HomeMy WebLinkAbout4210AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
city of Kent, Washington, repealing and readopting
Chapter 7.04 of the Kent City Code, entitled
"Sanitary Sewers" to establish and enhance
regulatory procedures, including the installation of
removal devices and the implementation of best
management practices to remove fats, oils, and
grease from wastewater, and to create additional
enforcement provisions allowing for more
flexibility.
RECYTALS
A. The city of Kent ("City") has codified its regulations
concernW
ng its sanitary sewer system in Chapter 7.04 of the Kent City Code
("KCC"). It has been at least 20 years since many of these regulations
have been updated. Many of the regulations are outdated and do not
adequately address current needs.
B. This ordinance seeks to establish and enhance regulatory
procedures that will allow the City's Sanitary Sewer System to operate
efficiently and aid in the City's compliance with state and federal law,
including the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Some of
these procedures include requiring that all existing and new facilities within
the City that generate and discharge fats, oils, and grease ("FOG") into
wastewater install, operate, and maintain devices whose functions are to
remove this FOG before it is discharged into the City's Sanitary Sewer
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System. These removal devices are necessary to protect the health,
safety, and welfare of the public from sewer overflows due to obstructions
caused by FOG and other prohibited materials from being discharged into
the Sanitary Sewer System.
C. In addition, this ordinance creates additional enforcemenfi
provisions that allow for more flexibility to tailor the penalty to the
particular circumstances of the violation. These new enforcement
provisions allow the City to recover its costs incurred in responding to
violations, make it a violation not to reimburse the City for these costs,
and create criminal penalties for negligent or knowing violations of the
City's sewer code.
D. The State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) responsible official
has determined that the proposed Kent City Code amendments are
procedural in nature, and further SEPA analysis is not required for these
local code amendments. A draft version of this ordinance was submitted
to the Washington State Department of Commerce for expedited review on
June 16, 2016, which was granted on July 2, 2016. The ordinance was
considered by the City Land Use and Planning Board after a duly noticed
public hearing on July 25, 2016. This ordinance was also considered by
the Public Works Committee on August 1, 2016, which recommended
Council adopt this ordinance, and it was additionally discussed as an
informational item before the Economic and Community Development
Committee on August 8, 2016. Council has considered this ordinance,
together with all public comment, and has determined that adoption is
appropriate.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION I. - Repealer - Chapter 7.04 ACC, Chapter 7.04 of the
Kent City Code, entitled "Sanitary Sewer," is repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. -Adoption -Chapter 7.04 KCC. Title 7 of the Kenn
City Code, entitled "Utilities," is amended to adopt a new Chapter 7.04,
entitled "Sanitary Sewers," as follows.
Sec. 7.04.010. Purpose. This chapter shall be deemed an
exercise of the police power of the city; is deemed expedient to maintain
the peace, good government, and welfare of the city and its trade,
commerce, and manufactures, and to ensure greater protection to life and
health; and all of its provisions shall be liberally construed for the
accomplishment of such purposes.
Sec. 7.04.020. ®efinitions. The following words, terms, and
phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
A. Best Management Practices or BMP means schedules of activities,
prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution
prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other
management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants
directly or indirectly to the stormwater system or Waters of the State.
BMps also include treatment practices, structural methods, and operating
procedures and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or
water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage. BMPs are
determined by reference to standard industry practice or applicable state,
county, and local government design and pollution prevention manuals.
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B. Building Department means the Building Services Division of the
City's Department of Economic and Community Development.
C. Building Sewer means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a
sewer drainage system that receives the discharge of soils, wastes, and
other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and carries that waste'
from the building's outside wall to the Public Sanitary Sewer or to an On-
site Sewage System.
D. Clarifier means an Oil/Water Separator as that term is defined in
this section.
E. Day or days means calendar days unless expressly stated otherwise
in a given section or subsection. In addition, any portion of a 24-hour day
shall constitute one full calendar An
F. Director means the city of Kent public works director, or his or her
designee.
G. Fats, Oils, and Grease or FOG means organic compounds derived
from animal and/or plant sources that are used in, or are a byproduct of,
the cooking or food preparation process, and that turns or may turn
viscous or solidify with a change in temperature or other conditions.
H. Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) Generating Facility means any Food
Processing Establishment, Food Service Establishment, Oil Generating
Facility, and any other facility that discharges either Polar FOG or Non-
polar FOG into the Public Sanitary Sewer.
I. Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) Removal Device means any Gravity
Grease Interceptor, Hydromechanical Grease Interceptor, or Oil/Water
Separator that is designed to separate and retain either Polar FOG or Non-
polar FOG frorn liquid waste prior to the Wastewater entering the Public
Sanitary Sewer.
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)I Food Processing Establishment means a commercial establishmentl
in which food or drink is manufactured, processed, or packaged.
K. Food Service Establishment means an establishment primarily
er'igaged in the activity of preparing, serving, or otherwise making
available food or drink for consumption by the public, including without
limitation: a restaurant; bakery; butcher; tavern; coffee shop, food truck
or vending vehicle; ice cream, smoothie, or yogurt shop, commercial
kitchen; caterer; hotel; school, hospital; prison or correctional facility; and
care institution.
L. Gravity Grease Interceptor means a structure or device designed to'
separate and retain Polar FOG from Wastewater prior to the Wastewater
exiting the Grease Interceptor and entering the Public Sanitary Sewer.
These devices are often below -ground units in outside areas and are built
as two or three chamber baffled tanks.
M. Grease Interceptor means a Gravity Grease Interceptor as that term
is defined in this section.
N. Grease Trap means a Hydromechanical Grease Interceptor as that
term is defined in this section.
