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ORDINANCE NO 2211
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 24, UTILITIES
SYSTEM, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 1962, TO PROVIDE
A DEFINITION FOR COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY; PRO-
VIDING FOR CHANGE IN THE CURRENT RATE FOR
GAS AND CHARGES FOR TAPS; PROVIDING METHOD
OF PAYMENT WHERE METER IS DEFECTIVE OR
OTHERWISE NOT READ; PROVIDING THAT WATER
SERVICE IS NOT TO BE CONNECTED UNTIL METER
INSTALLED; TO REMOVE STORM SEWERS FROM
COVERAGE BY THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR MANHOLE
CONSTRUCTION AND LOCATION TO BE BY THE
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR; PROVIDING FOR STORAGE
OR TRASH AWAITING TRANSPORT TO DISPOSAL;
PROVIDING FOR THE SEPARABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS
HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACTMENT;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR
THIS ORDINANCE.
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(m) Commercial Lauzidry. Any place, building, structure or
premise where the general public is invited to bring or
send soiled clothes, fabrics, materials, and cleaning
rage or clothes to be washed and idri.ed.
(m.) (n) Condominiums. That form of ownership of real property
which is created pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 718,
' Florida Statutes, and which is comprised of units that may be
owned by one' or more persons, and there is, appurtenant
to each unit, an individual share in common elements.
(o) Consumer. The person or persons who actually receive
and utilize services at a specific location.
(a) (p) Customer. The person, organization or corporation
responsible for payment for all utility services used:,at
a specific location, of one household or business, and
further defined as that person, organization or corporation
who signed the application either as owner or with the owner's
knowledge and consent and having the demonstrated authority
to bind the owner, requesting utility services be made
available at the specific location and thereby agreeing as
owner or on behalf of the owner to pay for all usage of such
services occurring at the location. Also known as "Applicant".
(g) (q) Dwelling. A houses apartment, mobile home, condominium,
duplex, or building used primarily for human habitation. The
word "dwelling" shall not include hotels, motels, tourist courts,
apartment motels, travel trailers, motor homes, or tither
accommodations for transients, nor shall it include dormitories,
fraternities, sororities or rooming houses.
Dwelling-Two. Family., A detached, semi-attached or attached
building or part of a building designed for or occupied exclusively
by two families, commonly called a "duplex".
( (r) Foreign Materials,
(1) Construction materials, such as sand, wood, stone, bricks,
cement, concrete construction blocks, roofing and other
building materials including sod; animal wastes shall also
be considered foreign material.
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Whereas current Chapter 24, Utilities System needs updating for changes 2
in rate structure and other prices that have occurred since it was adopted;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA: ;
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Section 1. That Section 24-2, Definitions of Chapter 24, Utilities System: f• '
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962, be and the
same is hereby amended to enact new subparagraph (m) and renumber the 4i:[*ni;t5ti
following to read as follows:
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(2) Tree stumPss appliances, household furniture, discarded
metals and wood and other similar type material that is
bulky, cumbersome or cannot be safely placed into `;f•'" } °'?`'r, i°'''
collection equipment,
(?) (a) Frontage . Distance measured along an abutting public street
right-of-way. In the event a parcel of property abuts public '• `=`4i'a':''.,,;.'#_ :'
street right-of-way or more than one side (corner lot) for
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the purpose of this chapter, the frontage is defined as that
distance measured along the address side.
U Garbage. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and
dispensing of food or from the handling, storage and sale of
produce. Ever refuse accumulation of animal fruit or
vegetable matter attending the preparation, use, cooking and dealing in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits,
vegetables or grains.
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(t.} (u) Hotel, A building designed to provide accommodations for
transients or persons for short time residence, with or
without meals, providing for ten (10) or more sleeping rooms, ??.• ??'
and including customary accessory uses in connection with '
the principal use.
(•) (?r} Identifiable Internal Water Service Line. A water line ?
owned and installed by the customer on the customer's
side of the City water meter.
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( (wv Industrial Wastes. Solid or liquid wastes from any manu-
facturing or processing plant or other industrial undertaking,
and minerals, fats, acids, oils or suspended solids which
differ in nature from the normal wastewater discharged from
dwelling establishments, cafes, hotels or grocery stores.
