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I i First: Reading ~ I Aug. 12. 1999
! 1 It:em. No. 16
Second Reading
Aug. 26. 1999
It:em. No. 11 . I ORDINANCE NO. _10_1_:._76..;___
I AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO WASTEWATER REGULATIONS
AND ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
! I WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock deems it to be in the best interests
l of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to make the following
I amendments to Chapter 28 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas; NOW
I. THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
I SECTION 1. THAT Subsection 28-124(c) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) The City shall annually publish, as required by and in accordance with the
provisions of 40 CFR Part 403.8(f)(2)(vii), EPA, in the largest daily newspaper in
Lubbock a list of industrial users which, at any time during the previous twelve ( 12)
months, were in significant noncompliance with applicable pretreatment requirements.
The notification shall also summarize any enforcement action taken against the industrial
users during the same twelve (12) months.
SECTION 2. THATSubsection 28-137(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) The administrative procedure to address noncompliance with this chapter
shall be as follows:
(1) Depending on the severity of the noncompliance, the initial
notification shall be one of the following: phone call, letter of concern, or
warning notice requiring correction of the situation within a period often
(1 0) to thirty (30) days as specified by the inspector.
(2) Depending on the severity of the noncompliance, the second
notification will be one of the following: warning notice, or violation
notice requiring correction of the situation within a period often (10) to
thirty (30) days as specified by the inspector.
(3) Depending on the severity of the noncompliance, the third
notification will be one of the following: violation notice requiring
correction of the situation within a period of ten (1 0) days as specified by
the inspector, or issuance of a citation for violation of this chapter if such
noncompliance has not been corrected.
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( 4) Issuance of a citation for violation of this chapter if noncompliance I
has not been corrected. /
SECTION 3. THAT violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be a
misdemeanor punishable as provided by Section 1-4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas.
SECTION 4. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause or word of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 5. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication as
provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 12th day of Aug.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 26thday of August
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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