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ORDINANCE NO. 3315
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING CHAPTER 16.09 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELA.TING TO INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The Cour.cil of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 16.09 of the r~)v Alto Municipal Code is here
by amended by changing all references of Chief Engineer to Superinten
dent wherever such titles appear in said Chapter 16.09.
SECTION 2. Section 16.09.Q10 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is
hereby amended by deleting subsection (c) therefrom and relettering
subsections (d), (e) and (f) accordingly.
Section 16.09.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is further
amended by adding a new subse~tion (f) to read as follows:
11 (f) 1 New sources 1 :~~;'.all mean s Jurces of in-
dustrial waste that commence discharging subsequent
t-o the eff~7-ctive date of this ordinance.11
Section 16.09.010 of the Palo Alt:o Municipal Code is further
amended by adding a new subsection to be 6esignated as (p) and relet
tering the remaining subsections accordingly, to read as follows:
" ( p) 'Super,; 1tenden t 1 shall mea;1 the Super
intendent of the Palo Alto Advanced Waste Water
Treatment r.aci 1 it ies of the City of Palo Alto 1 s
Utility Departmentv his or her deleg<.~te, or such
other person as may be delegated by the City
Manager."
SECTION 3. Section 16.09.031 is hereby added to the Palo Alto
Municipal Code to read as follows:
•16.09.031 Coa:.pliance schedule. I:-1 the
event that an industrial ~;;~s tes dis charge pend t
holdE:>,r should be affected by a newly promulgated
waste discha~gP standdrd, such permit holder shall
be granted a time schedule for the installation of
techno log] requir-ed to meet the applicable Pre
treatment Standards and Requirements; provided,
however, that during such time for compliance exis
ting provisions of this ordinance shall not b0 vio
lated."
SECTION 4. Section 16.09.032 is hereby added to the Palo Alto
Munic1pal Code to read as follows:
"16"09.032 New sourceso (a)
of ir.dustrial wastes dis charge shall
compliance with the provisions of this
the time ui commencement of discharge.
New sources
be in full
ordinance at
"(b) Discharges, the characteristics of which
have been altered due to process changes by a di~
charger, shall be consider€d new sources and such
discharges shall be in cornpl iance with provisions
of the ordinance at the time of commencement of the
altered discharge."
SECTION 5. Section 16.09.060 of the Palo Alto Municir~l Code is
hereby amended to re~J as follows:
•16.09.06Q Waste sampling locations.
Every establishment from which industrial wastes
are d .i.scharged to the sewer Sj':Btem shall provide
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and maintain one or more outside manhol..:s, access
boxes, junction chambers or other sampling points
approved by t:he S;.~perintendent which will petmit
the separate sampling of sanitary a11d industrial
wastes. The Superintendent may approve sampling
points which will permit the separate sampling of
industrial wastes only for establishments existing
on the effective date of this ordinance. Sanitary
and industrial wastes shall be kept completely
separated upstream of such sampling points. Estab
lishml':nts that are billed for sewer service on the
bosis of sewage effluent constituents shall provide
a suitable means for sampling to determine billing
constituents in accordance with Utility Rule and
Regulation No. 19.C. Sampling points shall be s~
located that they are safe and accessible to City
inspectors at any reasonable time during working
hours.11
SECTION 6. Section 16.09.061 i~3 he1:eby added to the Palo Alto
~1unicipal Code to read as foJ.lo\\"s:
~16.09.061 Di~charger monitoring. (a)
Superintendent, or his or her authok:' i zed represen
tatives, may conduct all inspection, surveillance,
and monito:ing procedu~es necessary to assure com
pliance with applicable sections of this ordinance
or with rJ.S. Environmental Protection l\gency or
State of California regulations.
11 (b) Representatives of Superintendent shall
be authori·?:ed to E:!nter ~ durir.J normal working
hours, any premises of any discharger: in which an
industrial waste source or treatment system is lo
cated or in which records are required to be kept
to assure compliance with this ordinance and appli
cable Federal, R':ate of California, and county of
Santa Clara reg~lations."
SECTION 1. Section 16.09.080 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is
hereby amended to rea~ as follows:
•16.09.080 Confidentiality. (a) Any in-
format ion submit ted to Superintendent pursuant to
this ordinance may be claimed as confidential by
the submitter. Any such ~laim must be asserted at
the timA of submission in ~he manner prescribed on
the applicatio~ form or, in the case of other sub
missions, by stamping the words 'co~fidential busi
ness information' on ~ach page containing such in
formation. Information submitted prior to the in
clusion of this section in the ordinance may be
withdrawn and replaced by submittals stamped 'con
fidential business infor~ation.' If no such claim
is made at the time of sybmission or within ninety
days aft2r this sect ion becomP.s e f f e(!t i ve, the in
formation may be made available to the public with
out furtheL· notice.
"(b) Information
Superintendent pursuant
effluent data shall be
without restriction.
and data provided to the
to Ud.s sectb:m which is
avcilahle to the public
~(c) All other information which is submitted
to the Superintendent shall be avai lablP. to the
public.
"(d) A discharger may be prohibited from dis
charging a substance unle~s its composition is made
known to th~ Superintendent."
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SECTION 8. Section 16.09.141 is hereby added to the Palo Alto
Municipal Code to read as follows:
w16.09.141 Public notification o( viola-
tions. At least annually at the beginning of the
City's fiscal year, notice shall be provided in the
largest local daily newspaper listing those indus
trial users that were found to have significantly
violated the provisions of the ordinance during the
previous twelve months. For the purposes of this
provision, a significant violation is: A violation
which remains uncorrected forty-five days after
notification~ a violation that is a part of a pat
tern of noncompliance over the twelve month period1
a violation that involves a failure to accurately
report noncompliance; a violation that results in a
permit revocation or suspension1 resulta in damage
to public facilities; or a violation that results
in civil penalties."
SECTION 9. The Council finds that this project "''ill have no sig
nificant adverse environmental impact.
SECTION 10.. This ordinance shall become effE'·t:tive upon the com
mencement of the thirty-first day after the day qf its passage.
INTRODUCED: November 9, 1981
PASSED: November 23, 1981
AYES: Bechtel, Eyerly. F~zzj_no, Fletcher, Henderson, Klein, Levy,
Renzel, Witherspo0n
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
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APPRovED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED:
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