8409-93 Amending Articles 1 & 2 of Chapter 17 Pretreatment Requirements the Public Sewers

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3 � j r ORDINANCE NO. 8 0 9-9.9 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWERS STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The purpose of this ordinance is to amend portions of Articles 1 and 2 of Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code to bring the City' s sewage pretreatment requirements into compliance with current federal pretreatment regulations . This ordinance incorporates recent revisions in the federal regulations, and is in response to suggestions made in a federally funded review of our current ordinance requirements . NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows : SECTION I . Section 17-3 of Article 1, Chapter 17 of the South Bend Municipal Code is amended to read as follows : Sec. 17-3 . Application of City Engineering Standards and One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code by reference. The South Bend Engineering Standards and the One- and Two- Family Dwelling Code, together with any and all amendments and supplements thereto, adopted in sections 18-1 and 6 76-5 respectively, are incorporated herein by reference thereto and shall be applicable to this chapter. SECTION II . Division 1 of Article 2, Chapter 17 of the South _ Bend Municipal Code is amended to read as follows : ARTICLE 2 . SEWERS DIVISION 1 . DEFINITIONS Sec. 17-5 . Definitions . As used in this article: ACT (or "THE ACT") shall mean the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also know as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S .C. 1251, et seq . AMMONIA (or NH3-N) shall mean the same as Ammonia Nitrogen measured as Nitrogen. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard Methods" as defined in this article. BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (or BOD) of sewage, sewage effluent,