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ORDID?AIQCE N0. 556
AN OP.DINADICE OF THE CITY OF LYNSVOOD REGULATING
THE DEPOSIT OR DISCF.ARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
`Phe City Council of the City of Lynwood does ordain
a.s follows:
ARTICLE I, DEFINITIONS
Section 1, Def initions.
The definitions of this article shall govern the construction of
this ordinance and a.ny permits issued hereunder unless otherwise appar-
ent from the context.
Section 2. Cits.
"City" means the City of Lynwood, County of Los Angeles, State of
California.
Section 3. Engineer.
"Engineer° means the City Engineer of the City of Lynwood.
Section ~. Council.
"Counci7_° means the City Council of the said City of Lynwood.
Section 5. Health Officer.
"Health Officer° means the County Health Officer of the County
of Los Angeles, California, or his authorized deputy, agent, represent-
ative or inspector.
Section 6. Cesspool.
"Cesspool" means an excavation in. the ground which receives the
discharge of a drainage system, or part thereof, so designed and con-
strutted. as to retain organic matter and solids discharging therein,
but permitting the liquids to seep through the bottom and sides.
Section 7. Domestic Serrae~e.
"Domestic Sewage" means the raster borne t~rastes derived from the
ordinary living processes and of such volume and character as to permit
satisfactory disposal into cesspools or septic tanks approved by the
Health Officer or into a public sewer.
Section 8. Effluent.
__ "Effluent" means the liquid flowing out of any treatment plant or
facility constructed and operated fo-r the partial or complete treatment
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of sewage or industrial waste.
Section 9, GREASE INTERCEPTOR,
°Grease Interceptor" means a device for retaining grease or oil
by gravity-differential separation from industrial .liquid waste.
.Section 10. INDUSTRIAL BUILDING,
"Industrial Building" means any building or structure which is,
or iahich is designed to be used for the manufacture, processing, or
distribution of materials, equiioment, su.p-olies, food, or commodities
of any description, or which is used or designed to be used as a
school, sanitarium, hospital, penal institution or charitable insti-
tution; together with all appurtenances thereto and the surrounding
premises under the sane ownership or control,
Section 11. INDUSTRIAL CUNNECTTON SE'wlEIY,
"Industrial Connection Sewer" means that part of the horizontal
piping from an industrial building through which is discharged indust-
rial liquid waste, as herein defined, from a. single industry.
Section 12. INDUSTRIAL LIQUID WASTE,
"Industrial Liquid Waste" means any water borne o-r liquid waste
from an industrial building except the following: domestic sewage,
uncontaminated cooling water and uncontaminated storm water run-off
from roofs, streets or yard areas,
Section lj. INDUSTRIAL TrL9STE.
°Industrial Waste" means any industrial liquid traste, garbage or
other toxic or deleterious materials from an industrial process.
Section 14~. INDUSTRIAL tiJASTE TREATYdENT PLANT OR FACILITY.
"Industrial ~Jaste Treatment Plant or Facility" means any works
or device for the treatment of industrial waste, prior to discharge,
in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 15. INSPECTOR.
°Inspector° means tine authorized inspector, deputy, agent or
representative of the City Engineer or County Health Officer.
Section 16. FERMITTEE,
°Permittee° means the person to whom a permit to discharge
industrial waste has been either granted or transferred..
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Section 17. PERSON,
"Person",means any individual, firm, co-pa-rtners}2ip, ,joint
adventure, association, social club, fraternal organization, corp-
oration, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, muni-
cipality, district or other political subdivision, or any other group
or combination acting as a unit, and the p1u-ra1 as well as the singu-
lar number,
Section 18. POLLUTION OF UNDERGROUND OR SURFACE WATERS,
"Pollution of Underground or Surface TrTaters" means affecting
such waters in a manner which, if allowed to continue, would render
them unfit for h~zman or animal use, or toxic to vegetation to an
extent adversely affecting plant groorth or curtailing crop yield.
Section 19, PUBLIC AGENCY.
"i~ublic Agency" means and includes the Federal C~overnmeilt or
any department or agency thereof, the State or any department or
agency thereof, a, county, city and county, city, public corporation,
municipal corporation or public district.
Section 20, PUBLIC SEGIER,
"Public Seiler" means the main line sewer constructed in a street,
highway, alley, place or right of way dedicated to public use.
"Public Sewer" does not include house connection sewer or industrial
connection sewer,
Section 21. SAND INTERCEPTOR,
"Sand Interceptor" means a device for retaining sand, silt, grit,
or other mineral material by gravity-differential separation from
industrial liquid waste, and of a design and capacity approved by
the City Engineer,
Section 22, SECTION, ,
"Section" means a section of this ordinance unless some other
ordinance or statute is mentioned,
Section 23, SEPTIC TANK.
°Septic Tank" means. a structure for treating domestic sewage
before disposal into a cesspool, seepage hole, or leaching system,
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Section 24•. SEt~7AGE.
