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ORD 53-29 REGULATING SANITATION IN USE OF PRIVATE & PUBLIC LANDS AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SANITATION IN TiE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS, PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL, TEE INSTALLATION AND CO~H~EC- TION OF BUILDING 8~1~$, AND TEE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTS INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYST~M~ AND !~ROVIDING FOR TEE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TOWN DUMP AND SANITATION REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE TOWN OF WINSLOWA~ BE IT ORDAIRED AND ENACTED by the Council of the Town of Winslow, State of Washington, as follows: ARTICLE I Definitions Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows: Section 101. "Sewage Works" shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. Section 102. "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of Sewage Works of the Town of Winslow, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative. Section 103. "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial estab- lishments. Section 104. "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. Section 105. "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of string properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. Section 106. "Combined Sewer" shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage. Section 107. "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally aSm~tted. Section 108. "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain" ~h~ll mean a sewer which carries s$orm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes. Section ~. "Sew~e Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage. Section llO. "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the liquidwastes from xndustrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. -I- Section 111. "Garbage" sh~ll mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce. Section 112. "Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with. no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension. Section 113. "Building Drain" ~b~ll mean that part of the lowest hor- zontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 5 feet outside the inner face of the build- ing wall. Section 114. "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. Section 11~. "B. O. D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic ~ltter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20° 0., expressed in partsper million by weight. Section 116. "pE" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. Section, ~llF. "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids; ~ which are removable by laboratory filtering. Section 118. "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into ~ water- course, pond, ditch, lake or other bod~ of surface or ground water. Section 119. "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. Section 120. "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, com~pan~v, association, society, corporation, or group. Section 121. "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive. Section 122. "Deleterious Matter" shall mean all refuse, garbage, or other discarded materials, or industrial wastes not disposed of by incinera- tion or other acceptable means. ARTICLE II Use of Public Sewers Required Section 201. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an insanitary manner upon public or private prop- erty within the Town of Winslow, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste. Section 202. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the Town of Winslow, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Town, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this ordinance. Section 203. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. Section 204. The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for h,,man occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the Town, is hereby required at.his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, end to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, within sixty (60) ds~vs after d~te of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the source of sewage materials. ARTICLE lXI Private Sewage Disposal Section 301. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 204, the building sewer shall be connected to a ~rivate sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this article. Section 302. Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form fur- nished by the Town, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specif- ications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) shall be paid to the Town Treasurer at the time the application is filed. Section 303. A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the ~uperintendent. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construc- tion and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintend- ent when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent. Section 30__4. The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department ,b,._ +.h, ,-,rr ~r tl,- lot NO septic tard{ or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any public sewer .+r natu_faZ outlet. Section 305. ~t such time as a public sewer becomes available to property served by a ~rivate sewage disposal system, as provided an Section ~04, a ddrect connection sh~ll be made to the public sewer in compliance with this o~dtnance, and any septic tanks, cesspoole, and similar private sewage disposal facilities sh~ll be abandoned &rid filled with suitable material. Section 306, The owner sh~ll operate and n~intain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the Town. Section 307. No statement contained in this article shall be con- strued to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer. A[TICLE IV ~uildin~ Sewers and Connections Section 401. ~o ~uthorized person shall ttucover, ~a_~e any connec- tions with or ~eni~ ~nto, use, alter, or ~stur~ ~ public sewer or app~ten- anne thereof without first o~taini~ a written permit from the ~uperinten~ent. 3ection ~02. There s~ll ~e two (2) classes of ~1~ sewe~ permits: (1) fo~ residential ~d co~ercial service, and (2) for se~ice to esta~li~ ments pro~uci~ industrial ustes. In e~ther ca~e, the ouer or his a~ent ~11 ~e application on a ~ecial form furniXed by the Tou. The permit applica- tion ~11 be ~pplemented by a~ plus, ~ecifications, or other i~ormtion considered