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ORDINANCE NO. 5065-90
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO UTILITIES; AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN
CHAPTER 53, CODE OF ORDINANCES, RELATING TO THE
WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM; ADDING SECTION 53.015,
RELATING TO DEFINITIONS, AND SECTION 53.11, RELATING TO
ACCOUNT ADJUSTMENTS; AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO
CONNECTIONS TO THE SYSTEM, PROHIBITED DISCHARGES,
OBSTRUCTIONS OF FLOW, REQUIRED GREASE TRAPS OR
SEPARATORS, CHARGES FOR CUSTOMERS WHERE WATER IS
UNMETERED, REQUIRED CONNECTIONS, AND SURCHARGES FOR
HIGH-STRENGTH WASTES; PROHIBITING OR RESTRICTING THE
DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN WASTES; REASSIGNING CERTAIN DUTIES
AMONG CITY OFFICES; REPEALING SECTIONS 53.03, 53.43, AND
53,44, CODE OF ORDINANCES, RELATING TO PERMITS,
SURCHARGES, AND ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 53, Code of Ordinances, consisting of Sections 53.01
through 53.45, is amended, and Sections 53.015 and 53.11 are added to said
chapter, to read:
CHAPTER 53. WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM
ARTICLE I. GENERALLY
Sec. 53.01. Entire system a unified public utility.
The present wastewater collection system of the city, together with any and
all extensions thereof and replacements thereto, and the wastewater treatment
plants now operated by the city and any and all such plant hereafter acquired and
operated by the city, -be d?thesame are hereby established and declared to be
a public utility for the use and benefit of the city in the maintenance of public
health, welfare and sanitation throughout. the city. The system shall be
controlled, operated and maintained as provided in section 50.01. See section
50.05 for deposit, fees and rate schedules.
Sec. 53.015. Definitions. As used in this cha ter:
La)_ "Abnormal stren th waste" means waste having a high-degree of
concentration of permissible waste material per unit volume of wastewater
discharged b the customer. More specifically, abnormal strength waste shall be
waste containing a BOD greater than three hundred 300 m 1 sus ended solids
greater than three hundred 300 mg/l, or a COD greater than four hundred 400
m 1.
,(b) „"B 0 D " or biochemical oxygen demand means the quantity of oxygen
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milligrams per later.
.C. "C.O.O." or chemical oxynen demand means the measurement of the
ox en-consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in a wastewater
as determined_.accordinq to standard methods, expressed in milligrams per. liter.
Sec, 53.02. Connection--Only authorized persons to enter or connect.
It shall be unlawful for any No person other than an agent of the city
to tap, cut or use the wastewater collection
system enter any publie sewcq-. or appurtenance thereof, or make any connection
thereto without first obtaining a written permit from the city
authepits and Ming all applicable rates and char es.
Sec. 53.03. Reserved.
Sec. 53.04. Same--Application, fee.
(a) Any person who desires to connect his property, place of business or
residence with the wastewater collection system of the city shall comply with the
provisions of this chapter and shall pay the connection charges. See section
50.05 for fees.
(b) sapping of all wastewater collection san4taipy sewer mains and service
connection from the mains to the curbiine of private property will be done and
installed by the public service division dep It. Title to all connections
and services from the sewer main to the curbiine is vested in the city, and the
same shall at all times so remain and shall not be trespassed upon or interfered
nterf"~"'^a with in any respect. This property shall be maintained by the public
service divisioneparment and may be removed or changed by it at any time.
(c) The public service division met shall furnish and install
necessary pipe, fittings and equipment to provide the requested service in
accordance with the provisions of the ?c4t plumbing code-, type ?nd leeat4en e
taps and eenneet4en fees.
(d) The fees prescribed must be paid at the time a plumbing permit is
issued by the building division depa-rtmeRt.
(e) Sewer tap fees--Use of funds. All funds received by the city as
sewer tap fees shall be kept in a separate account and such funds may only be
used as appropriated by the city commission in payment for capital improvements
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connection with such capital improvement as herein specified.
