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Home My WebLink About _ 9.11(f)--Ordinance to Update Municipal Code Section 14.16 Sewers GI �" Y � F � � � ° � � � " � � CITY OF REDDING REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 18, 2023 FROM: Chuck Aukland,Public ITEM NO. 9.11(� Works Director ***APPROVED BY*** � ��n � .�.._ s.N,.�� ukl�n�l,H'ciblic Wc�aks L'��reGt ' 7�'6/2423 ry ip}�in,�C"i ana � 7/11(2423 caulcland@ci.redding.ca.us btippin@cityofredding.org SUBJECT: 9.11(�--Consider Ordinance to update Redding Municipal Code (RMC) Chapter 14.16 (Sewers). Recommendation Authorize and approve the following actions: (1) Offer Ordinance amending Redding Municipal Code Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers) amending Section 14.16.246, amending Section 14.16.300, amending Section 14.16.340, amending Section 14.16.350, and amending Section 14.16.560 for first reading by title only, and waive the full reading; (2) Direct the City Attorney to prepare, and the City C1erk to publish a summary of the ordinance according to law; and (3) Find that the action is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to 14 CCR 15601(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption). Fiscal Impact There is no direct fiscal impact in adopting the proposed modifications. AZteNnative Action The City Council (Council) may choose not to offer the ordinance as presented and direct staff to investigate alternatives. Background/Analysis City of Redding (City) staff regularly reviews the Redding Municipal Code (R1VIC) and offers language elarification and minor adjustments to keep the eode relevant and updated for current practices and regulations. Staff recommends the following proposed changes to the relevant sections o�RMC Chapter 14.16: Report to Redding City Council July 10, 2023 Re: 9.11(f)--Ordinance to Update Municipal Code Section 14.16 Sewers Page 2 • 14.16.246 — Clarifies the billing of sewer charges when the premises is outside of the City's water service boundary and is provided water from an outside water district; • 14.16.300 —Clarifies that modification to any portion of a septic system, not simply the tank, requires connection to the City sewer system where available; • 14.16.340(A) — Clarifies maintenance of sewer laterals is the responsibility of the owner of the premises; • 14.16.350(B)—Provides an allowance for video inspection of abandoned connections prior to reinstallation,rather than physically exposing the pipe for inspection; and • 14.16.560—Outlines and clarifies the authority of City personnel to perform inspections. The ordinance has been approved as to form by the City Attorney. Environmental Review Staff has determined that the action is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to 14 CCR 15061(b)(3) - Common Sense Exemption. The action has been reviewed and it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment; therefore, the activity is not subject to CEQA and no further action is required. Council Priority/City ManageN Goals � Government of the 21st Century—`Be relevant and proactive to the opportunities and challenges of today's residents and workforce. Anticipate the future to make better decisions today." Attachments ^Ordinance ^Strikeout Ordinance ^Notice of Exemption �' 1� �1�1�� ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING TITLE 14 (UTILITIES), CHAPTER 14.16 (SEWERS) BY AMENDING SECTIONS 14.16.246 (OBLIGATION TO PAY SEWER SERVICES AND RELATED FEES FOR SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY), 14.16.300 (CONNECTION REQUIRED), 14.16.340 (MAINTENANCE OF SEWER CONNECTIONS), 14.16.350 (ABANDONED CONNECTIONS), AND 14.16.560 (INSPECTION AND SAMPLING), AND REPEALING 14.16.232 (DEFERRED PAYMENT OF SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES FOR A PORTION OF THE PREMISES), ALL RELATING TO UPDATING SANITARY SEWER REQUIREMENTS TO CURRENT STANDARDS AND MAHING CLARIFICATIONS TO THE SAME THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section L Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.246 is amended to read as follows: 1416.246- Obligation to pay sewer service and related fees for service outside city limits or city water service boundary. The primary responsibility for payment of all sewer service and related fees and charges authorized by this chapter for services outside of the City limits or City water service boundary shall be with the property owner. When water service to properties is either outside the City limits or is provided by an outside water district, the property owner of the premise will receive monthly sewer service billing until such time as a tenant establishes a sewer billing account at the City's customer service department. The responsibility for payment of all sewer service and related fees and charges will be reassigned to the property owner whenever a tenant terminates their monthly sewer service account with the City. The minimum sewer service fee shall be due and payable in the amount established pursuant to Section 14.16.240 and other applicable provisions of this chapter regardless of whether or not the premise which is connected to the sewer collection system is vacant. Section 2. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.300 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.16.300 - Connection required. The owner of any premises within the limits of the City, which has a public sewer located within two hundred feet of the nearest exterior boundary of the premises measured along publicly owned right-of-way or sewer easement, shall not install, replace, upgrade, expand, or repair any septic system component or waste disposal leach field thereon nor use any means of disposing of domestic wastewater or industrial waste other than through a sewer connection to a public sewer. The owner shall be required to eonnect the premises with available publie sewer pursuant to and within the time limits specified in this chapter, and to pay in advance all sewer connection charges. Section 3. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.340 of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.16.340 -Maintenance of sewer connections. A. Maintenance of sewer connections and laterals, whether on public or private property, is the responsibility of the owner of the premises. B. Sewer laterals and connections deemed to be causing a public nuisance or negatively impacting the POTW, shall be video inspected and all repairs made to comply with City construction standards at the owner's expense. Section 4. