HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubstitution Memo from City ManagerCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members DATE: September 22, 2020 FILE:
of the City Commission
SUBJECT: Substitution of Item SR.3 — Chapter 49
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
REFERENCES:
FROM: Arthur Noriega V
City Manager ENCLOSURES: Revised Item SR.3 — Chapter 49
Sewers and Sewage Disposal
The City Manager's Office respectfully requests Item SR.3 — Chapter 49 Sewers and Sewage Disposal be
substituted in the September 24, 2020 City Commission Meeting to reflect additional language
prohibiting the discharge of wastewater and other non -potable fluids into city stormwater management
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C: Nzeribe Ihekwaba, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant City Manager
Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Alan M. Dodd, P.E., Director/Chief Resilience Officer, Resilience and Public Works
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
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Ordinance:
Legislation
File Number: 7629
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
49 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY
CODE"), TITLED "SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," IN ORDER TO
DELETE OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY")
FORMER SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE
CITY'S CURRENT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; PROVIDING
FOR A LIMITATION ON DISCHARGING SILTED WASTEWATER TO THE
CITY'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE
DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Ken Russell, Commissions N
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WHEREAS, Chapter 49 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amendedr1lity-v
Code"), establishes regulations for discharge into storm and sanitary sewers and sewalp N
disposal; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") no longer operates sanitary sewers but c9 < u�
to operate and maintain storm sewers; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to delete obsolete references in the City Code to the City's
former sanitary sewers while updating the regulations prohibiting discharge to the City's
stormwater management system;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 49 of the City Code, titled " Sewers and Sewage Disposal", is
amended in the following particulars:'
"CHAPTER 49
SANITARY SEWERS, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
' Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and
unchanged material.
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Sec. 49-2. Liquid products of petroleum not to be allowed to escape into sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any liquid product of petroleum to escape
into any publir. dF the City's stormwater management system or any sanitary sewer within the
city.
Sec. 49-4. Discharge of wastewater, or other non -potable fluids, into city stem -sewer
stormwater management system regulated.
It shall be illegal to discharge wastewater (including wastewater with a turbidity of 29
Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTUs) or greaten, stormwater, or groundwater from a
construction excavation, or other non -natural source(s), into a the city's stOFFR sewef stormwater
management system.uRtilunless the rules, regulations, and requirements of the resilience and
public works department governing such discharge have been fulfilled and a permit has been
obtained from such department allowing same.
Sec. 49-5. Discharge or dumping of septic tank contents into city
stormwater management system prohibited.
It shall be illegal to dump or discharge the contents of septic tanks and portable toilets into
city sanitary sewer or stormwater management systems by any manner or means whatsoever.
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Sec. 49-86. Sinks and adequate facilities for disposal of human excreta required.
Every residence, store, establishment, building or place in the city where human beings
reside, stay, are employed or are congregated shall have a sink for wash water, and shall have
adequate facilities, approved by the county health director, for the disposal of human excreta.
Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be
affected.
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Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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