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Home My WebLink About _ 4(c)--Adopt Ordinance No. 2662 amending RMC Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers) CITY OF REDDING REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL Recommendation Adopt Ordinance No. 2662, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Redding, amending Redding Municipal Code 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), all relating to updating sanitary sewer requirements to current standards and making clarifications to the same. Attachments ^Ordinance No. 2662 - 2nd Reading MEETING DATE: August 1, 2023 ITEM NO. 4(c) FROM: ***APPROVED BY*** stipton@cityofredding.org stipton@cityofredding.org SUBJECT: 4(c)--Adopt Ordinance No. 2662 Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.246 Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk First reading done: 07/18/23 CA For adoption on: 08/01/23 5-0 DRAFT ORDINANCE CC agenda item #4(c) ORDINANCE NO. 2662 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), ALL RELATING TO UPDATING SANITARY SEWER REQUIREMENTS TO CURRENT STANDARDS AND MAKING CLARIFICATIONS TO THE SAME THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Title 14 (Utilities), Chapter 14.16 (Sewers), Section 14.16.246 is amended to read as follows: 14.16.246 - 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 connect the premises with available public sewer pursuant to and within the time limits specified in this chapter, and to pay in advance all sewer connection charges. First reading done: 07/18/23 CA For adoption on: 08/01/23 5-0 DRAFT ORDINANCE CC agenda item #4(c) 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 shall 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 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. First reading done: 07/18/23 CA For adoption on: 08/01/23 5-0 DRAFT ORDINANCE CC agenda item #4(c) 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 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 IUs 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 th e 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. First reading done: 07/18/23 CA For adoption on: 08/01/23 5-0 DRAFT ORDINANCE CC agenda item #4(c) 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 18th day of July, 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: __________________________________ MICHAEL DACQUISTO, Mayor ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: _____________________________ __________________________________ SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney DATE ATTESTED: August ____, 2023