ORDINANCE NO.
245
AN ORDINANCE
OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH PRAIRIE, PIERCE COUNTY, WASHINGTON PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE,
IMPROVEMENTS AND
RECONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR CHARGES,
CONNECTION FEES, REGULATING USE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Whereas, the Town of South Prairie has received funds from
Farmers Home Administration and the Environmental Protection
Agency, and
Whereas,
the
Town is in the process of constructing the sewer system and a
sewer system ordinance is necessary for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens and to provide
for an effective and efficient operation of the system, and
Whereas, the system installed is similar to a system that has
been installed in the City of Elkton, Oregon in their Ordinance #100 and an
ordinance from a city in Washington are
used as references, and
Whereas, this ordinance does not have any adverse environmental consequences and is necessary to protect the
environment, and
Whereas, this ordinance does not effect the existing
comprehensive plan, however the new comprehensive plan being
developed under state mandate will be integrated with this ordinance.
Now, therefore, the Town of South Prairie, Pierce County,
Washington do ordain as follows:
Section
1: Purpose: This ordinance is necessary to protect the health,
safety and welfare of the Town and its citizens and is necessary to protect the environment and acknowledges that a
sewer system is necessary and must be maintained.
Section
2: Connections Required: All property owners within the Town are
required to connect the outfall of their sanitary sewer system with the sewer system of the Town. It is unlawful to
maintain any private sewage disposal
system within the area serviced by the Town's sewer system. When the plant is at capacity, as determined by the
Department of Ecology, based on
reports submitted by the WWTP Operator hired by the Town, all new installations must be designed and constructed in
accordance with the acceptable
practices.
Section_3:
Permit Required: To connect to Town's sewer system, a permit is necessary. A permit shall be completed by the property owner
on that form prescribed by the Town.
Section 4: Connections Time: All property owners
within the area served by the Town sewer system must obtain
permits and must make the
connection
within ninety (90) days of the completion of the sewer system. Any new
construction requires connection to the Town sewer system prior to occupying
construction.
Section
5: Permit Fees: Upon completion of the Town sewer system, property owners making a
connection within thirty (30) days from the date of completion of the system shall be allowed to
connect at no charge. Those property
owners making the connection after thirty (30) days but before maximum time allowed of ninety (90) days shall be
charged in accordance with the Town's
fee, resolution. All future connections to the Town's sewer system shall be charged in accordance with the
Town's fee resolution.
Section
6: Abandonment of Existing Septic Tanks: Upon connection to the Town
sewer system, all private septic tanks and sewer disposal systems shall be abandoned. All septic tanks and sewer
disposal systems shall be pumped and
filled. The property owner shall not utilize the abandoned septic tank or sewer disposal system for disposal
of sewer after the connection to the
Town sewer system.
Section
7: Stormwater: No stormwater shall be allowed to enter the Town
sewer system. A property owner shall be required to disconnect and/or repair any part of the sewer system which allows
the entry of stormwater.
Section
8: Duty to Maintain: It shall be unlawful to plant any vegetation
which roots are likely to obstruct the sewer system which includes such vegetation, but not limited to, the
following: poplar, cottonwood, soft
maple, willow. The Town shall be authorized to remove any vegetation which may obstruct the Town sewer
system after first giving the property
owners ten (10) days notice to allow the property owner to remove such vegetation. In the event the Town removes
such vegetation, the Town shall be
authorized to collect from the property owner, upon whose property the vegetation existed, the costs of such removal,
which costs will be added to the
monthly billing charge. The Town may, at its option, place a lien against the property for such costs and may, at
its option, foreclose such lien.
Section
9: Authority to Enter Property: Employees or agents of the Town, or of the Pierce
County Health Department, shall be permitted to enter upon property for the purposes of inspecting,
observing, measuring, sampling,
removing obstructions and/or testing.
Section
10: Licensed Contractors: All connections made to the Town sewer
system, or any alteration of a connection, shall be done by a person, firm or corporation holding a valid State of
Washington contractor's license.
Section 11: Illegal Discharge into Sewer System: No person shall discharge the following into the Town sewer
system:
1.
Storm water
2.
Cooling
water
3.
Industrial
process waters
4.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 200
degrees Fahrenheit.
5.
Any
petroleum product.
6.
Any
flammable or explosive liquid or product.
7.
Any waste which may contain more than 100 parts per
1,000,000 after exiting the
property owner's holding and/or septic tank.
8.
Any
materials having a PH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0.
9.
Any materials which have corrosive properties capable of
causing damage or hazards to
structures, equipment and personnel.
10.
Any waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance or
waste which may create any hazard in the receiving waters of the
sewer treatment plant.
11. Any noxious gas or
substance capable of creating a public nuisance.
12.
Grease
traps will be required at all restaurant or other grease generating businesses.
13.
Oil separators will be required at all gas stations and
auto repair facilities.
Section 12: Inspection
Port: If
requested by the Town, a property
owner shall install a suitable control
manhole or inspection access at a location
requested by the Town for purposes of observing, sampling and/or
measuring the waste.
Section 13: Construction
Materials: All materials utilized in the
sewer system including that part under the
ownership of the property owner shall
be equal to or better quality than
the material used in the construction
of the sewer system and as updated by the State Building Codes.
Section 14: Ownership
System: Upon
completion of the hookup to the sewer system, all materials from the septic
tank, including the septic tank, shall
be the property of the Town sewer system. The Town sewer system shall be responsible for septic tank pumping. During
the initial construction of the
sewer system it shall be the property owner's responsibility to connect between the house and the septic tank. After
completion of the sewer system, and
for new construction, it shall be the property owner's responsibility to install and connect to the Town
sewer system.
Ordinance
No.: 245
Draft No.: 2
Draft Date: April 20, 1992
Ordinance Requested by: Page3
