04-1075 City Code Pretreatment/Sewer User
CITY OF MERIDIAN
ORDINANCE NO. 04- 107£7
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS, SECTION 9-2-
2(D) LOCAL LIMITS TO PROVIDE FOR REVISIONS TO MAXIMUM DAILY
CONCENTRATION (mg/I) AND TO ADD A NEW PARAGRAPH .ON
STRINGENT LIMITS OR RULES, SECTION 9-4-2 DEFINITIONS AND
SPECIFICALLY THE DEFINTION OF "SEWAGE OR WASTE MATTER" TO
REMOVE LANGUAGE FROM THE DEFINITON AND TO ADD A NEW
PARAGRAPH ON STRINGENT LIMITS OR RULES, SECTION 9-4-4 CITY
AUTHORITY TO REMOVE AND ADD LANGUAGE TO THIS SECTION AND
TO ADD A NEW PARAGRAPH ON STRINGENT LIMITS OR RULES, AND
SECTION 9-4-24 SEWER USER CHARGES AND CONNECTION FEES TO
REMOVE AND ADD LANGUAGE TO SECTION, FOR THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN, IDAHO, OF CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF TITLE 9 OF THE MERIDIAN
CITY CODE; PROVIDING FOR APPEALS, CONFLICT, VALIDITY, SAVINGS
CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That Section 2(D) Chapter 2 Title 9 Local Limits of the Meridian City
Code, be, and the same is hereby amended and shall now read as follows:
9-2-2(D) Local Limits: The following pollutant limits are established to protect
against pass through and interference. No person shall discharge
wastewater containing in excess of the following discharge limits:
Parameter
Maximum Daily
Concentration (mwl)
Arsenic
Cadmium
Chromium (total)
Copper
Cyanide (total)
~ 0.88*
íhH- 0.69
2.77
3.38
~1.03
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Iron
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Silver
Zinc
TOTAL ORGANICS (TTO)
* Nonmetal finishing standards.
1.50 *
0.69
{).á()-().00l
~5.81
0.43
2.61
2.13**
** See list of organic chemicals included in total toxic organics (TTO)
regulated under electroplating and metal finishing categories maintained at
the Meridian sewer plant.
The following pollutants are regulated to ensure compliance with the City's
NPDES Permit. Pollutant limits will be established by the Superintendent or
his or her designee:
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand)
COD (chemical oxygen demand)
TSS (total suspended solids)
E.Coli
Total Ammonia as N
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
Nitrate-Nitrite
Total Phosphorus
Ortho-Phosphate
Turbidity
Temperature
Hardness
pH
Dissolved Oxygen
Fats, oils and grease
All local limits apply at the point where the wastewater is discharged to the
collection system or sewer. All concentrations for metallic substances are for
"total" metal unless indicated otherwise. Wherever a user is subject to both
National Categorical Pretreatment Standards and a state or local limit for a
given pollutant, the more stringent limit or standard shall apply. However, the
user may obtain a variance ITom a local limit ITüm the Superintendent or his or
her designee for good cause shown. Appeals of the denial of a variance are
governed by the procedures set forth in section 9-2-5(1) of this chapter. The
Superintendent or his or her designee is also required to imposed mass
limitations by Region 10 ofEPA, the City's NPDES Permit and Federal
regulations [40 CFR I 22.45(f)], for all pollutants except pH, temperature,
radiation, and other pollutants not appropriately expressed in terms of mass
limits. Such mass limitations shall be calculated as follows [EQ.l], unless
otherwise determined by the Superintendent or his or her designee:
Mass Limit = Design or actual flow offacility (mgd) [EQ.1] x concentration
of the pollutant (mg/I) x 8.34
If anv provisions of the Pretreatment and Sewer Use Codes conflict. the most
stringent limit or rule shall applv.
