CHAPTER 2
SEWERS AND DRAINAGE
SEWERS AND DRAINAGE
ARTICLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS
SECTION:
9-2A-1: Definitions
9-2A-2: Inspectors; Power And Authority
9-2A-3: Safety Rules And Liability
9-2A-4: Right Of Entry For Inspections; Easements
9-2A-5: County Health Officer Requirements
9-2A-6: Use Of Public Sewers Required
9-2A-7: Toilet Facilities
9-2A-8: Protection From Damage
9-2A-9: Violation; Penalty
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms and words used in this chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure as described in the most current edition of "Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water And Wastewater" in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C) expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN: That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from sanitary waste floor drains and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER, CONNECTING SEWER OR HOUSE LATERAL: The private extension from the building drain to the public sewer, STEP tank or other place of disposal.
CITY: The city of Orting, Washington.
CITY CLERK: The city clerk of the city of Orting.
CITY ENGINEER: The engineer of the city of Orting or the person authorized by the mayor to act as such.
CITY TREASURER: The city treasurer of the city of Orting.
COLLECTION SYSTEM: The system of public sewers to be operated by the city designed for the collection of sanitary sewerage.
COMMERCIAL USER: See “INDUSTRIAL USER.”
COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER: See “INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER.”
CONNECTION CHARGE: That charge levied on sewer customers for connecting to the sewage works and consists of an inspection fee.
COUNCIL: The council of the city of Orting.
COUNTY: Pierce County, Washington.
DOMESTIC WASTE: Any wastewater (sewage) emanating from a residence or from domestic activities performed outside the place of residence (in lieu of a home activity) by or for private citizens. The wastewater concentrations shall not exceed two hundred fifty milligrams per liter (250 mg/l) BOD5 and two hundred fifty milligrams per liter (250 mg/l) TSS.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT: The domestic waste usually generated by a residential user. The daily average concentration shall not exceed two hundred fifty milligrams per liter (250 mg/l) BOD5 and two hundred fifty milligrams per liter (250 mg/l) TSS.
GARBAGE: Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GENERAL FACILITY CHARGE: That charge levied on sewer customers for connecting to the sewage works which represents the property owner's pro rata share of the capital costs of the sewer utility facilities.
INDUSTRIAL USER: Throughout this chapter, the term “industry” or “industrial user” is meant to apply to any “person” (defined in WAC 173-216-030(13)) within the Publicly-Owned service area which has, or may have, a discharge of “industrial wastewater,” or who would be subject to categorical standards promulgated by the EPA if they were discharging.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE: Means water or liquid-carried waste from any industry, manufacturing operation, trade, business, or commercial establishment which includes process wastewater, cooling water, contaminated stormwater, contaminated leachates, or other waters in some combination such that the combined effluent differs in some way from purely domestic wastewater, or is subject to regulation under federal categorical pretreatment standards, the State Waste Discharge Permit Program, or this chapter.
INSPECTOR: The person assigned by the city to inspect building sewer installation between the building and the public sanitary sewer line within the street. Inspectors shall operate under the direction of the mayor or his designee.
LATERAL SEWER: A segment of the public sewer network that collects wastewater from multiple service connections. It is responsible for funneling the collected wastewater into larger sewer lines, known as trunk sewers or interceptors.
MAYOR: The mayor of the city of Orting, Washington.
NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NEW CONNECTION: Any new physical connection to the sewage works or a discontinued connection where the periodic user charges are not paid for a one year period.
OCCUPANT: Any person or owner in physical possession of a structure to which sewer service is available.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE: All activities, goods and services which are necessary to maintain the proper capacity and performance of the sewage works for which such works are designed and constructed.
PERMIT: An application for a printed and serially numbered form issued by the city prior to construction of any side sewer.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH: The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions.
PRIVATE SEWERAGE SYSTEM: An individual sewer line and disposal system that is privately owned and not connected to the city of Orting sewerage system. A private sewer shall be allowed only when connection to a city of Orting sewer is not required by this chapter.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of foods 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 (1/2) centimeter in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER: A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
RESIDENTIAL USER: Those persons using the sewage works who reside in a single-family or multi-family structure.
STEP: Septic tank effluent pumping system and is more particularly described in the standards and specifications of the city of Orting.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water, groundwater and other unpolluted waters are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE CONNECTION: Refers to the "side sewer" or pipeline with its appurtenances that branches off or connects the public lateral or trunk sewer in the right of way extending to the property line.
SEWAGE: A combination of the water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT: Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS: All facilities for collecting, pumping, treatment and disposing of sewage.
SEWER: A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL/MAY: "Shall" is mandatory. "May" is permissive.
SIDE SEWER: The service connection.
SLUG: Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty four (24) hour concentration of flows during the normal operation.
STORM DRAIN (Sometimes Termed STORM SEWER): A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS): All solids which are physically suspended in a sample of wastewater under standard laboratory procedures as required by the department of ecology of the state of Washington.
USER: Every person using any part of the public sewage works of the city of Orting.
USER CHARGE: The periodic charges levied on all users of the public sewage works and shall, at a minimum, cover each user's proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance to include replacement.
(Ord. 958, 7-9-2014; amd. Ord. 2024-1129, 5- 29-2024)
The city engineer and other duly authorized employees of the city, having proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The city engineer or its representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment. (1973 Code § 13.52.020)
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