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Sec. 53.05. Inflammables, explosives prohibited.
No person shall discharge into any
public or private wastewater collection system or appurtenance thereof, whereby
there may be eesyeyed into the , any suffocating, corrosive, inflammable or
explosive liquid gas, vapor, substance or material.
Sec. 53.06. Obstruction of flow prohibited.
No person other than an agent of the city shall do any act or thing which
may impair or obstruct the flow of any public wastewater system or clog up any
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appurtenance thereof, or place therein any substance, solid or liquid, other than
r` the waste products for which sewers are provided.
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Sec. 53.065. When grease separators s^ required.
(a) Each hospital, nursing home 'ail and restaurant All hosp4#a-13-,-
homes, a4l`" Pest uFants where food is prepared for consumption or
distribution shall be requ4ped to maintain on the premises an automatic
mechanical grease -separator capable of intercepting grease and oils from
wastewater all grease traps leeated on -the preni4ses. so that such separator is
traps are• clean and functioning as desi ned. The pr-em ses at- bus4ness :heresucn
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of the property shall make each grease separator tPap en the ppoperty open and
available for 4ntern -? inspection by the building division plumbing 4Rspeeter.
Sec. 53.07. Privies.
It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any privy of
any type where water under pressure is available on or adjacent to his property.
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Where such water is not available, the construction and maintenance of all
privies shall comply with the rules and regulations of the county health officer.
Sec. 53.08. Schedule of service rates.
(a) There is an established uniform schedule of rates and charges for the
i use or. availability for use of this utility. See section 50.05 for fees.
(b) The sewer service charges shall not apply to sprinkler or irrigation
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Sec. 53.09. Basis where water is unmetered.
A custom_ ocated_at premises °' r. which have a source of water other
than the city water system, and _which _discharge -the spent P-P used- w-atelp from
whi eh des into the city wastewater collection p system, shall pay
a charge according to the schedule providea in section 50.05 for fees based upon
an estimate of the amount of water going into the wastewater collection sanitary
sewev system. In the event of a disagreement as to the amount of such water
reaching the saRkary sewer system, 4hen; a city-approved metering device or
devices shall be installed at the customer's expense to determine that amount.
Sec. 53.10. No free service.
No wastewater collection sewerservice shall be furnished or rendered free
of charge to any person whomseeYe . The city, county and state and every agency,
department or instrumentality thereof,- which is connected to the wastewater
collection system shall pay therefor at
the rates and charoes fixed in section 50.05 herein• or as established by
agreement. The sewer ei e-•4r. eons4deped an en a;ng-e„ai-ge. A minimum bill
shall be rendered even though the water meter has been temporarily turned off.
She charge will stop only after the premises has been sold and the utility
customer support division 1-*434% department- has been notified to that effect.
Sec. 53.11. Account ad.iustments.
An adjustment to sewer service charges will be available for charoes due
to the-operation of a separately metered cooling tower, or due to an unusual
circumstance resulting in the consumption of water which does not enter the
wastewater treatment-system, such as an undetected domestic water leak or the
filling of a_swimming pool or spa,_ as approved bv_the_utility customer support
manager. Such adjustments shall not be available for lawn irri ation or other
usual and customer uses of water. An such adjustment shall be requested-and
substantiated b the customer within 90 days following the date of repair or
unusual circumstance and shall he fora eriod not exceeding 90 days preceding
the date of re air or unusual circumstance. The adjustment shall be based only
upon water consumption above the annual average consumption rate unless the water
consumption can be metered.