°Sewage° means contaminated water or water borne wastes from
dwellings, hotels, restaurants, schools, institutions, hospitals,
office and industrial buildings and other similar structures, but
excluding the follotiring: storm water, rain water, ground water, roof
or yard drainage, uncontaminated cooling water.
Section 25. SEWAGE TREATI!fENT PLANT.
"Sewage Treatment Plant" means any works or device for treat-
ing sewage-except any industrial waste treatment plant or facility or
any septic tank, settling• tank or cesspool designed to dispose of
domestic sewage.
Section 26. SHALL AND T~IAY.
"Shall" is mandatory and °May" is permissive.
ARTICLE 72. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS.
Section 2~. REFERENCE INCLUDES AT~IENDAiENTS.
VTh.enever reference is made to any portion of this ordinance,
such -reference applies to all amendments and_ additions thereto now
or hereafter made.
Section 28. SHORT TITLE..
This ordinance shall be known as the "Industrial Vdaste Ordin-
ance° and may be cited as such.
Section 29. DELEGATION OF POSVERS.
whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon the
Engineer, the Health Gfficer, or other City Officer, by the pro-
visions of this ordinance, the power may be exercised or the duty
ma,y be performed by a deputy of the officer or a person authorized
pursuant to law by the officer, unless this ordinance expressly
provides otherwise.
Section j0. VALIDITY.
If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any- person or circumstance, is held. invalid, the remainder of the
ordinance and the application of such provisions to other persons
or circumstances shall not be affected thereby,
Section jl. CONDITIONS UNDER lnIHICH EXCEPTIOAiS P~1AY BE GR.aNTED.
Whenever the Engineer is permitted by this ordinance to grant an
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exception to any requirement of this ordinance, he shall do so only
if he finds that literal compliance with such provision is impossible
or impractical and that the purposes of this ordinance may be accom-
plished and public safety aecured by an alternative construction or
procedure.
Section 32. ENGIDTEER TO ENFORCE.
The Engineer shall enforce all the provisions of this ordinance
and for such purpose shall have the powers of a peace officer.
Section 33. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be dee;ned guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed
five hundred dollars (a~500.00) or imprisonment in the City Jail of
the City of Lynwood or the County Jail of Los Angeles County, State
of California, for a period of time not to exceed six months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment,
Section 34. CObTTINUED VIOLATION.
Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a eepa-rate offense
for every day during any portion of which violation of any provision
of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted by such person,
and shall be ;ounishable therefor as provided by this ordinance.
Section 35. NOTICE.
UnJ_ess otherwise provided herein, any notice -required to be
given by the Council or the Engineer under this ordinance shall be
in writing and served in the manner provided in the Code of Civil
Procedure for the service of process, o-r by registered mail. If
served by mail upon any applicant or uermittee it s1;a11 be sent to
the last addreas given to the Engineer, where the perrnittee is ur_-
known, service may be made as above provided, upon the owner of
record. of the property from which industrial viaste is being discharged.
.Section 36. TIbIE LIivIITS.
Any time limit provided for in this ordinance may be extended
by mutual consent of the officer or department concerned and the
permittee Or applicant, Or Other person affected.
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. ~ Section 37. INSPECTOR'S IDENTIFICATION.
and the Health Officer shall provide means o`
mhe Engineer them as such.
hieh shall identify
identification for inspectors
J themselves upon reov-est, when enter-
Inspectors shall identif- roperty owner for any inspec-
ing uoon the work of any contractor or p
tion requix^ed under this ordinance.
ARTICLE III. SPECIFIC APPLICA
Section 38~ WHEN DISCHARGE IS PROHIBITED.
p, person shall not discharge or deposit, or cause or suffer to
v industrial waste effluent,
be discharged or deposited at any time, an~ or menace
or any other material which may create a public nuisance,
to the public health and safety, or which may pollute underg-rouna or
surface vraters, or which may cause damage to any storm drain, channel,
or public or private property.
Section 39. TdEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
Every person applying for a permit for construction of a new.
industrial building, or for an. a.dd.ition or alteration to an existing
industrial building, shall secure a signed statement from the Enginee
as to requirements for disposal of industrial waste. The person ?°or
w'r_om such build_ing.is to be constructed shall furnish to the Engineer
such iola.na, information, data, statements or affi3avits as ?ne may
require fo'r determination of the nature and au.antity of the wastes
involved and the facilities to be provided for the disposal thereof.
Section L'r0. ENGINEER SHALL ISSUE STATEI~4E2dT
Within ten Jaya after the submission of the ragv,3rca a.n~,~,, -czie
Engineer shall issue a statement made in acCOPdanCe wlth.Orie ar mores
of the following conditions, ti~rhich.ahall tie incorporated in the
approved pla.na and made a part Of the City bU,iiding permit;
(a) Tnat disposal of all industrial wastes shall be made b
y con.n~
ection to the public sewer in accordance with. provisions of orainaY,~
39u and
Nos• X99 of the City of Lynwood.
(b)That connection to the public sewer is not feasible; that the
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applicant ha,s certified that the wastes involved consist only of
domestic set~rag•e, uncontaminated cooling water, or innocuous materials;
and that disposal shall be made into septic Lanka, cesspools, seepage
holes, or other similar facilities to be approved by the Health Officer.
