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86-11-Ordinance-Regulating the Discharge of Waste into the Sanitary Sewer-06/02/1986ORDINANCE NO 86-11 REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF WASTES INTO THE SANITARY SEWERS OF THE CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS ESTABLISHING A PERMIT SYSTEM, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF CHARGES FOR SERVICES RENDERED, REGULATING UNSEWERED AND MISCELLANEOUS DISCHARGES, AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT. WHEREAS, the City of Sanger, Texas has provided facilities for the collection and treatment of wastewater to promote the health, safety, and convenience of its people and for the safeguarding of water resources common to all, and WHEREAS, provision has been made in the design, construction and operation of such facilities to accommodate certain types and quantities of industrial wastes in addition to normal wastewater, and WHEREAS, it is the obligation of the producers of industrial waste to defray the costs of the wastewater treatment services rendered by the City of Sanger, Texas in an equitable manner and, insofar as it is practicable, in proportion to benefits derived, and WHEREAS, protection of the quality of the effluent and proper operation of the wastewater collection and treatment facilities and quality of effluent may require either the exclusion, pretreatment, or controlled discharge at point of origin of certain types of quantities of industrial wastes, and WHEREAS, the City of Sanger, Texas shall require future compliance with any rules and regulations promulgated under Section 307 of the Clean Water Act; NObI, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGER, TEXAS: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance (1) "APPROVING AUTHORITY" means the City Administrator or his duly authorized representative; (2) "B.O.D." (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in mg/1, utilized in the bio- chemical oxidation of organic matter under standard labora. tory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature of twenty (20) degrees centigrade; (3) "BUILDING SEWER" means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer on other place of disposal (also called the house lateral and house connection); (4) "CITY" means the City of Sanger, Texas, or any authorized person acting in its behalf; (5) "C.O.D." (Chemical Oxygen Demand) means measure of the oxygen consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in the water or wastewater expressed in mg/1 as the amount of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific test, but not differentiating between stable and unstable organic matter and thus not necessarily correlating with biochemical oxygen demand; ORIOINAL COPY (6) "CONTROL MANHOLE" means a manhole giving access to a buil& ing sewer at some point before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer; (7) "CONTROL POINT" means point of access to a course of dis- charge before the discharge mixes with other discharges in the public sewer; (8) "GARBAGE" means animal and vegetable wastes and residue from preparation, cooking and dispensing of foods and from the handling, processing, storage and sale of food products and produce; (9) "INDUSTRIAL WASTE" means waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade, or business from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture of the waste with water or normal wastewater, or distinct from normal wastewater; (10) "INDUSTRIAL WASTE CHARGE" means the charge made on those persons who discharge industrial wastes into the city's sewerage system; (11) "MILLIGRAMS PER LITER" (mg/1) means the same as parts per million and is a weight -to -volume ratio; the milligram -per - liter value multiplied by the factor 8.34 shall be equiva- lent to pounds per million gallons of water; (12) "NATURAL OUTLET" means any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or ground water; (13) "NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER" means wastewater excluding industrial wastewater discharged by a person into sanitary sewers and in which the average concentration of total suspended solids is not more than 260 mg/l and BOD is not more than 260 mg/l., (14) "OVERLOAD" means the imposition of organic or hydraulic loading on a treatment facility in excess of its engineered design capacity; (15) "PERSON" means any individual and includes any corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership associa- tion, or other legal entity; (16) "pH" means the logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration; (17) "PUBLIC SEWER" means pipe on conduit carrying wastewater or unpolluted drainage in which owners of abutting properties shall have the use, subject to control by the City of Sanger, Texas; (18) "SANITARY SEWER" means a public sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which storm water, surface water, ground water, and other unpolluted wastes are not intentionally passed; (19) "SLUG" means any discharge of water, wastewater or indus- trial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flows during normal operation, (20) "STANDARD METHODS" means the examination and analytical procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" as prepared, approved, and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation; (21) "STORM SEWER" means a public sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage and into which domestic waste- water or industrial wastes are not intentionally passed; (2.2) "STORM WATER" menas rainfall or any other forms of precipi- tation; (23) "SUPERINTENDENT" means the Water and Wastewater Superin- tendent of the City of Sanger, Texas or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representatives (24) "SUSPENDED SOLIDS" (SS) means solids measured in mg/l that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are largely, removable by a laboratory filtration device; (25) "TO DISCHARGE" includes to deposit, conduct, drain, emit, throw, run, allow to seep, or otherwise release or dispose of, or to allow, permit, or suffer any of these acts or omissions; (26) "TRAP" means a device designed to skim, settle, or otherwise remove grease, oil, sand, flammable wastes or other harmful substances; (27) "UNPOLLUTED WASTEWATER" means water containing (A) no free or emulsified grease or oil, (B) no acids or alkalis; (C) no phenols or other substances producing taste or odor in receiving water; (D) no toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, col- loidal state, or solution; (E) no noxious or otherwise obnoxious or odorous gases, (F not more than an insignificant amount in mg/l each of suspended solids and BOD, as determined by the Texas Department of Water Resources; and (G) color not exceeding fifty (50) units as measured by the Platinum 4obalt method of determination as speci- fied in Standard Methods; (28) "WASTE" means rejected,, unu TI ized or superfluous substances in liquid, gaseous, or solid form resulting from domestic, agricultural, or industrial activities; (29) "WASTEWATER" means a combination of the watercarried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions, and in- dustrial establishments, together with any ground, surface, and storm water that may be present, (30) "WASTEWATER FACILITIES" includes all facilities for collec- tion, pumping, treating, and disposing of wastewater and industrial wastes, (31) "WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT" means any City -owned facilities, devices, and structures used for receiving, processing and treating wastewater, industrial waste, and sludges from the sanitary sewers; (32) "WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE" means the charge on all users of the public sewer system whose wastes do not exceed in strength the concentration values established as represen- tative of normal wastewater; and (33) "WATERCOURSE" means a natural or manmade channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermits tentl y. SECTION 2. PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. (a) No person may discharge to public sewers any waste which by itself or by interactoin with other wastes may (1) injure or interfere with wastewater treatment processes of facilities; (2) constitute a hazard to humans or animals; or (3) create a hazard in receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant effluent. (4) All discharges shall conform to requirements of this ordinance. SECTION 3. CHEMICAL DISCHARGES. (a) No discharge to public sewers may contain: (1) cyanide greater than 1.0 mg/1; (2) fluoride other than that contained in the public water supply; (3) chlorides in concentrations greater than 250 mg/1; (4) gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas; or (5) substances causing an excessive Chemical Oxygen Demand (C.O. D. ) (b) No waste or wastewater discharge to public waters may contain: (1) strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not; (2) fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing sub- stances which may solidify or become viscous at temper- ature between thirty-two (32) and one hundred fifty (150) degress Fahrenheit (0 and 65 degress centigrade). (3) objectionable or toxic substances, exerting an exces- sive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite wastewater treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Approving Authority for such materials; or (4) obnoxious, toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in quantities sufficient to violate the provisions of Section 2(a). (c) No waste, wastewater, or other substance may be discharged into public sewers which has a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5, or any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or personnel at the wastewater facilities. (d) All waste, wastewater, or other substance containing phenols, hydrogen sulfide, or other taste -and -odor producing substan- ces, shall conform to concentration limits established by the Approving Authority. After treatment of the composite wastewater, concentration limits may not exceed the require- ments established by state, federal, or other agencies with jurisdiction over discharges to receiving waters; SECTION 4. HAZARDOUS METALS AND TOXIC MATERIALS. (a) No discharges may contain concentrations of hazardious metals other than amounts specified in subsection (b) or this sec- tion. (b) The allowable concentrations of hazardous metals, in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/1), for discharge to Inland waters, and determined on the basis of individual sampling in accordance with "Standard Methods" are: Not to Exceed Daily Grab Metal Average Composite Sample (1) Arsenic 0.1 0.2 0.3 (2) Barium 1.0 2.0 4.0 (3) Cadmium 0.05 0.1 0.2 (4) Chromium 0.5 1.0 5.0 (5) Copper 0.5 1.0 2.0 (6) Lead 0.5 1.0 1.5 (7) Manganese 1.0 2.0 3.0 8) Mercury 0.005 0.005 0.01 (9) Nickel 1.0 2.0 3.0 (10) Selenium 0.05 0.1 0.2 (11) Silver 0.05 0.1 0.2 (12) Zinc 1.0 2.0 6.0 (Note: These cocentration parameters and rules governing same are promulgated under authority of Sections 5.131 and 5.132, Texas I�later Code - HAZARDOUS METALS and in accordance with Texas Department of Water Resources Rule 156.19). (c) No other hazardous metals or toxic materials may be disc charged into public sewers without a permit from the Approv- ing Authority specifying conditions of pretreatment, con- centrations, volumes, and other applicable provisions. (d) Prohibited hazardous materials include but are not limited to: (1) Antimony, (2) Beryllium, (3) Bismuth, (4) Cobalt, (5) Molybdenum, (6) Uranyl ion, (7) Rhenium, _5_ 8) Strontium, 9) Tellerium, 10) Herbicides, 11) Fungicides, and 12) Pesticides. SECTION 5. PARTICULATE SIZE. (a) No person may discharge garbage or other solids into public sewers unless it is shredded to a degree that all particles can be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers. Particles greater than one- half (1/2) inch in any dimensions are prohibited. (b) The Approving Authority is entitled to review and approve the installation and operation of any garbage grinder equip- ped with a motor of three fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 metric) or greater. SECTION 6. STORM WATER AND OTHER UNPOLLUTED DRAINAGE. (a) No person may discharge to public sanitary sewers (1) unpolluted storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff or subsurface drainage; (2) unpolluted cooling water; (3) unpolluted industrial process waters; (4) other unpolluted drainage; or make any new connections from inflow sources. (b) In compliance with the Texas Water Quality Act and other statutes, the Approving Authority may designate storm sewers and other watercourses into which unpolluted drainage des- cribed in subsection (a) of this section may be discharged. SECTION 7. TEMPERATURE. No person ma,y discharge liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty (150) degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Centigrade), or any substance which causes the temperature of the total wastewater treat- ment plant influent to increase at a rate of ten (10) degrees Fahrenheit or more per hour, or a combined total increase of plant influent to one hundred ten (110) degrees Fahrenheit. SECTION 8. RADIOACTIVE WASTES. (a) No person may discharge radioactive wastes or isotopes into public sewers without the permission of the Approving Authority. (b) The Approving Authority may establish, in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations, regulations for discharge of radioactive wastes into public sewers. _6_ SECTION V. IMPAIRMENT OF FACILITIES. (a) No person may discharge into public sewers any substance capable of causing (1) obstruction to the flow in sewers; (2) interference with the operation of treatment processes of facilities; or (3) excessive loading of treatment facilities. (b) Discharges prohibited by Section 9(a) include, but are not limited to, materials which exert or cause concentrations of (1) inert suspended solids greater than 250 mg/l including but are not limited to (A) Fuller's earth (B) lime slurries; and (C) lime residues; (2) dissolved solids greater not limited to (A) sodium chloride; and (B) sodium sulfate; (3) excessive discoloration (A) dye wastes; and than 750 mg/1 including but including but not limited to (B) vegetable tanning solutions; or (4) BOD, COD, or chlorine demand in excess of normal plant capacity. (c) No person may discharge into public sewers any substance that may (1) deposit grease or oil in the sewer lines in such a manner as to clog the sewers; �2) overload skimming and grease handling equipment, 3) pass to the receiving waters without being effectively treated by normal wastewater treatment processes due to the nonamenability of the substance to bacterial action; or (4) deleteriously affect the treatment process due to excessive quantities. (d) No person may discharge any substance into public sewers which (1) is not amenable to treatment or reduction by the processes and facilities employed, or (2) is amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the treatment plant effluent cannot meet the require- ments of other agencies having jurisdiction over dis- charge to the receiving waters. (e) The Approving Authority shall regulate the flow and concen- tration of slugs when they may (1) impair the treatment process; (2) cause damage to collection facilities; (3) incur treatment costs exceeding those for normal waste- water; or (4) render the effluent unfit for stream disposal or in- dustrial use. (f) No person substances if present limited to may discharge into public sewers solid or viscous which may violate subsection (a) of this section in sufficient quantity or size including but not (1) ashes; (2) cinders; (3) sand; (4) mud; (5) straw; (6) shavings; (7) metal; (8) glass; (9) rags; (10) feathers; (11) tar; (12) plastics; (13) wood; (14) unground garbage; (15) whole blood; (16) paunch manure, (17) hair and fleshings; (18) entrails; (19) paper products, either whole grinders; (20) slops; (21) chemical residues; (22) paint residues; or (23) bulk solids. SECTION 10. COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTINr AUTHORITY. or ground by garbage (a) Unless exception is granted by the Approving Authority, the public sanitary sewer system shall be used by all persons discharging: (1) wastewater; (2) industrial waste; (3) polluted liquids, (b) Unless authorized by the Texas Department of Water Resources, no person may deposit or discharge any waste included in subsection (a) of this section on public or private property or into or adjacent to any: (1) natural outlet; (2) watercourse; (3) storm sewer; (4) other area within the jurisdiction of the City. (c) The Approving Authority shall verify prior to discharge that wastes authorized to be discharged will receive suitable treatment within the provisions of laws, regulations, or� dinances, rules and orders of federal, state and local governments. _g_ SECTION 11, APPROVING AUTHORITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) If discharges or proposed discharges to public sewers may (1) deleteriously affect wastewater facilities, processes, equipment, or receiving waters; (2) create a hazard to life or health, or (3) create a public nuisance; the Approving