HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-B-2160 ORDINANCE NO. B -2160
AN ORDINANCE regulating the use of the Industrial Wastes sewerage sys-
tem and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. In order to provide for the protection of the
industrial wastes sewer and disposal facilities, and to insure the
safety of the operation of the industrial wastes system, the following
substances shall not be discharged into said system:
Toxic or hericidal chemical concentrations
Waters having a pH below 6.0 or above 8.5
Petroleum products, volatile liquids, and radio active
materials
Settleable sludges, silts and precipitates
Scum forming waxes, paraffin fats, vegetable oils, hair,
feathers, and fibers
Any specific material hereafter shown to contribute to or
cane a deleterious effect on the sewerage system.
Any material coarser than the openings in a standard 20
mesh screen
Section 2. All wastes discharged into the industrial
wastes sewer shall be adequately screened by a 20 mesh or finer screen
before discharge, an additional screen, with openings not to exceed 1/4
square, shall be installed in a fixed position so that all material must
pass through said screen immediately before entrance into sewer.
Section 3. Authorized representatives of the City of Yakima
are hereby empowered to, at all reasonable times, enter and inspect all
buildings and premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the pro-
visions of this ordinance are being violated.
Section 4. Whenever any person, firm, or corporation shall
dep ®sit, or shall permit to enter the industrial wastes wewer, any waste
containing the substances prohibited in Section 1 hereinatsrove, said per-
son, firm, or corporation shall be considered in violation of this ordin-
ance.
Section 5. Any person, firm, or corporation violating or
failing to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor an on conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars (300.00) or by
imprisonment in the City jail for a period not exceeding ninety (
days or by both such fine arjd imprisonment.
Section 6. Any person, firm or corporation shall be charg-
ed directly any extra expense and costs of operating an maintaining the
Industrial Wastes Sewer occasioned by violation of the rules herein
prescribed. In the event of failure to comply with this ordinance, the
City may cause the wastes service supplied to said premises to be dis-
continued or the sewer plugged until provisions to comply are made.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days
after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and the
City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 7th
day of May, 1958.
ATTEST: J.A. SMITH ( S E A L ) JOE K. ALDERSON
1 MAYOR
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, full and complete
copy of Ordinance No. B -2160 entitled "AN ORDINANCE regulating the use of
the Industrial Wastes sewerage system and providing penalties for the
violation thereof. ", as passed on the 7th day of May, 1958, and that the
same has been published as required by law.
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