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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19750217CCMeeting1 15 Savannah Beach, Georgia February 17, 1975 The Regular Monthly Meeting of Savannah Beach City Council was held this evening at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room at Savannah Beach City Hall with Mayor Michael J. Counihan presid- ing and a quorum consisting of the following Councilmen present: Mr. Edward J. Fahey, Mr. Richard DeLoach, Mr. John Wylly, Mr. James Bond and Mr. Joseph Agnew. Councilman Ernest Hosti was not present. Also present at the meeting were City Attorney William H. Pinson, Jr. and City Marshal L. E. Taylor. Visitors and petitioners at the meeting were: Diane Pappas, Chief and Mr. Williams of the U. S. Coast Guard Station, Savannah Beach, Cindy Carter, DeeDee Sasser, Mrs. Joyce Callison, Mrs. Karen Losey, Mrs. Sally Bostwick, Mrs. Jean Davis, Lisa Towns, Mr. & Mrs. Donald Meyer, Mrs. Iris Bishop, Caroline Bishop, Mr. George Spirides, Adrian Thornton, Mr. David Thornton and Mr. Ted Voigt. Mayor Counihan opened the-meeting for the transaction of business legally presented. Bills for the various departments were approved for the month of January with the exception of a bill for $130.00 for maintenance on police office equipment. The Mayor asked if there were any errors or ommissions in the Minutes of the following meetings: Regular Council Meeting January 27, 1975 Special Council Meeting January 30, 1975 There being no errors or ommissions, these Minutes were approved as written. Councilman Edward Fahey, Chairman of the Police Department, informed Council that the Police Department now had two new police cars. Of the older ones remaining, he stated, he would like to take two of the worst ones and put them up for bids. He stated further, he would remove the radios from these two cars, install them into the new ones and save the City the costs of installing new radios which would have amounted. to $2,500.00. This would give the patrolmen three good cars. He stated further that the next best car should go to Lt. Weatherly for his use. Councilman DeLoach, Chairman of Fire Department, stated that the Fire Department has an old ambulance in good running condition, but the body rusting very badly. He 2 suggested turning one of the police cars, up for bid, over to the Fire Department for their use, then taking the remain- ing old police car and the ambulance and put them up for sealed bids. Councilman Fahey made a motion to put these two vehicles up for sealed bids. The motion was seconded by Councilman DeLoach and unanimously carried. The next item brought before Council was the hiring of lifeguards and metermaids for the coming summer. Councilman Fahey stated he had requested the Clerk to make an in -depth sutdy of carious resort beaches and the manner in which they operated their lifeguards. He stated that he had wanted the lifeguards deputized, but under the Mandate Training Act in Georgia, this could not be done. In the City's request to the -Chatham County Commissioners last summer, it was asked that lifeguards be put on their budget along with various supplies and equipment. The lifeguards were not included in this list. County Commissioner Tom Coleman asked Mr. Fahey to make a list consisting of uniforms, first -aid equipment, bout's, rope, etc. with the exception of walkie- talkies. Commissioner Coleman was sure the Chatham County Commissioners could provide these items or a check would be givelto the City of Savannah Beach for the supplies. Councilman Fahey went on to say, the cost of main - taining lifeguards last summer amounted to $10,000.00. He stated further that although they did a fine job, more people were needed for the protection and safety of our beach. Mr. Fahey stated the City could receive from the Manpower Planning Office, 25 lifeguards with a cost of only bus fare to and from the Beach. The Manpower Planning Office would provide 6 in- structors from the Red Cross to train disadvantaged youths as lifeguards. These lifeguards would work a total of 20 hours each week per person. The lifeguards could be paid through the City payroll and the Manpower Planning Office reimbuse the City. In this regard, there would be more respect for the job and supervisors. Councilman Fahey stated further, Manpower Planning could also provide 14 metermaids for the City. It was then brought up as to what department this should be in. It was felt by Councilman Fahey and Councilman Wylly agreed, the Recreation Department was the best one for this operation to be placed in. This was to be discussed at a later date. Council- man Fahey then moved that the City accept the application from the Manpower Planning Office for the provision of 25 lifeguards and 14 metermaids. This was seconded by Councilman Wylly and unanimously carried. The next item on the Agenda was regarding the Animal Ordinance. Councilman Fahey stated Council was in receipt of an agreement between the Humane Society and the City of Savannah Beach. Under this proposed agreement, the Humane Society would 1 1 1 supply dog tags, citations. would be issued and a fine given to dog owners whose animals are picked up. These fines would then be given to the Humane Society. When these animals are inpounded by the Humane Society, a fee would be charged for boarding. Chatham County Commission has provided the Humane Society with $25,000.00 to help in the program of Animal Control. In the event this program did not work, Chatham County would initiate their own program of animal control. Councilman Fahey stated further, before making the proposed agreement with the Humane Society, he wanted to read an old ordinance which we could adopt restricting horses to an area East of Campbell Avenue and .East of Van Horn, or we could enforce our present Ordinance. Mrs. Sally Bostwick, as one of a number of horse ;owners who took the ownership of a horse very seriously, stated that the horses were checked regularly by a veterinarian. Except for an occasional basketball game, she stated further, that the horses were the only source of entertainment for a number of young girls and housewives. Mr. Fahey stated he was in favor of the horse owners;, but, he stated further, he was also in favor on the many property owners who did not have horses. Following a further discussion, Mayor Counihan requested Council- man Fahey to have his committee make a thorough study of this situation and bring it before the next Council Meeting in March. The next item was the Grant Application to L.E.A.A. Councilman Fahey asked City Attorney William H. Pinson for his opinion regarding a letter to be sent to Troy Coleman, Law Enforcement Planner, Metropolitan Planning Commission. In this letter, the City is requesting funds to house the court and jail facilities. Attorney Pinson stated the letter was in order. Councilman Fahey made a motion that this letter be sent. It was seconded by Councilman Wylly and unanimously carried. LETTER Mayor Counihan then called on City Marshal, L. E. Taylor. regarding the Weed Ordinance. Mr. Taylor stated that Dr. Lund- quist refused to sign any letters to the property owners regard- ing the overgrowth of rank vegetation on their property. City Attorney Pinson stated, in order to simplify things, the City Marshall could be appointed Health Officer with the power to issue citations. Attorney Pinson