(c) That connection to a public sewer is not feasible, and disposal
of all industrial wastes shall be made in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this ordinance; and that plans for the treatment facilit-
ies required shall be submitted to and approved by the Engineer, and the
required permit issued as in this ordinance provided, before construction
of such facilities is started.
(d) That disposal of a portion of the industrial wastes eha11 be made
in accordance taith applicable provisions of this ordinance and that dis-
posal of all remaining wastes shall be effected in accordance with either
paragraph (a) or (b) hereof.
(e) That the proposed use of the building or structure will produce
erastes containing impu-ri%ies which cannot be reduced to safe or reason-
able limits by any knoUm processes; that disposal of such wastes in the
manner proposed_ may create a menace to the public health or safety, or
create a public maisance, or pollute underground or surface Craters, or
cause serious damage to public or private property; and that no permit
fo'r disposal of such•wastes can be issued under provisions of this ord-
inance.
Section 41. EXISTIPtG INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
This ordinance hereby grants a permit to deposit or discharge
industrial waste from an existing industrial building to the same extent
and by the same method as that legally employed on the effective date
of this section. The Engineer may suspend slid the Council may -revoke
any such permit pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of this
ordinance.
Section ~b2. VIOLATIONS TO BE IPSVESTIGATED,
Note.ithstanding any of the exceptions mentioned in Chia ordinance,
the Engineer shall promptly investigate every complaint charging
violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, and shall, take
action to correct any violation discovered.
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Section L~3, EDUCATIONAL WORK.
The Engineer may perform educational work, and may co-operate
with civic organizations, industries, water companies and pub]_ic
agencies whenever in the opinion of the City Engineer such vrork and
co-operation are essential to the development of standards or proced-
ures which will prevent creation of a pub]_ic nuisance, or menace to the
public health or safetg%, or pollution of underground or surface waters,
Section 4.4•. NEGOTIATIOid t7ITn OTHER PUBLIC AGEATV"I ES,
The Engineer may confer and negotiate with officials of any public
agency interested ii1, or regulating the disposal of industrial wastes,
for the purpose of adopting uniform standards satisfactory to a11,
Section 4.5, ENFORCEMENT BY COUNTY OFFICIALS.
The Engineer may recommend to the Council consummation of a con-
tract by which the administration and enforcement of this ordinance
would be transferred to officials of the County of Los Angeles,
ARTICLE IV, PERP:IITS A~?D PLANS
Section 46, ti^JHEN PERMTT REC~i?IRED.
A person shall not discharge or deposit, or cause or suffer to
be discharged or deposited, any industrial waste or effluent in or
upon incorporated territory of the City of Lynwood, or into streams
^ or bodies of i~;ater, or storm drains, or flood control channels,
without first securing in the manner hereinafter provided, a permit
?°rom the Engineer so to do, and at all times 'r_acing an unrevolted
permit therefor.
Section 4.7, VtHEN PERMITS ARE DTO'i' RECUIRED,
No permit shall be required under this ordinance for -
(a) Industrial buildings connected to the public sewers in
accordance with 394 and 4.99
provisions of Ordinances.'Nos./ of the City of Lynwood
for the disposa]. of ail industrial wastes therefrom,
(b) Industrial buildings which involve only the disposal of
domestic sewage and uncontaminated cooling ti~aater, or innocuous
materials into septic tanks, cesspools, or seepage holes approved
by the fiealth Officer.
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Section 48. TRANSFER.OF PERb4IT RIGHTS,
The Engineer shall transfer a permit to the successor in title
or interest of the premises for which the permit was granted if such
successor files with the Engineer a written application signed by
such successor, agreeing to comply with all the conditions of the
permit, giving his mail address and such evidence of the transfer of
title or interest as the Engineer may require.
Section tag. PERb4ITS SSOT TRANSFERABLE.
Permits issued under this ordinance are not transferable from
one location to another, and discharge of wastes shall be made strictly
in accordahce with all provisions contained in the permit, at the loca-
tion specifically designated therein.
Section 50. APFLICATION FOR PERb1IT.
Any person requiring a permit under the provisions of this ord-
inance shall make t~ritten application therefor to the Engineer, giv-
ing such information as said Engineer may require. The Engineer shall
provide printed application forms, indicating thereon the information
to be furnished by the applicant. The Engineer may require from the
applicant in addition to the information furnished on the printed form,
any additional information including detailed plans and specifications
which will enable the Engineer to determine that the proposed work a.nd
plan of operation complies with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section jl. PLANS REf~UIRED.
In event treatment ie required to make the waste acceptable, the
application for a permit to dispose of industrial waste shall be aceom-
panied by four (4~) copies of suitable plans showing the method of co11-
ection and treatment proposed to be used, and a permit shall not be
issued until. said plans or required modification thereof have been
checked and approved by the Engineer and the Health Officer. The
Engineer may submit the application or plans, or both, to any public
agency for comment or recommendation.