Authority shall require (1) pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers; (2) control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and (3) payment to cover the cost of handling and treating the wastes. (b) The Approving Authority is entitled to determine whether a discharge or proposed discharge is included under sub- section (a) of this section. (c) The Approving Authority shall reject wastes when it deter- mines that a discharge or proposed discharge does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. SECTION 12. APPROVING AUTHORITY REVIEW AND APPROVAL. (a) If pretreatment or control is required, the Approving Authority shall review and approve design and installation of equipment and processes. (b) The design and installation of equipment and processes must conform to all applicable statutes, codes, ordinances and other laws. (c) Any person responsible for discharges requiring pretreat- ment, flow equalizing, or other facilities shall provide and maintain the facilities in effective operating condi- tion at his own expense. SECTION 13. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAPS. (a) Discharges requiring a trap include (1) grease or waste containing grease in amounts that will impede or stop the flow in the public sewers; (2) oil; (3) sand; (4) flammable wastes; and (5) other harmful ingredients. Any person responsible for discharges requiring a trap shall at his own expense and as required by the Approving Authority (1) provide equipment and facilities of a type and capa- city approved by the Approving Authority; (2) locate the trap in a manner that provides ready and easy accessibility for cleaning and inspection; and (3) maintain the trap in effective operating condition. SECTION 14, REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING SEWERS. (a) Any person responsible for discharges through a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall, at his own expense and as required by the Approving Authority (1) install an accessible control manhole; (2) install meters and other appurtenances to facilitate observation sampling and measurement of the waste; and (3) install safety equipment and facilities (ventilation, steps . .) where needed. (4) maintain the equipment and facilities. SECTION 15. SAMPLING AND TESTING. (a) Sampling shall be conducted according to customarily accepted methods, reflecting the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and determines the existence of hazards to health, life, limb, and property. (NOTE: The particular analysis involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite sample from all outf alls of a premise i s appropr i ate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outf alls. Where applicable, 16-hour, 9-hour or some other period may be required. Periodic grab samples are used to determine pH and oil and grease. (b) Examination and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes required by the ordinance shall be (1) conducted in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods"; and (2) determined from suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided or other control point authorized by the Approving Authority. (c) BOD and suspended solids shall be determined from composite sampling, except to detect unauthorized discharges. (d) The Approving Authority shall determine which users or classes of users may contribute wastewater which is of greater strength than normal domestic wastewater. All users or classes of users so identified shall be sampled for flow BOD, TSS and pH at least annually. (e) City may select an independent firm or laboratory to deter- mine flow, BOD, and suspended solids, if necessary. Flow may alternately be determined by water meter measurements if no other flow device is available and no other source of raw water is used. SECTION 10. USER CHARGE SYSTEM. (a) Persons making discharges of industrial waste into the City of Sanger system shall pay, a charge to cover all costs of collection and treatment. (b) When discharges of any waste into the City of Sanger system are approved by the Approving Authority, the City or its authorized representative shall enter into an agreement or arrangement providing (1) terms of acceptance by the City; (2) payment by the person making the discharge, in accor- dance with the User Charge System as established in Subpart (e) of this Section; (3) sewer connection procedures and requirements shall be in accordance with the "Uniform Plumbing Code" as pro- mulgated by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials; (4) a sewer application approved with connection fee paid; and (5) construction of sewer connections shall be approved by City inspectors prior to sewer use. (c) Each User of the wastewater treatment system will be noti- fied, at least annually, in conjunction with a regular sewer bill, of the rate and that portion of user charges or ad volorem taxes which are attributable to the Operation and Maintenance of the wastewater treatment system. (d) The City will apply excess revenues collected from a class of users to the cost of operation and maintenance attribu- table to that class for the next year and adjust the rates accordingly. (e) User Charge System - See Chapter 10, Section 4, or the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanger, Texas, and all current Amendments. SECTION 17. SAVINGS CLAUSE. (a) SECTION 18. (a) A person discharging wastes into effective date of this ordinance so long as he (1) does not increase the of discharge without effective date of (3) applies for and days after the Authority; (2) has discharged th public sewers prior to the may continue without penalty quantity or decrease the quality pe rmission of the Approving this e waste at least 6 months prior