O. Hydromechanical Grease Interceptor means a device designed to
separate and retain Polar FOG from Wastewater prior to the Wastewater
exiting the device and entering the Public Sanitary Sewer and is identified
by flow rate, separation, and retention efficiency. For purposes of this
chapter, this term also includes a "FOG Disposal System" or an
"Alternative Engineered Design" as may be provided for by the Uniform
Plumbing Code, adopted by reference through KCC 14.01.0.1.0.
P. Industrial Process means procedures involving chemical, physical,
electricalI or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacturing, processing, or
packaging of products.
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Q. Industrial Wastes means the liquid wastes generated from
manufacturing operations, food processing, or other industrial processes.
R. Interceptor means a Gravity Grease Interceptor or a Grease
Interceptor as those terms are defined in this section.
S. Non -Polar FOG means mineral- or petroleum-based oils and grease.
T. Oil Generating Facility means any facility that generates Wastewater
containing Non -Polar FOG from the use of mineral or petroleum oil and
grease products and discharges oily or sediment -laden Wastewater to the
Public Sanitary Sewer, including without limitation: quick -lube stations,
transportation fueling facilities, vehicle/heavy equipment repair,
businesses using steam or pressure washers, and commercial car wash
facilities.
U. Oi//Water Separator means alarge-capacity vault, either abaffle-
type or coalescing plate -type separator, that is designed to separate and
retain sediments; oils; deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter; and
floating Non -polar FOG from Wastewater before it is discharged into a
Public Sanitary Sewer.
V. On-site Sewage System is as defined by King County in King County
Code § 13.08.280, as currently enacted or hereafter amended or
recodified. The definition of On-site Sewage System effective at the time
this ordinance was adopted is:
An integrated system of components, located on or nearby
the property it serves, that conveys, stores, treats or
provides subsurface soil treatment and dispersal of sewage.
It consists of a collection system, a treatment component or
treatment sequence, and a soil dispersal component. An on-
site sewage system also refers to a holding tank sewage
system or other system that does not have a soil dispersal
component.
W. Person means any individual, firm, business, association,
partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, public or private, however
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organized. Because "person" shall include both human and nonhuman
entities, any of the following pronouns may be used to describe a person:
he, she, or it.
X. Person Responsible for the Violation means any of the following: a
person who has titled ownership or legal control of the Premises that is
subject to the regulation; an occupant or other person in control of the
Premises that is subject to the regulation; a developer, builder, business
operator, or owner who is developing, building, or operating a business on
the Premises that is subject to the regulations or any person who created,
caused, or has allowed the violation to occur on the Premises.
Y. pH means a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution,
expressed in standard units.
Z. Polar FOG means animal or vegetable-based fats; oils, and grease.
AA. Premises means any real property, together with any house,
building, or other structure located upon such real property.
BB. Public Sanitary Sewer means a Sewer owned and operated by a
governmental body or public utility in which all owners of abutting
properties have equal rights of access in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter, and which conveys Wastewater through the Sanitary Sewer
System.
CC. Sanitary Sewage means domestic and commercial Wastewater
including flushed toilet water, water from dishwashers, clothes washing
machines, and any other used water that generally is disposed of down
interior household drains.
DD. Sanitary Sewer System means a conveyance, or system of
conveyances, that is designed to convey domestic and commercial
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Wastewater away from Premises through a Public Sanitary Sewer to a
collection location for treatment by a governmental body or public utility.
EE. Septic Tank means a watertight pretreatment receptacle receiving
the discharge of sewage from a Building Sewer or Sewers, designed and
constructed to permit separation of settleable and floating solids from the',
liquid, and detention and anaerobic digestion of the organic matter prior to
discharge of the liquid.
FF. Sewage Disposal System means a system for disposing of Sanitary
Sewage either by connection to a Public Sanitary Sewer, or connection to
an Onsite Sewage System that is authorized by the department of Public
Health—Seattle and King County, in accordance with this chapter.
GG. Sewage Treatment Plant means any arrangement of devices and
structures used for treating Sanitary Sewage.
HH. Sewage Works means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating,
and disposing of Sanitary Sewage,
II. Sewer means a pipe or conduit for carrying Sanitary Sewage.
JJ. Sewer Outfall means a sewer that receives Sanitary Sewage and
carries it, after treatment, to a discharge point into a body of water.
KK. Side Sewer means a gravity flow pipe connecting the Building Sewer
to the Public Sanitary.
LL. Side Stub means the extension from the Public Sanitary Sewer to
the Premises' property line to which the Building Sewer connects to the
Public Sanitary Sewer.
MM. Stormw�ter System means facilities through which stormwater is
collected, conveyed, or treated, including without limitation: inlets,
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conveyance pipes, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins,
bioinfiltration facilities, drainage channels, and other drainage structures.
NN. Suspended solids means solids that either float on the surface of, or
are in suspension in, water, Sanitary Sewage, or other liquids and that are
removable by laboratory filtering.
00. Uniform Plumbing Code means the code that governs the
requirements for the installation, alteration, removal, replacement, repair,
or construction of all plumbing within the state of Washington, and that
edition which has been adopted by KCC 14.01.010(E), as currently enacted
or hereafter amended, for application and enforcement in the city of Kent.
PP. Wastehauler means any person licensed to collect, pump, transport
and/or dispose of Wastewater, Polar FOG, or Non -Polar FOG, and who (i)
holds any valid state license as may be required by Chapter 18.27 RCW,
and (ii) holds a valid business license issued by the city of Kent.
QQ. Wastewater means liquid and water -carried Industrial Wastes and
Sanitary Sewage from residential dwellings, commercial buildings,
industrial and manufacturing facilities, institutions or any other Premises,
whether treated or untreated, which are contributed or con
veyed through
the Public Sanitary Sewer.
RR. Watercourse means a channel in which a flow of water occurs either
continuously or intermittently.