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Section 52.. PLANS NOT REO,UIRED.
44hen, in the opinion of the Engineer and the Health Officer,
the disposal of industrial wastes by an industry can be effected
in a manner which will not endanger the public health or safety,
create a public nuisance, pollute underground or surface waters,
or cause damage to public or private propertyy,' a permit may be
granted. z~;ithout special plans or other requirements as elsetrhere
in this ordinance provided.
Section j3. PROPERTY USE PERMITS REQUIRL~.
Whenever facilities for the d.i.echa'rge of industrial vraste
cohneet to structures or encroach on the property or rights of way
of a public agency, whether owned or controlled by it, the Engineer
shall either (a) require that the applicant obtain a property use
permit, license, easement or other right to use said properties prior
to the issuance of a permit to dispose of industrial waste; or,
(b) issue such permit subject to the execution of a property use
permit, license, easement, or other right to use said properties.
Section .532, WORK IN STATE HIGHWAY.
Whenever a.n application for permit filed under provisions of
this ordinance will necessitate any excavation or fill in, upon or
under any State Highways, the applicant shall obtain a permit from
the State Department of Public [~dorxs (Division of Highways).
Section 54. ENGINEER SHALL NOTIFY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.
lhenever an application for permit is filed, the Engineer shall
notify the Health Officer and such other public agencies as in his
opinion may be affected, and shall reauest a prompt reply containing
their recommendations. Upon request, he shall secure from the appli-
cant and furnish to the affected department or agency, such additional
plans or information as it may require, 'relative to such application.
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Section 58. REQUEST FOFn HEARING,
'Within thirty days after receipt of notice of denial of a
permit or granting of a permit subject to conditions or limitations,
the applicant may file with the City Council a written demand for a
public hearing, If he does not do so, he shall be deemed to have
consented. to the action of the Engineer and such action shall be
final .
Section 59. NOTICE TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS,
When the Engineer finds as a fact that industrial waste, effluent,
or any other material is being• discharged or deposited in such manner
as to create a public nuisance, a menace to the public safety, pollu-
tion of underground or surface U*aters, or which may cause damage to
any storm drain, channel, or public or private property, he shall
serve notice of violation upon the person otirning or operating the
prremisea, describing the conditions and requiring prompt correction
thereof,
When the Health Officer finds that industrial wastes or effluent
or a.ny other material is being discharged or deposited in such manner
as to create a menace to the public health, he may serve notice of
violation upon. the person owning or operating the premises, describing
the conditions and requiring the prompt correction thereof and shall
so notify the City Engineer.
Section 60. PERb1IT SHALL BE OBTAINED.
A person who is required to but does not have a permit and who
has been notified by the Engineer that he is operating in violation of
provisions of this ordinance, shall immediately apply for a permit
and shall rectify and cure all such violations. Failure ~o to do shall
constitute willful violation of this ordinance.
Section 61, SUSPENSION OF PERMITS,
Vdhen the conditions described ii1 Section 59 are so aggravated
gnat immediate cessation of opera,tiona is necessary and the Engineer
so finds as a fact, he shall suspend the permit. He shall serve notice
of such suspension on the permittee. The Engineer may also suspend a
permit if objectionable conditions listed in a notice to correct,
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Section 55, ISSUANCE OF PERMIT'S.
The Engineer shall issue a permit as required by this ordinance
if he determines that all of the follotiaing conditions have been met:
(1) All fees or deposits hereinafter required have been paid.
(2) Recommend.a.tions and conditions of the va'riovs public agencies,
as contained in their reports, if any, have been met. The Engineer
may waive this provision except as to the requirements of the Health
Officer,
(3) The material to be discharged or deposited does not or tri11
not, in the opinion of tine health Officer, constitute a potential
public nuisance o-r menace to the public health and safety and will
not violate other provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the -
State of California.
(4) The material to be discharged or deposited does not or twill
not involve disposal of any toxic materials or chemicals in such.
manner as to cause pollution of any stream, water course, lake or
other body of water, o-r underground or surface water storage reser-
voir either natural or artificial.
(5) The material to be discharged or deposited does not or will not
damage any storm drain, channel or any public o-r private property.
(6) Under existing circumstances and conditions it is necessary
and reasonable so to dispose of such waste matter.
Section 56. PERMIT 8i3BJECT TO LIMITATIONS.
The E7zgineer may iasue a permit containing limitations or
conditions, or both, in addition to those recommended by the Health
Officer, but in such permit he shall include all limitations and
conditions recommended by the Health Officer.
Section 57. NOTTCE TO APPLICANT.
The Engineer shall either grant or deny a permit within 'anirty
days after receipt of the application.
The Engineer shall immediately notify the applicant t~;henever
he grants a permit, denies a permit, or grants a permit subject to
special conditions or limitations.
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served in accordance with Section 59 are not corrected within the
time epecified.in such notice.
Section 62, RECOMMENDATION TO REVOI{E PERMIT.
The Engineer may recommend to the Council that a suspended permit
be revoked and request a public hearing.