ARTICLE 11. REQUIRED CONNECTIONS
Sec. 53.20. Wastewater collection system Sewep connections required
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(a) Within, without city. Except as specifically provided in this
article, all buildings t4al in ..h.,'^a4te2
designed or used for human habitation= ar occupancy ep- use located within the
city shall be connected to the wastewater collection system by the city. Such
buildings located-outside the city and served by the city water system and to
which the city wastewater collection system is reasonably available may connect
to said system upon application to and approval by the city manager and on
payment of connection fees and-monthly service charges as established by the city
commission for such outside property. Fiowever,•such buildings located outside
the city _shall be connected- to the-wastewater- collection system_ only upon
annexation of the property into the city or, if the property cannot lawfull be
annexed, upon execution by the property owner and the city of an aareement_to.
annex the property when annexation may lawfully occur. Each such agreement shall
constitute?a covenant ^running ?with the land and shall be subject to recordation
in the public records of Pinellas County.
(b) Certificate of occupancy. No certificate of occupancy shall be
issued for any s44h building within the city unless a wastewater collection
system saMtary er connection has been made thereto, unless the building
division shall find that the wastewater collection system
a sanitary sewer is not reasonably available and that sueh a?;a4n will not
be available by the time that the -&t" building is ready for use, c" r`.tpeeter
sush build4ng 4s leeated aRd does not abut an a sew., maln - that a eennerat4eft
to the ma4n is not feasible rthe--9pinion of the city engineer.
Sec. 53.21. Time for making connections.
All presently existing buildings dwhethep commenei l, -4ndes*r,al er
re 4dential in ~k°v-aeteip designed or used for human habitation or occupancy shall
be connected to the wastewater collection system of the city if the s sy_tem sewer
mains aP& is reasonably available. When future extensions and additions to the
wastewater collection seweF system make 'the system reasonably available to
Mena-l-existing buildings available to such sew connections shall be made
within ninety (90) days after notice has been given to the owner that the system
is available, Wastewater collection system fees and leper
sewer charges shall be billed after the expiration of said ninety (90) days,
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Sec. 53.22. Alternative wastewater disposal authorized for certain
} buildings; limitations.
All buildings ep
designed or used for human habitation or occupancy that are hereafter erected in
the city in locations where the wastewater collections stem is
mains e not reasonabl?r available for connection at the time such buildings are
t completed or occupied, may be permitted to temporarily use septic tanks or such
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other method of wastewater disposal as may be approved by the applicable health
authorities; however, such buildings shall be connected to the wastewater
collection san-i-t"aFy-sewer system of the city within ninety (90) days after notice
has been -given to the owner that the system is bee$mes available for connection.
Sec. 53.23. Wastewater treatment facilities Septa authorized in
certain instances.
Where the city cannot provide adequate wastewater collection saflPtaiay se
facilities for 4* any parcel of land within the city limits,, upon
which there is located or to be located a dwelling house or building in which
wastewater collection system 5an4tary facilities are needed or required, the
owner thereof or a licensed master plumber, upon written application to the
building division 'spe er, may obtain a permit to build a wastewater treatment
facility sept4e , providing that construction thereof is to be in conformity
with all existing requirements of the city and state laws, rules and regulations.
No permit hereunder shall be issued more than two (2) weeks prior to the date
construction of the building shall begin.
Sec. 53.24. Regulations governing wastewater collection system sewer
connection; inspection; approval.
All connections to the wastewater collection system sanitary eweFs of the
city shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the plumbing code of the
city and in accordance with city, state and county rules, regulations and laws.
All such connections must be inspected and approved by the building division
and all fees and charges therefor due the city must be paid
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ARTICLE III. PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED WASTES
Sec. 53.30. Making or maintaining connections for disposal of certain
substances prohibited.
No person shall make or maintain any connection with any public or private
wastewater collection system ter, or appurtenance thereof, whereby there may
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.° Sec. 53.32. Prohibited wastes.