SS. Waters of the State means those waters as defined as "waters of the
United States" in 40 CFR 122.2, within the geographic boundaries of the
state of Washington, and those "waters of the state" as defined in Chapter
90.48 RCW, which includes lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, inland waters,
groundwater, salt waters, and all other surface waters and watercourses
within the jurisdiction of the state of Washington.
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Unless the context clearly demonstrates the contrary, "shall" is mandatory
and "may" is permissive, when used in this chapter.
Sec. 7.04.030. Powers and authority of the director,
inspectors, and assistants—Discretion of the director.
A. Access to facilities. The director and other duly authorized
employees of the city, bearing proper credentials and identification, shall
be permitted to enter upon all Premises for the purposes of inspection,
observation, measurements, sampling, and testing in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter. No consent, warrant, or court order is required
to enter those areas open to the public generally or to which no reasonable
expectation of privacy exists.
B. Director discretion. In applying, interpreting, and enforcing this
chapter, the director has the authority to impose additional conditions, to
waive or alter the application of any requirement in any particular situation
under the facts then -existing, or to alter any performance required under
this chapter where the director determines such departure is necessary to
mitigate identified or potentially negative impacts to the Sanitary Sewer
System or public health, safety, or welfare.
Sec. 7.04.040. Connection with Public Sanitary Sevyer. It shall
be unlawful for any person to make any opening in any Public Sanitary
Sewer; to connect any private Sewer or drain therewith; or to lay, repair,
aIter, or connect any private drain or Sewer in any public street, alley,
right-of-way, or easement, except as provided within this section.
A. Connection— Licensed contractor. A contractor may conduct the
work provided for within this section if the contractor is qualified and. (i)
holds a valid state contractor's license as defined in Chapter 18.27 RCW,
(ii) holds a valid business license issued by the city, and (iii) has first
obtained any required city approval or permit.
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A licensed contractor shall be responsible for all work done within
any public street, alley, easement area, or other city right of way, or ander
any permits issued to the contractor under any other provision of this
chapter. It shall be the duty of every licensed contractor to leave with the
City public works department the name and telephone number of the
person responsible for the work to be conducted in any public street, alley,
easement area, or other city right-of-way area.
B. Connection—Owner. The owner or occupant of the Premises, or
such person's agent, may connect a Side Sewer to a Side Stub with the
approval of and under the supervision of the director, after having first
obtained all required permits. All other work must be performed by a
qualified and licensed contractor.
Upon granting any approval for connection of a Side Sewer to the
Public Sanitary Sewer Side Stub, such person, including any future or
subsequent owner, shall be responsible for all costs of maintenance,
repair, removal of obstructions, cleaning, and operation of the Side Sewer,
including that portion of the Side Sewer extending into the city's right-of-
way and connecting to the Public Sanitary Sewer, including without
limitation the tee and Side Stub thereto. Acceptance of a Side Sewer
connection under the provisions of this chapter within or outside of the
city's right-of-way shall not be deemed to create a duty upon the city to
repair, maintain, replace, or clean the same.
Sec. 7.04.050. Permit required to construct, extend, or repair
Sewer. A permit is required for all work to construct, extend, relay, or
repair a Building Sewer or a Side Sewer, or to make any connection to a
Side Stub or the Public Sanitary Sewer, whether that work is performed on
private property or within the city right-of-way. In addition to any
conditions expressed on the permit, all Sewer permits are subject to the
provisions of this chapter. The director shall be allowed to inspect the work
at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit
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shall notify the director when the work is ready for final inspection, and
before any underground portions are covered. Work shall be done by the
owner or a licensed contractor as provided for in this chapter.
Sec. 7.04.060. Permits for additional work required. When a
permit has been issued, no additional work outside of the particular work
for which the permit was issued shall be completed without the advance
approval of the director, and a new permit must be obtained for such
additional work.
Sec. 7.04.070. Permit and inspection fees.
A. Fees—General/y. The city council shall, by resolution, establish the'
fees to be assessed to implement and operate the regulations adopted in
this chapter. An additional charge will be made if review and inspection
time exceeds three and one-half hours. The hourly rate for this additional
staff time shall be paid at the rate as established by council resolution. The
fee shall be paid to the city before the permit is issued. In the event of any
conflict or ambiguity regarding any fees authorized under this chapter and
established by council resolution, the director is authorized to interpret the
fee schedule(s) to resolve that conflict or ambiguity.
B. On-site Sewage System fees—Public health. Permits to construct,
install, or repair On -Site Sewage Systems are issued by the department of
Public Health—Seattle and King County in accordance with the King County
Code. Application for all necessary permits and payment of associated fees
shall be made directly to the department of Public Health—Seattle
and
King County.
C. Unauthorized work—Penalty. When work is commenced or
performed without first obtaining the required permit, the basic permit fee
will be doubled, however, the payment of that doubled fee will not relieve
the person responsible for the violation from full compliance with all of the
requirements of this chapter in the execution, inspection, or approval of
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the work, or from any other penalties that may be provided for by local,
state, or federal law, including criminal penalties.
Sec. 7.04.080. Issuance of temporary permit. At the discretion
of the director, a temporary permit may be issued permitting temporary
connection to a Public Sanitary Sewer, Sewer Outfall, or Side Sewer. This
temporary permit may be issued when, in the opinion of the director,
failure to do so would endanger human health or the environment. A,
temporary permit is revocable by the director upon providing 60 days'
advance written notice to the owner, occupant, and the permit applicant.
This notice shall be given by posting the notice on the Premises for which
the permit was issued, or by mailing notice to any other address known by
the City for the owner, occupant, and applicant. If the private Sewer or
drain is not disconnected at the expiration of such notice, the director may
disconnect the Sewer or drain and collect the cost of such disconnection
from the owner, occupant, or permit applicant through the issuance of an
invoice in accordance with KCC 7.04.270(A). Any permittee granted a
temporary permit under this section will hold the city harmless from any
damage by reason of the issuance or revocation of a temporary permit, or
the disconnection of a temporary connection, as provided for under this
section.