Section 63. NOTICE OF SUSPENSION.
The Engineer shall immediately notify the permittee of suspension
of -oermit or recommendation to the Council that such permit be revoked,
or both.
Section 64, DISCONTINUANCE OF DISCHARGE.
A person whose permit has been suspended, or who has been notified
of violation, as provided in Section 59 shall immediately discontinue
the deposit or discharge of industrial waste, sewage, or effluent, and
shall not -r esurne such deposit or discharge until a permit has been
issued or reinstated by the Engineer, or Council as hereinafter pro-
vided. Failure so to do shall constitute v+illful violation of this
ordinance.
Section 65, RIGHTS OF PERMITTEE.
Piithin the time, specified in the notice of violation or suspension,
the permittee shall:
(a) Correct and remedy the conditions so specified, to the satis-
faction of the Engineer, or
(b) File with the Council a denial that all of the conditions so
specified exist, request a public hearing and correct the conditions
which. the permittee admits do exist, or
(c) File with the Council a denial that any of the conditions so
specified exist, and request a public hearing.
Section 66. REIATSTATEMENT OF PERMIT BY ENGINEER.
The Engineer may reinstate a suspended -permit when all violations
are corrected.
Section 67, D10TICE OF PUBLIC HEARINCx.
Within thirty days after application for a hearing has been
requested, the Council shall give izotice of the time and place of
public hearings to the applicant or permittee, the .Iealtiz Officer
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and the Engineer, at least ten days in advance of the date set for
such hearing.
Section 68. PUBLIC HEARING.
After a. public heariizg requested by an applicant, a permittee
or the Engineer, the Council may: '
1. Confirm the action of the Engineer in denying a permit or
lsauance of a permit subject to special conditions and limitations.
2. Instruct the Engineer to issue a permit without conditions or
limitations or with s~zch special conditions and limitations as the
Council may designate.
3. Continue suspension of an existing permit invoked. by the EYzg-
sneer pending correction of objectionable conditions by the permittee.
~. Remove the suspension of an existing permit invoked by the Eng-
sneer pending correction of objectionable conditions by the permittee.
5. Deny that objectionable conditions exist aild reinstate an exist-
ing permit.
6. Revoke an existing permit on any of the following grounds:
(a) Failure of the permittee to correct conditions as required
by the Engineer.
(b) Conditions which would justify the denial of a permit.
(c) Fraud or deceit was employed in the obtaining of a permit.
(d) Any other violation of this ordinance.
Section 6j. JUDICIAL POWERS NOT DELEGATED.
In granting, denying, suspending or revoking a,ny permit, the
Engineer and the Council act in a purely administrative capacity.
This ordinance does not delegate any judicial or quasi-judicial
power to either the Engineer or to the Council.
Any person affected by such action shall be entitled to a trial
de novo and an independent determination of the -reasonableness and
legality of such administrative action in a court of competent juris-
diction on all tine issues of laor, facts, and mixed questions of law
and facts and opinions therein involved.
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ARTICLE V. FEES ATQD DEPOSITS.
Section 70. PERMITS EXEMPT FROM FEE.
This ordinance does not require the payment of any fee where the
collecting of such fee is prohibited by Section 6103 of the Govern-
meat Code of the State of California, or by any other Statute.
Section 71. ENGIDTEER TO COLLECT PEn?rIIT FEE.
Before issuing any permit as required by this ordinance, the
Engineer shall collect a fee of three dollars and torenty-five cents
03.25), which fee shall be separate and apart from any fees or depos-
its collected or imposed under provisions of any other ordinance or
-regulation; or by reason of any license, agreement; o-r contract bet-
weed the ap~olicant and any other Public Agency.
Section 72. FORFEIT OF FEE.
If the work authorized. by a permit for construction of an
industrial connection sevrer, sewage treatment plant, or industrial
oraste treatment plant or facility, or other similar appurtenance is
not started within one hundred. twenty (12U) days from the date of
issuance, then such permit shall thenceforth be null and void and
the permit fee paid under provisions of tPiis ordinance shall be for-
feited, and before such work can be started^a new permit shall be
applied for and the same fee as hereinbefore fixed for the original
permit sixall be paid therefor.
Section 73~ DEPOSIT FOR PLAP1 CHECK.
i^Ihenever in the opinion of the Engineer special field investi-
gation is required, or when plans for construction of any industrial
sewer, sewage treatment plant, or industrial titi*aste treatment plant or
facility must be checked and approved, the applicant shall deposit a
sum estimated to cover. the cost of checking the plans, based on the
following achedu.le:
(a) For sewage treatment plants, or industrial waste treatment plants
or other facilities, ten dollars ($10.00) times t'rxe estimated number
of man-days required fo-r checking the plans a.nd making field examina-
tions; and, in addition trie-reto
(b) An Amount equal to ten percent (10~) of the above amounts
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Section 77. INDUSTRIAL ?WASTE TREATMEAT^1 PLANTS OR FACILITIES
REQUIRED.
