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No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit or permission from the proper official empowered to do so by the town, county or other entity whose public sewer is affected.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984) Penalty, see § 52.99
(A) The application for a waste discharge permit shall be of a form specified by the proper town official or his or her designated agent.
(B) This application will define all of the pertinent data concerning the acceptance of industrial and commercial waste flows and will provide the basis for the issuing of a permit certificate specifying limitations on what the user may discharge.
(C) The initial permit shall be effective for a period of one year only from date of issuance and must be renewed annually.
(D) An application for an initial permit shall be accompanied by a check in an amount as established by the town as application fee.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
DISCHARGE TO REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITY GENERALLY
The South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board is responsible for the proper treatment and disposal of all waste that is proper to process through the regional treatment facilities, beginning at the point source. The terms of this subchapter shall be applicable to that portion of the sewer system located within the town, and any other portion controlled or operated by the town.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
The policy is hereby established that the provisions of this subchapter will be enforced to the fullest extent possible. These requirements are in accord with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment of 1972 and pertinent rules and regulations of the State Department of Pollution Control. The standards set forth are minimum requirements to ensure the general health and welfare of the public.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR. The Administrative Director or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative. The Administrative Director is the authorized administration authority of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
BOARD. South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C. expressed in milligrams per liter.
COLLECTION SYSTEM. The system of public sewers to be operated by a town, city or the county and connected to the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Wastewater derived principally from dwellings, commercial buildings, institutions and industry resulting from household or toilet waste resulting from human occupancy. It may or may not contain ground water, surface water or storm water.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving foods.
INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE. The liquid wastes from industrial, commercial or institutional processes as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued to control the process flows from industry, commerce or institutions that may be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. This permit is issued in addition to any other types of permits. When issued, the permit will define the characteristics and volume of the flow and acceptance or rejection of individual waste components.
mg/l. The abbreviation of milligrams per liter or the number of units of minor constituents present with each one million units of the major constituent of a solution or mixture. mg/l shall be considered equivalent to parts per million.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. Logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. The South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant transmission and disposal facilities as operated by the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The household and toilet wastes resulting from human occupancy.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Mandatory; MAY is permissive.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or if quantity of flow exceeds for any period or duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed STORM SEWER). A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm water and surface water, street wash and other wash waters or drainage, but excludes domestic wastewater and industrial and commercial waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWN. The Town of Briny Breezes, Florida. TOWN, CITY or COUNTY means all that land and water area included within the boundary of the town, city, county or other political entity in which the city, county or other political entity proposes to acquire, establish, construct, extend, operate and maintain sanitary sewerage facilities, except as follows:
(1) All state-owned and federally-owned land and water area located in the town or county, except where the state and federal government consent to the provisions of this subchapter; and
(2) All land and water area duly franchised by the town or county to privately-owned sewer utility companies for the provisions of sewer service, except where the privately-owned sewer utility companies consent to the provisions of this subchapter.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
(A) The disposal of sewage by means other than use of the available regional wastewater facilities shall be in accordance with city, county, state and federal law.
(B) The disposal of sewage shall be as outlined under this subchapter in the City of Boynton Beach and/or the City of Delray Beach industrial and commercial waste ordinance, or any other duly enacted industrial and commercial waste ordinance which meets or exceeds the City of Boynton Beach and/or the City of Delray Beach industrial and commercial waste ordinance requirements outlined under this subchapter.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)
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