13.18.040 Forbidden wastes – Preliminary treatment and approval.
A. The admission into the public sewer of any waters or wastes having any of the following characteristics shall be subject to the review and approval of the director:
1. A five-day B.O.D. greater than three hundred parts per million weight;
2. Containing more than three hundred fifty parts per million weight of suspended solids;
3. Containing any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in Section 13.18.010;
4. Having an average daily flow greater than two percent of the average daily sewage flow of the city.
B. Where necessary in the opinion of the director, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
1. Reduce the B.O.D. to three hundred parts per million by weight, and the suspended solids to three hundred fifty parts per million by weight;
2. Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Section 13.18.010;
3. Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
C. Plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the utility superintendent and of the Pollution Control Commission of the state, when required by law, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing. Any expenses incurred by the city in reviewing such plans, specifications and information shall be paid by the property owner or his representative before the city’s approval shall issue. (Ord. 947-04 § 2).