.-;;? .. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, no person shall cause °i
to be discharged into the any sani#ai-y wastewater collection system any of the
following described waste or waters:
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the point of discharge into the wastewater treatment facility;
(2) Any water or waste containing more than fifty (50) mg/l at any one s
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(3) consecutive times within a twenty-four (24) hour period, of any grease or oil
or any oily substance;
(3) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or
explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(4) Any waters--e a? wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process,
r., eenst4tute hazard to humans alp
or which are hazardous when _discharged
`i-to ereate any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment
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present in the receiving waters, ,as determined by bioassay methods or test
organisms asspec?ied by -a federal or state environmental- 13rotection agency,
ursuant to the Clean Water Act or applicable Florida law.
S.A.4* Any solid waste except All garbage 4neluding the wastes from the
preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, eKeept. that predueed-by Pesi`ent4al
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used fei-human hab4t-atien must be if such food wastes have been shredded to such
degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions
prevailing in the pubile wastewater collection system sewers, with no particle
size greater than one-half inch in any dimension;
-(-(4 Any waters having a pH lower than six (6.0) or higher than nine
(9.0) and having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment or personnel of the wastewater treatment facility;
-0 Any water or waste containing toxic substances in quantities in
excess of the following limits and measured at the point of discharge into the
wastewater collection sewer system:
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Aluminum 1.0 mg/l
Arsenic 0.05 mg/l
Barium 5.0 ma/1 1.0 M911
Boron 1/0 mg/l
Cadmium 0.1 mg/l
Chromium, hexavalent 0.05 mg/l
Chromium, total 1.0 mg/l
Cobalt 1.0 mg/l
Copper, total 0.5 mg/l
Cyanides 0.01 mg/l
Detergent' 0.5 mg/l
Fluoride 6.0 mg/l
Iron 0.3 mg/l
Lead 0.05 mg/l
Manganese 1.0 mg/l
Mercury 0.05 mg/l
Nickel 0.5 mg/l
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or any substance that will pass through the wastewater treatment facility and
exceed the state or federal requirements for the receiving stream.
n herbicide pesticide, fungicide, or substance containing
polychlorinated biphenyls.
10 •(44 Any water or waste containing suspended solids or 000, COD of
' such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to
handle such materials at the wastewater treatment facility without a special
permit;
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13 (11) Any ashes, metals, cinders, rags, mud, straw, glass, feathers,
h, tar, plastics, wood or other interfering or obstructing solids.
(b) No provision of subsection (a) shall be construed as prohibiting any
special agreement or arrangements between the water pollution control division,
and any person whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength
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Sec. 53.33. Treatment of industrial wastes.
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harmful or damaging to the structures, processes or operation of the wastewater
treatment facility or are not specifically prohibited by this chapter maybe
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payment of the charges and fees as set forth in section 50.05.
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Sec. rs3.34. Approval required for industrial wastes. -'?
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In order to control the admission of industrial wastes, the discharge into
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the wastewater collection system of any waters or wastes having the
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(1) A five (5) day, twenty (20) degree Celsius BOD greater than three
hundred (300) mg/l;
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(2) A suspended solids content greater than three hundred (300) mg/1, f?
(3) COQ greater than four hundred (400) mg/1;
(4) A chlorine demand greater than fifteen (15) mg/l; '.tf
(5) An hourly flaw rate greater than two (2) per cent of the average
hourly-flow rate of the treatment facility; (6) Any toxic substance; and ';``F;? .•a ?.
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division util 4t4es d4reeter to offer possibilities of harm to structures, r; 4
processes or operation of the plant.
Sec. 53.35. Survey data required. a
' ...,,, (a) All users of the wastewater collection seweva system who are now
5.,, .rr`?t publ4e sew ?? yr' discharging industrial waste into the s stem shall upon request of
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obtain and file with the division within two (2) months, a questionnaire`
;ff which shall furnish pertinent data, including quantity of flow and an analysis
of the discharge to the wastewater collection system
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-to the wastewater collection system IIF blie se-tshall execute and file with
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kd an industrial questionnaire which shall furnish pertinent data including quantity
of flow and an analysis of the industrial waste to be discharged into the ! p?;'
wastewater collection sewer syste Such flow
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measurement and analysis shall be at the user's expense. The applicant for the
connectionewep permit shall notify the division r when the
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sewep. The connection shall be rude under the supervision and approval of the N 3..,.
