O-2011-3357 regulating discharge of industrial waste into public sewers/approved by TCEQ 1/22/2014

Browse Search

ORDINANCE NO. 2003-2642 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 74, "UTILITIES", ARTICLE II, "INDUSTRIAL WASTE", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, SAID ARTICLE BEING THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE INTO PUBLIC SEWERS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, PROMULGATING REGULATIONS AND ESTABLISHING CHARGES FOR SERVICES RENDERED; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SHALL UPON CONVICTION BE FINED NOT TO EXCEED TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00), AS PROVIDED IN APPENDIX B OF THE CODE OR ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; EACH DAY OF VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE OFFENSE; CONTAINING SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, Texas, has provided facilities for the collection and treatment of sewage to promote the health, safety, and convenience of its people and for the safeguarding of water resources common to all, and WHEREAS, provision has been made in the design, construction, and operating of such facilities to accommodate certain types and quantities of industrial wastes in excess of, and in addition to, normal sewage, and WHEREAS, it is the obligation of the producers of industrial wastes to defray the cost of the waste treatment services rendered by the City of La Porte in linear proportion to the cost of the waste treatment facilities and of the operation and maintenance costs, utilized in treating the industrial wastes, and WHEREAS, proper protection and operation of the collection and treatment facilities may require either the excluding, pretreatment, or controlled discharge at point of origin of certain types or quantities of industrial wastes, PORTE: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA Section 1. Chapter 74, "Utilities", Article II, "Industrial Waste", Sections 74-36 through 74-58, both inclusive are hereby repealed as of the effective date hereof, and shall be replaced by the following new Chapter 74, "Utilities", Article II, "Industrial Waste", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, to read as follows: