HomeMy Public PortalAbout011-2011 - Adoption of Chapter 50RESOLUTION NO. 11 -2011
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADOPTION OF CHAPTER 50 OF THE
RICHMOND CODE REGARDING GENERAL SEWER USAGE
WHEREAS, Chapter 54 of the Richmond Code currently sets forth certain ordinances
regulating pretreatment sewer usage for users of the Richmond Sanitary
District, along with general sewer use ordinances; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the City of Richmond's National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System ( NPDES) permit renewal effective March 1, 2011,
extensive revision of Chapter 54 pretreatment ordinances and the ERG
were required for submission to the EPA for approval; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond's NPDES permit requires a re- evaluation of our
mandated pretreatment program; and
WHEREAS, in connection with this revision, it is deemed efficient, reasonable, and
necessary to separate out those ordinances which pertain to general sewer
usage from those which pertain to mainly industrial pretreatment sewer
usage, for their better understanding and enforcement by those subject to
them; and
WHEREAS, the general sewer usage ordinances were previously contained in Chapter
50 of the Richmond Code of General Ordinances, which was eliminated by
Ordinance No. 69 -1997 amending Chapter 54;
WHEREAS, the general sewer use ordinances have been updated to account for various
changes in the requirements necessary to address the orderly and efficient
provision of general sewer services within the Richmond Sanitary District,
and are now contained in a new Chapter 50 being recommended for
adoption by the Richmond Common Council; and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36- 9 -25 -10 empowers the Board of Commissioners of the
Richmond Sanitary Commissioners to compel dischargers of sewage or
drainage to connect into sewage works regulating the use, and assessing
reasonable charges.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Richmond Board of Sanitary
Commissioners that Richmond's Common Council be requested to enact the attached
Chapter 50 of the Richmond Code (GENERAL SEWER USE).
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS _ 22 nd day of November , 2011.
BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF
RICHMOND, INDIANA
S/S Richard Bodiker
Richard Bodiker, President
S/S Gil Klose
Gil Klose, Vice - President
_ S /S Greg Stiens
Greg Stiens, Member
Attest: S/S Denise Johnson
Denise Johnson, Recording Secretary
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