pe~inent in the J~ment of the ~pe~ntendent. A permit ~d in~ection fee of Five DolOrs ($5.00) for a residential or comercial building sewer permit md Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for an industrial b~ldi~ sewer permit ~11 be paid to the Tou Tr~s~er at the time the application is filed. Section 403. ~1 costs and'e~ense incident to the installation ~d comection of the b~ldi~ sewer ~ll:be borne by the ~ner. The ~er ~11 indemify the Tou from a~ loss 'or ~e t~t my directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the b~ldi~ sewer. Section 4~. A s~arate and independent ~il~ sewer s~ll be provided for every buildi~; except where one buildi~ stands at the rear of ~nother on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or ~ be constmcted to the rear b~ldi~ thro~h ~ adJoini~ alley, court, ~rd, or driveway, the buil~ sewer from the front b~ldi~ my be extended to the rear buil~ and the whole considered as one buildi~ sewer. Section 405. Old b~ldi~ sewers my be used in comection with new buil~s o~y when they are fomd, on emi~tion and test by the ~perintendent, to meet all Feq~rements of tMs ordi~nce. Section 406. The b~ldi~ sewer s~ll be ~st iron soil pipe, ASTM specifi~tion (A7~42) or eq~l; ~trified clay sewer pipe, ASBI ~ecification (013-~) or eq~l;'or other suitable mterial approved by the ~erintendent. Joints s~ll be ti~t ~d ~te~roof. ~ part of the ~il~ sewer tMt is ~located within ten (10) feet of a water se~ice pipe ~11 be constmcted of cast iron soil pipe with leatied joints. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Superintendent where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. Tf installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non-metallic material may be accepte~ if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent. Section 407. The size and slope of the buildi~ sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter be less than four (4) inches~ The slope of such 4-inch pipe ~b~ll be not less .Section 408. Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. Eo building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of an~ bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment in so far as possible. 0hanges in direction shall be made only wish properly curved pipe and fittings. Section 409. Xn all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage c~.rried by such drain shall be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the build- ing sewer. Section 410. All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Super- intendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM specification (012-19) except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. Section 411. All joints and connections .hall be made gastight and watertight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead. Federal Specification (QQ-L-156), not lesstha~ one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and calked tight. No paint, varnish, or other coatings shall be permitted on the joinring material until after the joint has been tested and approved. -6- All joints in vitrified clay pipe or between such pipe and metals shall be made with approved hot-poured jointing material or cement mortar as speci- fied below. Material for hot-poured joints shall not soften sufficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of one hundred sixty degrees Fahrenheit (160° l~. ), nor be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the dre,inage system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp, or similar approved,material. Cement joints shall be made by packing a closely twisted jute or ~akum gasket, of suitable size to fill partly the annular space between the pipes. The remaining space shall be filled and firmly compacted with mortar composed of I part Portland cement and 3 parts mortar sand. The material shall be mixed dry; only sufficient water shall be added to make the mixture workable. Mortar which has begun to set shall not be used or retempered. Lime putty or hydrated lime may be substituted to the extent of not more than 25 per cent (25%) of the volume of the Portland cement that may be added. Other jointing materials, pipe and methods may be used only by approval of the Superintendent. Section 412. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch, if such branch is available at a suitable iocation. If the public sewer is twelve (12) inches in diameter or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, the owner shall at ~ds e~oense install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Superintendent. Where the public sewer is gree~ter than twelve (12) inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, with entry in the down- stream direction at an angle of about forty-five degrees (450). A forty-five degree (45°) ell my be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner sa. rface of the public sewer. The invert of the building sewer at the point of connection shall be at the same or at a higher elevation than the invert of the public sewer. A smooth, neat joint ~b~ll be made, and the con~ection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Super- int endent. Section 413. The applicsmt for the building sewer permit shall notify the ~uperintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connec- tion to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative. Section 414. All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Town. ARTICLE V Use of the Public Sewers Section 501. No person shall dischs. rge or cause to be discharged ~ storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. Section 502. Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such storm sewers, or outlet approved by the Superintendent. Iadustrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet. Section 503. ~xcept as hereinafter provided, no person ahall dis- charge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer: (a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 15GO ~. (b) Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease. (c) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas. (d) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. (e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rage, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other inter- ference with the proper operation of the sewage works. (f) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5-5 or higher than 9.0, or havin~ an~v other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works. (g) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient ~uantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant. (h) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle such mate- rials at the sewage treatment plant. (i) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. Section 504. Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients; except that such inter- ceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent, md shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inepection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious mate- rials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight, and equipped with easily removable covers which when bolted in place shall be gastight and watertight. Section 505. Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. Section 506. The admission into the public sewers of any waters or '.,astes having (a) a 5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than 300 parts per -9- million by weight, or (b) containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (c) containing any quantity of substances having the c~aracteristics described in Section 503, or (d) having an average daily flow greater t~ 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Town, s~ll be subject to the review and approval of the ~uperintendent. Where necessary in the o~oinion of the Superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to, (a) reduce the Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by ~~eight, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics of con- stituents to within the maxim limits provided for in Section 503, or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed pre- liminary treatment f~cilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Super- intendent and of the Pollution Control Commission of the State of Washington, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. Section 507. Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided for an~V waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense. Section 308. When required by the ~uperintendent, the owner of an~ property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes aball install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, samplin~ and measurement of the wastes. Such mnhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and ac- cessible at all times. Section 509. All measurements, tests, and analyses of the ~racter- istics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Sections 503 and 506 shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage", and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in Section 508, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event th~+t no special manhole has been required, the control manhole s~mll be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Section 510. No statement contained in this article shall be com- strued as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Town and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Town for treatment, subject to payment there- for by the industrial concern. Section 511. Each public sewage connection required hereunder as set forth in Section 20~ shall be char~ed for on a monthly basis as follows: don~on $3.00 per month; cOmmr~reial bn41d~v~rn ~nd u.~o~m $6.00 l~nr mn~h; dustrial or other connections to be charged-in accordance with the terms of such schedule as may be determined by the Superintendent and approved by the 0ouncil, 3_RTYCLE VI Sanitation Provisions re Garbage Disposal and Use of Town lkunp Section 601. It shall be u~hlawful for an,v person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any manmer upon public or private property within the Town of Winslow or in any area under the jurisdiction of the said Town, any deleterious matter as described in Section 122, Section 602. All such deleterious matter shall be disposed of by incineration or other means, acceptable to the Superintendent, and any refuse resulting from said incineration or other acceptable means, together with all deleterious matter not so treated, shall be deposited in the Town D%ump as here- inafter described, at the expense of the owner of the property on which said material originates. Section 603. The following land, known as the "County Dumpa is hereby designated as the Town ~, to-wit: The Northeast quarter of the Northweat quarter of Section 33, Township 25 North, Rsage 2 Fast, W.M., Kitsap Couxtty, Wash- i ngt on. -11- Section 604. All persons depositing materials as herein described upon the said described dump, shall do so in the manner and under the rules and reguls~tions prescribed by the County Commissioners and/or Health Depart- ment of Kit sap County, Washington, or in accordance with such contract for maintenance of said area as may be in force at the time deposit is made. ARTICLE VII Protection from t~_m~ge Section 701. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any struc- ture, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct. ARTICLE VIII Powers and Authority of Inspectors Section 801. The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Town, bearing proper credentials and identification, shell be permitted to enter upon all properties during business hours for the purposes of inspec- tion, observation, measurement, san~pling, and testing, in accord_~nce with the provisions of this ordinance. ARTICLE IX Penalties Section 901. Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance except Section 701 shall be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. Section 902. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Section 901 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each violation. Each day in which any such violation ~hall continue shall be deemed a separate offense. Section 903. A~y persQnviolating any pf the provisions of this ordinance shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss, or damage occ~.sioned the Town by reason of such violation. ARTICLE X Validity Section 1001. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 1002. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or p~:ovi~ion of this ordinance ~all not affect the validity of any other part of this ordAnance which can be ~iven effect without such invalid part or parts. ARTICLE XI 0rdi~ce in Force Section 1101. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, recording, and publication as provided by law. Section 1102. Passed and adopted by the Council of the Town of Winslow, State of Washington, on the ~ L,~ ~ day of ~V~/~ , 1953. Approved this Y~ day of ~~ , 1953 Attest: Mayor Clerk -13-