Ord 2004-46ORDINANCE NO. 46
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MEMORIALIZING THE DISTRICT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD'S
WASTE DISCHARGE ORDER
WHEREAS, the Regional Water Quality Control Board ( "RWQCB ") has
established, pursuant to Order No. R8- 2002 -0014 that all co- permitees must
establish a Sewer System Management Plan ( "SSMP "), grease control ordinance
and legal authority to implement the requirements of said order; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Sanitary District ( "District ") has previously
adopted an SSMP and a grease control ordinance and does hereby desire to
memorialize its legal authority for complying with Order No. R8- 2002 -014;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary
District does hereby ORDAIN as follows:
"Chapter 7.11
LEGAL AUTHORITY TO COMPLY WITH WASTE DISCHARGE ORDER
7.11.010 Purpose. The State Regional Wastewater Quality Control Board —
Santa Ana Region has issued Waste Discharge Order No. R8- 2002 -0014
( "WDR ") which applies to Orange County government entities within the Santa
Ana watershed. That WDR required the District to adopt a Sewer System
Management Plan and a grease (fats, oils and grease) control ordinance
requiring commercial food establishments to install and maintain sewer
interceptors, and requires the District to also establish other legal authority to
preserve the integrity of the sewer system and to prevent sewer system spills.
This Chapter shall memorialize the District's efforts to comply with the WDR and
provide a reference for compliance. This legal authority shall act in conjunction
with the District's SSMP.
7.11.020 Infiltration Control. (a) The District has established its SSMP and
has videotaped the system and determined its condition is sound. The District
has also established maintenance and rehabilitation schedules and a Capital
Improvement Program for future improvements. The District has thus ensured
that District owned sewer lines are inspected and maintained for infiltration
control.
(b) With respect to privately owned sewer laterals, District Operations
Code Section 7.03.020 imposes the obligations for such maintenance on the
private property owners and imposes a duty on the owner to maintain that sewer
lateral in a safe, sanitary and unobstructed condition. By ordinance, the owner
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must maintain such laterals in good working order. The District has additionally
promoted sewer lateral maintenance by publicity campaigns designed to inform
property owners of their responsibility and by providing advice on how to achieve
that objective.
(c) In accordance with the authority conferred on the District pursuant to
Health and Safety Code Section 6520, all property within the District needing
sewer service shall be connected to the District's system. In accordance with
Health and Safety Code Section 6520.1, no person may connect any sewer
system to the District's system or cause any flows into District's sewer system
except pursuant to a lawful connection.
7.11.030 Construction Standards. The District's construction standards set
forth in District Operations Code Chapter 7.01 establishes construction standards
designed to maintain the integrity of the system. The sewer notes set forth in the
District's standard plans and specifications for the construction of sanitary sewers
provides additional standards.
7.11.040 Installation, Testing and Inspection. The District requires that all
new or rehabilitated sewer installations be tested and inspected pursuant to the
provisions of Title 7 of the District Operations Code and a permit is required for
such connections.
7.11.050 Grease. The District has adopted its fats, oils and grease
ordinance set forth at Chapter 7.09 of this Code.
7.11.060 Pretreatment. The District has recognized the Orange County
Sanitation District as the publicly operated treatment works responsible for
pretreatment compliance and has incorporated such pretreatment requirements
set forth in 40 C.F.R 403.5 in both its SSMP and in its standard sewer permit."
Section 2. Should any part, clause or section of this Ordinance be declared
by any Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance shall nevertheless be and remain in full force and effect and the Board of
Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District of Orange County, California, hereby
declares that each and every section, clause, provision or part of this Ordinance
would have been adopted and made a part of this Ordinance without the adoption
of any portion thereof and that the invalidity of any part or provision hereof shall not
in any way affect the validity or enforcement of the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance that may stand on their own.
Section 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 6490 and 6491.3,
the Clerk shall cause this ordinance or a summary thereof to be published in a
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the District according to
law and it shall take effect upon the expiration of one week after publication.
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PASSED and ADOPTED this day of 2004.
.Secretary. President
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JOAN REVAK, Clerk of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 46, was duly and regularly passed
and adopted by said Board of Directors at a regular meeting thereof, held on the
day of C 2004, by the following vote:
AYES: Arlene Schafer, Greg Woodside, James Ferryman
Arthur Perry, Dan Worthington
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand ana affixed the
seal of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, this Tye day of
2004.
Clerk of th Costa P�Aasa•Sanitary District