( } (x) _Living Unit, A room or rooms comprising the essential
elements of a single housekeeping unit. Facilities for the
preparation of or storage and keeping of food within the
premises shall be construed as a living unit. Facilities
need not be private but shall be conveniently accessible to
the living unit.
() (Y) Mg/L. Milligrams per liter.
(i?) (z? Mobile Home. A movable living unit or similar portable
structure having no foundation other than wheels, jacks or
blocks, sometimes referred to as trailers or trailer homes.
(44 aa) Motel. The term motel shall include the term motor hotel,
tourist courts, and transient accommodations, primarily for
those persons traveling by automobile vehicles and consisting
of two (2) or more units or buildings designed to provide
sleeping accommodations, and with customary accessory uses.
(ea•) (bb) Multi-Family Dwellin , A building in which three (3) or more
living units exist. Multi-family dwelling units shall be considered
identically with apartments, trailer courts or parks, and
condominiums for the purposes of this Chapter.
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* (bb) cc) Person. All domestic and foreign corporations, associations,
syndicates, Joint stock companies, partnerships, joint ventures,
clubs, societies, common law trusts, individuals, municipal
corporation, and County, State and Federal organizations.
(a*) (Id) PH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
(ee) Premises A tract of real estate, including adjoining
lots or parcels under the same ownership or control and
the improvements thereon, which is determined to be single
:: ?. • unit for
purposes of receiving, using and paying for utility
services. The determination of a single unit as used herein
shall be restricted to the following:
(1) A building under one roof owned or leased by one customer
and occupied as one residence or one place of business.
(2) A duplex or a triplex residence.
(3) A combination of buildings owned or leased by one
customer, in one common enclosure, or occupied by
one family, or one corporation or firm as a residence
or place of business,
(4) Each unit of a multiple building separated by a solid
vertical partition wall, occupied by one firm, or place
of business.
(S) A building owned or leased by one customer having a
number of apartments, offices, or lofts which are rented
to tenants, and using in common one hall and one or more
entrances,
(ee) ff Pro er The same meaning as premises.
(#f? (} Refuse, All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes
(except body wastes) including garbage, rubbish, dead animals
and solid market, commercial and industrial wastes.
(gg3 (hh) Residential. A general term referring to a single family or
multi-family dwelling unit usage.
(bh) ii Rooming House. A residential building used or intended to
be used as a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations
are furnished or provided for pay to transient or permanent
guests or tenants in which less than ten (10) and more than
three (3) rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests
or tenants, but which does not maintain a public dining room
or cafe in the same building, nor in any building in connection
therewith.
($44 (,2 Rooming Unit. A room or rooms used as place where sleeping
or housekeeping accommodations are provided for pay to
transient or permanent guests,
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r 1 (kk Sanitary Sewer, A sewer which carries wastewater and to
which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally _eta4
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y. (?kk} (11) Sanitary Sewage. Also known as Wastewater. .•?' ` '? : ;''t;. i
(4) (mm) Sewer Tap and Connection Foes. A charge applied when the ry'1•.2;1';r:;.;y,--?i:r;:', ,'•ti
(yam) (an Single Family Dweilin A building containing a single
living unit. '
(an) (oo) Solid Waste Also known as Refuse, ,i•.
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s (pp) (gq) Storm Sewer. A sewer which carries storm and surface
?,?,; Y ,•k• waters and drainage but excludes wastewater and industrial q?;r
wastes.
?2 g (qq) (Er) Suspended Solids. Solids that eigher float on the surface of, .s
or in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and
• which are largely removeable by laboratory filtering through
standard glass fiber filter as specified in standard methods. ,
(r-r) (ss) Termination of Service. A cessation, discontinuance, vAth-
.`' holding or refusal to provide utility service to a customer
t either for the non -payment of charges or due to an outstanding
t account or for purposes of health and safety of public, i?
v (?? (!Lt) Trash. Any leaves, yard or small hedge clippings or other
types of rubbish or trash consisting of combustible and non- '
combustible wastes, such as paper, cardboard, boxes, crates,
t: tin cans, yard trimmings, leaves and other similar materials
such as accumulated about residential property. Tree limbs L?
