Azusa Municipal Code Div. 3 Treatment Plants or Facilities

Industrial waste treatment plants or facilities shall be installed whenever the health officer or the city engineer or both shall find as a fact that such facilities are required to:

(1) Safeguard the public health;

(2) Prevent pollution of streams or bodies of surface or underground water or storage reservoirs, either natural or artificial;

(3) Prevent pollution of water wells;

(4) Prevent damage to public or private property;

(5) Prevent a public nuisance; or

(6) Comply with applicable regulations of any other public agency.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.010)

Installation of industrial waste treatment facilities shall not be required if the affected industry guarantees to separately dispose of any objectionable waste, in a manner which meets the approval of the health officer and the city engineer, and receives a permit to do so from the city engineer.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.020)

Industrial wastes containing greases or sand or heavy metals or similar ingredients in excess of the standards established in accordance with section 78-314 shall pass through a properly designed and constructed sand or grease interceptor approved by the city engineer.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.030)

No industrial liquid waste containing chemical or toxic ingredients in excess of the standards established in accordance with section 78-314 shall be discharged until neutralized or treated in a properly designed and constructed neutralizing chamber or other treatment facility approved by the city engineer.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.040)

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

(Code 1971, § 16.16.050)

If an existing industrial waste treatment plant or facility or sewage treatment plant under jurisdiction of this division is added to or altered, a permit shall be secured in accordance with this division 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 division, except that existing facilities, used and undisturbed, may not be rejected solely because they are not new.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.060)

All industrial waste treatment plants or facilities or sewage treatment plants and all appurtenances thereto under jurisdiction of this division 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 division 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 nonmaintenance of any devices or safeguards on existing facilities unless authorized in writing by the city engineer.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.060)

(a) Under this division, the city engineer and permittee may, by mutual agreement, provide for the installation of a test manhole or other structure, through which all industrial waste shall pass. The structure shall be so designed that flows may be measured and samples readily obtained therefrom.

(b) If such test manhole or other structure is installed, the city engineer shall, at no cost to the permittee, make periodic tests of samples obtained from such test manhole or other structure and shall not enter the plant for the purpose of checking industrial processes or obtaining samples from other sources, except under any one of the following conditions:

(1) Consent of the person in charge has been obtained.

(2) The city engineer doubts that all wastes are being discharged through the test manhole or structure.

(3) Wastes discharged through the test manhole or structure exceed limitations imposed by the permit.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.080)

Under this division, the city engineer or health officer or both shall 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.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.090)

For the purpose of obtaining the samples required by this division, the city engineer or health officer or both shall be permitted at all reasonable hours to enter and inspect the place, enclosure or structure where such sewage, industrial waste or effluent is being discharged or deposited.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.100)

(a) Pursuant to this division, the city engineer or health officer or both may make inspections at any reasonable time 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 division and be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. The city engineer or health officer may prosecute any person managing, operating or having control of any such premises or portion thereof for failing, refusing or neglecting to comply with this division, using the penal provisions of this article 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 or health officer.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.110)

Under this division, inspectors shall comply with any special safety regulations of the owner.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.120)

All plans required under this article shall conform to applicable standards of design on file in the office of the city engineer and other affected public agencies. Such standards shall be revised from time to time to conform with recognized and accepted principles of engineering design and construction.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.130)

Industrial waste treatment plants and facilities shall be designed so as to produce an effluent which will not pollute underground or surface waters, create a nuisance or menace the public peace, health or safety. The city engineer shall consult with the health officer and officials of industries and public agencies and, from time to time, promulgate standards which may vary according to location, topography, physical conditions and other pertinent factors.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.140)

Unless specific exceptions are made due to special conditions affecting a particular industry, industrial waste treatment facilities shall be designed to produce an effluent which will meet the minimum standards as established for disposal of wastes in the immediate area affected.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.150)

All materials used in any work done under this division shall be first class material suitable for the purpose. The manner of construction shall meet all the requirements prescribed by this division and all such work shall be approved by the city engineer before a certificate of final inspection will be issued.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.160)

(a) Under this division, all substructures which will be encountered in the construction or which will be installed as part of the improvement shall be shown and designated on the plan. Large substructures which require special treatment in the design shall also be shown in profile.

(b) The permittee shall submit to the city engineer a statement from each utility company having substructures in the affected area, certifying that the location and size of such structures, as shown on the plans, are the same as shown upon utility company records.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.170)

Pursuant to this division, soil conditions, high groundwater tables, rock or filled ground shall be prospected and the results shown on the profile.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.180)

Under this division, benchmarks on United States Geological Survey datum and adequate to construct the work shall be shown on the profile.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.190)

All construction under this division shall conform to the approved plans and specifications and, in addition thereto, shall comply with the applicable specifications of the following:

(1) The city engineer.

