Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-08
ORDINANCE NO. 4Ho

TON SEWERAGE SYSTEM TO BE
PAID TO THE CITY OC PORT
| CLINTON, STATE OF OHIO BY
THE USES THEREOF, AND DE-
| CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Be it ordained by the Council of
| the City of Port Clinton, State of
| Ohio:
Section I. For the purpose of
| this ordinance, the following defi-
| nitions are made:
| a. Sewerage System" shall in
| clude all public sewers, sanitary,
storm and combined. sewerage
pumping stations, sewerage treat
ment plants, interceptor sewers and
| other sewer facilities.
b. Sewage" shall mean and in
| clude sanitary sewage or storm
sewage, or both.
c. Sanitary Sewage" is the
water carried waste from water
closets, urinals, lavatories, sinks,
| bath tubs, showers, household laun-
dries, cellar floor drains, garage
| floor drains, bars, soda fountains,
| cuspidors, refrigerator drips, drink
| ing fountains, stable floor drains,
| household, commercial or institu-
| tional mechanical garbage grinders
| or shredders, or otherwise fouled
| by h,,man use or the preparation
| of foud.
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| the water flowing from surface
! drainage, rain water, sub-soil drain
| age, cistern overflow, clear water
| from condensers, heat eXchangers,
| cooling systems and other clean
waste water which is free from or
| ganic solids.
e. industrial Waste" is defined
| as the waste which will flow in
| liquid form from any commercial,
| manufacturing or industrial opera
| tions or processes.
| f. B. o. D., as used herein is
| defined as the five (5) day Bio
| chemical oxygen Demand of the
| sewage or Industrial waste and p.
| D. nj, as parts per million.
| Section III. 1t is hereby declared
| necessary and determined to levy
| and collect the service charges
| hereinafter provided for upon each
| lot, parcel of land, or premises
| served by a sewer connection in or
into the Port Clinton Sewerage
| System, or otherwise discharging
| sewage, industrial wastes or other
| liquids into said system, or any
| parts thereof, for the purpose of
| paying the costs and expenses of
| operation, maintenance, manage
| ment, repair, enlargement, financ-
| ing, replacement or construction of
| said public improvements. The rates
| of said charges are deemed and
hereby found and determined to be
| just and equitable as herein estab-
| liShed.
| Section III. For the purposes
! enumerated in Section III and VII
| hereof, there is hereby levied and
| assessed upon each lot, parcel of
land, building or premises having
| any sewer connection to or into the
| Port Clinton Sewerage System, or
| otherwise discharging sewage, in
, dustrial wastes, water or other IL
| quids, either directly or indirectly
| into any of the said sewerage sys-
| tenn of said city, sewer service
| charge, payable as hereinafter pro-
vided, and in the amount determin-
able as follows:
| "a. Until further provided by
| Council the sewer service charge
in the City of Port Clinton, Ohio,
| on all property from which ordinary
sewage or industrial wastes or both
| Is discharged through or into the
| Port Clinton Sewerage System
shall be based and paid upon the
| quantity of water used thereon or
| therein as the same is measured by
| the water meter or meters there in
| use and authorized by the Board
| of Public Utilities, as follows:
First $4,000 cubic feet at $500
| per thousand cubic feet per quar-
ter year;
| Second $4,000 cubic feet at $1.65
per thousand cubic feet per quar-
ter year;
Third $4,000 cubic feet at $l.3o
| per thousand cubic feet per quar-
ter year; and
| All over 10S,000 cubic feet at $1.10
| per thousand cubic feet per quarter
/ year;
| provided that the minimum sewer
| service charge shall be 1920 pei
! quarter for each water meter.
b. The sewer service charge for
| industrial or commercial water
users discharging cooling water or
| process water not containing or
| ganic matter to or into the sewer
| age system or part thereof, proVid-
| ing such water is separately meter
| ed to the satisfaction of the Super
| intendent of Sewage Treatment
| shall be $40 per thousand cubic feet
| for such cooling or process water.
C. Conditions for discharging in
| duStrial wastes into the sewerage
| system shall be fixed by the Super
! intendent of Sewage Treatment and
in the event that factory, indus
| trial or commercial enterprise dis
| charges such industrial wastes into
| the sewerage system, the sewer SER
| vice charge shall be computed on
| the amount of B. O. d. or suspend
| ed solids in p. p. m, (WhicheVer Is
/ greater) in excess of ESQ p. p. M.
/ and such excess shall be charged
| prorata, in addition to the regular
| sewer service charge based on meter
readings, computed on a base oi
| $50 p. p. m.
| d. Whenever the hydrogen ior
| concentration of industrial wastes
| as measured by the pH value is less
| than 60 or greater than 100 during
the billing period for which any
bill is rendered, the sewer service
| charge shall be as set forth in Sec.
| ton ga of this ordinance plus
| twenty y-five percent (25 To-, proVid-
ed, however, that the city may re-
fuse to accept any waste having a
PHI value less than 60 or greater
than 100. This special rate shall
not be put into effect until after
the offending industry has beer
given a. thirty days notice and nj
corrective measures have beer
| taken.
e. In the event a lot, parcel o
| discharging sewage, industria
waste, water or other liquids into
the city sewerage system, either
directly or indirectly, is not usel
of water supplied by the Water
Works Department of said city, oil
| is a combined user of such watel
together with water obtained from
| any otHer source, then, in either OF
| such cases, the amount of water 81
used shall be otherwise measured
| or determined by the Superintend
ent of Sewage Treatment in order
| to determine the sewer serVic'
charge to be charged as provided
in this ordinance, or the owner ol
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