Sec. 7.04.090. Display of permits. Any permit required by this
chapter must, at all times during the performance of the work and until
completion and final approval thereof, be posted in a conspicuous place at
or near the permitted work Premises.
Sec. 7.04.100. Permit time limit—Extension. Any permit issued
under the provisions of this chapter shall be valid for a period of six
months. In the event work is not completed within the time specified on
the permit, an extension must be requested through the city permit
center. Permit extension approvals will be granted on a case-by-case
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basis. No more than two extensions may be issued, at which time a new
permit must be obtained.
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A. Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct,
install, or repair any On -Site Sewage System within the city without first
obtaining a permit from the department of Public Health—Seattle and King
County, or any other approval that department may require. That
department shall issue permits pursuant to the applicable King County
standards, and the permit shall, until all work is completed and final
approval obtained, be posted in a conspicuous place at or near the
permitted work Premises.
B: Disposal of contents. All liquids and solids removed from an On -Site
Sewage System shall be disposed of to the satisfaction of the director and
in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws.
Sec. 7.04.120. Construction standards. All Sewers and Side
Sewers shall be installed in strict accordance with the specifications
contained in any existing city ordinance or code, any construction
standards, any international or uniform codes that the city has adopted or
adopts in the future, and any conditions imposed upon an issued permit.
All construction shall be subject to the inspection of the director.
Sec. 7.04.130. Use of Public Sanitary Sewer required.
A. Proper sanitation required. It shall be unlawful for any person to'
place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon
public or private property within the city or in any area under the
jurisdiction of the city, any human or animal excrement, or other',
objectionable waste.
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B. Sewage disposal system—Chapter compliance required. Except as
provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any!,
privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used
for the disposal of sewage.
C. Connection to Public Sanitary Sewer required. The owners of all
Douses, buildings, properties or other Premises used in any manner for
human occupancy situated within or without the city that abut any street,
alley, or easement in which there is located a Public Sanitary Sewer of the
city shall, at their expense, install suitable toilet facilities therein and
connect those facilities directly to the proper Public Sanitary Sewer within
90 days from the date of official notice to do so, provided that the Public
Sanitary Sewer is within 200 feet of any building on the owner's property.
D. Failure to connect when required. In addition to any other penalty
authorized by this chapter, a property owner who fails to connect to the
Public Sanitary Sewer within 90 days of receiving official notice to do so,
shall be subject to a penalty that shall be a monetary charge in an amount
equal to the base monthly sewer rate that would be charged against that
property if it were connected to the Public Sanitary Sewer. The city's
finance department shall assess the penalty against the property through
its utility billing system.
E. Lien for costs and charges. Pursuant to RCW 35.67.200, failure to
pay the penalties levied pursuant to this section shall constitute a lien for
those delinquent and unpaid charges against the Premises to which the
service is available. This lien shall be superior to all other liens and
encumbrances except general taxes and local and special assessments.
F. Interest assessed for delinquencies. All delinquent charges imposed
under the authority of this section shall bear interest at the rate of eight
percent per annum computed on a monthly basis.
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No privy well, vault, or cesspool may be used or maintained if such use or
maintenance is detrimental or dangerous to life or health. If such
condition exists, the director may prohibit use of the privy well, vault, or
cesspool and may order the same to be disinfected and filled with fresh
earth. The director will notify in writing the owner and occupant of such
Premises that the privy well, vault, or cesspool must be disinfected and
filled with fresh earth, and a suitable sewage disposal system, either public
or private, constructed within a period of 20 days from and after the time
when such notice shall be served, or such later date as the director may
determine and identify within the notice.
Sec. 7.04.150. On -Site Sewage Systems—Responsibilities of
Owner and Occupant. Maintenance and repair of an On -Site Sewage
System is the sole responsibility of the owner and occupant of the
Premises, who shall maintain the system in accordance with all applicable
laws and regulations, including the following.
A. Prohibited discharge to Public Sanitary Sewer. No On -Site Sewage
System may discharge to any Public Sanitary Sewer.
B. Abandoned facility—Requirement to fi/l. Any septic tanks, cesspools,
and similar On -Site Sewage Systems whose use has been abandoned shall
be filled with suitable material and in a manner that will insure the public
safety, health, and well-being. Such abandonment must be permitted
through the department of Public Health—Seattle and King County under
KCC 7.04.110.
C. Maintain sanitation. All On -Site Sewage Systems shall be operated
and maintained in a sanitary manner at the entire and sole expense of the
owner and
occupant.
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D. Repairs required. Whenever, in the judgment of the director or any
public health officer, any On -Site Sewage System shall fail to function
properly, or the continued use of such private On -SI Sewage System will
be detrimental to life or health, the director may order such work to be
done upon the Premises where the On -Site Sewage System is situated as
necessary to restore and insure sanitary conditions upon such Premises. In
such event, the director will notify in writing the owner and occupant of
such Premises of the work required under this subsection. Unless
otherwise ordered by the department of Public Health—Seattle and King
County, work shall be completed within a period of 180 days from and
after the time when such notice shall be served, or such other time period
determined appropriate by the director and warranted by the then -existing
circumstances. The work shall be done in accordance with all federal,
state, and local laws.
Sec. 7.04.160. City may connect and assess costs.
A. Failure to act—Connection made by city at cost of owner. If any
owner or occupant shall fail, neglect, or refuse to connect its Premises to
the Public Sanitary Sewer within the time specified in any notice provided
under this chapter, or shall fail, neglect, or refuse to do the other work
specified and ordered to be done as this chapter provides, the director may
make such connection or do such work and collect the cost thereof from
the owner, occupant, or other person responsible for the violation through
the issuance of an invoice in accordance with KCC 7.04.270(A).
