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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 21 of 1995
(Amending certain Sections of Division II
of Title 17, relating to wastewater
control and the City's sewer system)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 17.32.530, 17.32.650,
17.36.060, 17.36.070, 17.72.010, 17.72.020, 17.72.030, 17.75.010
AND 17.75.020, $ALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO WASTEWATER
CONTROL AND THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM; MAKING CERTAIN TERMINOLOGY
CHANGES REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF UTAH; PROVIDING A SURCHARGE FOR
CERTAIN CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND LEVELS; DELETING EXISTING
SCHEDULES FOR PERMIT FEES AND ASSESSMENT FEES; AND RELATED
MATTERS.
Befit ordaylied by the City Council of Salt Lake City. Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 17.32.530, Salt Lake City cRde, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
B. Has a process discharge flow of twenty-five thousand
gallons or more within a twenty-four hour period; or
C. Has a process discharge flow greater than five percent
of the flow in the POTW wastewater treatment system; or
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SECTION 2. That Section 17.32.650, Salt Lake City ccuia, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
17.32.650 Wastewater strength.
"Wastewater strength" means the quality of process
wastewater discharged, as measured by its elements, including its
constituents and characteristics.
SECTION 3. That Section 17.36.060, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
17.36.060 Non -polluted waters discharged to storm sewers.
Non -polluted stormwater, surface drainage, subsurface
drainage, groundwater, roof runoff, noncontact cooling water or
other non -polluted water may be admitted to specifically
designated storm sewers which have adequate capacity for the
accommodations of such waters. No person shall connect to and/or
use sanitary sewers for the above purposes without having first
obtained the written consent of the director.
SECTION 4. That Section 17.36.070, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
17.36.070 Discharging surface waters into sanitary sewers.
No person shall cause to be discharged or make a connection
which would allow any stormwater, surface drainage, groundwater,
roof runoff, or noncontact cooling water to be admitted into any
sanitary sewer, unless otherwise permitted in writing by the
director. No person shall cause any of the above -mentioned
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waters to be mixed with that person's industrial waste in order
to dilute such industrial waste.
SECTION 5. That Section 17.72.010, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
17.72.010 Schedule 1--Toxics, Nonexclusive.
SCHEDULE I
TOXICS--NONEXCLUSIVE
SECTION 6. That Section 17.72.020, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
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B. Users discharging wastewater with concentrations in
excess of the concentrations listed below shall be subject to a
surcharge in the amount also listed below. The volume of
wastewater used to compute the surcharge shall be based upon the
volume of wastewater used to compute the regular sewer user fee.
Parameter Surcharge Surcharge
Threshold (mg/1) %lb
COD 400 0.025
BOD 200 0.050
TSS 250 0.050
O&G 100 0.030
Either a BOD or COD surcharge will be assessed, but not both.
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SECTION 7. That Section 17.72.030, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
6.
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b. * * *
(5) The director may make adjustments to the
account of a single-family residence, if the user or a
user's tenant who has also signed the agreement for
water service has temporary additional (two or more)
people living at the residence during all or part of
the "winter meter readings" period and it has caused
the average winter water consumption to exceed the
previous year's average by twenty-five percent or more.
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(6) All adjustments will be determined by the
sewer charge of the preceding year. When the charge
for the preceding year is not established on winter
average, the charge will be determined as outlined in
Section 17.72.030, subparagraph 5, or its successor.
10. Connection fees on property with prior development.
a. When a residential building is demolished and the
existing lateral is used for the same property, there is no
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new sewer connection fee for the property when residential
use or building type is same as prior to demolition. After
five years from date of demolition no credit will be given
for prior sewer connection fees. After five years from
demolition the property owner will be required to pay all
connection fees.
SECTION 8. That Section 17.75.010, Salt Lake City Code. be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
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B. Purposes and Objectives. In view of the foregoing, the
purposes and objectives of this chapter are to:
1. Provide and maintain a stormwater sewer system for
handling stormwater runoff;
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SECTION 9. That Section 17.75.020, Salt Lake City Code, be,
and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
17.75.020 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms,
phrases and words shall have the following meanings:
A. "City " means Salt Lake City Corporation, a municipal
corporation of the state of Utah.
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B. "Council" means the City Council.
C. "Customer" or "person" means any individual; public or
private corporation and its officers; partnership; association;
firm; trustee; executor of an estate; the state or its
departments, institutions, bureaus, agencies; county; city;
political subdivision; or any other governmental or legal entity
recognized by law.
D. "Developed parcel" means any parcel which has been
altered by grading or filling of the ground surface, or
construction of any improvement or other impervious surface area
thereon.
E. "Director" means the director of the department of
public utilities or the director's designee.
F. "Equivalent residential unit (ERU)" means a
configuration of development, or impervious surfaces on a parcel,
contributing runoff to the city's stormwater sewer system or
which represents the estimated use of the system that is
approximately equal to that contributed by a single-family
residential parcel. A single-family residential parcel has been
determined to contain an average of two thousand five hundred
square feet of impervious surface. One ERU is equal to two
thousand five hundred square feet of impervious surface area.
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G. "Impervious surface" means that hard surface area of a
parcel which either prevents or retards the entry of water into
the soil mantle and/or causes water to run off the surface in
greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that
which would be present under natural conditions. Impervious
surfaces may include, but are not limited to: rooftops; concrete
or asphalt paving; walkways; patios; driveways; parking lots or
storage areas; trafficked gravel; or other surfaces which
similarly impede the natural infiltration into the ground or
runoff of storm and surface water.
H. "Non -polluted", when used in connection with water or
any other referenced medium, means that such medium shall not
have been contaminated with a pollutant, as defined in Section
17.32.420 of this chapter.
I. "On -parcel mitigation" or "mitigation" means stormwater
control facilities designed to city standards located on the
parcel, which either holds runoff for a short period of time and
releases it to the stormwater sewer system, or holds water for a
considerable length of time and disperses it by evaporation or
infiltration into the ground.
I. "Parcel means the smallest separately segregated unit
or plot of land, with a person or persons identified as owner(s);
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having boundaries, and surface area, which is documented and
given a property number by Salt Lake County ("county").
K. "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) Storm Water Regulations" means the provisions of the
Federal Clean Water Act establishing specific permit requirements
for the control of stormwater discharges.
L. "Single-family residential parcel" means any parcel of
land which is improved with a dwelling unit as defined by Section
17.72.030(2)(b) of this chapter.
M. "Stormwater" means water produced by storms, surface
drainage, snow and ice melt, spring flows, groundwater and other
water handled by the stormwater sewer system.
N. "Stormwater facilities" means any facility,
improvement, development, property or interest therein made,
constructed or acquired for purposes of controlling stormwater
quantity and quality.
0. "Stormwater sewer system" means the city stormwater
system comprised of stormwater facilities, streets and any other
features which store, control, treat and/or convey stormwater.
P. "Stormwater sewer utility" or "utility" means the
utility created through this chapter which operates, maintains,
regulates and improves stormwater facilities and programs within
Salt Lake City.
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Q. "Undeveloped parcel" means any parcel which has not
been altered by grading or filling of the ground surface, or by
construction of any improvements or other impervious surface area
which affects the hydraulic properties of the parcel.
SECTION 10. All Section headings and titles shall be
amended as appropriate to reflect the amendments effected by this
ordinance.
SECTION 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take
effect on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this
21st day of
ATTEST:
March
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Transmitted to Mayor on March 21, 1995
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Mayor's Action: XX Approved. Vetoed.
ATTEST:
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(SEAL)
Bill No. 21 of 1995.
Published: March 28, 1995
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