
and whether animal, mineral or vegetable including sewage, agricultural, industrial and the]
wastes, which are discharged into or permitted to enter a public sewer.
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SECTION 2: That Title 13, Section 13.04.050 is amended to read as follows:
13.04.050 Rest~ictions relating to use of public sewers
(a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface M
groundwater, unpolluted industrial process water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or any w
from an uncontaminated cooling system., swimming pool, decorative fountain or pond, intc
public sewer or any private sewer which is connected to the public sewer without WI
permission in conformance with adopted regulations.
(b) No person shall enter, obstruct, uncover or tamper with any portion of the p
sewer, or connect to it, or dispose anything into any sewer and/or sewer manhole withou
written permission of the City Engineer.
(c) No person or party shall remove or demolish any building or structures with plum
fixtures connected directly or indirectly to the public sewer without first notifying the
Engineer of such intention. All openings in or leading to the public sewer line or lines cause
such work shall be sealed watertight and inspected by the City Engineer before being backf
(d) No person shall fill or backfill over, or cause to cover, or obstruct access to, any s
manhole.
(e) No person shall erect any improvements, structures, or buildings over public se
without the written permission of the City Engineer.
(f) Except as hereinafter provided in this section, no person shall discharge or cause .
discharged any of the following described substances, waters or wastes into any public sew
(1) Liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred forty de:
fahrenheit;
(2) Water or waste which may contain more than 200 mg/l concentration of
oils or grease or more than thirteen pounds of such substances per day after pretreatment
grease interceptor, whichever is less, or containing substances which may solidi@ or bec
viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees and one hundred fifty degree fahrenhei
(3) Gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive lic
solid or gas;
(4) Toxic, noxious or malodorous liquid, solid, or gas deemed a public hazard
nuisance;
(5) Garbage that has not been properly shredded to a size of one-fourth inch 01
so that all particles will be carried freely under normal flow conditions in the public sewers
(6) Ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass rags, feathers,
plastics, wood, paunch, manure, paper substances or normally dry, solid wastes capable of ca1
obstruction to the flow in or damage to sewers or other interference with the proper operatic
the sewerage works;
(7) Water or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5 or havinl
other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment,
personnel of the sewerage works;
(8) Water or wastes containing any substance in sufficient quantity to disc1
injure, disrupt or interfere with the normal operation of any sewage treatment process, const
a hazard to human or animal life, create a public nuisance, or significantly lower the qualil
the receiving waters;
(9) Water or wastes containing suspended solids of such character or quantity
unusual attention or expense is required to handle and such materials at a sewage treatment p:
(10) Any unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "SI
as defined in subsection (21) of Section 13.04.010;
(11) Radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration that
exceed limits establish by the City Engineer in compliance with applicable state or fec
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regulations;
applicable maximum concentration limitations;
1 (12) Water added for the purpose of diluting wastes which would otherwise e
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(13) Water or waste containing substances which are not amenable to treal 3
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or reduction by the treatment process employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such d
the regional water quality control board or other agencies having jurisdiction over the qualit 5
(A) The resulting effluent cannot meet the waste discharge requireme
6 (B) The resulting sludge cannot meet limits for the chosen disposal me
(g) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any fats and greases to the :
7 system if their concentration and physical dispersion results in separation and adherence to I
structures and appurtenances. If there is evidence of adherence of such materials to
8 structures, or if such materials cause blockage in the sewer system, then the wastewater caI
such materials must be effectively pretreated by a process or device to effect removal from the 9 before its discharge to sewer system. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided .
deemed necessary by the City Engineer for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing g lo in excessive amounts, and flammable materials, sand and other harmful ingredients.
11 interceptors shall be of a type and capacity acceptable to the City Engineer and shall be loc
as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection:
12 (1) Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials cal
of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substa
13 construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in 1
shall be gastight and watertight;
14 (2) All grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained in continuc
efficient operation at all times by the owner at his expenses. In the maintaining of 1 15 interceptors, the owner shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposed by appro€
means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates, amounts, and meal l6 disposal which are subject to review by the City Engineer.