B. Cost to become alien. If unpaid, this cost shall additionally be
assessed and become a lien against the Premises as authorized by law.
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A. Side Sewer.
1. Condition likely to cause obstruction—Violation. It is a
violation of this chapter for there to exist in any Side Sewer a visually
evident accumulation of FOG of animal, vegetable, mineral, or petroleum
origin which, either alone or in combination with other wastes, is
reasonably likely to obstruct flow or interfere with the operation or
performance of any part of the Sanitary Sewer System. If the director
shall give notice to the person responsible for the violation of such
condition and of the corrective action necessary, it is a further violation of
this chapter for such person to fail to take such corrective action.
2. Damaged or Noncompliant Sewer—Notice and repair—
Violation. When any Side Sewer, whether upon private property or upon
the city's right-of-way, is constructed, laid, connected, or repaired and
does not comply with the provisions of this chapter or any construction
standards or codes that may hereafter be adopted, or where it is
determined by the director that a Side Sewer is obstructed, broken,
inadequate, is a menace to health, or is liable to cause damage to public or
private property, the director shall give notice to the person responsible for
the violation of such condition and the required corrective action. It is a
violation of this chapter for such person to fail to take the required
corrective action by the date specified in that notice.
B. Private Sewer. Whenever any private Sewer connected to any
Public Sanitary Sewer becomes obstructed, broken, or out of order and the
person responsible for the violation fails to repair the same within five days
after notification by the director, the director is hereby authorized to
remove, reconstruct, replace, alter, or clear the same as required at the
expense of the person responsible for the violation, which expense shall be
collected through the issuance of an invoice in accordance with KCC
7.04.270(A). When two or more houses or buildings are connected to the
same private Sewer, the owners, agents, or occupants of such Premises
shall be jointly and severally liable for any work done at the direction of
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the director under this section. No permit shall be required for the l
removal of obstructions from private Sewers, provided the Sewer pipe is
not damaged.
Sec. 7.04.180. Use of Public Sanitary Sewer.
A. Discharge of storm or surface water to Sanitary Sewer System—
Prohibited. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any
stormwater, surface water, groundwater, or roof run-off, to the Sanitary
Sewer System, unless expressly authorized by the Director.
B. Prohibited discharges to Sanitary Sewer System. Except as
otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall discharge or cause to
be discharged any of the following described substances to the Sanitary
Sewer System:
1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150 �,
degrees Fahrenheit;
2. Any water or waste that may contain more than 100 parts per'
million by weight of FOG;
3. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid, or gas;
4. Any emulsifying agent, enzyme, bio -additive, or similar
chemical;
5. Any animal guts or tissue, paunch manure, bones, hair, hides
or fleshings, entrails, fish guts or skin, seafood shells, cloth, carpet fibers,
plastic, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, grass clippings, brewing or distilling slops,
spent grain or hops, lard, tallow, baking dough, coffee grounds, tea leaves
or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to
the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the
sewage works;
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6. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher
than 9.0 or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the Sewage Works;
7. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or to
create any hazard in the receiving waters of the Sewage Treatment Plants
8. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such
character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to
handle such materials at the Sewage Treatment Plant;
9. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of
creating a public nuisance,
10. Any liquid containing more than 350 parts per million by
weight of suspended solids, or
11. Any discharge with an average daily flow greater than two
percent of the average daily sewage flow of the city without the prior
review and approval of the director.
C. Protection of Sanitary Sewer System. The following provisions are
enacted in an effort to protect the Sanitary Sewer System from obstruction
and to ensure its proper operation.
1. FOG Removal Device required. All FOG Generating Facilities
shall install, operate, and maintain FOG Removal Devices of an approved
type and adequate size to effectively remove Polar and Non -Polar FOG,
sludge, and settled solids from Wastewater prior to the Wastewater
entering the Public Sanitary Sewer. The city understands that there is a
cost attributable to installing a FOG Removal Device. Therefore, all FOG
Generating Facilities operating at a location within the city as of the
original adoption date of this section (1, 011 , R�Jta, 2016)1 shall install a
FOG Removal Device within 180 days of receiving notification by the city
that such a FOG Removal Device is required, or such greater time period
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as determined appropriate by the director and warranted by the then -
existing circumstances. All FOG Generating Facilities that open or relocate
within the city after the above -referenced adoption date must install,
operate, and maintain a FOG Removal Device in compliance with this
chapter prior to commencing operation.
a. Installation of a FOG Removal Device. All FOG Removal
Devices shall be installed as required by this chapter and shall conform in
all respects to the Uniform Plumbing Code or other applicable building
codes adopted for application in the city through Chapters 13.01 and 14.01
of the Kent City Code, including size, type, and installation method, unless
otherwise approved by the director. Plans, specifications, and other
pertinent information relating to proposed FOG Removal Devices shall be
submitted for the approval of the director. No construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until such approvals are obtained in writing. FOG
Generating Facilities are responsible for obtaining a plumbing permit and
final inspection approval before the FOG Removal Device may be put into
operation. A FOG Removal Device shall be installed at locations where they
are readily and easily accessible for cleaning, maintenance, and inspection.
b. Maintenance of FOG Removal Device. All FOG Removal
Devices shall be maintained and operated by the FOG Generating Facility
at its own expense. These FOG Removal Devices shall be kept in
continuous operation at all times, and shall be maintained in accordance
with the Uniform Plumbing Code, established BMPs, and other federal,
state, and local law.
(1) Minimum frequency of maintenance. At a
minimum, all FOG Removal Devices shall be maintained as required by this
subsection. However, an increase in the cleaning frequency and additional
BMPs may be required to reflect the actual operating conditions of each
FOG Generating Facility.