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SECTION 2: That Section 2 Chapter 4 Title 9 Definitions of the Meridian City Code,
be, and the same is hereby amended and shall now read as follows:
9-4-2: DEFINITIONS: Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the
meanings of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
If anv provisions of the Pretreatment and Sewer Use Codes conflict. the most stringent
limit or rule shall applv.
ACT: The Federal Water Pollution Control Act entitled Public Law 92-500, and its
amendments of 1972 as administered by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
BOD: Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in
the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five
(5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/I).
BUILDING DRAIN: That part of the lowest horizontal piping ofa drainage system
which receives the discharge ITom soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of
the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (5') outside the
inner face ofthe building wall.
BUILDING SEWER: The extension ITom the building drain to the point of connection
with the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CITY: Refers to the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, or its authorized or designated
agent, representative, or deputy thereto.
COMBINED SEWER: A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
FLOW: The volume of sewage being discharged into the sewage system.
GARBAGE: Solid wastes ITom the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and
dispensing of food, and ITom the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL COST RECOVERY: Financial recovery by the City, from the industrial
users of the sewerage system, of!: that portion of the U.S. government grant amount
allocable to the treatment of wastes ITom such users pursuant to section 204(b) of the Act.
INDUSTRIAL USERS: A. Any nongovernmental user of publicly-owned treatment
works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of
Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under the following divisions:
I. Division A -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
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2. Division B -- Mining
3. Division D -- Manufacturing
4. Division E -- Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary
Services
5. Division I -- Services
B. An industrial user is also derIDed as follows:
1. A nongovemmental, nonresidential user which discharges more than the
equivalent oftwenty five thousand (25,000) gallons per day of sanitary waste and
which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual under divisions
A, B, D, E and I;
2. A user which discharges any wastewater containing toxic pollutants or which
has any other adverse effect on the treatment works; or
3. A commercial user of an individual system.
C. A user in the divisions listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will
introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes ITom sanitary
conveniences.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES: The liquid wastes ITom industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct ITom sanitary sewage.
MULTIPLE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT: Includes the various types of
developments that would have common or joint ownership areas such as condominiums,
townhouses, mobile home parks or courts, shopping centers, etc.
NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of
surface or ground water.
OWNER: A person owning real estate which is, or proposes to be connected to the
sewage system.
pH: The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of
solution with a pH value of7 being neutral.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The wastes ITom the preparation, cooking and
dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be
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carried ITeely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no
particle greater than one-half inch (1/2") in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER: A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights,
and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and
ground waters are not admitted.
SERVICE CONNECTION: The point at which the building sewer connects to the
public sewer.
SEWAGE OR WASTE MATTER: A combination of the water-carried wastes ITom
residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, teget.fl.cr Y,'ith
suoo g£eaml, sarfaee and steFIR waters as IRay Be J resæt.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OR WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITY: Any devices and system used in the storage, treatment, recycling and
reclamation of Municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement
section 201 of the Act.
SEWER: A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER USER: Any individual, firm, company, association, society or corporation or
group who has connected to the sewerage system.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM: All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of
sewage.
SHALL/MAY: "Shall" is mandatory. "May" is permissive.
SLUG: Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any
given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than
fifteen (15) minutes for more than five (5) times the average 24-hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
STORM DRAIN (Sometimes Termed Storm Sewer): A sewer which carries storm and
surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than
unpolluted water such as cooling water.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS: Solids, organic or inorganic, that either float on the surface of,
or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by
laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Waste Water" and referred to a nonfilterable residue,
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WATERCOURSE: A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or
intermittently. (Ord. 339, 5-29-1979)
SECTION 3: That Section 4 Chapter 4 Title 9 City Authority of the Meridian City
Code, be, and the same is hereby amended and shall now read as follows:
9-4-4: CITY AUTHORITY: The sewer system for the transmission, treatment and
disposal of sewage for the City shall be under the sole and exclusive control of the
Mayor and City Council, who may ITom time to time direct the construction,
expansion, extension, repair and maintenance of the sewer system owned and
operated by the City as the necessity of the City may require. The cost of
maintenance and repair of the City sewer system may be paid out of the GeflefIIl
EnterPrise Fund.