W ' t less then four (4) inches in diameter and no longer than four
(4) feet, such as palm fronds, large hedge clippings or any
residue accumulated from normal landscaping operations.
04) i u) Wastewater. A combination of the water-carried wastes
from dwellings, business buildings, institutions and industrial
establishments. In effect, it is the water supply of a community
after it has been fouled by various uses and discharged into a
sewer, also known as sanitary sewage.
() (vv) Wastewater Collection and Treatment Facilities. A compre-
hensive term which includes facilities for collecting, pumping,
treating and disposing of wastewater.
(wr) (Mw) Water Impact: Fees. A charge applied when the plumbing permit
is issued, designed to recover a portion of the difference between
the new connection's prorata cost of capital facilities, and the
discounted value of future contributions for water service.
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Section 2. That subparagraphs C and D2(a), (b) and (c) of Section 24-5„
Deposit, Fees, Service Charges and Rate Schedule of Chapter 24, Utilities
System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962,
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
C. Connection Charges, Fees and Taps on Mains. Payable at
Utilities Department upon application.
1. Water meter connection charges and fees for taps on the
mains and fire taps on the mains:
5/8" meter with 3/411 service line $100.00
1" meter with 1" service line 198.00
1-1/Z" meter with 1-1/2" service line 297.00
211 meter & gate valve with 21+' service line-
on customer's side of street 4.30. 00
2" meter & gate valve with 211 service line-
on opposite side of street 469.00
Z" meter with 211 service line - irrigation
only - on customer's side of street 385.00
2" meter with 211 service line - irrigation
only - opposite side of street 424.00
2ri _ compound meter with 211 service line-
on customer's side of street 850.00
31' meter on 611 main ( 411tap) $ 1,631.00
311 meter on 81' main W t tap) 1,668.00
3" meter on 10" main (4"tap) 1,868.00
311 meter on 12" main (411tap) 1,868.00
3" meter on 1400-main (411tap) 2,046.00
31' meter on 16" main (411tap) 2,192.00
311 meter on 20" main (411tap) _ --21493.00
4" meter on 6" main $ 2,294.00
41' meter on 8T' main 2,330.00
4T' meter on 10" main 2,530.00
411 meter on 1211 main 2,530.00
413 meter on 1411 main 2,708.00
4" meter on 16" main 2,855.00
4" meter on 201' main 3,155, 00
Larger meters and taps at cost.
All charges for services, pipe and meters outside the City
limits shall be twenty-five per cent (259/o) additional.
Taps on Water Mains
211 tap s on 211 mains $ 94.00
211 tap s on 41' mains 112.00
2+, tap s on 61, mains - 11200
2" tap s on 8" and larger mains 140.00
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411 tap on 611 main 512.00
41, tap on 81t main 546.00
411 tap on 1011 main 740.00
411 tap on 12t1 main 748.00
411 tap on 1411 main 920.00
411 tap on 1611 main 1,050.00
411 tats on 2011 main 1,250.00
611 tap on 611 main 556.00
61, tap on 811 main 58,9.00
6t' tap on 1011 main 789.00
611 tap on lZt1 main 789.00
611 tap on 1411 main 1,030.00
61, tap on 1611 main 1,114.00
61, tap on 2011 main 1,462.00
811 tap on 811 main 1,007.00
811 tap on 1011 main 1,196.00
811 tap on 121, main 1,196.00
611 tap on 1417 main 1,300.00
811 tap on 161' main 1, 469* 00
81, to on 201, main 1,785.00
1011 tap on 1011 main 1,400.00
101' tap on 1211 main 1,468.00
101, tap on 1411 main 1,605.00
1011 tap on 1611 main 1,770.00
1011 to on 2011 main 2,170.00
All charges for services, pipe and meters outside the
city limits shall be 250/6 additional.