to the ordinance; and is granted a permit no later than 120 effective date of this ordinance. CONDITIONS OR PERMITS. The City may grant a permit to discharge to persons meeting all requirements of the savings clause provided that that person -11- (1) (2) (3) submit an application within 90 days tive date of this ordinance on forms Approving Authority; secure approval by the and specifications for and h as compl i ed wi th al 1 arrangements including for after the effec- supplied by the Approving Authority of plans the facilities when required; requirements for agreements or but not limited to, provisions (A) payment of charges; (B) installation and operation of the facilities and of pretreatment facilities, if required, and (C) sampling and analysis to deterine quantity and strength when directed by the City; and (4) provides a sampling point, when requested by the City, subject to the provisions of this ordinance and ap- proval of the Approving Authority. (b) A person applying for a new discharge shall (1) meet all conditions of subsection (a) of this section; and (2) secure a permit prior to discharging any waste. SECTION 19. POWER TO ENTER PROPERTY. (a) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter any public or private property at any reasonable time for the purpose of enforcing this ordinance. (b) Anyone acting under this authority shall observe the es- tablishment's rules and regulations concerning safety, in- ternal security, and fire protection. (c) Except when caused by negligence or failure of person(s) to maintain safe conditions, the City shall idemnify the person(s) against loss or damage to their property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for per- sonal injury or property damage asserted against the per. son(s) and growing out of the sampling operation. (d) The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification are entitled to enter all private properties through which the City holds a negotiated easement for the purposes of (1) inspection, observation, measurement, sampling or repair; (2) maintenance of any portion of the sewerage system lying within the easements; and (3) conducting any other authorized activity. All activi- ties shall be conducted in full accordance with the terms of the negotiated easement pertaining to the pri- vate property involved. (e) No person acting under authority of this provision may in- quire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the public sewers. -12- SECTION 20. AUTHORITY TO DISCONNECT SERVICE. (a) The City may terminate water and wastewater disposal ser- vice and disconnect a customer from the system when (1) acids or chemicals which may damage the sewer lines or treatment process are released to the sewer poten- tially causing accelerated deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper conveyance and treatment of wastewater; (2) a governmental agency informs the City that the eff- luent from the wastewater treatment plant is no longer a quality permitted for discharge to a watercourse, and it is found that the customer is delivering waste- water to the City's system that cannot be sufficiently treated or requires treatment that is not provided by the City as normal domestic treatment; or (3) the customer (A) discharges waste or wastewater that is in viola- tion of the permit issued by the Approving Autho- rity; (B) discharges wastewater at an uncontrolled, variable rate in sufficient quantity to cause an imbalance in the wastewater treatment system; (C) fails to pay monthly bills for water and sanitary sewer services when due; or (D) repeats a discharge of prohibited sewers in violation of Sections 2 stated above. (b) If service is discontinued pursuant to this section, the City shall (1) disconnect the customer; (2) supply the customer with the governmental agency's re- port and provide the customer with all pertinent infora mation; and (3) continue disconnection until such provides pretreatment/additional facilities designed to remove the acteristics from his wastes, SECTION 21. NOTICE. wastes to public through 9 as subsection (a)(2) of pretreatment time as the customer or other objectionable char - The City shall serve persons discharging in violation of this or- dinance with written notice stating the nature of the violation and provi- ding a reasonable time limit for satisfactory compliance. SECTION 22. CONTINUING PROHIBITED DISCHARGES. No person may continue discharging in violation of this ordinance beyond the time limit provided in the notice. -13- SECTION 23. PENALTY. (a) A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $200 for each act of violation and for each day of violation. (b) In addition to proceeding under authority of subsection (a) of this section, the City is entitled to pursue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes of other ordinances against a person continuing prohibited discharges. SECTION 24. FAILURE TO PAY. In addition to sanctions provided for by this ordinance, the City is entitled to exercise sanctions provided for by the other ordinances of the City for failure to pay the bill for water and sanitary sewer service when due. SECTION 25. PENALTY FOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. The City may pursue all criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes and ordinances against a person negligently, willfully or maliciously causing loss by tampering with or destroying public sewers or treatment facilities. SECTION 26. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this or- dinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 27. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, recording, and publication as provided by law. PASSED AND APPROVED ON ATTEST: OF 1986. City o Sanger, Texas Mayor -14-