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HomeMy WebLinkAbout275WO .I ORDINANCE NO. 275 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING ARTICLE 3 ENTITLED "SEWER USE" OF CHAPTER 4 ENTITLED "SEWAGE" OF TITLE 6 OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE The City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. SECTIONS RELETTERFD. Subsections (h) to (a) inclusive, of Section 6-4.301 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby are relettered as Sections (i) to (r), respectively. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Subsection (h) hereby is added to Section 6-4.301 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code to read as follows: (h) "New sources" shall mean sources of industrial waste that commence discharging subsequent to the effective date of this Subsection. SECTION 3. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended by adding thereto Sections 6-4.304(1) and 6-4.304(2), respectively, to read as follows: Section 6-4.304(1). Compliance Schedule. In the event that an industrial wastes discharge permit holder should be affected by a newly promulgated waste discharge standard, such permit holder shall be granted a time schedule for the installation of tech- nology required to meet the applicable Pre-treatment Standards and Requirements; provided, however, that V during such time for compliance existing provisions of this Article shall not be violated. Section 6-4.304(2). New Sources. (a) New sources of industrial wastes discharge shall be in full compliance with the pro- visions of this Article at the time of commencement of discharge. (b) Discharges, the characteristics of which have been altered due to process changes by a discharger, shall be considered new sources and such discharges shall be in compliance with provisions of this Article at the time of commencement of the altered discharge. SECTION 4. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 6-4.308 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows: Section 6-4.308. waste Sampling Locations. Every establishment from which industrial wastes are discharged to the sewer system shall provide and maintain one or more outside manholes, access boxes, junction chambers or other sampling points approved by the City Engineer which will permit the separate sampling of sanitary and industrial wastes. The City Engineer may approve sampling points which will permit the separate sampling of industrial wastes only for establishments existing on the effective date of this Article. Sanitary and industrial wastes shall be kept completely separated upstream of such sampling -2- %V 140 points. Establishments that are billed for sewer service on the basis of sewage effluent constituents shall provide a suitable means for sampling to deter- mine billing constituents. Sampling points shall be so located that they are safe and accessible to City inspectors at any reasonable time during working hours. SECTION 5. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended by adding thereto Section 6-4.308(1) to read as follows: Section 6-4.308(1). Discharger Monitoring. (a) City Engineer or his or her authorized repre- sentative may conduct all inspection, sur- veillance and monitoring procedures necessary to assure compliance with applicable sections of this Article or with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or State of California regulations. (b) Representatives of the City Engineer shall be authorized to enter, during normal working hours, any premises of any discharger in which an industrial waste source or treatment system is located or in which records are required to be kept to assure compliance with this Article and applicable Federal, State of California and County of Santa Clara regulations. SECTION 6. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Section 6-4.311 of Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended to read as follows: -3- V Section 6-4.311. Confidentiality. (a) Any information submitted to the City Engineer pursuant to this Article may be claimed as con- fidential by the submitter. Any such claim must be asserted at the time of submission in the manner prescribed on the application form or, in the case of other submissions, by stamping the words 'confidential business information' on each page containing such information. Information submitted prior to the inclusion of this Section in this Article may be withdrawn and replaced by submittals stamped 'confidential business information'. If no such claim is made at the time of sub- mission or within ninety (90) days after this Section becomes effective, the information may be made available to the public without further notice. (b) Information and data provided to the City Engineer pursuant to this Section which is effluent data shall be available to the public without restriction. (c) All other information which is submitted to the City Engineer shall be available to the public. (d) A discharger may be prohibited from discharging a substance unless its composition is made known to the City Engineer. SECTION 7. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code hereby is amended by adding Section 6-4.318(1) thereto to read as follows: ae section 6-4.318(1). Public Notification of Violations. At least annually at the beginning of the City's fiscal year, notice shall be provided in the largest local daily newspaper listing those industrial users that were found to have significantly violated the pro- visions of this Article during the previous twelve months. For the purposes of this provision, a signifi- cant violation is! A violation which remains uncorrected forty-five (45) days after notification; a violation that is a part of a pattern of noncompliance over the twelve month period; a violation that involves a failure to accurately report noncompliance; a violation that results in a permit revocation or suspension; results in damage to public facilities; or a violation that results in civil penalties. SECTION 8. The Council finds that this project will have no significant adverse environmental impact. SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. POSTING. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage, and shall be posted within the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places. INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills held this 16th day of December , 1981, and thereafter passed and enacted at -5- a regular meeting of the City Council held this 20th day of January , 1982, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember: Hillestad, Perkins and Proft NOES: Councilmember: None ABSENT: Councilmember: McReynolds and Nystr0M ATTEST: city Clerk