Woodside Municipal Code Art. II Sewer Use Regulations

(A) The owner of all houses, buildings or structures situated within the Town used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes requiring sanitation facilities, shall provide said facilities in accordance with these regulations.

(B) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to connect to the public sewer system, or to construct or maintain and privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the private disposal of wastewater.

(C) The owner of any house, building or structure located within an area to which public sanitary sewers have been extended pursuant to specific findings of public health and welfare and abutting on any street or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sewer of the Town, may be required at the owner's expense to install suitable toilet and wastewater facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Code, within 90 days after date of official notice to do so, provided that the public sewer is within 200 feet of the property line.

(D) All inhabited buildings within the area described herein (the area) shall be connected to the public sewer system. Any new buildings in the area intended to be inhabited shall be converted to the public sewer prior to occupancy. The area under this section is that area previously annexed to the Fair Oaks Sewer Maintenance District as the Glens Sewer Collection System, and generally described as follows: On the west along Canada Road from Neuman Lane to about 550 feet north of Laning Drive, east about 350 feet then south to Laning Drive, then east about 345 feet, then south to the boundary of the Woodside Glens subdivision, along the Glens boundary to the I-280 freeway, then adjacent to the I-280 freeway and the Woodside Glens boundary south and west to Neuman Lane, including Corto Lane, Glenwood Avenue, Toyon Court, Otis Avenue, Ridge Court, Hillside Drive, Alta Mesa Road, Highland Terrace, Alta Vista Road, Arbor Court and that area described as the Glens in the Woodside Glens Specific Plan, adopted June 1, 1993 by the Town.

(Ord. 1994-476, effective 7-12-94; Am. Ord. 2000-505, effective 12-14-00)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

(A) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid waste containing grease in an excessive amount, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for residential dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Town's engineering representative, and shall be so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.

(B) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which, when boxed in place, shall be gastight and watertight.

(C) All grease, oil and sand interceptors, where required, shall be properly operated and maintained by the owner, at the owner's expense, at all times.

(Ord. 1994-476, effective 7-12-94)

(A) General prohibitions. No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge wastes into the wastewater facilities which cause, threaten to cause, or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances:

(1) A fire or explosion;

(2) Obstruction of flow, or injury to, the wastewater facilities, or any portion thereof;

(3) Danger to life or safety of persons;

(4) Conditions inhibiting or preventing the effective maintenance or operation of the wastewater facilities;

(5) Strong or offensive odors, air pollution, or any noxious, toxic, or malodorous gas or substance, or gas-producing substances;

(6) Interference with the wastewater treatment process, or overloading of the wastewater facilities, or excessive collection or treatment costs, or use of capacity in the wastewater facilities to which the person is not entitled;

(7) Interference with any wastewater reclamation process operated in conjunction with the wastewater facilities, or overloading, or a breakdown of such reclamation process, or excessive reclamation costs, or any product of the treatment process which renders such reclamation process impracticable or not feasible under normal operating conditions;

(8) A detrimental environmental impact, or a nuisance wherever located, or a condition unacceptable to any public agency having regulatory jurisdiction over operation of the wastewater facilities;

(9) Discoloration, or any other adverse condition in the quality of the effluent from the wastewater facilities such that receiving water quality requirements established by any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, or permit condition cannot be met by the Town or the agencies providing wastewater facilities to the Town.

(B) Storm drainage and groundwater. No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged, any stormwater, groundwater, rainwater, street drainage, swimming pool drainage, subsurface drainage, or yard drainage, either directly or indirectly into the wastewater facilities, unless a permit therefor is issued by the Town. The Town may issue such permit only upon a finding that no reasonable alternative method of disposal of such water is available.

(C) Unpolluted water. No person, shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged any unpolluted water, including, but not limited to, cooling water, process water, or blow-down water from cooling towers or evaporative coolers, either directly or indirectly into the wastewater facilities, unless a permit therefor is issued by the Town.

(D) Garbage grinders.

(1) No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged waste from garbage grinders into the wastewater facilities; provided, however, that:

(a) Wastes generated in preparation of food normally consumed on the premises may be so discharged; or

(b) The discharge is made pursuant to a permit issued by the Town.