stated further, that a new resolution could be drawn up with this change in the present Ordinance. This amending ordinance would nulify the existing Weed Ordinance. Mayor Counihan asked if there were any ob- jection to this change, there being none this change was so ordered. Mayor Counihan asked Mr. George Spirides is he wished to speak before Council. Mr. Spirides stated he had been in contact with Mr. Strafe of the Strait Shows., who provide the rides every year at the Kiddie Fair in Savannah. He stated that Mr. Strate was very much interested in the ocean front on the Strand in front of the Tybrisa Property, for the pur- pose of building a pier to put his rides on. Mr. Strate would like to buy it or either lease this property. Mayor Counihan, stated, if Mr. Strate or a representative could arrange to meet with Council, they might be able to reach a solution regarding this proposal. Councilman DeLoach asked if this would affect our Beach Erosion Project. City Attorney Pinson stated, on the surface it would, but this could be cleared up if further discussions were desired. Councilman Bond stated he had checked with the Corps of Engineers on this and as long as access to the Beach was not denied, he felt sure there would be no ob- jections from the Corps on the construction of this proposed pier. Mr. Bond stated that in regard to the Sand Dunes, this =would have to be checked with on a State and Federal level. Mayor Counihan asked that Mr. Strate get in touch with Council at his earliest convenience and they would get into more detail on this matter. 1 Councilman Bond stated the City must adopt a new Sewer Ordinance in order to receive Federal Funds for our Sewer Pro- ject. City Attorney Pinson drew up a proposed new Sewer Ordi- nance. Councilman Bond stated further there were a few changes in the new Ordinance which he would like to bring to the attention of Council. In the proposed new Sewer Ordinance, 200 feet, is the mandatory distance to tie into the City's Sewer System, the present ordinance being only 100 feet. The other change is the cut on -off fee. Our present ordinance is $5.00 for this, the new ordinance would be $10.00 to disconnect and reconnect a water meter when it becomes delinquent and the serivce is discontinued. These changes were acceptable with Council. Councilman DeLoach made a motion that unanimous con- sent be given to adopt this new Sewer Ordinance on first and second reading at this meeting. Unanimous consent was given. The motion was seconded by Councilman Bond and unanimously carried. ORDINANCE The next item on the Agenda was the adoption of three amending ordinances for business licenses. Councilman Joseph Agnew, Chairman of Finances, read a proposed amendment to the License Ordinance, Section 11 -8 -C of the Code of Ordinances, to include a license fee for a Cabnet Shop. Councilman Agnew requested unanimous consent be given to adopt this Ordinance on first and second reading at this meeting. Unanimous consent was given by Council. The motion was seconded by Councilman Fahey and unanimously carried. ORDINANCE 5 19 Councilman Agnew read a proposed amendment to the License Ordinance, Section 11 -8 -V of the Code of Ordinances, to in- clude a license fee for an Alternator Repair Shop. He then requested unanimous consent 'be given to adopt this Ordinance on first and second reading at this meeting. Unanimous consent was given by Council. This motion was seconded by Councilman Fahey and unanimously carried. ORDINANCE Councilman Agnew read a proposed amendment to, the License Ordinance, Section 11 -8 -M of the Code of Ordinances, to in- clude a license fee for a Mobile Auto Waxing. Councilman Agnew requested unanimous consent be give to adopt this Ordinance on first and second reading at this meetong. Unanimous consent was given by Council. Thos motion was seconded by Councilman Wylly and unanimously carried. ORDINANCE Councilman Agnew stated he had recently met with the people from the Department of Interior regarding the property at the Tybee Museum. Councilman Agnew stated he had studied the Quit Claim Deed the City had with the Federal Government. This Deed allowed the City of Savannah Beach to use the property for twenty (20) years, with an option to purchase this land for a sum for each remaining year. The City has had the use of this property for eighteen (18) years. At the time the Deed was put into effect, this property was valued at $3500.00 Councilman Agnew stated further he would like to see the City purchase this property for the sum of $350.00. Council was in agreement and Councilman Agnew made a motion to contact the Department of Interior and present them with an offer to pur- chase this property for $350.00. This was seconded by Councl- man Wylly and unanimously carried. The next item presented to Council was a proposed study of all City owned property and of what use these properties could be used for. Councilman Agnew stated he would like to get a committee and make a thorough study of these properties. If there were excess property, these could be sold, thereby bringing in additional revenue and putting previously non - exempt property back on the Tax Digest. Mayor Counihan appointed Councilman Agnew, Fahey and Wylly as a committee to check into this and make a complete study, returning their findings to Council at a later date. Councilman Wylly stated he had talked with Bill Saxman of the Metropolitan Planning Commission regarding a Grant which could be obtained by the City of Savannah Beach for a bike trail. The City could apply for $5,000.00 with 50% of this to be paid by the City. With the trail beginning at one end of Chatham County with Savannah Beach starting at this end, it would be some time before this trail would be completed. Councilman Wylly stated he would like to pass up this Grant at this time. 20 6 Councilman Wylly stated the bids for the two tennis courts were out for bids. Construction should begin as soon as all bids were in. Councilman Wylly asked the Council when it would be convenient for them to hold an open meeting for the public to attend as was promised in their platform. After a discussion, it was decided to have this Public Meeting the first Thursday in March, which would be March 6, 1975 at 7:00 P.M. in the City Hall Auditorium. Notices to be placed on bulletin board at City Hall and Post Office. Councilman Bond stated he would like to bring to Council's attention a matter involving the former Mayor and a former Councilman. He stated that there was .a suit against these two former city officials that occured during their term of office. Councilman Bond stated further that he would like for our City Attorney to look into this matter with the possi- bility of providing legal services for these men. City Attorney Pinson stated that the City could provide legal services to these former officials so long as they were acting in their capacity of Mayor and Councilman at the time of the alleged incident. Based on this, the City could provide legal services for these men to be represented soley in defense of the suit, Attorney Pinson stated. He stated further that any liability as far as a judgement could not be extended. Councilman Fahey made a motion that the City pursue this case along the lines given by City Attorney Pinson. Councilman Bond . seconded this and it was unanimously carried. Councilman Wylly stated he would like to