Industrial waste treatment plants or facilities shall be in-
stalled whenever the Health Officer or the Engineer, or both, shall
find as a fact that such facilities are required to safeguard the
public health; prevent pollution of streams, or bodies of surface or
underground grater, or storage reservoirs, either natural or artificial;
prevent pollution of water wells; prevent damage to public or private
property, prevent a public nuisance; or to comply with applicable
regulations of a.ny other public agency.
Section 78. INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES ATOT REQUIRED.
Installation of industrial waste treatment facilities shall not
be -required if the affected industry guarantees to separately dispose
of any objectionable waste, in a manner which meets the approval of
the Health Officer and the Engineer, and 'receives a psi°mit so to do
from the Engineer.
Section 79. SATQD OR GREASE INTERCEPTORS REQUIRED.
Industrial wastes containing greases or sand or heavy metals,
or similar ingredients in excess of the standards established in
accordance with the provisions of Section 90 hereof, shall pass through
a properly designed and constructed_ wild or grease interceptor approved
by the Engineer,
Sectioiz 80. NEUTRALIZING CFiAT~ERS OR OTHER TREATt~1ENT FACILITIES
REQUIRED.
No industrial liquid wastes containing chemical ar toxic ingred-
Tents in excess of the standards established in accordance with pro-
visions of Section 90 hereof shall be discharged until neutralized or
treated in a properly designed and constructed neutralizing chamber
or other treatment facility approved bar the Engineer.
Section 81. INSTALLATION.
Grease interceptors, sand interceptors, neutralizing chambers,
or other treatment facilities small be so installed and constructed
that they shall be at all times easily accessible for inspection and
maintenance.
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Section 82. ADDITIONS TO TREATidEAIT PLANTS OR FACILITIES.
If an existing industrial haste treatment plant or facility
or sewage treatment plant under jurisdiction of this ordinance is
added to, or altered, a permit shall be secured in accordance with
prov;sions of this ordinance before commencing work thereon, and
the completed trork shall be accepted only when the entire plant shall
meet all of the requirements for new facilities as provided herein;
except that existing facilities, used. and. undisturbed, may not be
rejected solely because they a-re not new.
Section 83. MASiJTEidANCE AND OPERATIOiQ OF TREATR4EIQT PLANTS
OR FACILITIES.
All industrial waste treatment plants o-r facilities o.r sewage
treatment plants, and all appurtenances thereto, now existing or
hereafter constructed under jurisdiction of this ordinance shall be
maintained and operated by the owner or person having jurisdiction
of the property affected, in a safe and sanitary •condition at all
times. A11 devices aild safeguards which are required by th~.s ordin-
ance fo-r the operation thereof, and all records of such operation,
shall be maintained in good order, This section slxall not be con-
strued as uermitting.the removal or non-maintenance of any devices
or safeguards on existing facilities unless authorized in writing
by the Engineer,
Section 84. TEST MANYOLES OR STRUCTURES.
The Engineer and pe'rmittee may by mutual agreement provide for
the installation of a test manhole or other atx°ucture through which
all industrial waste shall pass. Said structure shall be so designed
that flows may be measured and samples readily obtained therefrom.
If such test manhole or other structure is installed, the Engin-
eer small, at no cost to the permittee, make periodic tests of samples
obtained from such test manhole or other structure and shall not enter
the plant for the purpose of checking industrial processes or obtain-
ing samples from other sources except under any one of the following
conditions:
(a) Consent of the person in charge has been obtained.
(b) The Engineer doubts that all wastes are being discharged through
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or structure. structure e~cceed
the test manhole
(c) Wastes discharged through the test manhole or
limitations imposed by the permit
p~IODIC TEST S• shall at no cost to
Section 85. ,~
The Engineer or Health Officer, or bOt, e industrial
tests of samples of sewag ,
the permittee make periodic discharge or
wastes or effluent obtained at the points or places of
deposit thereof.
Section 86. MAIYST~ANCE INSPECTIONS. this section,
For the pure°Se °f obtaining the samples required by
shall be permitted at all
sneer or Health Officer, or both,
lace, enclosure or structure
the Eng' s ect the p-"
hours to enter and in p discharged
reasonable ti.Tastes or effluent is being
where such sewage, industrial
or deposited. mMENT PLANTS
Section 87. INSPECTION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREA_
OR FAGILITIES•
or both., may make inspections
T'r_e Engineer or Health Officer, i,zdvstrial
-reasonable time of all sewage treatment plants or
remises and may require
at anY 3 ,es on any p-
ora,ste treatment plants or facil_t~
lant or facility be used and maintained as
such treatme~-t p condi-
that any a clean and sanitary
regvired by this ordinance, and be kept in
rosecute any person managing, operating or having con-
tion, and maY p -~ for failing, refusing
trol of any such premises, or portion thereo,,
o-r neglecting to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, using
the penal provisions of this ordinance for any such prosecution.
A person si1a11 not.-refuse to permit, and shall not hinder or
obstruct in any way any reasonable inspection or investigatio'' °f
such treatment plant or facilities by any of the representatives of
the Engineer or Health Officer.