(a) Grease Interceptor. Maintenance of Grease
Interceptors must be scheduled often enough so that Polar FOG and
settled solids and sludge do not leave the device through its outlet. At a
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minimum, the Grease Interceptor must be cleaned when. (i) the volume of
FOG and settled sludge and solids constitute 25 percent of the effective
liquid volume; or (ii) if the inlet or outlet displays visible buildup or is
obstructed with FOG or other debris. In no event shall the maintenance
frequency be less than once every six months.
(b) Grease Trap. Maintenance of Grease
Traps must be scheduled often enough so that FOG and settled solids and
sludge do not leave the device through its outlet. At a minimum, Grease
Traps shall be cleaned when: (i) the volume of FOG and settled sludge and
solids constitute 25 percent of the effective liquid volumes or (ii) if the
inlet, outlet, flow control, or vent displays visible buildup or is obstructed
with FOG or other debris. In no event shall the maintenance frequency be
less than once every month. Unless specifically required or permitted by
the City, no food waste disposal unit or dishwasher shall be connected to
or discharge into any Grease Trap.
(c) Oi//Water
Separator. Oil/Water Separators
shall be cleaned when the buildup is eight inches deep in the inlet chamber
or when there are two inches or more of oil in any chamber of the
Oil/Water Separator. Coalescing plates must be cleaned before they
become coated with silt or solids.
(2) Performance of maintenance. Cleaning,
inspection, and maintenance must be performed by a licensed contractor
and/or Wastehauler qualified to perform such activities on a FOG Removal
Device.
(a) Required maintenance l"or Grease
Interceptors and Oil/Water Separators. Maintenance for Grease
Interceptors and Oil/Water Separators shall include without limitation the
removal of the full contents of the Grease Interceptor and Oil/Water
Separator including Polar and Non -Polar FOG, liquids, and settled sludge
and solids from the device's walls, baffles, inlet, outlet tee, piping, and
floors. During maintenance, Grease Interceptors and Oil/Water Separators
shall be inspected for internal and external damage, obstructions, leaks,
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and missing or damaged components. It is a violation of this chapter to
merely skim the surface layer of waste material, to only partially clean the
Grease Interceptor or Oil/Water Separator, or to use any method that does
not remove the entire contents of the Grease Interceptor or Oil/Water
Separator. The Grease Interceptor and Oil/Water Separator shall be filled
with clean cold water before returning to service. If cleaning and repairs
are required, they shall be performed within seven days of discovery.
(b) Required maintenance for Grease Traps.
Maintenance for Grease Traps shall include without limitation the removal
of the full contents of the device including FOG, liquids, and settled sludge
and solids. Removable baffles, plugs, and outlets shall be removed and
cleaned, and the walls, cleanout, and all other components of the device
shall be scraped free of accumulated FOG and food waste. During
maintenance, the device shall be inspected for leaking seams and pipes;
damaged or missing gaskets, lids, bolts, and latches, corrosion; and for
effective operation of the baffles, venting, and flow -regulating device. The
Grease Trap shall be filled with cold clean water before it is returned to
service. If cleaning and repairs are required, they shall be performed
within seven days of discovery.
(3) Disposal of material removed during
maintenance. All FOG removed from a FOG Generating Facility shall be
disposed of or recycled in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.
(4) Maintenance records. Records of all
maintenance activities shall be retained after each maintenance event and
shall be made readily available to the city for review via email or 'in person.
2. Industrial Wastes—Control manhole—When required. Any
business, establishment, or person who uses the Sanitary Sewer System to
carry Industrial Wastes shall install and properly maintain a suitable
control manhole in the Premises' Sewer to facilitate observation, sampling,
and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole shall be installed at a
location where it is readily accessible, safe, and constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the director. The control manhole shall be installed
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by the owner at the owner's expense, and maintained by the owner so as
to be safe and accessible at all times.
3. Waste cooking oil—Collection and proper disposal. Waste
cooking oil shall be collected Cl"d stored in appropriate receptacles such as
drums or bins at all FOG Generating Facilities and then disposed of or
recycled in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Such storage
receptacles shall be maintained by implementing proper BMPs to ensure
they are watertight and do not leak.
4. Vegetable and fruit canneries Collection and proper waste
disposal. Vegetable and fruit canneries shall provide an efficient screen for
the removal of skins, seeds, pomace, culls, discarded produce, and other
suspended material and waste from the washing, sorting, or other canning
processes. This screen must be 20 -mesh, U.S. standard gauge, and may
be of the vibrating, rotary, or any other effective type. It shall be located
on the main outlet Sewer line or lines from the cannery in such a way that
all Wastewaters, except cooling or other clean waters, will pass through
the screen. Cooling or other clean waters may be bypassed around the
screen or discharged through a separate outlet. Screened and other solid
material removed from the product during cannery operations shall be
disposed of in a manner consistent with state solid waste handling
regulations, and, in any event, in such a manner that it will not enter a
Water of the State or the Sanitary Sewer System.
5. Standard applicable and measurement location. All
measurements, tests, and analysis of the characteristics of waters and
wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in
accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Sewage, available online at www.standardmethods.org, and shall be
determined at the location of the control manhole required under KCC
7.04.180(C)(2) and based upon suitable samples taken from that location.
If no control manhole has been required under KCC 7.04.180(C)(2), the
control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream
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manhole in the Sanitary Sewer System at the point at which the Building
Sewer is connected to the Public Sanitary Sewer.
Sec. 1.04.190. Damage to Sewage Works. No person shall
cause to break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any
structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the Sewage
Works.
Sec. 7.04.200. Planting of certain trees and shrubbery
prohibited. It shall be unlawful to plant poplar, cottonwood, soft maples,
willow, or any other tree or shrub in any location where the roots of such
tree or shrub are likely to obstruct or damage public or private Sewers.
