HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-52INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 85- 52
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA,, RELATING TO EXISTING OR PROPOSED
WASTEWATER SYSTEMS ON ORCHID ISLAND WITHIN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDING
SPECIAL EFFLUENT LIMITS, DESIGN CAPACITY
AND SURGE CONTROL, FLOW MEASUREMENT,
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS, AND COMPLIANCE
DEADLINES, INCLUSION IN CODE, SEVERABILITY
AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Hutchinson Island Resource Planning and
Management Plan requires that local governments within the planning
area adopt certain ordinances and standards by May 30, 1985, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County, Florida, desires to comply with the Hutchinson Island
Resource Planning and Management Plan by adopting the following
additional and supplemental requirements for wastewater treatment
plants located on Orchid Island within Indian River County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDI.At, RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
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SPECIAL. EFFLUENT LIMITS
All wastewater treatment plants located on Orchid Island
within Indian River County shall, as a minimum, be designed to
achieve an effluent, prior to disinfection, of no more than 15 mg/l
biochemical oxygen demand (BODS) and 15 mg/1 total suspended solids
(TSS) on an annual basis. Where more stringent effluent limits are
required by the Indian River County Division of Utility Services or
the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, the more
stringent requirements shall apply.
SECTION 2.
DESIGN CAPACITY AND SURGE CONTROL
All wastewater treatment plants located on Orchid Island
shall be designed to meet the following minimum requirements:
(A) Wastewater treatment plants of a design capacity of
less than 20,000 gallons per day are prohibited.
(B) Wastewater treatment plants of a design capacity of
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50,000 gallons per day or less utilizing contact stabilization mode
for treatment are prohibited.
(C) All wastewater treatment plants shall have surge
control equaling 20% of the design capacity of the plant.
SECTION 3.
FLOW MEASUREMENT
.All wastewater treatment plants located on Orchid Island
shall have a flow measuring device which will provide a record of
diurnal flow changes as well as total daily flows.
SECTION 9.
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
All wastewater treatment plants located on Orchid Island
shall comply with the provisions of Florida Administrative Code
Chapter 17-19, but shall, as a mimimum, monitor for biochemical
oxygen demand and total suspended solids within the effluent
through analysis of no less than one representative grab sample of
the effluent per week. This monitoring requirement is a minimum
and applies to all wastewater treatment plants regardless of size.
Where additional or more stringent monitoring is required under the
Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 17-19, or by the Indian River
County Division of Utility Services or the Florida Department of
Environmental Regulation, the additional or more stringent
monitoring shall be performed.
SECTION 5.
TIME LIMITATIONS
Existing wastewater treatment plants located on Orchid
Island shall comply with Sections 2 through 5 of this ordinance
within the following described deadlines:
(A) Compliance with the effluent limits and design
capacity requirements shall be accomplished within 180 days from
the effective date of this ordinance.
(B) Compliance with the surge control and flow
measurement requirements shall be accomplished within 90 days from
the effective date of this ordinance.
(c) Compliance with the monitoring requirements shall be
accomplished within 60 days from the effective date of this
ordinance.
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(1) The results from the monitoring requirements shall
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be reported to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
and the Indian River County Division of Utility Services, utilizing
the monthly operating report forms approved by the Florida
Department of Environmental Regulation.
SECTION 6.
INCLUSION IN CODE
This ordinance shall be incorporated into the Code of
Indian River County, Florida, and the word "ordinance" may be
changed to "section," "article," or other appropriate word and the
sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to
accomplish such purposes.
SECTION 7.
SEVEIIA131LITY
If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, it is the
legislative intent that the invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of this section which can be given in
effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this
end, the provisions of this section are declared severable.
SECTION 8.
EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of this ordinance (tvo.g;_5� ) shall become
effective upon receipt from the Secretary of the State of Florida
of official acknowledgment that this ordinance has been filed with
the Department of State.
Approved and adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, on this Srh day
of lunp 1985.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Approved .QS OF INDIA IVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
and le r' sy i to c
G 1.1 1. R anden urg, Patrick R. y ns,
o my Attorney Chairman
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ent by the Department of State of the State of Florida,
this loth of June 1985.
Effective Date: Acknowledgment from the Department of State,
received on this 14th day of June , 1985, at 11:00
A.M./P.M. and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida.
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