Angels Camp Municipal Code Art. IV Use of Public Sewers

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, garbage or polluted industrial wastes to any sanitary sewer.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:

A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit;

B. Any water or waste which may contain more than one hundred parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease;

C. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;

D. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded and/or run through a domestic-type garbage disposal of not more than one and one-half horsepower;

E. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, manure or other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;

F. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works;

G. Any waters or waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, or constitute a hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;

H. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant;

I. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987)

When, in the opinion of the city, grease, oil and sand interceptors are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients, interceptors shall be installed. Grease, oil and sand interceptors are required for garages and service stations. These interceptors shall not be required for family dwelling units or structures. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the city and shall be constructed as follows:

A. They shall be of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature.

B. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.

C. They shall be located where readily accessible for cleaning and inspection.

D. They shall be maintained by the owner or occupant of the premises, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.

E. Interceptors are to be so located and constructed so as to permit intervening inspection by the city.

F. Interceptors/grease traps will be inspected quarterly. Fees will be collected for this service per city council resolution.

(Ord. 289 (part), 1987; Ord. 369, 1999)