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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-11-14 95-9 ORDINANCEMigned to Co wHor Sullivan November 14, 1994 CITY OF BANGOR MU) /p�t Amending. Chapter V, Article 9, Laws and W.............. _.__.. .....— Ordinances of the City of Bangor (Use of Public Sewers and Drains) Be it ordaisst by W City' Commit of the CUP ofBaapor. as follower TEAT Chapter v, Article 9 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor (Use of Sewers and Drains) is hereby amended by the addition of sections 3.3 and 3.4, as follows: -3.3 Except on an emergency basis to serve existing structures only, e.g. following failure of an existing private septic system, no Street Opening/Utility Connection Permit shall be issued authorising connection to any public or private sewer line or sewer extension which, as found by the City Engineer, (a) is inadequate by reason of its design, condition, or lack of hydraulic capacity to accommodate the additional volume of flow or types of wastes to be discharged from the premises concerned; or (b) by reason of its design, condition or hydraulic capacity causes or materially contributes to upsets, surcharges, slug loads, or untreated outfalls at any downstream or other location. x11 permits issued on an emergency basis under this subsection shall bear the designation "Emergency Permit," and shall be subject to annual review by the Superintendent and/or the City Engineer. Buy emergency permit shall be deemed terminated upon correction of the condition that led t0 its issuance." "3.4 Except for the purpose of correcting the violation concerned, no new Street Opening/utility Connection Permit shall be issued to any person who has been cited by the Superintendent for a violation of sections 6, 7, 8 or 9 of this Ordinance, if the violation remains uncorrected at the time of the application." C.O. #95-9 would direct the City Engineer to deny new sewer connection permits to property owners who are currently in violation of various sewer ordinance provisions relating to roof drains, surchargesetc. An exception is made for certain emergency situations. Both of these ordinance amendments are intended to reduce the total amount of storm water infiltration and other Uncontaminated water entering the City's saver system. Under our consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maine DEP, the City of Bangor is required to undertake an annual program of storm water separation projects. In addition, the consent decree requires the City to adopt and enforce an ordinance or rules prohibiting the introduction of uncontaminated water into the sweet system from private sources such as roof drains, cellar drains, surface drainage and non -contact. cooling water; requires the City to develop and implement a plafor the gradual elimination of existing sources of inflow and infiltration from private sources; and conditions the City's right to permit additional connections to the sanitary sewer system upon the City'scent removal of uncontaminated water currently entering the system in the ratio of 5 gallons of uncontaminated water for every gallon of new permitted discharges into the sanitary sewer system. Adoption of both the attached ordinance amendments is recommended in order to comply with specific requirements under the City's EPA/DEP consent decree, and to generally promote a reduction in uncontaminated inflows into the City a system, in support of our overall program of storm water separationand CSO abatement. IN CITY COUNCIL November 14, 1994 First Reading Refarxeate Committee ' ,CITY RR IN CITY COUNCIL November 30, 1994 Passed Vote: 8 Yee Councilors Voting Yee: - Baldacci, Blanchette, Cohen, Frankel, Popper, Soucy, Sullivan p ar CITR bLEEK 95-9 ORDINANCE TITLE.) Amending Chapter V, Article 9, Laws and Ordinances Df the City £Bangor Nae of Public Sewexa and Dxaina) Aseigmeil to Y4 Ccurciiman