HomeMy WebLinkAbout6704ORDINANCE NO. 6 7 0 4
CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
SECTIONS 13.20.010, 13.20.040, 13.20.080,
13.20.090, 13.20.095, 13.20.120, 13.20.182,
13.20.200 AND 13.20.230 OF THE AUBURN CITY
CODE RELATING TO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PORTIONS OF THE SEWAGE COLLECTION
SYSTEM; AND REMOVING INAPPLICABLE CODE
REQUIREMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clearly define the responsibilities
of both the City and property owners regarding the installation, maintenance,
repair, and replacement of sewers serving those properties; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the City's best interest to
assume responsibility for repairing damaged side sewers located within the
public right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds property owners should assume
responsibility for maintenance, operation, and if necessary, repair of damaged
private side sewers located on the property served by the side sewer or within
public or private easements on other properties; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify the definitions relating to
public and private sewers to more clearly differentiate between public sewers,
private side sewers connecting to the public sewer system, and private sewage
disposal systems; and
WHEREAS, the City Council understands that there may be occasions
where a private sewage disposal system is removed from service and the
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property should not be obligated to connect to the public sewer within 30 days;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify the responsibility of property
owners when trees or shrubs on their property or discharges from their property
cause an obstruction within public or private sewers; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify that private construction or
repair of sewer lines within city right-of-way is subject to city right-of-way permit
requirements: and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to correct the definitions of Polar and
Nonpolar FOG.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.010 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit A.
Section 2. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.040 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit B.
Section 3. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.080 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit C.
Section 4. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.090 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit D.
Section 5. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.095 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit E.
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Section 6. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.120 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit F.
Section 7. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.182 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit G.
Section 8. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.200 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit H.
Section 9. Amendment to City Code. That section 13.20.230 of the
Auburn City Code is amended to read as shown in Exhibit I.
Section 10. Implementation. The Mayor is authorized to implement
those administrative procedures necessary to carry out the directions of this
legislation.
Section 11. Severability. The provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph,
subdivision, section, or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the ordinance
to any person or circumstance, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this
ordinance, or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. Effective date. This Ordinance will take effect and be in force
five days from and after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: NOV 19 2018
PASSED: NOV 19 2018
APPROVED: N7V 1 ;12018
R's ► .. J a ..; . v'S, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
Shawn Campbell, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Steven L. Gross, City Attorney
Published:
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EXHIBIT A
13.20.010 Definitions.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms
used in this chapter shall be as follows:
A. "Assessment' means a financial burden placed upon a property for
benefits received, directly or indirectly. An assessment is typically applied to
property through a local improvement district and is collected by the city finance
department; however, it can be established for collection upon use of the
defined benefit.
B. 'BOD" (denoting biochemical oxygen demand) means the quantity of
oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees centigrade expressed in parts
per million by weight.
C. 'Building sewer' means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of the
building sewer system which receives the discharge from wastewater pipes
inside the building footprint and conveys it to the side sewer at -up to five feet
outside of the building footprint. Building sewers are private sewers and are not
part of the public system.
D. "Charge in lieu of assessment' means a charge made by the city on
property which has not previously participated in the cost of a public sewer line
directly serving the property.
E. "City of Auburn design and construction standards" means the
requirements adopted under Chapter 12.04 ACC for storm drainage, sanitary
sewer, street, and water design and construction.
F. "Commercial' means, for the purposes of this chapter, multiple dwelling
units (as defined hereinafter) or businesses engaged in the manufacturing
and/or sale of a commodity or commodities, or rendering of a service such as,
but not limited to, hotels, motels, hospitals, industrial complexes, schools and
colleges, convalescent homes, nursing homes, and retirement homes.
G. "Deduct meter" means an approved city water meter that is located upon
a private water service serving a non -single-family residential development for
the purpose of monitoring water consumption that does not enter into the
sanitary sewer system. A deduct meter is not an irrigation meter, and shall not
be used as such.
H. "Dwelling unit' means one or more rooms designed for or occupied by
one family for living or sleeping purposes and containing kitchen facilities for
use solely by one family.
I. T.O.G. (FOG)" means fats, oils, and grease.
J. "FOG control plan" means a document, signed by the business owner,
outlining FOG issues within the facility and how they are to be addressed.
K. "Grease trap" means an indoor hydromechanical grease interceptor,
typically with a holding capacity of 55 gallons or less, designed for the purpose
of removing and preventing fats, oils, and grease from entering the sanitary
sewer system. Such traps are typically compact under -the -sink units that are
near food preparation areas.
