Ordinance No. 954ORDINANCE NO. 954
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BY THE ADDITION OF
A NEW CHAPTER, TO BE NUMBERED CHAPTER 34, AND TO
BE ENTITLED "WASTE DISPOSAL ", AND SPECIFICALLY
INCLUDING PROVISIONS PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE
OF WASTE INTO THE CITY'S STORM SEWER SYSTEM, EX-
CEPT AS AUTHORIZED; PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF
WASTE SLUDGE INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; AND
RESTRICTING THE DISCHARGE OF WASTE FROM PORTABLE
TOILETS INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED ($200.00)
DOLLARS; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HERE-
WITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BAYTOWN:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a new chapter
to be numbered Chapter 34, and to be entitled "Waste Disposal ",
and to contain sections which shall read as follows:
Section 34 -1. Discharge of waste into the storm
sewer system prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any waste material
of any type to be discharged into the storm sewer
system of the City, unless such waste is passed
through a suitable filtering device and the in-
stallation is approved by the City. This prohi-
bition applies to the discharge of waste from
structures, as well as from any truck used for
the transportation of waste in solid or liquid
form.
Section 34 -2. Discharge of sludge and other clean -
out waste from lubricating racks,
septic tanks and other sources.
It shall be unlawful to discharge waste pe-
troleum sludge and other clean --out waste from lu-
bricating racks, as well as from other sources,
into the City's sanitary sewer system. This pro-
hibition shall also apply to the residue of waste
sludge periodically removed from septic tanks.
Waste sludge from lubricating racks, septic tanks
and other sources may only be deposited at the
City's Sanitary Landfill. Such deposits shall
be subject to the requirements governing the
dumping of garbage and trash in the Landfill, to
include the necessity for a valid ticket autho-
rizing such dumping.
Section 34 -3. Discharge of waste from portable
toilets restricted.
It shall be unlawful to discharge waste from
portable toilets except in conformity with this
section:
a. Waste from tank trucks servicing por-
table toilets may only be discharged into
the East District Sewer Treatment Plant
and the West Main Sewer Treatment Plant.
The discharge of waste from such trucks
into other sewer treatment plants of the
City is prohibited.
b. Tickets for the discharge of such waste
material must be obtained at the City Hall.
Tickets for tank trucks with a maximum
capacity of 1,000 gallons shall be $2.00
each.
C. Tank trucks may discharge into the
sewer treatment plants indicated in Sub-
section a. above upon presentment of a
valid ticket.
d. The City reserves the right to deny
the discharge into the sewer system of any
waters or wastes having (a) a 5 -day bio-
chemical oxygen demand greater than 300
parts per million by weight of suspended
solids, or (b) containing more than 350
parts per million by weight of suspended
solids. The City may also deny the dis-
charge into the sewer system of wastes
containing cyanide, phenols or any other
chemical or substance which interferes
with or prevents the functioning of the
sewage treatment system.
Section 2: Penalty Clause: Any person who shall
violate any provision or provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00)
Dollars, and each violation shall constitute a separate of-
fense.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision,
section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to
any person or set of circumstances, shall for any reason be
held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this
ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 4: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or
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parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this or-
dinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such re-
peal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in
all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other
ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered
by this ordinance.
Section 5: Effective Date: This ordinance shall
take effect from and after ten (10) days after its passage
by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to
give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Baytown at least twice within ten days after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative
vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the
12th day of December, 1968.
Seaborn Cravey
ATTEST:
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� Ana Oliver, City Clerk
William R. Laughlin, Cit Attorney
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