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The effectiveness of conservation stages will be evaluated in a timetable appropriate to the reason for invoking the conservation stages. For example a large water main break would be evaluated hours as to how fast elevated storage is being depleted. In a drought situation, the water source availability would be evaluated daily versus the service water demand, to see if the conservation stages are keeping the service water demand less than source availability.
(Ord. passed 5-18-10)
When this draft copy Water Shortage Response Plan is approved by the State Division of Water Resources, it will be submitted to the City Attorney for review. Once the City Attorney has completed a review and approved the WSRP, it will be submitted to City Council for consideration at the next regular meeting and scheduling of a public hearing at the following month’s regular council meeting. A copy of this Water Shortage Response Plan and future revisions will be posted on the City’s Website for public inspection when it is submitted to the City Council for consideration and approval.
(Ord. passed 5-18-10)
The Water Shortage Response Plan will be reviewed annually or more often as necessary when conditions change requiring modification to the plan. Updates and changes will follow the procedure set forth in § 15-91 of this WSRP.
(Ord. passed 5-18-10)
Section
Division 1: Generally
15-101 Supervision; appointment of supervisor
15-102 Connections required
15-103 Same - permit required
15-104 Same - made by licensed plumbers
15-105 Same - separate for each dwelling or building
15-106 Same - maintenance, repair, cleaning
15-107 Construction of building drains and sewers
15-108 Damaging, obstructing system prohibited
15-109 Private wastewater disposal
Division 2: Use Regulations
Subdivision A: General Provisions
15-121 Purpose and policy
15-122 Definitions and abbreviations
Subdivision B: General Sewer Use Requirements
15-126 Prohibited discharge standards
15-127 National Categorical Pretreatment Standards
15-128 Industrial waste survey and local limits
15-129 State requirements
15-130 Right of revision
15-131 Dilution
15-132 Pretreatment of wastewater
15-133 Accidental discharge/slug control plans
15-134 Hauled wastewater
15-135 Fats, oils and grease control
Subdivision C: Fees
15-140 Purpose
15-141 User charges
15-142 Surcharges
15-143 Pretreatment program administration charges
Subdivision D: Wastewater Discharge Permit Application and Issuance
15-149 Wastewater dischargers
15-150 Wastewater permits
Subdivision E: Reporting Requirements
15-156 Baseline monitoring reports
15-157 Compliance schedule progress reports
15-158 Reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standards deadline
15-159 Periodic compliance reports
15-160 Reports of changed conditions
15-161 Reports of potential problems
15-162 Reports from unpermitted users
15-163 Notice of violation/repeat sampling and reporting
15-164 Notification of the discharge of hazardous waste
15-165 Analytical requirements
15-166 Grab and Composite Sample collection
15-167 Timing
15-168 Record keeping
Subdivision F: Compliance Monitoring
15-174 Monitoring facilities
15-175 Inspection and sampling
15-176 Search warrants
Subdivision G: Confidential Information
15-181 Confidential information
Subdivision H: Enforcement
15-185 Administrative remedies
15-186 Civil penalties
15-187 Other available remedies
15-188 Remedies nonexclusive
Subdivision I: Annual Publication of Significant Noncompliance
15-193 Annual publication of significant noncompliance
Subdivision J: Adjudicatory Hearings
15-194 Adjudicatory hearings
Subdivision K: Affirmative Defenses to Discharge Violations
15-197 Upset
15-198 Prohibited discharge standards defense
15-199 Bypass
DIVISION 1: GENERALLY
(A) The wastewater system of the city shall be under the general control and supervision of the City Council and shall be regulated and operated as it shall from time to time direct.
(B) The City Manager shall appoint a qualified person to supervise the operation of the system, and such person appointed may assign the duties of supervising the system to an employee of the city in addition to his or her other duties.
(1989 Code, § 16-101) (Am. Ord. passed 11-20-12)
(A) (1) Every person owning a dwelling, building or other structure which is used for human habitation or occupancy within the city situated on a lot or parcel of land which abuts or adjoins a street or other public way along which is located a sanitary sewer, shall connect such dwelling, building or structure to the wastewater system at the owner’s expense within 180 days after date of receiving notice to do so; provided, however, that a connection shall not be required to the system unless the lot or parcel of land on which the dwelling, building or other structure is situated is accessible within 200 feet.
(2) No person shall be required to cross private property of any other person to make such connection. Where connections are required, all toilets, sinks, and other plumbing fixtures shall be installed, arranged or rearranged to drain into the sanitary sewer.
(B) (1) When public sewer mains become available to property as described in subsection (A) above, the property owner shall be made aware that connection to the public sewer is required and that such connection shall be made within 180 calendar days from the date of such notification. Nonuse of the public sewer mains shall only be as approved by the City Council on a case by case basis when making sewer available to a property would be impractical or cost prohibitive to the city.
(2) With exception to subsection (A) and (B), a property owner, who is using a septic tank system in good working condition, in lieu of connection, may elect to pay a periodic availability charge in the amount of the minimum periodic service charge for properties that are connected. The aforesaid exception shall cease being available at such point in time as the Rockingham County Health Department deems that the septic tank system has failed. At such time, the property owner shall follow the procedure set forth in subsection (A) and (B) above.
(C) Privies, cesspools and septic tanks are prohibited within the corporate limits of the City except where public sewer service is not available as described in subsection (A). Privies, cesspools and septic tanks shall be installed as provided for by ordinance and as required by the Rockingham County Health Department.
(D) In those circumstances where public sewer service is not available and septic tanks are used, as permitted and described in subsection (A) above, then the city will refund to the property owner reasonable fees for pumping such tanks on an annual basis. This will only continue until such time as the public sewer is available. Refunds for pumping such tanks are not available for property owners electing to retain septic tank systems under subsection (C).
(1989 Code, § 16-102) (Ord. passed 10-15-85; Am. Ord. passed 1-21-03; Am. Ord. passed 11-20-12; Am. Ord. passed 12-20-16) Penalty, see § 1-16 et seq.
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