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.350 of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.16.350 -Abandoned connections. A. Any abandoned sewer connection sha11 be plugged or capped at the expense of the owner of the premises which the connection serves at a point in the connection and in a manner approved by the municipal utilities department of the City. B. Any abandoned sewer connection shall not be restored to service by the owner of the premises to which it runs unless and until the owner has provided a video inspection and has received approval of the line from the municipal utilities department of the City. The restored use of an abandoned sewer connection shall not be approved by the municipal utilities department if the line or the connections thereto do not meet construction standards existing at the time of application for reuse. C. If, in the course of normal inspection processes by the municipal utilities department, an existing sewer connection is found to be in an insanitary condition, the city manager may order the sewer connection to be repaired, modified, or replaced. It shall be the obligation of the owner of the premises served by the connection to comply with the order at the owner's expense. Section 5. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.560 of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.16.560 -Inspection and sampling. The officers, employees, and inspectors of the City shall have the right to inspect the facilities of any industrial user to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this chapter are being or have been complied with. The permit holder shall allow the City or its agents access at a11 reasonable times to all portions of the owner's premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of additional duties. A. Where an industrial user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into his premises, the industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with his security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the City, state, and EPA will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities. B. The City, state, and EPA sha11 have the right to set up on the industrial user's property, or require the installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the industrial user's operations. C. The City may require the industrial user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The industrial user's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the industrial user at his own expense. All devices used to measure wastewater flow and quality shall be calibrated periodically to ensure their accuracy. D. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the premises to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the industrial user at the written or verbal request of the city manager and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such obstruction shall be borne by the industrial user. E. Unreasonable delays in allowing City personnel access to the industrial user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter. F. The City inspects and/or samples IL7s at least once per year. Section 6. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council of the City of Redding hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be held invalid or unconstitutional. Section 7. The passage of this Ordinance is exempt from review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. This Ordinance is exempt from CEQA pursuant to the "common sense" exemption (14 CCR 15061(b)(3)), as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption of the Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment. Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption, and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption thereof and cause publication according to law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read by the City Council of the City of Redding at a regular meeting on the day of , 2023, and was duly read and adopted at a regular meeting on the day of , 2023, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: M�TCHAEL DACQUTST0, 1VIayor ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: PAMELA MIZE, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney DATE ATTESTED: , 2023 S' tJ I�A��' DELETED LANGUAGE: ��'-'�?��`� �"�"'-' ADDED LANGUAGE: �L)��2L, 1I��Ia AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING TITLE 14 (UTILITIES), CI3APTER 14.16 (SEWERS) BY AMENDING SECTIONS 14.16.246 (OBLIGATION TO PAY SEWER SERVICES AND RELATED FEES FOR SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY), 14.16.300 (CONNECTION REQUIRED), 14.16.340 (MAINTENANCE OF SEWER CONNECTIONS), 14.16.350 (ABANDONED CONNECTIONS), AND 14.16.560 (INSPECTION AND SAMPLING), AND REPEALING 14.16.232 (DEFERRED PAYMENT OF SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES FOR A PORTION OF THE PREMISES), ALL RELATING TO UPDATING SANITARY SEWER REQUIREMENTS TO CURRENT STANDARDS AND MAKING CLARIFICATIONS TO THE SAME 14.16.246 - Obligation to pay sewer service and related fees for service outside city �� i�� a�� ;�t�r��t��z• ��°�i��r��c��-�. The primary responsibility for payment of all sewer service and related fees and charges authorized by this chapter for services outside of the City limits �r C�� .t��° s�rv�� a��z��y shall be with the property owner. When water service to properties i� ��tr��° outside the City limits tar is provided by an outside water district, the property owner of the premise will receive monthly sewer service billing until such time as a tenant establishes a sewer billing account at the City's customer service department. The responsibility for payment of all sewer service and related fees and charges will be reassigned to the property owner whenever a tenant terminates their monthly sewer service account with the City. The minimum sewer service fee sha11 be due and payable in the amount established pursuant to Section 14.16.240 and other applicable provisions of this chapter regardless of whether or not the premise which is connected to the sewer collection system is vacant. 14.16.300 - Connection required. The owner of any premises within the limits of the City, which has a public sewer located within two hundred feet of the nearest exterior boundary of the premises measured along publicly owned right-of-way or sewer easement, sha11 not install, replace, upgrade, expand, or repair any septic �� .r� c__;__��r��?