HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1320 ORDINANCE NO. 1320
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH
ORDINANCE CODE RELATING TO WASTE WATER; AMEND-
ING SECTIONS AND ADDING SECTIONS TO ARTICLE 314.
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does or-
dain as follows:
Section 1. That the following sections of Article 314
are hereby amended, and as amended, shall read in words and
figures ' as follows :
S. 3142 Oil Well I-Jaste Water Permit: Clarifier. The Oil
Fie Id Superintendent may issuea permit I to any person,
firm or corporation to deposit water or wastewater into any
storm or sanitary drainage system of this City, provided such
water or waste water does not contain crude, distilled or re-
fined petroleum or mud or any residuary products of petroleum
or other substances mentfdhed in Section 5650 of the Fish and
Game C'ode of the State of California and provided further that
a clarification system approved by the Oil Field Superintendent
is Installed and properly maintained for the purpose of treat-
ing said water.
S. 3142.1 Application Fee. , A verified application for such
permit shaTl be filed with the Oil Field Superintend-
ent, together with a fee of $5.00 per well for the use and ben-
efit of this City, which said sum shall be retained by ' the City
whether said application is granted or denied.
S. 3143. Hearing After Denial. In the event the oil Field Sup-
erintendent denies fhe application for a permit for
. . the disposal of waste water, the applicant may, within thirty
(30) days thereafter, upon request therefor, be granted a hear-
ing before the Council, at which hearing the Council may take
evidence for and against said permit and either grant or deny
said application.
S. 3144. 'Contents of Permit. The permit shall specify the 'lo-
cation of the cla ifying plant, type of plant to be
used Including plans and specifications approved by-the Oil
Field Superintendent.
S. 3145. Fee. The fee for said permit shall be $30-00 per
well per calendar year, payable annually, and
becoming delinquent on the first day of February 'each year.
Where permits are Issued for the unexpired portion of the annual
term the amount of the permit fee required shall be prorated 'on
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a monthly basis. The minimum permit fee for an unexpired an
nual ' term shall not be less than two month's fee or $5-00 per
well.
S. 3145.1 Deposit of Fees. All fees collected under this
Article by the Director of public .J+Forks or the oil
Field Superintendent shall be' deposited In the General Fund
of the City.
S,- 3146 Bond. The Director of Public Works or the Oil
F=e d Superintendent may require a bond from the ap-
plicant conditioned upon the faithful performance of the con-
ditions of said permit including the indemnification from any
and all liability on account of the issuance of said permit
and for the payment to the City of all fees required to be paid
by the City under this Article and said bond shall be In such
sum as the Director of public Works or the Oil Field Superin-
tendent shall deem proper.
S. 3147-3.V✓, Use of Storm Drains and Sanitary Sewers. No person
orm or corporation- steal T-U'll—scharge or cause to be
discharged any sewage- , waters, vapors or industrial wastes that
have any one of the following characteristics:
1. Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil, or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
2. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure,
or any other solid or viscous substance capable of caus-
ing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interfer-
ence with the proper operation of the sewage or storm
drain works.
3. Any industrial wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to Injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard
to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiv-
ing waters of the sewage treatment plant.
4. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of
creating a public nuisance.
5. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 850
F. unless properly treated for scale inhibition.
60 Any lhduittrial,-wastes which may contain more than 200
parts per million, by weight, of -fat, oil, or grease
2.
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S. 3148. TemporarZ Suspension of Permit. Upon the violation
of any o the terms o the permit, including the
paymentof any fee before delinquency, the Director of Public
Works or the Oil Field Superintendent may temporarily suspend
the -oermit.
S. 314.8.1 Citation to Show Cause. In such event, the Director
o PuE11c Works or thF Oil Field Superintendent
shall cite the permittee to appear before the City Council at
its next meeting and show cause why his permit should not be
cancelled.
S. 3148. 2 Citation Without Suspension. Without suspending
suc permz , the Director of Public Works or the
Oil Field Superintendent may cite any permittee to show cause
before the City Council why said permit should hot be can-
celled.
S. 3148.5 Transfer of Permit. No permit issued hereunder
shall e- trans erred except upon the consent of
the Director of Public Works or the Oil Field Superintendent.
Application for such transfer shall be made upon forms pre-
scribed by the Director of Public Works or the Oil Field Super-
intendent and shall be accompanied by the application of the
transferee for the issuance to him of such permit. The appli-
cation of the transferee shall contain all the information
and be accompanied by all the required documents and all fees
required of any applicant for an original permit under this
Article.
Section 2. That Section 3145.2 is hereby added to Article;
3149 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, to read in words
and figures, as follows ;
S. 3145.2 Penalty for Delinquency. If any fee herein required',
to be paid o the City is not paid at the time and
in the manner herein provided, the same shall, thirty (30)
days thereafter, automatically be and become delinquent, and
a penalty in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of such fee
shall be added thereto each month, but not to exceed said
yearly fee.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a
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weekly newspaper, printed, published and circulated In the
City of Huntington Beach, California, and thirty (30) days
after the adoption thereof, the same shall take effect and be
in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the
19th day of June 1967-
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ATTEST:
City er
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
K. DALE BUSH
Ord. No , 1320
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I , PAUL C . JONES , the duly elected, qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City . of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of- Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Councillat a regular meeting
thereof held on the 5th day of June , 19 67 , and
was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 19th day of June 1967 and was
passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a
majority of all the members of said City Council ,
AYES : Councilmen:
Coen, Bartlett, Gisler, Kaufman, Green, Shipley
NOES : Councilmen:
None
ABSENT : Councilmen:
Stewart
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HJe1� �x. L City Clerk and,,0-officio Clerk
`.' - of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach California
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