Ordinance 1979-05ORDIN.~ aNCE NO.
79-5
AN ORDINANCE'OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING SECTIONS
19.61 AND 19.102 OF THEiG!LROY CITY CODE SO AS TO REQUIRE
CONNECTION TO A SANITARY SEWER AND TO PROHIBIT DISCHARGE
OF SILT OR POLLUTANTS INT0 ANY PUBLIC SEWER.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 19,61 of the Gilroy City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19.61.
Connection iwith sanitary sewer required; dis-
connectiqn---~ septic tans-~nd 6esspo01sI.
In any area which shall be served by a sewer extension,
every structure therein irequiring sewage facilities must
be connected to a sanitary sewer within thirty days after
such sanitary sewer is ~vailable, and septic tanks or cess-
pools connected to the sltructure shall be disconnected and
filled with good sound eiarth at the time the sewer connection
is made. The provisions! of this article requiring the dis-
connection and abandonment of the use of septic tanks and
cesspools when the sanitary sewer is available is based upon
the knowledge and opinion'of the city council that such
septic tanks and cesspooils are unhealthful, unsanitary and
detrimental to the public welfare.
SECTION II.
Section 19.102 of the Gilroy City Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19.102. Certain w~stes prohibited i_qpublic sewers.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(a)
Wastes containing liquids, solids or gases which by
reason of their nature or quality may cause fire,
explosion, or be in!any way injurious to persons,
the structures of the sewerage systems or their
operation.
(b)
(¢)
(d)
Wastes having a temperature in excess of 160 degrees
F. or less than 32 degrees F.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
Wastes having a monetary pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 10.0, or having any corrosive property capable
of causing damage or hazards to structures, equipment,
or personnel of theipublic sewer systems. Where the
city engineer deemsiit advisable it may be required that
any person discharging industrial wastes, install and
maintain in app.rove~ manner a suitable device to continu~
ously measure and record the pH of the wastes so dis-
charged.
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(e)
Wastes containing ar
substance which eit~
sewage or other wast
.y noxious or malodorous gas or
.er singly or by interaction with
~es is, in the opinion of the city
engineer; likely to 'create a public nuisance or
hazard to life or prevent entry to sewers for their
maintenance and repair.
(f) Wastes containing ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metal, gl'ss,9 rages,, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, hair, lime, slurry, lzme residues, chemical resi-
dues, paint residueS, in such quantity and concentration
that, in the opinion of the city engineer, such sub-
stances will cause an obstruction to the flow in the
sewer or otherwise ~nterfere with the proper operation
of the public sewer!systems. Attention is called to the
fact that the maximt~m permissible concentration will
vary throughout thelsystem depending upon the size of
the particular rece%ving sewer and the flows therein.
(g) Wastes containing insoluble, non-flocculent substances
having a specific gravity in excess of 2.65.
(h)
(i)
(J)
Wastes containing soluble substances in such concentrations
as to cause the specific gravity of the waste to be
greater than 1:1.
Any waters or waste~ containing suspended solids of such
character and quantity that unusual attention or expense
is required to handle such materials at the sewage treat-
ment plant, i
Wastes containing grease, oil or other substances'that
will solidify or will become viscous at temperatures of
32 degrees F. and ld0 degrees F.
(1)
Wastes having an average concentration of fats, oils,
greases or similar ~ther-soluble matter in excess of 100
milligrams per litez
Wastes containing mc
the following gases
nitrous oxide or an~
(m) Sludges resulting fz
(n)
on any given day.
re than 10 milligrams per liter of
hydrogen, sulfide, sulfus dioxide,
of the halogens.
om the treatment of concentrated
solutions that are r.ot acceptable for discharge to the
s ewer s. :
Wastes containing gases or vapors, either free or occluded,
in concentrations tqxic or dangerous to humans or animals.
(o) Wastes containing any toxic radioactive isotopes without
a sepcial permit.
Ail of the preceding standards shall apply at the point
where the wastes are discharged into the sanitary sewer
system, or the storm drain system, and any chemical or
mechanical corrective treatment required must be accomplished
to practical completion ~efore the wastes reach that point.
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ORDINANCE NO. 79-5
SECTION III: This ordin
force thirty (30) days from al
~nce shall take effect and be in full
~d after its adoption and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of February, 1979, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILM~MBERS! HUGHAN, LINK, PATE, STOUT and
GOODRICH
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS! NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: CHILDERS and CUNNINGHAM
APPROVED:
~ - - Mayor
ATTEST:
ORDINANCE NO. 79-5
I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby
certify that the attached Ordinance No. ,,Tg--~ is an original ordinance,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 5th day of February , 197g , at which
meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 9th
,/City Clerk of the Ci'ty~of
(Seal)
day of February , , 19 7,9 ....