�� or waste disposal leach field thereon nor use any means of disposing of domestic wastewater or industrial waste other than through a sewer connection to a public sewer. The owner sha11 be required to connect the premises with available public sewer pursuant to and within the time limits specified in this chapter, and to pay in advance a11 sewer connection charges. 14.16.340-Maintenance of sewer connections. A. Maintenance of sewer connections ��c� ��e��I�, whether on publie or private property, is the responsibility of the owner of the premises. B. Sewer laterals and connections deemed to be causing a public nuisance or negatively impacting the POTW, shall be video inspected and all repairs made to comply with City construction standards at the owner's expense. 1416.350 -Abandoned connections. A. Any abandoned sewer connection sha11 be plugged or capped at the expense of the owner of the premises which the connection serves at a point in the connection and in a manner approved by the municipal utilities department of the City. B. Any abandoned sewer connection shall not be restored to service by the owner of the premises to which it runs unless and until the owner has �°� �� ¢�� . � .� . ` . � .� ° � F �arc��ide�� d�;c� inspection and ��s r��°��r�,rt approval of the line from the municipal utilities department of the City. The restored use of an abandoned sewer connection sha11 not be approved by the municipal utilities department if the line or the connections thereto do not meet construction standards existing at the time of application for reuse. C. If, in the course of normal inspection processes by the municipal utilities department, an existing sewer connection is found to be in an insanitary condition, the city manager may order the sewer connection to be repaired, modified, or replaced. It shall be the obligation of the owner of the premises served by the connection to comply with the order at the owner's expense. 14.16.560 -Inspection and sampling. The c��rs, ��1��e:,�;, �:��d �r�s�a��tars c��thc� City shall have the right to inspect the facilities of any industrlal user to ascertain whether or n ot the provisions of this chapter are being or have been complied with. The permit holder shall allow the city or its agents access at all reasonable times to all portions of the owner's premises for the purposes of inspection, sampling, records examination and copying, and the performance of additional duties. A. Where an industrial user has security measures in force which require proper identification and clearance before entry into his premises, the industrial user shall make necessary arrangements with his security guards so that, upon presentation of suitable identification, personnel from the city, state, and EPA will be permitted to enter without delay for the purposes of performing their specific responsibilities. B. The City, state, and EPA shall have the right to set up on the industrial user's property, or require the installation of, such devices as are necessary to conduct sampling and/or metering of the industrial user's operations. C. The City may require the industrial user to install monitoring equipment as necessary. The industrial user's sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in a safe and proper operating condition by the industrial user at his own expense. All devices used to measure wastewat�r flow and quality shall be calibrated periodically to ensure their accuracy. D. Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and easy access to the premises to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the industrial user at the written or verbal request of the city manager and shall not be replaced. The costs of clearing such obstruction shall be borne by the industrial user. E. Unreasonable delays in allowing City personnel access to the industrial user's premises shall be a violation of this chapter. F. The City inspects and/or samples IUs at least once per year. NaTICE aF Ex��gTlo�v TU: ❑ Offce of Flanning and Rcsearch FROMc Crty af Redding 1400 Tenth'Street;Room 12'1 Public Works Department Sacramentc�,CA 95814 '7fi7 Cypress Avenue Redding,CA 960p 1 � Shasta County Clerk County of Shasta P.O. Box 9908$0, 1643 Market Street Redding,CA 96099-0884 Praject T�tle: C?rdinance Amendin�Redding Municipal Cade Title 14 Ghapter 14 16 J O#53-10-65 Project Location—Specific: City af Reddin� Project Loeatian—City: Reddin�Praject Location—County: Shasta Description of Praject: Tlle City of Redding is atnendin� Reddrn� Municipal Code (RMC�Title 14 Chapter 14 16 �Sewers�y amendin� Sections 14 16 246 14 lb 3d0 14 1b 340(A) 14 1b 350(B) and 14 16 560 The language clarification and rninor adjustments are requlred ta keep the c�de relevant and updated in conforrnance with current practices and re�ulatians. Name of Person ar Agency Caru-y°rng Qut Project; Josh Vandivei�. Wastewater Uti1i Manager Exempt Status: (check one) ❑ Ministerial [Section 21d8d(b)(1); 1526$] ❑ Declared Emergency [Section 21080(b){3); 15269(a)] C) Emergency Project [Section 2I'080(b)(4); 15269(b)] ❑ Statutory Exemptians. State code number; � Common Sense Exemption(This project c�aes not fall within an exempt class,but it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a sigmficant effect on the environment(14 GGR 15061[b][3]): ❑ C�tegorical Exemption.State type and sectian number: ❑ No excepticsns apply that would bar the us�of a categorical exeznption(PRD 21Q$4 and 14 CCR 15300.2). Reasons why project is exernpt: GEQA applies onl�to projects which have the �atential far causin a si�nificant effect on the enviranment. The amendment wi11 provide updated lan�uage and minor ad�justments to keep the code updated but will not result in �hysical alteration of the environment. The action has been reviewed and it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibilihr that the action mav have a si�nificant effect on the environment Lead Ageney Contact Person:Amber Kell�v Telephane. 530.225,4046 If Fiied by Appli�anta 1. Attach ce�ified document of examption finding. 2. Has a natice of exernption been filed by the public agency approving the project? o Yes❑No �'� Date: �e��'c�+'�a ,,� Sagnature: ,W�'�.��,�va,. Title: Environmexltal Com lianee M er �Signed by Lead Agency Date received for filing at OPR: ❑ Signed by Applicant