41' tap with Detector Check w/By pass Meter:
411 tap on 61, main $ 994,.90 1279.00
411 tap on 811 main -k,-92.;•6-00 1, 279.00
4t' tap on 1011 main -1.) 4Z9?a 410 1,320.00
4t' tap on 1211 main 41209z {W i 3p 43.00
411 tap on 1411 main 1,371.00
411 tap on 1611 main 1,504.00
411 tap on 2011 main 1,777.00
611 tap with Detector Check w/By pass Meter-
6 11 tap on. 611 main 1r143r99 _1.508. 00
61, tap on 811 main 3r}73,r09 1,584.0.0
61, tap on 1011 main Ira55r0`0 1,584.00
61, tap on 121' main Ir355s99 1,614.00
61, tap on 1411 main 47 518.-i14 1,614.00
61, tap on 1611 main 1,651.00
61, tap on 2011 main 1,967.00
5/811 By pass meter
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5/811 By pass meter
5/811 By pass meter
5/81' By pass meter
5/811 By pass meter
51811 By pass meter
5/811 By pass meter
5/811 By pass meter
5 / 811 By pa s is meter
5/811 By pass meter
811 tap with Detector Check w/By pass Meter:
811 tap on 811 main ;r991r09 2, 852.00 111 By pass Meter
811 tap on 1011 maize Zr189v09 2, 972_.00 111 By pass Meter
811 tap on 1211 main 2r480r8Q 2, 972.00 111 By Pass Meter
811 tap an 1611 main 2r4.#ar9A,'1? 3, 157.00 P By pass Meter
811 tap on 2011 main 2rUq,-QA 3, 157.00 li' By pass Meter
All charges for services, pipe and meters outside the City
limits shall be 25016 additional.
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2. General Gan- Service Rates
The following general rata sehedu-Ire shall apply to all users of natural gas
provided by the City of Clearwater, Florida, provided such users are located
adjacent to the City of Clearwater gas mains and provided the City of
Clearwater has a sufficient supply of natural gas to furnish. '
(a)--8ekedule-A-- General Service Rate
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First 3 therms or less $3.00
Next- -9-tonems :45384 Each additional
Next-19-therms x49344 therm $.50
Next-29-therms x35586
Next-39-therms :34394
Hext:239-therms :39884
Hextt399-thernsa x89634
All-aunt-699-tke?rn+e 788444
Minimum monthly bill. 3.00
(b)--Sehedule-B---Air-Gong itiersing-Rages:
The- following-rate- schedule-ahali-app to- all
bufldfnge-or-premises-using-gaa-for-air-conditiioning-purposes;-either
tshxetsgh-na#ug-eos:zbinat:fen-eoeifng-kcal:ftsg-egnipatent-er-t;hreugh-siding
neel#?-equlpmesst;-bud-ekali->rtab-appi?r- ?e-pre?n.#eee •-Hats-kaviztg-six
eeadils:Eening-egnfpsaenL-lenaLed-lsheraon=-and-ahaii-be-eub?eels-to-bke
prarieiarse-fesrtshex-eels-fartk-herein:
Ei?--ReaideesCial: --Hhere-ail-gee-uacd-ere-the-preasfaae
le-ateasured-thronSk-a-eins; e-met arIr-the-rata-for
gaa-eanl:ainins-net-lees-thus'-l; 9B9•-BAH-par-eubfe-fealt
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Fuel:-i9-therms- or-less $7715
NexG--49-thnrma :86364
Ali-ever-59-tkarssse :22894
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mains-and-there-the-Sity-has-enfficicntr-auppiy-ef-gaa:
First:-i9-tshearw-or-leaa ?773L5
Next-49-tsherms :39464
Next-959-therms r22894
All-ever-11999-therms x21614
min* maas Hankhly-sill 945
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(d) The charges specified in the above schedules shall be subject
to an adjustment per therm for increases or decreases in
the supplier'a rate for purchased gas in accordance with the
provisions of the purchased gas cost adjustment in Florida
Gas Transmission Company's tariff.
