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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0253N0 i ORDINANCE No. 253 (New Series) AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE DISCiiiiRGE OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES INTO THE S.t NITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF Ti1E CITY OF SAN LUIS Oi3ISPO, DECLARING THIS ORDINTLNCE TO BE AN URGENCY ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING PEN.!ILTI ES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION L. It shall be unlawful to place, deposit or discharge,* or to cause, suffer or permit to be placed, deposited, or discharged, either directly or indirectly, into the public sanitary sewer of the City of San Luis Obispo or into any lateral connected therewith, whether within or outside of the corporate limits of said City, or on or upon any street, alley or public place, or on or upon any private property or any other place in such manner that the same will be permitted to run into any such sewer or lateral, any of the following substances: (a) Any cleaning solvent, or any gasoline, kerosene, naptha or other petroleum product having a gravity of 50 degrees Baume or more. (b) Any oil,. petroleum, liquid asphaltum or petroleum product having a gravity of less than 50 degrees Baume, unless the premises where any such substance is-deposited or discharged into the sanitary sewer is equipped with an adequate intercepting appliance, commonly called a "grease trap ", in efficient working condition. (c) Any refuse or industrial waste, other than household domestic sewage, that will not readily disintegrate in the sewer treatment plant or that will cause or tend to cause obstructions in the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant, or interfere or tend to interfere with the efficient and successful operation of said system or said plant. (d) Any chemicals or waste destructive of masonry. SECTION 2. Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment in tale County jail of the County of San Luis Obispo, not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the preservation of the public health and safety, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its final passage and adoption. The following is a specific statement showing the urgency of this ordinance: With the completion by the City of San Luis Obispo of its new sewage treatment plant and the installation therein of certain mechanical equipment, the discharge into the sewer system of the substances mentioned in this ordinance prevents the efficient operation of such plant and has already seriously interfered with the operation of such plant and has made necessary certain repairs. SECTION 4. This ordinance, together with the Ayes and Noes shall be published for two days before its final passage in the Telegram - Tribune, a daily newspaper, printed, published and. circulated in said City. Introduced and passed to print this 20th day of December, 1943, by the following vote: AYES•R•P•uotwell,Ralph C. Kennedy, F. C. Kimball, Joseph Leary NOES: ,.None— ABSENT: Clyde T . 0-XNan Ma ATTEST: City Clerk Finally passed and adopted on December 28th, 1943 on.,-:motion of R.P.Howell, seconded by-Joseph Leary upon the following vote: Ayes: R.P.Howe 11, Ralph C. Kennedy,F.C.Kimball, Joseph Leary Noes: None Absent: Clyde T. O'Nan City Clerk, Mayo r