(2) The chief engineer of the county department of building and safety.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.200)

All excavations pursuant to this division shall have sufficient width to allow proper workmanship and permit adequate inspection and shall be supported in the manner set forth in the rules, orders and regulations prescribed by the division of industrial safety of the department of industrial relations. Sheet piling and other timbers shall be withdrawn in such a manner as to prevent caving of the walls of the excavation or disturbance of the structure.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.210)

Under this division, before construction of any structure on soft, wet or spongy soil, sufficient gravel or crushed rock to stabilize the subgrade shall be placed in the bottom of the excavation. Where necessary in the opinion of the city engineer or chief engineer of the county department of building and safety, the subgrade shall be consolidated by suitable construction methods.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.220)

A person shall not begin construction pursuant to this division in an area having a subsurface water level above the lowest level of the work to be done, unless and until he shall have sufficient pumping equipment available on the job to keep the excavation unwatered.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.230)

Under this division, materials excavated in streets and roadways shall be laid alongside the excavation and kept trimmed up so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to public travel. Free access must be provided to all fire hydrants, water gates, meters and private drives, and means shall be provided whereby stormwater and wastewater can flow in the gutters uninterruptedly. All material excavated in streets and roadways, not required for backfilling, shall be immediately removed after backfilling has been completed and disposed of by the permittee.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.240)

Every industrial connection sewer shall be tested before being approved by a static water pressure test, which shall consist of filling the lines with water and carrying the level of the column of such water to a height sufficient to develop a pressure of two pounds per square inch at the lower terminus thereof but not to a height of less than four inches above the top of the upper terminal end of such sewer. In lieu of such static water pressure test, a pump test may be used which shall consist of filling such lines with water, capping or sealing each upper terminus thereof and applying an air pump in such manner as to furnish an aggregate pressure of two pounds per square inch in the sewer at the lower terminus.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.250)

If, because of excessive fall in any industrial sewer, the pressure in a static water pressure test exceeds four pounds per square inch, such sewer may be tested in sections of such length that no such section or any portion thereof will be subjected to a pressure greater than four pounds per square inch.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.260)

If any joints of any industrial sewer are cemented with Portland cement mortar, no water test shall be made thereof until the expiration of not less than 24 hours after such joints are made.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.270)

No industrial sewer shall be approved if any portion thereof, including any fitting, material, work or construction, fails to withstand the test provided for leakage at any joint.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.280)

The city engineer may at his discretion make tests of the facilities constructed pursuant to this division and the materials used in the construction pursuant to this division to determine the acceptability of the installation or of the materials used therein. Such tests shall conform to standard engineering practice.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.290)

All work required by a permit under this article shall be completed in accordance with this division within 180 days from the date of the original permit.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.300)

(a) All work done under this division shall be subject to inspection by and shall meet the approval of the city engineer.

(b) If the chief engineer of the county department of building and safety files with the city engineer a statement that he has inspected a structure and that it complies with plans and specifications approved by the city engineer for such structure, the city engineer shall accept such statement and shall not inspect construction of such structure, but shall issue a certificate of final inspection as provided in section 78-338.

(c) Whenever work is done on property or easements of the county flood control district or any other public agency, the applicant shall make proper arrangements with such agency or district for such inspection of facilities as may be required.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.310)

Unless the chief engineer of the county department of building and safety files a statement with the city engineer that he will inspect a structure as to compliance with plans and specifications approved by the city engineer under this division, inspection of the construction of facilities installed in accordance with this division shall be made by the city engineer who shall determine the character and amount of such inspection required, and shall secure a deposit to cover the estimated cost thereof, in accordance with section 78-270. The permittee shall be advised in writing as to the nature, time and extent of inspection which will be required. On construction projects of more than ordinary difficulty, the city engineer may require that an inspector be assigned to the work at all times. In all other cases the permittee shall request inspection by the city engineer at least 24 hours before the inspection is to be made.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.320)

At the time of the inspection of work done under this division, the permittee shall have all work uncovered and convenient for the engineer's examination and shall give the city engineer every facility to make a thorough examination and to apply tests as provided in this division.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.330)

If any portion of the structure being inspected pursuant to this division is covered in any way so as to tend to obstruct a thorough inspection of the structure and the city engineer notifies the permittee to remove the obstructions, the city engineer need not inspect the work until such obstructions are removed.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.340)

Within 30 days after the city engineer notifies the permittee that any work done under this division is defective, either in the construction or material, the permittee shall reconstruct or remove such work and make it conform to this division.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.350)

The permittee shall furnish all labor, tools and materials necessary for all tests required under this division.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.360)

All forms for concrete work done under this division shall be inspected by the city engineer before pouring concrete. The permittee shall notify the city engineer at least 24 hours in advance of the time at which inspection of forms is desired.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.370)

(a) When the city engineer finds that all work done under the permit required in this article has been constructed according to and meets the requirements of all the applicable provisions of this division and that all fees and deposits have been paid, the city engineer shall cause to be issued to the permittee constructing such work a certificate of final inspection. The certificate shall recite that such work as is covered by the permit has been constructed according to this division and that the work is in an approved condition.

(b) The certificate of final inspection shall be the sole authority to use any treatment plant, works, device or facility constructed pursuant to this division.

(Code 1971, § 16.16.380)