98-84 New Chapt 913 Streets - water into sewer system

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ORDINANCE NO: 98-84 BY:Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham, M6Bride, Salmon, Wendling AN ORDINANCE to enact new Chapter 913 of the Streets and Public Services Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood relating to regulation of the use of municipal and private sewers and drains and the discharge of waters and waste into the public sewer system and repealing existing Chapter 913. WHEREAS, the said Environmental Protection Agency requires municipalities who accept design and construction grants to assure that sewers are used in a proper manner in compliance with applic- able federal regulations and with good engineering practices, and WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 59-78 adopted July 5, 1978, the City provided certain assurances of compliance to the Federal Environmental Protection Agency in connection with the City's appli- cation for its Step 2 Grant and the proposed modification of the wastewater treatment plant, and WHEREAS, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has mandated certain changes in our existing Pretreatment Program to bring the City into compliance with new Pretreatment Standards, and this Council determines it to be in the best interest to the City to enact such legislation to incorporate the new regulations into our existing Sewer Use Program, and WHEREAS, this Council determines it to be in the best interest of the City to enact such legislation to provide for the regulation of the use of municipal and private sewers and drains, individual wastewater disposal, the installation, connection and disconnection of building sewers and the discharge of waters and waste into the public sewer system, now, therefore; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1.~ That Part 9 of the Streets and Public Services Code by and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting new Chapter 913 to read as follows: CHAPTER 913 - WASTEWATER DISPOSAL Section 913.01: PURPOSE & POLICY a) This Chapter sets forth uniform requirements for discharges into the City's wastewater disposal system and enables the City to comply with all State and Federal Laws. b) The objectives of this Chapter are: 1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater disposal system which will interfere with the operation of the system or the use or disposal of the sludge; 2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the wastewater disposal system which will pass through the system inadequately treated into receiving waters or the atmosphere or otherwise be incompatible with the system; and. 3) To improve the opportunity to recycle and reclaim wastewater and sludge from the system.