Section 88. OV~II3ER'S SAFETY REGULATIONS.
Inspectors shall comply with any special safety regulations of
the owner.
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ARTICLE VII. STANDARDS.
WORK A1~?D PLANS SHALL COIQFORM.
rovisions of this ordinance shall
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plans required"under p the office
All of design on file in
icable standards a encies. Such stan~J-arils
conform to app7- ~blic g
and other affected p-- ao nized and
of the Engineer, conform with re ~~
shall be revised from time to time to
design and construction.
ted principles of engineering
accep STANDARDS. p-ro-
MINIMUM designed so as to
Section 90• shall be
lams and facilities or surface waters'
Treatment p pollute underground
duce an effluent w"r_lch will not
~oublic peace, health or safety, Tne
create a nuisance, or menace the
all consult with tY?e Health Officer and officials of in us
to time promv.lgate standards
Engineer sh
a encies and from time
topography' physical conditions,
tries and public g
vrhich may vary according to location,
and other ?pertinent factors.
Section 91• SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS. ecial conditions
b ons are made due to sP
Unless specific excep
treatment =acilities shall be de-
articular iizdustry' minimum stan-
aefecting a p effluent erhicYi ti^rill meet the
to -aroduce an area
signed. so as ~ of .wastes ;n the immediate
darda as established for dispos~.l .
affected.
Section 92. DSATErtIALS. ~ this
All materials used in any work done under provisions of
ordinance shall be first-class material suitable for the purpose.
meet all the requirements ureS~i'l~CC
The manner of construction shall ,
by this ordinance and all such work shall be approved. by the Eri~'lIlBE]
before a certificate of final inspection will be issued.
Section 93. SUBSTRUCTURES.
411 substructures ti~rhich will be encountered in the construction.
or which will be installed as part of the impr~<remectt sha.1]_ be shoti,*r
and designated on the plan. Large substruetv.-res which require spec
treatment in the design shall also be shown in profile.
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The permittee shall submit to the Engineer a statement from
each utility company having substructures in the affected area,
certifying that the location and size of such structures, as shown
on the plans are the same as shown upon their records.
Section 9~• SGIL CONDITIONS.
Soil conditions, high ground water tables, rock, or filled
ground shall be prospected and the results shown oil the profile.
Section 95. BENCH P~,ARKS.
Bench marks on United_ States. Geological Survey datum and adequate
to conat-ruct the work shall be shop+n on the profile.
ARTICLE VIII. CONSTRUCTION.
Section 96. ALL CONSTRUCTION SHALL CONFORM.
A11 construction shall conform to the approved plane and speci-
fications and, in addition thereto, shall. comply with the applicable:
(a) Specification of Engineer.
(b) Specifications of the Chief Engineer of the Department of Build-
ing and Safety of the County of Los Angeles.
Section 97. EXCAVATIONS.
All excavations shall have sufficient widtih to allow proper work-
manship and permit adequate inspection, and shall be supported in the
manner set forth in the rules, orders and regulations prescribed by
the Division of Industrial Safety of the Department of Industrial
Relations. Sheet piling and other timbers shall be vaithdratnz in
such a manner as to prevent caving of the walls of the excavation or
disturbance of the structure.
Section 98. WET OR SOFT GROUND.
Before conatrv.ction of any structure on soft, wet or spongy
soil, sufficient gravel or crushed rock to stabilize the subgrade
shall be placed in the bottom of the excavation. trlhere necessary
in the opinion of the Engineer or Chief Engineer of the Department of
Building and Safety of the County of Los Angeles, the subgrade shall
be consolidated by suitable construction methods.
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Section g9. HIGH GROUND WATER.
A person shall not begin construction in an area having a
` sub-surface crater level above the lowest level of the work to be
done unless and. until he shall have sufficient pumping equipment
available on the job to keep the excavation unwatered.
Section 100. DISPOSAL OF ERCAVATED A4ATERIAL.
Materials excavated in streets and .roadways small be laid
alongside the excavation and kept trimmed up so as to cause ae
little iilconvenienee as possible to public travel. Free access
must be provided to all fire hydrants, Urater gates, meters and
private drives, and means shall be provided whereby storm and waste
water can flow in the gutters uninterruptedly. All material excav-
ated in streets and roadways not required for back-filling shall be
immediately removed after back-filling has been completed and dis-
posed of by the permittee.
Section 101. WATER TESTS.
Every industrial connection sewer shall be tested before being
approved, by a static water pressure test which shall consist of
filling the line or lines with water and carrying the level of the
column of such water to a height sufficient to develop a pressure
of two (2) pounds per square inch at the lower terminus thereof,
and in no event to a height of less than four (4) inch ea above the
top of the upper terminal end of such aevrer or, in lieu of such
static vrater pressure test, by a pump test wYiich shall consist of
filling such line or lines with water, capping or sealing each upper
terminus thereof, and applying• an air pump in such a manner ~s to
furnish an aggregate pressure of two (2) pounds per square inch in
the sewer at the lower terminus,
Section 102. TESTING IN SECTIONS.