(h) Any person who discharges or causes to be discharged into the public sewers any P l7 or wastes having more than 300 mg/l of suspended solids shall be obligated to pay a surch;
18 occasioned by the extent to which such water or waste contains an excess over the foreg
limitation of concentration.
of its acceptance, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operatio
20 the owner at his expense.
(j) When required by the City Engineer, the owner of any property served by a buil 21 sewer carrying industrial wastewater shall install monitoring and recording equipment, a1
suitable control access hole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling 22 measurement of the wastes. Such access hole shall be readily accessible and safely located,
shall be constructed in accordance with plans by the City Engineer. The access hole shal 23 installed and maintained by the owner at his expense.
(k) All measurements, tests, analyses of the characteristics of water and wastewatt 24 which reference is made in subsections (f), (g), and Q of this section shall be determine
25 accordance with the latest edition of the American Public Health Associations, Standard Metl
of Examination of Water Sewage and Industrial Wastes and shall be made at the control ac
26 hole provided for in subsection (j) of this section, or upon suitable samples taken at said cor
access hole. If no special access hole is available, the sampling location shall be determinet
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that:
protection of the receiving waters, or
19 (i) Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for any wastewater as a cond
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(1) It shall be unlawful to install or replace any plumbing equipment, includin;
automatic or self regenerating water softener unit, the operation of which may result i
discharge of saline waste into the sewerage facilities in the Lake Calavera Hills Drainage E
or the discharge of such wastes that might pollute any surface or underground sb
watercourse, lake or any body of water, including any underground, natural or artificial stc
reservoir, or which might impair or contribute to the impairment of the usefulness of such w
for human or animal consumption, or domestic agricultural, industrial, or recreational puq
or for any other useful purpose.
SECTION 3. That Title 13, Chapter 13.16 is amended by the deletion of Section 13.16
SECTION 4. That Title 13, Section 13.16.030 is amended to read as follows:
13.16.020 Establishment of rules and regulations
The Engineer is authorized and empowered to adopt such rules and regulations as mi
deemed reasonably necessary to protect the sewer system and the joint sewer system, to co
and regulate the proper use thereof and to provide for the issuance of permit; provided, how
that the terms and provision of such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in a mame1
directed to result in the uniform control and use of the joint sewer system by the parties tc
basic agreement referred to in Section 13.04.101 or any amendments or supplements thereto,
provided further that such rules and regulations shall be not become effective until approve
the City Council, and a copy of such rules and regulation is filed with City Clerk. The 1
restrictive regulations shall apply in the event of any inconsistencies between Joint Sewer Sy
regulations approved by City Council and other regulations adopted by the City of Carlsbad
SECTION 5. That Title 13, Section 13.16.050 is amended to read as follows:
13.16.040 Issuance of permit
Industrial waste pennits shall be co-issued by the City of Carlsbad and the Encina V
Pollution Control Facility according to Carlsbad Municipal Code and Encina Water Poh
Control Facility Regulations approved by City Council and filed with the City Clerk.
No permit shall be issued to any person to discharge industrial waste into the sewer sy
of the district or the joint sewer system if such discharge will be hazard or danger to the he
or safety of any person or to the property of any person or if such discharge will result in a da:
to the capacity, construction, use or property performance or utilization of the sewer syster
joint sewer system or be otherwise detrimental or injurious to such systems or either of them,
unless the applicant has complied with all state, federal and local laws and with all provisio this article and with all the applicable rules and regulations adopted as provided for this cha]
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SECTION 5. That Title 13, Section 13.16.60 is amended to read as follows:
13.16.090 Permit expiration revocation or suspension.
Any pennit issued in accordance with the provision of this chapter shall be valid fc
period specified on the permit, or if no term is specified, for one year, and are not transfc
unless such permit is revoked or suspended as provided in this title and in the rule
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
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5 EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoptio~
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once in the Carlsbad Journal within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. 7
the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published at
8 INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Counci
9 on the 4th day of Sept. , 1990, and thereafter,
10 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Councj
I' // on the 18th day of SePt* , 1990 by the following vote, to wit:
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l' ,I ATIEST:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Larson, Mamaux and Pettine
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: Kulchi
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20 jbh~&&&~~Z, City Clerk
(SEAL) 21
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 22
KAREN R. KUNDTZ, Assistant City Clerk
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