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Sec. 53,36. Sampling and analysis.
Samples shall be a composite over not more than a three (3) day period of
operation of the actual quality of the wastes. Samples for analysis shall
be collected by a city employee. Analysis shall be made by a graduate chemist,
laboratory technician, or a class A or B wastewater treatment plant operator,
qualified in accordance with standards established by the department of
environmental regulations, and registered in this state, using the laboratory
methods for the examination of industrial waste as set forth by the department
of environmental regulation and the environmental protection agency.
Sec. 53.37. Extension of time.
When, due to the size or complexity of the waste disposal problem of an
industry, it can be shown that it is impractical to meet the schedule imposed
hereunder, a request for an extension of time may be presented to the water
pollution control division utilities d4reetor.
Sec. 53.38. Control manhole.
Any person discharging industrial wastes into the wastewater collection
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system shall cause to, be constructed and maintained at his expense a suitable
control manhole or manholes downstream from any treatment, storage or other
approved works, to facilitate observation, measurement and sampling of all
wastes, including domestic wastewater from the premises. The control manhole or
manholes shall be constructed and located and built in a manner approved by the
cites engineer and shall include a flow measuring device.
j The control manhole shall be accessible to the city at all times for sampling.
Sec, 53.39. When pretreatment required.
The user of the wastewater collection system shall provide at his expense
such preliminary treatment or handling as may be necessary to modify the
characteristics, or concentration of wastes to satisfy the limit set forth in
this chapter:
Sec. 53.140. Right-of-entry.
Agents of the city
employees of the utility departm bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
Sec. 53.42. Special rates.
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Discharge of abnormal strength wastes into the Wastewater collection
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strength wastes as set forth in section 50.05.
(b) The term ------- --trength wastes" as used herein shali Pefer-to t
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degree of eaneentration of- permissible waste material per unit volume of
wastewater diseharyed by the eustemep. Abnormally high strength waste shall be
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Sec. 53.42. Surcharge for high-strength waste--Computation.
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A surcharge shall be imposed where the wastes from any lot or parcel of
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land upon which there is located an institutional commercial or industrial
plant or building containing an abnormally high BOD or suspended solids
concentration as defined in section 53.41. The surcharge imposed by this section
shall be calculated by the water-pollution control division wed by
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?.; multiplying the strength (mg/1) of each constituent above three hundred {300)
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;. mg/l times the metered water used during the billing period in millions of E(-i} }+?)
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gallons times a treatment surcharge factor and dividing by three hundred (300).
Six hundred (600) mg/l is the maximum acceptable BOD or suspended solids
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concentration.
jai The surcharge factor shall be derived annually from the following
formula: Surcharge factor Cost of treatment er million allows. s?
.? "Cost of treatment per million gallons equals the operational cost .,
F of the city's wastewater treatment facilities for the preceding fiscal year (including- pro rata administrative costs divided b the total wastewater flow „-:
through the treatment facilities in millions of gallons.
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Sec. 33.45. Right of refusal.
" The City hereby reserves the right to refuse waste from any lot or parcel
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of land upon which there is located any institutional, commercial or industrial ?Y
plant plants, building or structure stpucAtwe-& which does 'd& not comply fumy
r with this chapter., or does not utilize city watery or that- does not supply
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-? proper metering of its wastes,. or is not within the city limits.
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ect o 2 Sections 53.03, 53.43, and 53.44, Code of Ordinances, are
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING December 20, 1990
PASSED ON SECOND AND
FINAL READING AND ADOPTED January 3. 1991
AaGarviyy_l"
Mayor-Commissioner
Attest: Approved as to form and correctness:
Cyn is E. Goa eau, City Clerk M. A. Ga rait Jr. City Attorney
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