clear up a matter that was taken out of proportion by the news media regarding a toll road into Savannah Beach. Councilman Wylly stated it had been his intention to create a parking authority and elimitate the unsightly parking meters off the streets. It was brought out in the discussion that followed, the possibility of the City having to maintain the highway. Councilman Wylly stated the litter caused by the tourist was the burden of the Savannah Beach taxpayers. He stated further the parking tickets issued to out of county and state vehicles were seldom paid and was very inefficient. Councilman Wylly made a motion parking authority within the City limits and bring back a written report to Council as soon as possible. This was seconded by Councilman Fahey and unanimously carried. Councilman Wylly made a motion to appropriate $300.00 to help finance the bike race to be held on March 22, this io come from the Recreation Funds. It was seconded by Council- man Fahey and unanimously carried. vt - 7 Mayor Counihan stated that the next Council Meeting falls on St. Patrick's Day. He asked Council to postpone this meeting to the following Monday. Councilman Agnew stated since this postponement would delay passing and paying bills, he would like to see the meeting held earlier. Councilman Fahey made a motion to have the Regular Council Meeting to be held on March 17, 1975, be postponed to Tuesday March 18, 1975, and place a notice in the paper advertising this postponement. A notice to be placed at City Hall also. This was seconded by Councilman Agnew and unanimously carrried. There being no further business, the meeting was adjour- ned to the next regular or special called meeting. CLERK OF COUNCIL 22 1 EDWARD M. PATTERSON CITY CLERK WM. H. PINSON. JR. RECORDER AND CITY ATTORNEY PHONE 786 -4573 5 M. J. COUNIHAN, MAYOR CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH Executive Offices — City Hatt P. O. Box 128 SAVANNAH BEACH, GA. 31328 February 17, 1975 Mr. Troy Coleman Law Enforcement Planner Metropolitan Planning Commission P. O. Box 1027 Savannah, Georgia 31402 Dear Mr. Coleman: COUNCILMEN JOSEPH M. AGNEW JAMES S. BOND 111 RICHARD T. Dr.LOAC14 EDWARD J. FAHEY ERNEST C. HOSTt JOHN C_ WYLLY, JR - I t-ien P -rogr- am- No . 12 (Facility Development) provides for funds to assist counties in the development of facility plans. There were three sub- grants ($16,200 each) that were to be made to county units of government or city - county joint ventures. The court, law enforcement and detention facilities located within the City of Savannah Beach are in a deplorable state of repair. These facilities need to be replaced and the initial plans must be initiated as soon as possible. We have talked with the offi- cials of Chatham County and they have assured us that they would join with the City of Savannah Beach in a joint planning effort. We forsee that the court, law enforcement and deten- tion facilities can be designed in such a way as to operate as a satellite unit th t will n t into the overall .. criminal justice picture of Chatham County. Since Savannah Beach is located 25 miles from the criminal justice center. of Chatham. - County, we envision this arrangement as a must. The City of Savannah Beach and Chatham County are pre- pared to draw together a formal application if the State Crime Commission will give serious consideration to such an appli- cation. I would like to request that you forward this, or a similar letter, to the proper officials of the State Crime Commission. It is our hope that some response will be forth- coming from them during the next thirty days. Enclosed please find a letter of endorsement from Mr. Tom Coleman, Chairman of the Chatham County Commission. ,L Lro n __ 2 -- If you know of any further information that may be needed at this point, please give my office a call. Thank you. S - Sincerely yours, Edward J. Fay, Chairmen Savannah Beach Police Department 1 AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 -8 -C, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA, SO AS TO INCLUDE A LICENSE FEE FOR CABINET SHOP, MANUFACTURING, WITHIN THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE AND REGULATIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN in Council duly assembled and it is hereby ordained as follows: SECTION I. To Amend Section 11 -8 -C schedule of Occupational and Business Licenses so as to add thereto a license fee for Cabinet Manufacturing, such license fee to be in the sum of $50.00, shall be inserted within said license schedule after CABINET INSTALLATION, and shall read as follows: CABINET SHOP Manufacturing of cabinets - - -- $50.00 SECTION 'II. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. ADOPTED in open Council meeting this day 1975. CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA Clerk of Council First reading: February 17, 1975 Second reading: February 17, 1975 Enacted: February 17, 1975 AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 -8 -V, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA, SO AS TO INCLUDE A LICENSE FEE FOR ALTERNATOR REPAIR SHOP WITHIN THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE AND REGULATIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN in Council duly assembled and it is hereby ordained as follows: SECTION I. To Amend Section 11 -8 -V Schedule of Occupational and Business Licenses so as to add thereto a license fee for Alternator Repair Shop, such license fee to be in the sum of $30.00, shall be inserted within said license schedule after VEGETABLES, or FRUIT, SALE FROM VEHICLES, and shall read as follows: VEHICLES: ALTERNATOR REPAIR Repair of Alternator's $30.00 SECTION II. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordiance are hereby repealed. ADOPTED in open Council meeting this day of 1975. CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA CLERK OF COUNCIL First Reading: February 17, 1975 Second Reading: February 17, 1975 Enacted: February 17, 1975 1 1 O R D I N A N C E AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE III, SEWERS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA, SO AS TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS: TO FIX AND ESTABLISH SEWERAGE SERVICE CHARGES; FIX AND ESTABLISH CONNECTION CHARGES; PROVIDE FOR A MANDATORY CONNECTION FOR THE USE OF SUCH SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM; PROVIDE FOR SEPTIC TANK CUSTOMERS WHEN SUCH SEWAGE SERVICE IS AND IS NOT AVAILABLE; PROVIDE FOR A MANDATORY CUT OFF FOR NON- PAYMENT OF SUCH SERVICE; PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE; PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; TO REPEAL ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, in council duly assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority thereof as follows: By striking Article III, Sections 20 -41 through 20 -53 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a complete new Article III, Sections 20 -41 et seq. as follows: Section 20 -41 DEFINITIONS Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Ordinance shall be as follows: (a) "Sewerage Works" shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage. (b) "Superintendent" shall mean the superintendent or manager of the sewerage works of the City of Savannah Beach, or its authorized deputy, agent or representative, as designated by the government authority. (c) "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water - carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, to gether with such ground surface and storm waters as may be present. (d) "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. 