(2) Garbage grinders from which wastes are permitted under subsections (a) and (b) above, shall be of a design and capacity to shred wastes sufficiently such that all waste particles shall be carried freely under normal flow conditions into and through the wastewater facilities.

(E) Direct discharge. No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged any wastes or wastewater, or any object, material, or other substance directly into a manhole or other opening into the wastewater facilities other than wastes or wastewater through an approved building sewer.

(F) Holding tank waste. No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged any holding tank waste into the wastewater facilities at any location other than one designated and clearly marked for such purpose by the Town or other public agency.

(G) Radioactive wastes. No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged, any radioactive wastes into the wastewater facilities; provided, however, that:

(1) Persons authorized to use radioactive materials by the State Department of Health or other governmental agencies empowered to regulate the use of radioactive materials may discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged such wastes if they are discharged in strict conformance with current state radiation control regulation (California Administrative Code, Title XVII, Ch. 5, Sub. Ch. 4, Group 3, Art. 5), and federal regulations and recommendations for safe disposal of such wastes; and

(2) The person so acting does so in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations of all other regulatory agencies.

(H) Wastewater strength. Except as provided in Section 51.018 of this chapter, no person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged into the public system any wastewater containing any of the following constituents in excess of the maximum allowable amounts respectively established therefor:

(I) Additional limitations. No person shall, and it shall be unlawful to, discharge, cause to be discharged, or permit to be discharged any wastewater:

(1) The temperature of which is higher than 150° F. (65° C.);

(2) Containing more than 300 mg/l of oil or grease of animal or vegetable origin;

(3) Containing more than 100 mg/l of oil or grease of mineral or petroleum origin;

(4) Having a pH lower than 6.0 or having a corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures or equipment of the wastewater facilities, or any portion thereof;

(5) Containing in excess of 1.0 mg/l phenolic compounds, unless otherwise authorized by permit issued pursuant to Sections 51.060 through 51.068 of this chapter;

(6) Containing in excess of 20.0 mg/l fluoride compounds, unless otherwise authorized by permit issued pursuant to Sections 51.060 through 51.068 of this chapter;

(7) Containing any sand, grit, straw, metal, glass, rags, feathers, paper, tar, plastic, wood, leaves, garden clippings, manure, dead animals, offal, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in the wastewater facilities, or which in any way interferes with the proper operation of the wastewater facilities;

(8) Containing any hazardous or toxic material or substance, the discharge of which is prohibited by the laws or regulations of any government agency having jurisdiction over such matters;

(9) Containing any hazardous, toxic or poisonous substance not otherwise specifically prohibited in this Code in sufficient quantities to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to create a hazard in the wastewater facilities, or to injure or interfere with the operation thereof; or

(10) Containing suspended solids, not otherwise specifically prohibited under the provisions of this Code, the characteristics or quantity of which require unusual attention, treatment, or expense in handling or treating such material in the wastewater facilities, or any portion thereof.

(Ord. 1994-476, effective 7-12-94)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

Notwithstanding the limitations upon the characteristics or quantity of wastewater discharged, caused to be discharged, or permitted to be discharged into the wastewater facilities pursuant to this subchapter, the Town may, in connection with the issuance of permits pursuant to the provisions of Sections 51.060 through 51.068 of this chapter, establish additional or different specific limitations on wastewater strength upon a finding by the Town that:

(A) The limitations set forth in this subchapter may not be sufficient to protect the operation of the wastewater facilities, or any portion thereof, or the waste or wastewater proposed to be discharged otherwise constitutes a hazard to, or an unreasonable burden upon, such operation; or otherwise causes or significantly contributes to violation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit;

(B) The limitations set forth in this subchapter may be unreasonably restrictive when applied to a specific industry; and imposing a less stringent limitation will not cause or contribute to violation of any state or federal requirement of law; or

(C) Specific standards have been established by the state or federal government for a specific category of industrial customer which would supersede the limitations set forth in this subchapter with respect to such category.

(Ord. 1994-476, effective 7-12-94)

It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town, any wastewater, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with the provisions of this Code.

(Ord. 1994-476, effective 7-12-94)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.