Ifanvprovisions of the Pretreatment and Sewer Use Codes conflict, the most
stringent limit or rule shall applv.
SECTION 4: That Section 24 Chapter 4 Title 9 Sewer User Charges and Connection
Fees of the Meridian City Code, be, and the same is hereby amended and shall now read
as follows:
9-4-24: SEWER USER CHARGES AND CONNECTION FEES:
The monthly sewer user rates for sanitary sewer service in the City are based on gallons
of water used as determined by the water meter readings. Residential homeowner's
sanitary sewer user charges will be based on the actual water recorded for monthly water
meter readings during the period of the year ITom QeteÐef November 15 to the following
March 15. For the following fIe¥eft (+j ~ month period, the average monthly
reading for the period of QeteÐef November 15 to the following March 15 shall be the
basis for the monthly sewer user charge. Preyided heVie-/er, fOr a'/eragiRg pUTf!eses, tfie
may-er IIf!d eity eeUHeilmay, BY a dcaly efllieted reselutieR, ehange the a13e,..e date ef
Oeteber 15 te N eyeæaer 15 for any f!artieular year if it Dads the fall seaOOR to ha'/e BeeR
pliFtiælarly warm FeE :uiriRg la"Æ sfJri!Ùi;liag te hlPie BeeR Reeessary paot OctoBer 15.
However. if the actual water use recorded for anvbilling period between March 15 and
November 15 is less than that November 15 to March 15 average. the sewer user charge
will be based on the actual water use. Also, provided, however, where there is a new
owner, a new occupancy, or a change in occupancy, such as in the case of sale or new
residence construction or sales of existing residences, between QeteÐef November 15
and March 15, the sewer user charge shall be based on the average residential water use
in the city which is six thousand five hundred (6,500) gallons per month unless the
e':/Rer/Bser eaR shew, BY current water meter readings, that his ase is less than six
thousand five hundred (6,500) gallons. In this case, the sewer user charge will be based
on actual metered water use. All other users such as commercial and industrial shall be
based on their monthly water consumption. The user charges may be reviewed annually.
The user charge system is based on the following:
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A. Monthly Service Charges:
1. The minimum sewer charge shall be as established by resolution of the city
council. (Ord. 02-967, 7-23-2002)
B. Schedule Of Fees And Charges: The sewer connection fees and charges are based on
the following schedule; all other users will require special appraisal and will be
computed on an individual basis:
Classification
Number Of Equivalent
Connections
Apartment (see Multiple living unit)
Bank
Bar
Barbershop, per chair
(minimum 1.00)
Beauty salon, per operator station
(minimum 1.00)
Bowling alley, per lane (minimum 1.00)
Cafe, per customer seating capacity
(minimum to be 2.00 equivalent connections)
Car dealer
Car wash (to be computed on an individual
basis)
Church
Club, private
Condominium (see Multiple living unit)
Dentist, per practitioner
Department store (per 3,000 square feet)
Doctor, per practitioner
Drugstore
Dry cleaners
Duplex (see Multiple living unit)
Fourplex (see Multiple living unit)
Garage (minimum)
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2.00
2.00
0.50
0.50
0.20
0.10
2.00
xxx
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2,00
2.00
Grocery store (see Retail food store)
Hospital, per bed
Industry (see Major or minor contributing
industry)
Laundries
Commercial (to be computed on an
individual basis)
Self-service up to and including 10
washing machines
Each washing machine in excess of 10
Lodge or private club
Major contributing industry (as per
separate agreement)
Minor contributing industry (as per
separate agreement)
Mobile home court or park
First space
Each additional space, long term
tenant type
Each additional space, short term
tenant type
Mobile home or trailer house on
own premises
Motel, hotel, rooming house, etc.