1 1 1 (e) "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is con- trolled by public authority. (f) "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which car- ries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted. (g) "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain "shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but ex- cludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.. (h) "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrange- ment of devices and structures or lagoons used for treating sewage presently .owned or afterward acquired by said City. (i) "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. (j) "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing of food, and from the hand- ling, storage and sale of produce. (k) "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. 1 (L) "Building Data" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal 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 5 feet outside the inner face of the building wall. (M) "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of dis- posal. (N) "B.O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20 degrees C. expressed in milligrams per liter. (0) "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen iron concentration in moles per liter. (P) "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either flost on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewerageor otherliquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering. (Q) "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or body of surface or ground water. (R) "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (S) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corportion or group. (T) "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive. 1 1 1 Section 20 -42 Use of Public Sewers Required (a) It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsani- tary manner upon public or private property within the City of Savannah Beach or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectional waste. (b) It shall be a violation of this ordinance to dis- charge to any natural outlet within the City of Savannah Beach, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Ordinance. (0) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be a violation of this ordinance to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. (d) The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes within the corporate limits of the said City of Savannah Beach and located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of a line of pub- lic sanitary sewer now in existence or after constructed to which such house, building or property may be connected so that sewage will flow therefrom and into such sewer line by gravity, is hereby re- quired at his own expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with said line of public sanitary sewer in accordance with the Provisions of this Ordinance within sixty (60) days after date of official notice so to do. 1 Section 20 -43 Private Sewage Disposal (a) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available un- der the provisions of Section 20-42 (d), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this article. (b) Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall first obtain a written per- mit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished bythe City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and the inspection fee of $50.00 Dollars (fifty dollars) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. (c) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the appli- cant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent 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. (d) The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division of the State of Georgia. No permit shall be issued for any sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facili- ties where the area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any public sewer or natural outlet. (f) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as pro- vided in Section 20 -42 (d), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Ordinance, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material. (g) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times,at no expense to the city. (H) No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer. Section 20 -44 Building Sewers and Connections (A) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent. (B) All cost and expense incident to the connection of the building sewer from the owner's building to the city pro- perty line shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may be directly or indi- rectly occasioned by the connection of the building sewer. Any connection from the City property line into the public sewer shall 1 be made by the City, for which the owner shall pay the City a standard sewer tap fee of $300.00 for residential taps, and $300.00 for commercial taps. (c) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the build- ing sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. (d) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Ordi- nance. (e) The building sewer shall be cast iron pipe; ASTM Specifications A -74; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM Spec- ifications C -13; or Polyvinyl Chloride with integial wall bell and spigot joints with a rubber ring gasket. Pipe and fittings shall conform to ASTM D- 3034. Joints shall be tight and water- proof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Superintendent where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or un- stable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non - metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent. 1 1 (f) The size and slope of the building 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 shall not be less than one - eighth (1/8) inch per foot. (g) Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings. (h) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved arti- ficial means and discharged to the building sewer. (i) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM Specification C -12; expect that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been in- spected. (j) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly paced with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ- L -156, not less than one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted in the joint material until after the joint has been tested and approved. Rubber joint cast iron pipe may be used as an alternate. All joints in vetrified clay pipe shall be made by using rubber gaskets or preformed, factory applied couplings having resilient properties in accordance with ASTM Specifi- cation C -424 for vetrified clay pipe. Material for hot - poured joints shall not soften suf- ficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when sub- jected to a temperature of one hundred sixty (160) degrees Fah- renheit, not be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp, or similar approved material. Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the Superintendent. (k) 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 location. If the public sewer is twelve (12) inches in diameter or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, the City shall install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Superintendent. Where the public sewer is greater than twleve (12) inches in dia- meter, and no properly located "Y" is available, a neat hole may 1 be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, which entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about forty -five (45) degrees. A forty -five (45) degree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the in- ner surface 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 shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Superintendent. (1) The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for in- spection and connection to the public sewer. (m) 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 City. Section 20 -45 Use of the Public Sewer (a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsur- face drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters p, to any sanitary sewer. (b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically desig- nated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water ors unpolluted process waters may be discharged upon approval of the Superintendent, . to a storm sewer or natural outlet. 0 0 rr NO o0' I N awn 01 U.) 0- v U1 k0 �01 1 (c) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer: 1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 degrees F °. 2.. Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 milligrams per liter of fat, oil or greases. 3. Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas. 4. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. 5. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shaving, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar plastics, wood paunch, manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works. 6. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive pro- perty capable of causing damage or hazard to struc- tures, equipment and personnel of the sewerage works. 7. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poison- ous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or in- terfere 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. 8. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention SL /£T /OT papuatu'j 1 1 or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant. 9. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. w ▪ a! (d) 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 ex- cessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for clean- ing and inspection. Grease and oil 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 bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight. (e) When installed, all grease, oil and sand inter- ceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. (f) The admission into the public sewers of any water or wastes having (a) a 5 -day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter, or (b) containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids, or (c) containing any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in Section 20 -45 (c), or (d) having an average daily flow greater 1 1 1 than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion 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 milligrams per liter and the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or constitu- ents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 20 -45 (c), or (c) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such water or Wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approval is obtained in writing. (g) Where preliminary treatment facilities are pro- vided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained contin- uously in satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense. (h) When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans ap- proved by the Superintendent. (I) All measurements, tests and analysis of the charac- teristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Section 20 -45 (c) and Section 20 -45 (f) shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage ", shall be determined at the control manhole provided in Section 20 -45 (h), or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. (f) No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement be- tween the City and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern. Section 20 -46 Protection from Damage No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewerage works. Section 20 -47 Power and Authority of Inspectors The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 20 -48 Sanitary Sewerage Service Charges - Schedule of Rates From and after the effective date of this ordinance there shall be established a sewer service charge for each connec- tion to the Sanitary Sewerage System of the City of Savannah Beach Tybee Island, Georgia, both inside and outside the City limits, and each sewer service customer shall pay the appropriate sewer- age service charges as established herein. The rates for all sewer service customers shall be based on a minimum charge accord- ing to the size of the meter or fifty percent (50%) of the billed monthly water charge, whichever is greater. This minimum charge shall be considered a set stand -by or readiness -to -serve charge and will be charged whether the customers premises are occupied or not. The stand -by minimum charges for the various sizes of meters, showing the charges for both inside the City limits and outside the City limits, shall be as follows: METER SIZE 5/8" 1" 1 1/2 2" 3" 4" 6" MINIMUM INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS 3.00 4.00 5.00 7.50 12.50 25.00 50.00 4.50 6.00 7.50 11.25 18.75 37.50 75.00 Minimum rates shown above for Outside City Limits are one and one Half (1 1/2) times rebates for inside the City Limits. Section 20 -49 Sewerage Service Billing, Collection and Penalties Bills for the sewer service charge shall be rendered monthly and shall be listed as a separate item on the same bill with the water system charges. Such bills shall set forth thereon the separate charge for water service, the separate charge for sewer service, and the total thereof. No payment shall be accepted for the water service unless the sewer charges are paid at the same time. There shall be no discount allowed for prompt payment. 1 If any bill shall not be paid before the tenth (10th) day following the original date of billing, it shall be declared de- linquent and the City Clerk or his designated assistant shall mail out to each customer, whose bill is delinquent, a notice of delinquency which notice shall be deemed to be a last and final notice. If any bill for sewerage service shall not be paid within twenty (20) days from the original date of billing, water service to the delinquent customer shall be immediately shut off and discontinued. Such water service shall not be restored or turned on until the delinquent bill has been paid in full; together with a disconnection charge and a reconnection charge in the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00) each. Section 20 -50 Penalties Any person found to be violating any provision of this Ordinance, except Section 20 -46, shall be served by the City 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. Any person who shall violate the provisions of Section 20 -46 of this Ordinance or who shall continue any violation hereof beyond the time limit provided for in Section 20 -42 hereof or who shall continue any other violation hereof beyond the time limit provided for in this section, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 1 -8 of the Code of Ordinances, Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia 1 Section 20-51 Validity All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here- with are hereby repealed, but to the extent of such conflict only. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of this ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts. Section 20-52 Effective Date This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from the date of its adoption. Section 20 -53 Repealing Clause That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. ['SEAL First Reading: Second Reading: Adopted: Amended: Amended: THE CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GA I1 By: ATTEST: February 17, 1975 February 17, 1975 February 17, 1975 March 18, 1975 October 13, 1975 CITY CLERK 01 c m 0 rr 1 1 1 ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE III, SEWERS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA, SO AS TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS: TO FIX AND ESTABLISH SEWERAGE SERVICE CHARGES: FIX AND ESTABLISH CONNECTION CHARGES: PROVIDE FOR A MANDATORY CONNECTION FOR THE USE OF SUCH SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM: PROVIDE FOR SEPTIC TANK CUSTOMERS WHEN SUCH SEWAGE SERVICE IS AND IS NOT AVAILABLE: PROVIDE FOR A MANDATORY CUT OFF FOR NON - PAYMENT OF SUCH SERVICE: PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE: PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; TO REPEAL ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, in council duly assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority thereof as follows: By striking Article III, Sections 20 -41 through 20 -53 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a complete new Article III, Sections 20 -41 et seq. as follows: SECTION 20 -41. Unless meaning of terms DEFINITIONS the contest specifically indicates otherwise, the used in this Ordinance shall be as follows: (a) "Sewerage Works" shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage. (b) "Superintendent" shall mean the superintendent or manager of the sewerage works of the City of Savannah Beach, or its authorized deputy, agent or representative, as designated by the government authority. (c) "Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water - carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, to gether with such ground surface and storm waters as may be present. (d) "Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. (e) "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. (f) "Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted. 1 1 1 -2- (g) "Storm Sewer" or "Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes. (h) "Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrange- ment of devices and structures or lagoons used for treating sewage presently owned or afterward acquired by said City. (i) "Industrial Wastes" shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage. (j) "Garbage" shall mean solid wastes from the prepara- tion, cooking and disposing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce. (k) "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 inch in any dimension. (1) "Building Data" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal 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 5 feet outside the inner face of the building wall. (m) "Building Sewer" shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. (n) "B.O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20 degrees C. expressed in milligrams per liter. (o) "pH" shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen iron concentration in moles per liter. (p) "Suspended Solids" shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewerage or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering. (q) "Natural Outlet" shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or body of surface or ground water. (r) "Watercourse" shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittnetly. 1 1 1 -3- (s) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group. (t) "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive. SECTION 20 -42. USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED (a) It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsani- tary manner upon public or private property within the City of Savannah Beach or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectional waste. (b) It shall be a violation of this ordinance to dis- charge to any natural ourlet within the City of Savannah Beach, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Ordinance. (c) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be a violation of this ordinance to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage. (d) The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes within the corporate limits of the said City of Savannah Beach and located within two hundred fifty (250) feet of a line of pub- lic sanitary sewer now in existence or after constructed to which such house, building or property may be connected so that sewage will flow therefrom and into such sewer line by gravity, is hereby required at his own expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with said line of public sanitary sewer in accordance with the Provisions of this Ordinance within sixty (60) days after date of official notice so to do. SECTION 20 -43. PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL (a) Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 20 -42 (d), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this article. (b) 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 furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other 1 1 1 -4- information as are deemed necessary by the Superintendent. A permit and the inspection fee of $50.00 Dollars (fifty dollars) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed. (c) A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection and before any under - ground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within forty -eight (48) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superinten- dent. (d) The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division of the State of Georgia. No permit shall be issued for any sewage . disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any public sewer or natural outlet. (f) At such time as a public sewer becomes available to .a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as pro- vided in Section 20 -42 (d), a direct'connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Ordinance, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private sewage disposal faci- lities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material. (g) The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the city. (h) No statement contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer. SECTION 20 -44. BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS (a) No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter. or disturb any public