Porterville Municipal Code Art. III Use of Wastewater Treatment Facility

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to dump, place, unload or dispose sewage material, offal, cleanings from septic tanks, cesspools, sewage seepage pits, or privies at the Porterville wastewater treatment facility without first obtaining from the public works director or designee of the city of Porterville a permit so to do. Every person, firm or corporation using or employing the Porterville wastewater treatment facility in any form or manner in the disposal of sewage material, offal, cleanings from septic tanks, cesspools, sewage seepage pits, or privies shall first obtain from the public works director or designee a permit and pay therefor to the city of Porterville a fee as fixed by resolution of the city council for any material dumped.

No permit issued hereunder shall be transferable or assignable. (Ord. 1537 § B97, 8-6-1996; Ord. 1614 § 3, 9-17-2002)

Every person, firm or corporation holding a permit from the public works director or designee shall comply with all ordinances of the county of Tulare, ordinances of the city of Porterville and the city of Porterville uniform plumbing code and shall not suffer, allow or permit any strong acids, alkalis, petroleum oils or greases, chrome solutions or other deleterious material to be disposed of at the Porterville wastewater treatment facility under said permit and all disposal and all dumping under permits so issued shall be accomplished in a clean and orderly manner and at the times and places designated by the public works director or designee. (Ord. 1537 § B97, 8-6-1996; Ord. 1614 § 3, 9-17-2002)

Any permit issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked by the public works director or designee for cause or for violation of any of the terms and provisions of this article on five (5) days' notice to the permittee. An appeal may be taken from the decision of the public works director or designee revoking any permit, within ten (10) days after the issuance of the revocation, such appeal to be directed to the council of the city of Porterville by written notice of such appeal and the council shall set the matter for hearing, after five (5) days' notice to the permittee of the time and place of said hearing, and the decision of the council shall be final in the matter.

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for the appellant or any permittee to operate under any revoked permit pending the decision of the council upon appeal. (Ord. 1537 § B97, 8-6-1996; Ord. 1614 § 3, 9-17-2002)