Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 13.28 Refrigeration Cooling Water

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:

A. "Clear water drains" means publicly owned pipes which carry only refrigeration cooling water.

B. "Public sewer" and "public sewer system" mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.

C. "Refrigeration cooling mechanisms" include machines used to cool rooms or buildings which use a compressor in the operation of the machine, and also include machines, which use evaporation of water alone as the cooling principle, commonly known as evaporative coolers.

D. "Refrigeration cooling water" means unpolluted water which is passed through refrigeration cooling mechanisms.

(Ord. 263 § 2, 1959)

A. On and after the first day of July, 1961, no person, firm or corporation, without exception, connected to or using the public sewer system, shall dispose of, or suffer or permit the disposal of, water which has passed through or been used in refrigeration cooling mechanisms into the public sewers of the city, or any main, or pipe connected to the public sewers, whether or not such disposition is now being made or has been made into the public sewers prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

B. On or after the date the ordinance codified in this chapter is in effect, no person, firm or corporation shall dispose of, or suffer or permit the disposal of, water which has passed through or been used in refrigeration cooling mechanisms into the public sewers of the city, or any main or pipe connected to the public sewers, except those persons, firms or corporations connected to or using the public sewer system before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and those persons, firms, or corporations, excepted by this section may continue such disposition of refrigeration cooling water into the public sewers only up to, but not after, the first day of July, 1961.

(Ord. 263 §§ 3, 4, 1959)

Except as otherwise stated in this chapter, on and after the date the ordinance codified in this chapter is in effect, no person, firm, or corporation shall dispose of water which has passed through refrigeration cooling mechanisms into the clear water drains of the city, or into pipes connected thereto, except those persons, firms or corporations who were connected to said clear water drains prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and except the connections to the said clear water drains, and usages of the said clear water drains existing prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter. This section shall not apply to persons, firms or corporations who were connected to said clear water drains prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, and this section shall not apply to connections to the said clear water drains and usages of the said clear water drains existing prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, provided, however, said excepted persons, firms or corporations, and said excepted connections and usages existing prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter, may not be increased in volume of water flowing into the clear water drains after the date of the ordinance codified in this chapter is in effect; provided, further, however, those persons, firms, or corporations who were connected to said clear water drains prior to the time and date of adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter may apply to the city council for permission to move a water-cooled refrigeration unit, connected and used prior to the time and date of adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter to a different place for a new and different connection to the clear water drains, where at said different place no clear water drain connection already exists.

(Ord. 297 § 1, 1962: Ord. 263 § 5, 1959)

On and after the date the ordinance codified in this chapter is in effect, no person, firm or corporation shall install within the city any refrigeration cooling mechanism, except evaporative coolers, without having first obtained a permit to do so from the building inspector. This section shall not apply to evaporative coolers. This section shall also apply to and include refrigeration cooling mechanisms which are of the air-cooled type.

(Ord. 409 § 1, 1971: Ord. 263 § 6, 1959)

On and after the date the ordinance codified in this chapter is in effect, no person, firm or corporation shall perform any repair work upon any refrigeration cooling mechanism, except evaporative coolers, at a total material and labor repair charge in excess of one hundred dollars without having first obtained a permit to do so from the building inspector. There shall be no charge for this permit. This section shall not apply to evaporative coolers.

(Ord. 263 § 7, 1959)

It is unlawful to dispose of unpolluted water passing through refrigeration cooling mechanisms by depositing such water upon any street, sidewalk, alley or public place in the city.

(Ord. 263 § 8, 1959)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, whether acting for himself or as the agent or servant of any person, firm or corporation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that any act continues in violation of any provisions of this chapter, and each day that anything forbidden by the terms of this chapter continues to exist, shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. 263 § 9, 1959)