Solano County Municipal Code Art. III Septic Tank, Chemical

25-300 Septic tank, chemical toilet, and grease trap pumping trucks

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or firm to carry on, solicit, or engage in the business of the cleansing of septic tanks, chemical toilets, or grease traps or to dispose of the cleaning in the County of Solano without a valid permit issued by the administrative authority for the carrying on of said business.

(b) Criteria for septic tank, chemical toilet, and grease trap pumping trucks.

(c) Upon each side of every vehicle, for which registration is required, there shall be printed or affixed in permanent plain legible letters and numbers at least four inches (4") high, the permanent name and address of the registrant or establishment. The certified gallonage capacity of the tanks shall appear on the tank on both sides in numerals of a minimum of four inches (4") high in height and shall be fully legible and visible at all times. Such capacity as shown shall be that approved and certified by the Sealer of Weights and Measures of the County of Solano, or other approved Sealer of Weights and Measures. There shall be at least three (3) tanks for waste, water, and disinfectant except for vehicles used exclusively for septic tank pumping which shall have at least two (2) tanks. All pumping hoses must be cleaned out into the truck tank or into the septic tank, or chemical toilet being pumped, and not on the surface of the ground. There shall be carried on each unit at all times, a sufficient quantity of chlorinated lime or other product approved by the permitting authority for disinfection of hoses and areas where accidental spillage of sewage might occur.

(1) It is unlawful for any person or firm to park sewage effluent pumping trucks at the close of a working day on a public street or thoroughfare.

(2) All pumping trucks shall have the sewage effluent removed from the tanks at the close of each work day. The sewage shall be disposed of at an approved location.

(3) All discharge lines and valves shall have screw type caps, or other devices approved by the administrative authority.

(Ord. No. 888, §1; Ord. No. 1502, §1; Ord. No. 1536, §1; Ord. No. 1558, §1)