The director is hereby authorized to remove any trees or shrubs from any
public street, or the roots of any trees or shrubs which extend into any
public street or right-of-way, when such trees or the roots thereof are
obstructing, or when the director has determined that they are liable, to
obstruct, public or private Sewers. The director shall give ten days'
advance written notice to the owner, agent, or occupant of the abutting
property to remove such trees or roots, and it is a violation of this chapter
for such owner, agent, or occupant to fail to timely and properly comply
with the director's notice.
If the owner, agent, or occupant fails or refuses to comply with the
director's notice, the director may remove the trees or roots when the
city's access to the property is legally authorized, and the reasonable cost
of such removal, whether that removal is from private property, rights-of-
way, alleys, or streets, shall be a charge against and a lien upon the
abutting property from which such trees or shrubs are removed, which
may additionally be collected against the abutting property owner in
accordance with KCC 7.04.270.
Sec. 7.04.210. Property not assessed for Sanitary Sewer
construction under a local improvement district to pay sum in lieu
of assessment.
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A. No permits shall issue for connection to any Public Sanitary Sewer
for any property that has not been assessed for the construction of such
Sewer by a local improvement district, except as follows.
1. Property that was not assessed for a local improvement
district, but which has a Public Sanitary Sewer in the street, alley, or sewer
easement abutting such property shall be charged an assessment on the
same basis as property that was in the local improvement district.
2. Satisfactory arrangement shall be made with the finance
director for payment prior to the issuing of any permits provided for in
subsection (A)(1) above.
B. Side Sewers constructed without the payment of the above charges
shall be disconnected if, within 15 days after the owner and occupant have
been notified by the director that the above charge are due, the owner or
occupant fail to pay such charges.
Sec. 7.04.220. Schedule of charges for service. The following
charges for city Sanitary Sewer service inside the city limits are in effect
on the dates and in the amounts listed below. Sewer service charges for
customers residing outside the city shall be the charges as on file in the
city clerk's office.
King County imposes a Sanitary Sewer service charge for regional
sewage treatment. These charges are passed through, without increase,
directly to the city Sanitary Sewer utility customers. The King County pass-
through charge for 2013 is known and established. It is expected,
however, that King County will increase its pass-through charge over time.
Accordingly, except for the 2013 charge, all other King County charges are
estimates only. In order to simplify the rate -making structure, the finance
director is authorized to amend King County's pass-through charges at the
time King County imposes new charges.
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Type of service
1, Single-family residential
dwelling, as defined In
Chapter 15.02 KCC.
• Clty sewer rate
• King County sewer
rate
• Total sewer rate
2, Two-family or multiple -
family rbsidential
dwelling, as defined in
Chapter 15.02 KCC,
each unit separately
metered and charged.
• City sewer rate
• King County sewer
rate
• Total sewer rate
3. Single-family
residential/lifeline:
eligibility criteria for the
lifeline utility rate set
forth In KCC 7,01.080
• City sewer rate
• King County sewer
rate
• Total sewer rate
4. All other than service
types 1, 2 and 3 shall
be billed In accordance
with the consumption of
water and at the
following rate, except
that no monthly bill
shall be less than the
single-family residential
rate set forth In service
type No. 1.
* Estimated
Charges per
Charges per
Charges per
Charges per
Charges per
Oiargesipe
$39.79
Month
Month
Month
Month
Month
Month
Effective on
Effective on
Effective on
Effective on
Effective on
Effective
of
11112013
1/1/2014
1/1/2015
1/1/2016
1/1/2017
11112018
$17.27 $17.96 $18.68 $19.43 $20.21 $2
$39.79 $39.79* $39.79* $39.79* $39.79* $39.79'
$57.06 $57.75* $58.47* $59.22* $60.00* $60.81'
$17.27
$17.96
$18.68
$19.43
$20.21
$21.0:
$39.79
$39.79*
$39.79*
$39.79*
$39.79*
$39.79
$57.06 $57,75* $58.47* $59.22* $60.00* $60.81
$12.70
$12.85
$13.01
$13.18
$13.35
$13.5:
$39.79
$39,79*
$39.79*
$39.79*
$39.79*
$39.79
$52.49 $52.64* $52.80* $52,97* $53.14* $53.32
$7.61 per 100 $7.70*1 per $7.80*1 per $7,90*1 per 4)8.00* per $8.11 *1r er
cubic feet per 100 cubic feet 100 cubic feet 100 cubic feet 100 cubic feet 100 cubic ee
month per month per month per month per month per mon h
Sec. 7.04.230. Water meters for N9ETR0 billing. All sewer
accounts for other than single-family residential uses must have water
meters or sewer meters for billing purposes.
Sec. 7.04.240. Exemption meters. The amount of flow for the
purpose of sewer service billing may be measured by a sewer meter
installed and maintained at the customer's expense or by reading a water
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meter with allowance made for water measured by any exemption meter
which has been approved by both METRO and the city.
Sec. 7.04.250. Certification of sewer meters. All sewer meters
shall be certified for accuracy at least once each year by an independent
testing agency. If the city demands an inspection other than a regular
annual inspection and the inspection reveals that the meter is operating
properly, the city shall bear the cost of the inspection; otherwise, the cost
shall be borne by the customer.
Sec. 7.04.260. Sewer service to customers obtaining water
from sources other than the city water utility. For Sanitary Sewer
service to customers obtaining water from sources other than the city
water utility, the following regulations shall apply.
1. Single-family residential customers shall pay the flat rate
which is on file in the city clerk's office.
2. All customers other than single-family residential shall install
a meter on their source of water within 30 days of date of application or
service will be discontinued. Upon request of the customer, the city will
install a meter in accordance with its standard practice for such
installations.