sewer or appurtenances thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Superintendent. (b) All cost and expense incident to the connection of the building sewer from the owner's building to the city pro- perty line shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify 1 1 1 -5- the City from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the connection of the building sewer. Any connection from the City property line into the public sewer shall be made by the City, for which the owner shall pay the City a standard sewer tap fee of $300.00 for residential taps, and $300.00 for commercial taps. (c) A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another or an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. (d) Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Ordinance. (e) The building sewer shall be cast iron pipe; ASTM Specifications A -74; vitrified clay sewer pipe, ASTM Specifications C -13; or Polyvinyl Chloride with integial wall bell and spigot joints with a rubber ring gasket. Pipe and fittings shall conform to ASTM D -3034. Joints shall be tight and water - proof. Any part of the building sewer that is located within 10 feet of a water service shall be constructed of cast iron soil pipe with leaded joints. Cast iron pipe with leaded joints may be required by the Superintendent where the building sewer is exposed to damage by tree roots. If installed in filled or unstable ground, the building sewer shall be of cast iron soil pipe, except that non- metallic material may be accepted if laid on a suitable concrete bed or cradle as approved by the Superintendent. (f) The size and slope of the building 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 shall not be less than one - eighth (1/8) inch per foot. (g) Whenever possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. No building sewer shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of any bearing wall, which might thereby be weakened. The building sewer shall be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible. Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipes and fittings. (h) In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved arti ficial means and discharged to the building sewer. 1 1 1 -6- (i) All excavations required for the installation of a building sewer shall be open trench work unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. Pipe laying and backfill shall be performed in accordance with ASTM Specification C -12; expect that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected. (j) All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Cast iron pipe joints shall be firmly paced with oakum or hemp and filled with molten lead, Federal Specification QQ -L- 156, not less than one (1) inch deep. Lead shall be run in one pouring and caulked tight. No paint, varnish or other coatings shall be permitted in the joint material until after the joint has been tested and approved. Rubber joint cast iron pipe may be used as an alternate. All joints in vetrified clay pipe shall be made by using rubber gaskets or performed. factory applied couplings having resilient properties in accordance with ASTM Specification C -424 for vetrified clay pipe. Material for hot - poured joints shall not soften suf- ficiently to destroy the effectiveness of the joint when subjected to a temperature of one hundred sixty (160) degrees fahrenheit, not be soluble in any of the wastes carried by the drainage system. The joint shall first be caulked tight with jute, hemp, or similar approved material. Other jointing materials and methods may be used only by approval of the Superintendent. (k) 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 location. If the public sewer is twelve (12) inches in diameter or less, and no properly located "Y" branch is available, the City shall install a "Y" branch in the public sewer at the location specified by the Superintendent. Where the public sewer is greater than twelve (12) inches in diameter, and no properly located "Y" is available, a neat hole may be cut into the public sewer to receive the building sewer, which entry in the downstream direction at an angle of about forty - five (45) degrees. A forty -five (45) degree ell may be used to make such connection, with the spigot end cut so as not to extend past the inner surface 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 shall be made, and the connection made secure and watertight by encasement in concrete. Special fittings may be used for the connection only when approved by the Superintendent. 1 1 1 -7- SECTION 20 -45. USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWER (a) No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsur- face drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. (b) Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically disignated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be dis- charged upon approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer or natural outlet. (c) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer: 1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 degrees F9. 2. Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 milligrams per liter of fat, oil or greases. 3. Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas. 4. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. 5. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shaving, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar plastics, wood paunch, manure, or any other solid or viscous substance cap- able of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works. hiS_provision also includes ground or shredded paper products. 6. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to struc- tures, equipment and personnel of the sewerage works. 7. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or inter- fere 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. 8. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention 1 1 1 -8- or expense is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant. 9. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance. Including hydrogen sulfide, nitrous oxide, and sulfur dioxide which should be limited to one (1.0) mg /1. (d) 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 interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil 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 bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight. (e) When installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. (f) The admission into the public sewers of any water or wastes having (a) a 5 -day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter, or (b) containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids, or (c) containing any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in Section 20 -45 (c), or (d) having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion 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 milligrams per liter and the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter, or (b) reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 20 -45 (c), or (c) control the quantitites and rates of discharge of such water or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approval is obtained in writing. 