L. "Grease interceptor' means an outdoor gravity grease interceptor,
typically with a holding capacity of 500 gallons or more, designed for the
purpose of removing and preventing fats, oils, and grease from entering the
sanitary sewer collection system. These devices are often below -ground units
in outside areas and are built as two- or three -chamber baffled tanks.
M. "Irrigation meter' means an approved city water meter connected to a
public water service to determine the amount of water being used for landscape
watering.
N. "LID" or "local improvement district' means a method of assisting
benefiting properties in financing needed capital improvements through
formation of special assessment districts.
O. "Multiple dwelling units" means, for this chapter, two or more residential
units connected to a single water service.
P. "Natural outlet' means any outlet (conveyance) into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
Q. "Nonpolar FOG" means FOG of mineral oriqin.ef aRimal or vegetable
R. "Oil/water separator' means a pretreatment device, either coalescing
plate or API separator, that prevents oil from being discharged into the sewer
system.
S. "pH" means the measurement of acidity or alkalinity of sewage and is
measured as the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen -ion
concentration in gram atoms per liter of solution.
T. "Polar FOG' means FOG of animal or vegetable origin.m+neral a +gir
U. "Premises" means property, including improvements, utilized under one
ownership and/or under a single entity control with respect to the use of sewer
services and the responsibility for payment thereof.
V. "Private sewage disposal system" means an integrated arrangement of
components for premises not connected to the public sewer which conveys,
stores, treats or provides subsurface soil treatment and disposal of residential
sewage on the property where it originates; including piping, treatment devices,
other accessories, and the soil underlying the disposal component of the initial
and reserve areas.
W "Private sewer" means a --sewage conveyance facilitiesy which +s—are
owned, operated, maintained and controlled by the property owner served by
that system.
X "Private side sewer' means the extension from the building sewer to the
connector (tee or wye) on the public sewer mainline.
WY. "Public sewer" means as sewage conveyance facility which is_�w ,
operated, maintained and controlled by a public authority.
Z. "Public sewer mainline" means that portion of the public sewage
conveyance system which includes manholes and pipe between manholes,
which is owned operated and controlled by a public authority.
XAA. "Residential customer equivalent (RCE)" means the term used by King
County's department of natural resources, wastewater treatment division, to
define the capacity that is required by new development within the sanitary
sewer system. Single -family homes are established as one RCE. RCEs for non -
single -family homes and multifamily dwellings shall be calculated using King
County guidelines. Multifamily residential units with individual water meters
shall be classified as one RCE per family unit.
a=66. "Sanitary sewer" means a wastewater conveyance facility to which storm,
surface, and groundwater are excluded.
ZAC. "Septage" means the mixture of solid wastes, scum, sludge, and liquids
pumped from the septic tanks, pump chambers, holding tanks, and other on-site
sewer system components.
AAAD. "Sewage" means residential, business, industrial, and institutional
wastewater.
ALAE. "Sewer" means a facility for conveying sewage.
ASAF. "Sewerage" means all facilities for collecting, transporting,
pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
ADAG. "Sewer meter" is a city-approved device used to measure sewage
that enters the sanitary sewer system.
AE. "Side the exten6den Frew the h u'IdiRg seweF tO the
seweF.
A€AH. "Single -family residential" means, for this chapter, any
isolated/detached building designed exclusively for occupancy of one family.
ASAI. "Storm drain" means a wastewater conveyance facility for storm, surface,
and groundwater.
A#AJ. "Suspended solids" means solids that float on the surface of, or
are in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable
by laboratory filtering.
AFAK. "UPC" means the Uniform Plumbing Code, including amendments, as
adopted by the city.
AJAL. "Utility" means, for this chapter, the city of Auburn sewer utility or sewer
division.
AKAM. "Watercourse" means a channel, either natural or manmade, in
which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 6152 §
1, 2008; Ord. 5934 § 1, 2005; Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004; Ord. 5381 § 1, 2000; Ord.
5302 § 1, 1999; Ord. 5222 § 1 (Exh. B), 1999; Ord. 5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999;
Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)
EXHIBIT B
13.20.040 Sewer system responsibility.
Once sewer facilities have been constructed and approved by the city, tThe city
shall be responsible for the maintenance, and operation, repair, and
replacement of the public sewer system and the portions of private side sewers
located within public rights-of-way and easements. The owner of the property
served by the side sewer is responsible for the maintenance, operation, and
repair of the side sewer on the property and within public or private easements
h n sibilta for the m me and nneration of the
on other properties.,T� e^ i^� ^^^^e
RORpu
hl'^ ..,nr system ^lewithin ae nrnn ll htherty shall e nrnn tary n
nr'.ltwner
(Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004; Ord. 5381 § 1, 2000; Ord. 5222 § 1 (Exh. B), 1999; Ord.