Section 3. That Section 24-6 Accounts Due; Method of Billing and
When Delinquent of Chapter 24 Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
All meters shall be read monthly and bills for all charges shall
be rendered. Where the water meter on an remises is defective
or the property owner has prevented the meter from being _read,
then, the owner shall pay for that month an amount equal to the
average amount charged for the month preceding and the month
following the failure of the water meter or failure to read the
water meter, Charges for each service shall be arranged as
separate items on all such bills. The bill shall be mailed or
delivered to the customer monthly either as a separate bill or
in conjunction with other utility bills. Failure to receive a
bill shall not constitute a defense for non-payment. Any bill
which remains unpaid on and after fifteen (15) days from the date
of submission shall be considered delinquent and service to the
customer may be terminated. Where it is proposed to terminate
utility service to a customer, notice shall first be sent to such
customer, and by prior filed request, notice will be sent property
owner of record, which notice shall advise the customer that the
account is delinquent, provide the amount of such delinquency and
advise the customer that the service will be discontinued five (5)
days from the date of such notice unless the customer within such
time pays such account or appeals the decision to terminate the
service to the City Manager. An appeal to the City Manager shall
be commenced by the customer filing a written request with the
Cirector of the Utilities Department within five (5) days of the date
of the notice provided for herein. Complaints relating to bills
shall be made bef ore the due date shown on the bill. Where the
customer has not been billed for services rendered, the City shall
have the right to back bill for any such services.
Section 4. That Section 24-16 Certain Acts Prohibited of Chapter 24
Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida,
1962, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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R It shall be unlawful for any person either inside or outside the
corporate limits of the City to tap, cut in, connect to or in any
•.`? f. way use any line, branch or part of either the water, wastewater
system, etorxn•sewer- eysion-4 sanitation or gas system of the
City without first complying with the provisions of this code
' Section S. That Section 24-46, Cost of Repairs of Chapter 24, Utilities
System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962, j
is hereby amended to read as follows : .;. _=„'"='r•'? ?' .;:.
The Water Department reserves the right and authority at any P-;r?f???F, ? °s ????'•??•;,•;., ?
time to make all repairs from the water mains to the meter
ait-the -ouat-omerLe-expense. Any other repairs shall be made
•? ti - by the owner.
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rv"".< Section b. That Section 24-54 Inspection of Plumbing & Connections of y
Chapter 24, Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater,
Florida, 1962, is hereby amended to read as follows:
No water service shall be connected until the water meter has
been installed and until the plumbing and connection incident
thereto shall have been inspected and approved by the City
Plumbing Inspector.
Section 7. That Section 24-61, Inflammables, Explosives Prohibited of
Chapter 24, Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Clearwater, Florida. 1962, is hereby amended to read as follows:
No person shall make or maintain any connection with any
public or private wastewater system er-sto-rm-sewer-eystiem,
or appurtenance thereof, whereby there may be conveyed into
the same, any suffocating, corrosive, inflammable or explosive
liquid gas, vapor, substance or material.
Section $. That Section 24-62 Obstruction of Flow Prohibited of
Chapter 24, Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Clearwater, Florida, 1962, is hereby amended to read as follows:
No person shall do any act or thing which may impair or
obstruct the flow of any public wastewater system or-eto-rm
sewer-syste-m or clog up any appurtenance there, or place
therein any substance, solid or liquid, other than the waste
products for which sewers are provided.
Section 9. That Section 24-74, Discharge Into Storm Drainage System
Prohibited of Chapter 24, Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962, be and the same is hereby repealed MIMINHIMMM,
and the section number shall be treated as reserved.
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Section 10. That the first paragraph and subparagraph (e) of
Section 24-75, Prohibited Wastes of Chapter 24 Utilities System of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, 1962, be and the same
are hereby amended to read as follows:
Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, no person shall
cause to be discharged into any sanitary waste water system oi+
stoiLm-sewer-vystom any of the following described waste or waters;
(a) Any liquid having a termperature higher than ninety-five (95)
degrees Fahrenheit.
(b) Any water or waste containing more than fifty (50) mg/L
at any one time, or that exceeds a daily average of twenty-
five (25) mg/L when sampled three (3) consecutive times
within a twenty-four (24) hour period, of any grease or
oil or any oily substance.
(c) Any gasoline, benzene, naptha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(d) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere. with any wastewater
treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater
treatment facility.
(e) All garbage including the wastes from the preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, except that roduced b
residential dwelling used for human habitation. Garbage
produced by residential dwellings used for human habita-
tion must be shredded to such degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions prevailing in
public wastewater sewers, with no particle size greater
than one-half (1/2) inch in any dimension.