3. City personnel will read the privately owned meters on normal
water meter reading dates.
4. If the meter is the property of a water district or other
municipal corporation, the customer must submit written permission from
the water district or municipal corporation for the city meter reader to read
such meter on the normal reading date.
Sec. 7.04.270. Violations and enforcement—Penalties. Any
violation of any provision of this chapter may be enfofced as provided for
in this section. Each separate date, or portion thereof, during which any
violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation.
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A. Recovery of costs incurred by the City. In addition to any penalty
provided for in KCC 7.04.270(8) through KCC 7.04.270(D), a person who
violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for all costs
incurred by the City as a result of the violation. The City will issue an
invoice to the person responsible for the violation advising him or her of
the amount of costs incurred by the City as a result of the violation. The
person to whom the invoice was directed must respond within 14 days of
the date the invoice is served upon that person by: (i) paying the invoice,
(ii) requesting a hearing before the City's hearing examiner to mitigate the
amount of the invoice, or (iii) requesting a hearing before the City's
hearing examiner to contest the amount of the invoice. Failure to timely
respond shall result in the invoice being deemed valid ani the City may
seek collection of the invoice through the process provided for in Chapter
3.10 of the Kent City Code, including the use of a collection agency.
Payment of any invoice issued shall not alleviate the person responsible for
the violation from complying with this chapter.
1. Service of notice. Service of an invoice issued under KCC
7.04.270(A) shall occur and is deemed complete in the same manner and
under the same provisions as provided for in KCC 1.04.060.
2. Process to mitigate or contest invoice. The process through
which a person may request a hearing to contest or mitigate a
n invoice
issued to him or her as a person responsible for the violation is the same
as that provided for Notices of Violation under KCC 1.04.120 through KCC
1.04.190. The hearing examiner's decision as to any invoice issued under
KCC 7.04.240(A) is final and may not be further appealed.
3. Failure to pay—Civil infraction. The failure to timely pay an
invoice issued under KCC 7.04.270(A), or any mitigated invoice amount
set by the hearing examiner, is a separate violation that may be enforced
through the issuance of a civil infraction pursuant to KCC 7.04.270(B).
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B. C/O/ infraction. A person who violates any provision of this chapter
may be issued a class 1 civil infraction as set forth in RCW 7.80.120, as
currently enacted or hereafter amended. An infraction issued pursuant to
this section shall be filed in the Kent Municipal Court and processed in the
same manner as other infractions filed in the Kent Municipal Court. In
addition, a civil code enforcement action may be instituted in accordance
with KCC 7.04.270(C) to effectuate any abatement or corrective action
required by the person as a result of the violation.
C. Civil code enforcement. In addition to, or as an alternative to any
other penalty provided for in this chapter or by law, a civil code
enforcement action may be instituted under the provisions provided for in
Chapter 1.04 KCC to effectuate any abatement or corrective action
required as a result of a violation of this chapter, including the issuance of
a stop use or stop work order under KCC 1.04.090 - KCC 1.04.110. The
process through which the person responsible for the violation may contest
a stop use or stop work order is the same as that provided for Notices of
Violation under KCC 1.04.120 through KCC 1.04.190. Failure to timely
abate the violation or take the required corrective action will result in the
issuance of a fine in accordance with KCC 1.04.080 and KCC 1.04.200,
which fine will be separate and apart from any fine that may have been
issued under KCC 7.04.240(B).
D. Criminal offense. Except as may otherwise be provided, a person
who:
1. Negligently violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a
misdemeanor, punishable by up to the maximum penalty established in
RCW 9A.20.021(3) as now enacted or hereafter amended, or who
2. Knowingly violates a provision of this chapter, or commits a
repeated violation of this chapter, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor,
z Reference note for staff and Council, not to be codified: Class 1 -Base fine $250, total fine $513
($277.44 local, rest to state); Class 2 -Base fine $125, total fine $257 ($133.28 local, rest to state);
Class 3 -Base fine $50, total fine $103 ($46.24 local, rest to state); Class 4 -Base fine $25, total fine
$52 ($34 local, rest to state).
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punishable by up to the maximum penalty established in RCW
9A.20.021(2), as now enacted or hereafter amended.
aI For purposes of this section "repeated violation" means,
aZ) evidenced by either a prior committed finding by the KC; Municipal
Court of an infraction issued under this chapter, or a committed finding by
the Hearing Examiner of a Notice of Violation issued under Chapter 1.04
KCC, or a committed finding by operation of law under KCC 1.04.130, that
a violation of this chapter has occurred on the same property or that a
Pierson responsible for the violation has committed a violation of this
chapter elsewhere within the city of Kent. To constitute a "repeat
violation," the viola,ion need not be the same violation as the prior
violation.
3. If a person is found guilty of a criminal offense as provided for
in this KCC 7.04.270(D), or pleads guilty to another offense on
recommendation of the prosecutor, the court shall order the defendant pay
restitution to the City of Kent, or any other victim of the offense, for the
total suffered loss or damage by reason of the commission of the crime.
SECTION 3. - Savings. The existing Chapter 7.04 of the Kent City
Code, which is repealed and replaced by this ordinance, shall remain in full
force and effect until the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. -Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, that
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance and the same shall maintain its full force and effect.
SECTION 5. -Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
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S CTI'ON 6. - Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force 30 days from and after its passage as provided,, by law.
SU4c: T" COOKE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
SUE HANSON, INTERIM CITY CLERK
PASSED: day of C,f.,��tf°,�✓� , 2016.
APPROVED: day of , 2016.
PUBLISHED: l day of , 2016.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No. i
passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved
by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
P:\pull\Ordlnan<e\7.04-Sanitary Sewers-ECo_Comm-090816.docx
SUE HANSON, INTERIM CITY CLERK
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