1 1 1 -9- (g) Where preliminary treatment facilities are pro- vided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained contin- uously in satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense. (h) When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. (i) All measurements, tests and analysis of the charac- teristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Section 20 -45 (c) and Section 20 -45 (f) shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage ", shall be determined at the control manhole provided in Section 20 -45 (h), or upon suitable samples taken at such control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. (f) No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement be- tween the City and industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern. SECTION 20 -46. PROTECTION FROM DAMAGE No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal sewerage works. SECTION 20 -47. POWER AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and indentification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 20 -48. SANITARY SEWERAGE SERVICE CHARGES- SCHEDULE OF RATES From and after the effective date of this ordinance shall be established a sewer service charge for each connec- 1 1 1 -10- tion to the Sanitary Sewerage System of the City of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia, both inside and outside the City limits, and each sewer service customer shall pay the appropriate sewerage service charges as established herein. The rates for all sewer service customers shall be based on a minimum charge according to the size of the meter or fifty percent (50%) of the billed monthly water charge, whichever is greater. This minimum charge shall be considered a set stand -by or readiness -to -serve charge and will be charged whether the customers premises are occupied or not. The stand -by minimum charges for the various sizes of meters, showing the charges for both inside the City limits and outside the City limits, shall be as follows: MINIMUM METER SIZE INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS 5/8" 3.00 1" 4.00 1 h 5.00 2" 7.50 3" 12.50 4" 25.00 6" 50.00 4.50 6.00 7.50 11.25 18.75 37.50 75.00 Minimum rates shown above for Outside City Limits are one and one half (1 a) times rebates for inside the City Limits. SECTION 20-49. SEWERAGE SERVICE BILLING, COLLECTION AND PENALTIES Bills for the sewer service charge shall be rendered monthly and shall be listed as a separate item on the same bill with the water system charges. Such bills shall set forth thereon the separate charge for water service, the separate charge for sewer service, and the total thereof. No payment shall be accepted for the water service unless the sewer charges are paid at the same time. There shall be no discount allowed for prompt payment. If any bill shall not be paid before the tenth (10th) day following the original date of billing, it shall be declared de- linquent and the City Clerk or his designated assistant shall mail out to each customer, whose bill is delinquent, a notice of delinquency which notice shall be deemed to be a last and final notice. If any bill for sewerage service shall not be paid within twenty (20) days from the original date of billing, water service 1 1 1 to the delinquent customer shall be immediately shut off and discontinued. Such water service shall not be restored or turned on until the delinquent bill has been paid in full; together with a disconnection charge and a reconnection charge in the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00) each. SECTION 20 -50. PENALTIES Any person found to be violating any provision of this Ordinance, except Section 20 -46, shall be served by the City 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. Any person who shall violate the provisions of Section 20 -46 of this Ordinance or who shall continue any violation hereof beyond the time limit provided for in Section 20 -42 hereof or who shall continue any other violation hereof beyond the time limit provided for in this section, shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 1 -8 of the Code of Ordinances, Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, Georgia. SECTION 20 -51. VALIDITY All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here- with are hereby repealed, but to the extent of such conflict only. The invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other part of this ordinance which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts. SECTION 20 -52. EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from the date of its adoption. SECTION 20 -53. REPEALING CLAUSE. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 20 -54. INDUSTRIAL WASTE For industries desiring to use the waste water treat- ment plant an agreement shall be executed for payment on behalf of the participating industry for its pro -rata share of the cost. These cost to include the cost of building the plant, including debt service, as well as to provide for operational and maintenance 1 -12- cost on a regular basis. (a) The general formula for establishing charges for treating of Industrial Wastes is computed as follows: Ci = voVi + ba i + soSi Where Ci = Charge to industrial users, $ /yr. vo = average unit cost of transport and treatment chargeable to volume, $ /gal. bo = average unit cost of treatment, chargeable to BOD, $ /lb. so = average unit cost of treatment, (including sludge treatment) chargeable to SS (Suspended Solids). $ /lb. Vi = volume of waste water from industrial users, gal /yr.' Bi = weight of BOD from industrial users, lb /yr. Si = weight of SS from industrial users, lb /yr. (b) Method of Payment The formula as set forth deals with annual amounts based on information as supplied from bid data, industrial estimates, etc., for the purpose of maintaining a cash flow to cover cost of operation, this estimate is to be made in twelve equal installments, based on the figures of the preceding year as adjusted. This is to allow for increases in operational and maintenance cost. (c) In the event future industries are allowed, all rules and regulations of 40 CFR 128 must be complied with. THE CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA BY: ATTEST: (SEAL) MAYOR First Reading: February 17, 1975 Second Reading: February 17, 1975 Adopted: February 17, 1975 Amended: March 18, 1975. Amended: October 13, 1975 CITY CLERK THIS IS AN ENGROSSED COPY OF OUR SEWER ORDINANCE CONTAINING ALL AMENDMENTS UP TO AND INCLUDING OCTOBER 13, 1975. 1 AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 -8 -M, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA, SO AS TO INCLUDE A LICENSE FEE FOR MOBILE AUTO WAXING WITHIN THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE AND REGULATIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN in Council duly assembled and it is hereby ordained as follows: SECTION I. To Amend Section 11 -8 -M Schedule of Occupational and Business Licenses so as to add thereto a license fee for Mobile Auto Waxing, such license fee to be in the sum of $30.00, shall be inserted within said license schedule after MISCELLANEOUS: See UNCLASSIFIED, and shall read as follows: MOBILE AUTO WAXING Washing and Waxing $30.00 SECTION II. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. ADOPTED in open Council meeting this day of 1975. CITY OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA CLERK OF COUNCIL First Reading: February 17, 1975 Second Reading: February 17, 1975 Enacted: February 17, 1975