If by reason of excessive fall in any such industrial sewer
the pressure in a static water pressure test exceeds four (4) pounds
per square inch, such sewer may be tested in sections of such length
that no such section, or any portion thereof, will be subjected to a
pressure greater than four (4~) pounds per square inch.
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Section 103, TESTING CEMENT JOINTS.
In tine event that any joints of any industrial see-•rer are
cemented with. Portland cement mortar, no water test shall be made
thereof until the expiration of not less than twenty-four (24)
hours after such joints are made.
Section 104. CONNECTION ROUST MEET TEST.
No industrial sevrer shall be approved if any portion thereof,
including a.ny fitting, material, work or construction, fails to
withstand the test herein provided for leakage at any ,joint.
Section 105. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION TESTS,
The Engineer may at his discretion make tests of the facilities
constructed and the materials used in the construction to determine
the acceptability of tine installation or of the materials used therein.-
Such tests shall conform to standard engineering practice.
Section 106. OVERALL TIME LIMIT.
All work required by a permit shall be completed in accordance
with provisions of this ordinance within one hundred eighty (180)
days from the date of tl~e original perrnit.
ARTICLE IX. CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS,
Section 107. WEEN INSPECTIOPT IS REG?UIRED.
(a) A11 work done under the provisions of this ordinance shall be
subject to inspection by and shall meet the approval of the Engineer.
(b) If the Cnief Engineer of the llepartment of Building and. Safety
files with the Engineer a statement that he has inspected a structure
and that it complies with plans and specifications approved by the
Engineer for such structure, the Engineer shall accent such statement
and shall not inspect constru.etion of such structure but shall issue
a certificate of final inspection as provided in Section 114 hereof.
(c) Vlhenever work is done on property or easements of the County
Flood Control District or any other Public Agency, the applicant shall
make proper arrangements with such agency or district for sucri inspect-
ion of facilities as may be required.
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Section 108. INSPECTION TO 3E RE~,UESTED IN ADVANCE.
Unless the Chief Engineer of the Department of Building and
Safety files a statement with the Engineer that he will inspect a"
structure as to compliance with plans and specifications approved
by the Engineer, inspection of the construction of facilities in-
stalled in accordance with provisions of this ordinance shall be
made by the Engineer who shall determine the character and amount
of such inspection required and shall secure a deposit to cover the
estimated cost thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section
7~ hereof. The permittee shall be advised in writing as to the nature,
time and extent of inspection which will be required. On construction
projects of more than ordinary difficulty, the Engineer may require
that an inspector be assigned to the work at all times. In all other
cases the permittee shall request inspection by the Engineer at least
24 hours before the inspection is to be made.
Section 109.- 1~TORK SHALL BE READY.
At the time of the inspection the permittee shall nave all work
uncovered and convenient for the Ehgineer's examination and shall give
the Engineer every facility to ;Hake a thorough examination and to
apply tests as herein provided.
Section 120. NOTICE TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS.
If any portion of the structure being inspected is covered in
any way so as to tend to obstruct a thorough inspection of the struc-
ture and the Engineer notifies the permittee to remove said obstruct-
ions, tine Engineer need not inspect the vro'rls until such obstructions
are removed.
Section 117.. CORRECTION OF DEFECTIVE 'vdORK,
Within thirty days after the Engineer notifies. the permittee
that any work is defective either in the construction or materials,
the permittee shall reconstruct or remove such work and make it con-
form to the provisions of this ordinance.
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Section 112. PERMITTEE TO FURSv~ISH LABOR AND EC;,UIPMENT.
The permittee shall furnish all labor, tools and materials
necessary for all tests.
Section 113. INSPECTION OF FORMS:
All forms for concrete work shall be inspected by the Engiizee:^
before the pouring of concrete. The permittee shall notify the Eng-
ineer at least 24 hours in advance of the time or times at t+hich
inspection of forms is desired.
Section 11~. CERTIFICATE OF FINAL INSPECTION.
~>rhen the Engineer finds that all work done under the permit has
been constructed according to, and. meets the requirements of all the
applicable provisions of this ordinance, and that all fees and depos-
its have been paid, the Engineer shall cause to be issued to the
permittee constructing such work a certificate of final inspection.
Said certificate shall recite that such work as is covered by the
permit has been constructed according to this ordinance and that
said trork is in an approved condition.
The certificate of final inspection shall be the sole authority
to use any treatment plant, works, device or facility constructed
pursuant to this ordinance.
Section 11,5. ADOPTION PROCEDURE.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the
Lynwood Press, a weekly newspaper published, printed, and circulated
in the City of Lynt~lood, California,
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the 2nd day of January, 1951, and finally adopted
and. ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on
the 16th day of January, 1951, by the following vote:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ~
COUNTY OF LCS ANC•ELE$e ss.
CITY OF LYNWOOD
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City
of Lynwood, and ex®officio clerk of the Council of said
City, do hereby certify that the above 3s a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No, 556 adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lynwood and that same was
passed on the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 18th day of January , 19~.
`CI LERK ~ C TY L W00'S