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Home My WebLink About1114 Amending Sections for Regulations for POTW/ SWRCB/NPDESORDINANCE NO. 1114 AN ORDINANCE OFT E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING SECTIONS 3798A, 3704.2, 3706.7, 3000, 8336, 9150, Subsections and J, 9277, Subsection B, 9278, and 9543, Subsection A of the Ukiah City Code. The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows: SECTION ONE. Sections 3798A, 3706.4, and 3706.7, of the Ukiah City Code are hereby amended to read as follows: §3798A: PURPOSE, POLICY, AND ADMINISTRATION: (a) The purpose of this Article is the regulation of the generation and disposal of grease interceptor waste for the protection of the City of Ukiah (City) Sewage Treatment Plant (POTW) and the environment. (b) The objective of this Article is to reduce the operational and maintenance costs of maintaining the POTW and ensure compliance of State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) permits, including the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit by preventing the accumulation of Grease within the collection system. (c) This Article shall apply to the City of Ukiah and to persons outside the City and the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District (District) who, by contract or agreement with the City or the District, are users of the City's POTW. 3704.2: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS: Design and construction of building laterals and street laterals shall be in accordance with the requirements of the district and/or city as adopted from time to time, including, but not limited to, the California plumbing code as adopted by the City. 3706.7:IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS: F. Interceptors Required: In accordance with Article 17 of Chapter 2, Division 4 of the Ukiah City Code, commencing with Section 3798.A, grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of the City they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes, containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredient; except that such interceptors shall not be required for buildings used for residential purposes. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity currently designated by the California Plumbing Code, and shall be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In addition, commercial or industrial waste discharges may be required to provide holding tanks with provision for neutralization, temperature control or rate-of-discharge control to avoid slug loadings or excessive flow rates. The Director of Public Works may require screening of any flow of commercial or industrial sewage as is required to protect the usefulness of the sewage system of the City. Such screens shall have the equivalent to twenty (20) meshes to the linear inch, both directions. No insoluble material of such size that will not pass through the screen herein required, may be discharged or permitted to enter the sewage system of the City. G. Maintenance of Interceptors: All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times, and corrected immediately on notice of deficient operation, and In accordance with Article 17 of Chapter 2, Division 4 of the Ukiah City Code, commencing with Section 3798.A. SECTION TWO Sections 3000, 8336, 9150, Subsections B and J, 9277, Subsection B, 9278, and 9543, Subsection A of the Ukiah City Code are hereby amended to read as follows: 3000: ADOPTION OF MODEL CODES: Except as amended or modified by other provisions of this division, the city council hereby adopts by reference and makes effective within the city, the following: The versions of the model codes and specific appendices, as listed and defined in sections 3001 through 3010 of this chapter, which have been adopted by the state of California within title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as they are adopted, amended, or repealed from time to time pursuant to chapter 2 of part 1.5 of division 13 of the Health and Safety Code (commencing with section 17920) including the California Code of Regulations, California building code, California electrical code, California mechanical code, California plumbing code, California energy code, California elevator safety construction code, California historical building code, California existing building code, and the California referenced standards code 8336: GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL: Every map approved pursuant to this Chapter shall be conditioned on compliance with, the requirements for grading and erosion control, including the prevention of sedimentation or damage to off-site property, set forth in the California Building Code as from time to time adopted by the City. 9150: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: Condominium developments, either new structures or the conversion of existing structures originally built for sale or lease, shall be permitted in any district upon the securing of use permit, provided that the following standards are met: B. Classification: Residential condominiums shall be classified as follows: 1. Horizontal condominiums shall be buildings in which single-family units are constructed, either as separate structures or as self-contained units, within a common structure having individual entrances and utility connections, no opening in any wall common to two (2) or more units and no part of any unit on top of any part of any other unit. 2. Vertical condominiums shall be any duplex, triplex or apartment house, as defined in the California Building Code of the City (Chapter 1, Division 3) in which condominium any part of any dwelling units is on top of any part of any other dwelling unit. J. Occupancy Type: Condominiums shall be Group 1 occupancy as defined in the California Building Code (Chapter 1, Division 3 of this Code). 9277: TERMINOLOGY: B. "Building Official" means the person designated by the California Building Code, as adopted by the City, as responsible for enforcement and administration of the building code. 9278: DEFINITIONS: FLOOR AREA, GROSS: The total enclosed area of all floors of a building, measured to the surfaces of exterior walls, including halls, stairways, elevator shafts, service and mechanical equipment rooms, light wells, courts, and basement, cellar or attic areas deemed usable by the building official or habitable by the California Building Code. 9543: ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FEES: A. Creation by Resolution: By resolution the City Council shall establish such capital improvement fees as it determines are necessary to contribute toward the financing of public facilities. Each such resolution shall: 1. Establish and describe the benefit and impact area within which the fee shall apply; 2. Set forth the specific amount of the fee; 3. List the specific public improvement or improvements to be financed; 4. Describe the estimated cost of these facilities, and associated costs such as necessary engineering services and administrative costs; 5. Describe the reasonable relationship between the fee and the types of new development to which it will apply; 6. Set forth the time when the fee must be paid as follows: a. As to residential development that time shall not be sooner than the date of final inspection or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first. The City shall not furnish utilities to occupants of any such residential development prior to final inspection and the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The City shall disconnect utilities furnished to a residential development if that development is occupied prior to final inspection and the issuance of a certificate of occupancy. In accordance with the §§2136 to 2137, the City shall revoke the business license issued pursuant to Division 2 of this Code to any person (as defined in §2100) engaged in a business (as defined in §2101), if such person participates as seller, broker or otherwise in the sale of a residential development to an occupant of that development before final inspection and issuance of a certificate of occupancy. The City shall not issue a new business license to a person whose license is revoked as provided herein for a period of two (2) years. b. As to all other development that time shall be at the time a building permit is issued. c. No certificate of occupancy or building permit, as appropriate, shall issue until the required fees are paid. "Building permit," "final inspections," and "certificate of occupancy," as used in this Section, have the same meaning as described in the California Building Code, as adopted by the City of Ukiah. SECTION THREE This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after adoption.. Introduced by title only on February 4, 2009, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Landis, Thomas, Rodin, and Mayor Baldwin NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Crane ABSTAIN: None Adopted on April 1, 2009 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Landis, Thomas, Crane, Rodin, and Mayor Baldwin NOES: None None ABSENT: None rf ABSTAIN: - hilip E./Paldwin, Mayor ATTEST: Lines C. rb m, , - erk