5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)
EXHIBIT C
13.20.080 Private system — Allowed when.
A private sewage disposal system
system may be installed as allowed by and in accordance with the provisions of
the county health authority. The allowance of private sewage disposal system a
private sewage disposal System will take into consideration city water resource
protection efforts and possible impacts to city drinking water sources. (Ord. 5852
§ 1, 2004; Ord. 5302 § 1, 1999; Ord. 5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2,
1987.))
EXHIBIT D
13.20.090 Private system - Requirements.
The type, capacity, location, layout, and design of a private sewage disposal
systempFivatesewage—system, if required, &half -will comply with the
recommendations and regulations of the county health authority. Eachrip vate
sewage disposal system wovate sewage system ill be designed by a
registered professional civil engineer or certified sewage system designer. No
sewage shall will be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet or to the ground
surface. The property owner shat) -will operate and maintain the private sewage
disposal system ate se aqe d:sreee! F^^� in a sanitary manner at all times
and at no expense to the city. (Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004; Ord. 5302 § 1, 1999; Ord.
5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)
EXHIBIT E
13.20.095 Private system — Abandonment upon public system availability.
A. Any party permanently removing a septic tank, seepage pit, cesspool,
wastewater tank or other on-site sewage system from service shall -will withip 30
1. Have the septage removed by a hauler approved by the county health
authority; and
2. Remove or destroy the lid; and
3. Fill the void created with compacted soil; and
4. Report the abandonment to the county health authority on a form obtained
from the appropriate health officer. A copy of the abandonment form shall also be
distributed to the city prior to close out of the required side sewer connection
permit.
B. Whenever a public sewer becomes available to a lot/parcel served by a
private 6eweFSewage disposal system not in compliance with ACC 13.20.090, a
direct connection sh;;Il will be made to the public sewer in compliance with this
chapter and Aw�-any private sewage disposal system, ,ratsewage fac:!:t?e=
Rat approved fGF GenneGtieR to the publie will be abandoned as
nated inconsistent with subsection A of this section. (Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004; Ord.
5302 § 1, 1999; Ord. 5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)
EXHIBIT F
13.20.120 Trees or shrubs obstructing sewers ffe#ibited.
it is uRlawful to The owners of private property will not allow to -grew -any tree or
shrub to grow so that its whose roots obstruct public or private sewers. Wherever
such plantings are ^h^• •^ to be ebStFU^'i^^ obstruct a public sewers, they shall
bethe owner will ferneved remove the plantings or will otherwise re edmo^'o-tram
ebstrustirtg remedy the said sewer obstruction, any of which will be at the
expense of the owner of the property on which the planting grows. If the property
owner fails to correct the obstruction in a timely manner, the city may take
corrective action and the property owner will be financially responsible to
reimburse the city for any corrective actions taken. (Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004; Ord.
5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)
EXHIBIT G
13.20.182 Property owner responsible for damages.
If the city determines that the actions of a property owner, or discharges from a
bUild+ag-private side sewer result in damage to or partial or complete blockage
within the public right-of-way or of a city -owned public sewer, or if such action or
discharge jhe building sewer, 6ide sewer, eF adversely afle- is transmissiGR
Gapabilities of the publiG sewer, requires e)(Gess;de maontena„oc -corrective
action by the city as determined by the city engineer, the dissharge
re6pa;sbleproperty owner shag --will be liable for said damage, blockage, and/or
maintenance and will be financially responsible for any and all necessary repairs
or other corrective actions necessary to restore the public sewer system to full
and normal operation. (Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004.)
EXHIBIT H
13.20.200 Permits — Application — Inspection — Fee.
An application for any side sewer permit shall be made with the city, which the
applicant shall supplement with plans, specifications or other information as
deemed necessary by the city. A permit application and inspection fee shall be
charged in accordance with the city of Auburn fee schedule. Any work
undertaken within a public right-of-way is subiect to Chapter 12.66 ACC for work
within the City or subiect to other applicable permit requirements as specified by
the City or County with iurisdiction where the work is being performed. (Ord.
5852 § 1, 2004; Ord. 5212 § 1 (Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)
EXHIBIT I
13.20.230 Side sewer repair or replacement — Permit required.
It is unlawful for any person to repair, replace, or reconnect to the public sewer
mainline any side sewer without first obtaining a permit to do so from the city.
The fee for such permit shall be charged in accordance with the city of Auburn
fee schedule. Any work undertaken within a public right-of-way is subiect to
Chapter 12.66 ACC for work within the City or subiect to other applicable permit
is being performed. (Ord. 5852 § 1, 2004; Ord. 5381 § 1, 2000; Ord. 5212
(Exh. 1), 1999; Ord. 4241 § 2, 1987.)