(f) Any waters having a pH lower than 6. 0 or higher than 9. 0
and having any other corrosive property capable of causing
damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel
of the wastewater treatment facility.
(g) Any water or waste containing toxic substances in quantities
in excess of the following limits and measured at the point
of discharge into the sewer system:
Cyanides 0.01 mg/L
Copper, Total 0.5 mg/L
Chromium, Hexavalent 0.05 mg/L
Chromium, Total 1.0 mg/L
Cadmium 0.1 mg/L
Zinc, Total 1.0 mg/L
Cobalt 1.0 mg/L
Silver 0.05 mg/L
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Manganese 1.0 mg/L
Barium 1.0 mg/L
Sulfides 0.2 mg/L :'i•`,°`R.;;,,:, f; .;,;,: a, ''?
Selenium,, 0.01 mg/L
Nickel 0.5 mg/Lr ?}"
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Flouxide 6.0 mg/L
Detergents 0.5 mg/L
Aluminum 1.0 mg/L
Arsenic 0,05 mg/L t `'•`
Mercury 0,05 mg/L ._,•? i, ??,t¢,°i\r"y\.,,?:y ei..
Lead 0.05 mg/L
Iron 0.3 mg/L
Boron 1.0 mg L
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or any substance that will pass through the wastewater
treatment facility and exceed the State ok Federal require-
ments for the receiving stream.
(h) Any water or waste containing suspended solids or BOD,
COD of such character and quantity that unusual attention or
expense is required to handle such materials at the waste-
water treatment facility without a special permit,
(i) Any toxic radioactive isotopes, without a special permit.
(j) Any noxious gases.
(k) Any ashes, metals, cinders, rags, rnud, straw, glass,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood or other interfering or
obstructing solids.
No provision of the above sections shall be construed as prohibiting
any special agreement or arrangements between the Utility Department
and any person whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or
character may be admitted into the sanitary sewers for treatment by
the utility either before or after pretreatment.
Section 11. That Section 24-81, Control Manhole of Chapter 24,
Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, 1962,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Any person discharging industrial wastes into the wastewater
collection 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 Miktios-Director Public Works Director and
shall include a flow measuring device. The control manhole shall
be accessible to the City at all times for sampling.
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Section 12. That subparagraph (e)(2) of Section 24-92, Precollection
??• Practices of Chapter 24, Utilities System of the Code of Ordinances of the
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City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962, lis°hereby amended to read as follows:
' Storage of Compacted Trash. Compacted cardboard trash
or by-products thereof as described in Section 24-92 which •' ?. ' -?;,
have been compacted into bales shall be stored in fire-proof ;e.;..-- =°"`•;'s' .:,
structures or buildings at all times unless awaiting transport
to ultimate disposal. t Section 13. That Section 24-103, Duty of Property Owner to , •,ti f
SuPP1Y Receptacle: Exception of Chapter 24, Utilities System of Code of
n• Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962, is hereby amended
to read as follows:
It shall be the duty of all owners of residences, businesses,
professional offices, stores, shops, restaurants, hotels, motels,
boarding houses, apartment houses or other establishmei is in the
City to supply each of such establishments with garbage cans or
commercial containers as defined in this Chapter except where
furnished by the City,
The City shall not collect foreign materials, as defined in Section
24-2 (q) (1), created, collected or disposed of either by contractors,
occupant or owner. Foreign material as defined in Section 24-2
(q) (2) will-be is collected upon request as a special pick-up.
Section 14. That Section 24-104, Annual Cleanup of Chapter 24, Utilities
System of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida, 1962,
be and the same is hereby repealed and the section number shall be treated
as reserved.
Section 15. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed,
Section 16. Should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinancb be declared for any reason to be invalid, the same shall not affect
the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 17. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has
been properly advertised in a newspaper of general circulation inaaccordance
Ord, 2211 10/2/80
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with Chapter".66.041, Florida Statutes.
Section 18. This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING September 4, 1980
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED October 2, 1980
AS AMENDED
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Attest: '
City Clerk
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