Alhambra Municipal Code Ch. 17.24 Treatment Plants and Facilities

Industrial waste treatment plants or facilities shall be installed whenever the Health Officer, county sanitation districts, Regional Water Pollution Control Board, City Engineer or Superintendent of Building shall find as a fact that such facilities are required to safeguard the public health; prevent pollution of streams, or bodies of surface or underground water, or storage reservoirs, either natural or artificial; prevent pollution of water wells; prevent damage to public or private property; prevent a public nuisance; prevent interference with a sewage treatment process; or to comply with applicable regulations of any other public agency.

('86 Code, § 17.24.010) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - )

Installation of industrial waste treatment facilities shall not be required if the affected industry guarantees to separately dispose of any objectional waste in a manner which meets the approval of the Health Officer, county sanitation districts, City Engineer and Superintendent of Building, and receives a permit so to do from the City Engineer.

('86 Code, § 17.24.020) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - )

Industrial wastes containing greases, sand or heavy metals or similar ingredients in excess of the standards established in accordance with all sections of this code, and under minimum standards, shall pass through a properly designed and constructed sand or grease interceptor approved by the City Engineer and the Superintendent of Building.

('86 Code, § 17.24.030) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Ord. 3026, passed - - )

No industrial liquid wastes containing chemical or toxic ingredients in excess of the standards established in accordance with provisions of all sections of this code covering such subject matter shall be discharged until neutralized or treated in a properly designed and constructed neutralizing chamber or other treatment facility approved by the City Engineer and the Superintendent of Building.

('86 Code, § 17.24.040) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - )

Grease interceptors, sand interceptors neutralizing chambers or other treatment facilities shall be so installed and constructed that they shall be at all times easily accessible for inspection and maintenance.

('86 Code, § 17.24.050) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010

If an existing industrial waste treatment plant or facility or sewage treatment plan, any portion or all of which is in the city, is added to or altered, a permit shall be secured in accordance with the provisions of this code before commencing work thereon. The completed work shall be accepted only when the entire plant shall meet all of the requirements for new facilities as provided in this code, except that existing facilities, used and undisturbed, may not be rejected solely because they are not new.

('86 Code, § 17.24.060) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010

All industrial waste treatment plants or facilities or sewage treatment plants, and all appurtenances thereto, now existing or hereafter constructed under jurisdiction of this code shall be maintained and operated by the owner or person having jurisdiction of the property affected, in a safe and sanitary condition at all times. All devices and safeguards which are required by this code, for the operation thereof, and all records of such operation, shall be maintained in good order. This section shall not be construed as permitting the removal or non- maintenance of any devices or safeguards on existing facilities unless authorized in writing by the City Engineer.

('86 Code, § 17.24.070) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010

The City Engineer or Superintendent of Building and permittee may by mutual agreement provide for the installation of a test manhole or other structure through which all industrial waste shall pass. Such structure shall be so designed that flows may be measured and samples readily obtained therefrom.

('86 Code, § 17.24.080) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - )

The City Engineer, Superintendent of Building or Health Officer may at no cost to the permittee make periodic tests of samples of sewage, industrial wastes or effluent obtained at the points or places of discharge or deposit thereof.

('86 Code, § 17.24.090) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - )

For the purpose of obtaining the samples required by the preceding division, the City Engineer, Superintendent of Building or Health Officer shall be permitted at all reasonable hours to enter and inspect the place, enclosure or structure where such sewage, industrial wastes or effluent is being discharged or deposited.

('86 Code, § 17.24.100) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010

(A) The City Engineer, Superintendent of Building or Health Officer may make inspections at any reasonable times of all sewage treatment plants or industrial waste treatment plants or facilities on any premises, and may require that any such treatment plant or facility be used and maintained as required by this code, and be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and may prosecute any person managing, operating or having control of any such premises, or portion thereof, for failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this code, using the penal provisions of this code for any such prosecution.

(B) A person shall not refuse to permit and shall not hinder or obstruct in any way any reasonable inspection or investigation of such treatment plant or facilities by any of the representatives of the City Engineer, Superintendent of Building, Health Officer, county sanitation districts or Regional Water Pollution Control Board.

('86 Code, § 17.24.110) (Ord. 2503, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3026, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 1.12.010

Inspectors shall comply with any special safety regulations of the owner.

('86 Code, § 17.24.120) (Ord. 2503, passed - - )