With cooking facilities
First unit
Each additional unit
Without cooking facilities
First unit
Each additional unit
Multiple living unit
Studio or 1 bedroom
2 bedrooms
3 or more bedrooms
Office building for each 2,500 square feet
of gross floor space or ITaction thereof
Photo development lab
Railroad depot
Restaurant, per customer seating capacity
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0.15
xxx
4.00
0.25
2.00
xxx
xxx
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.50
1.00
0.25
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
0.10
(minimum to be 2.00 equivalent connections)
Retail food store for each 1,500 square feet
of gross floor space or ITaction thereof
Retail store for each 3,000 square feet
of gross floor space or ITaction thereof
Schools per each 50 students in average
daily attendance or ITaction thereof
1.00
1.00
1.00
Service station
Full service
Gas and restroom service only
With car wash (to be computed on an
individual basis)
Single-family residence
4.00
2.00
xxx
1.00
Swimming pool
Private, for each 500 square feet of pool
water surface area or ITaction thereof
Public (to be computed on an
individual basis)
Tavern
0.25
xxx
Theater
Townhouse
2.00
2.00
1.00
Trailer court or park
First unit
Each additional space, long term
tenant type
Each additional space, short term
tenant type
Triplex (see Multiple living unit)
1.00
0.75
0.50
Variety store for each 3,000 square feet
of gross floor space or ITaction thereof
1.00
SECTION 5: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 6: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that any
section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended herein be
declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City Council that it
would have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination
hereITom of any portion as may be declared invalid.
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SECTION 7: SAVINGS CLAUSE: This Ordinance does not affect an action or
proceeding commenced or right accrued before this Ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 8: DATE OF EFFECT: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
PAS~ BY THE .s.~T: COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
~dayof rl/""'-;¿ ,2004.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
:?P~day of +/7 .2004.
STATE OF IDAHO,)
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County of Ada.
On this~dayof tr:f ,2004, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for sai State, personally appeared TAMMY de WEERD and
WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., known to me to be the Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of
the CITY of Meridian, Idaho, and who executed the within instrument, and
acknowledged to me that the City of Meridian executed the same.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the dar, wm.y,ear first above written.
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William G. Berg, Jr.
City of Meridian
33 E. Idaho
Meridian, Idaho 83642
Re:
Ordinance No. 04-/tJ 7?' , (Pretreatment / Sewer User Summary
Ordinance for the City of Meridian) Summary of Publication
Dear Will:
Pursuant to the direction of the Meridian City Council, this office has prepared a
summarization of the ordinance providing for the Pretreatment / Sewer User Amended Ordinance for
the City of Meridian, pursuant to the City's action. I do hereby advise the City, and make this
statement, that said summary is true and complete and provides adequate notice to the public of the
provisions of said ordinance.
You are hereby directed to file this statement with the ordinance, pursuant to the
provisions ofIdaho Code § 50-901(A).
Very truly yours,
Wm. F. Nichols
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CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 04- Ie 77"
PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS 2 AND 4 OF TITLE 9 SEWER
TREATMENT AND SEWER USE AND SERVICE
This ordinance of the City of Meridian is amending section 2(D) of Chapter 2 Title 9 of Local
Limits to provide for revisions to the maximum daily concentrations (mgll) and to add a new
paragraph on stringent limits or rules; to provide within section 2 of Chapter 4 Title 9 Definitions
for the removal of language within the definition of Sewage or Waste Matter and to add a new
paragraph on stringent limits or rules; to provide in section 4 of Chapter 4 Title 9 City Authority
to remove and add language within this section and to add a new paragraph on stringent limits or
rules; and to provide in section 24 Sewer User Charges and Connection Fees to remove and add
language to this section.
First Reading: 4-~-o.f-
Adopted after first reading by suspension of the Rule as allowed pursuant to Idaho Code 50-902:
YES~ NO-
Second Reading: -
Third Reading:
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