Ordinance 10-019 Adopting SVMC 22.160 & County Code 8.03A - Pretreatment CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY
SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 10-019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SPOKANE VALLEY, SPOKANE COUNTY,
WASHINGTON,ADOPTING NEW SECTION OF SPOKANE VALLEY MUNICIPAL
CODE (SVMC) 22.160,AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE SPOKANE COUNTY CODE
8.03A-PRETREATMENT,AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.
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WHEREAS, the City of Spokane Valley (COSV) does not itself provide sewer service to
its citizenry, and instead receives such services primarily from Spokane County except for a
small section of Yardley where it receives such services from the City of Spokane; and
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane is not the primary provider of sewer service to Spokane
Valley, and at this time Spokane County does not have its own wastewater treatment facility; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a separate Wastewater Management agreement between
Spokane County and the City of Spokane, the City of Spokane interceptor sewer system and
wastewater treatment plant accepts flows from Spokane County at this time, including flows
collected by Spokane County from Spokane Valley; and
WHEREAS, as a requirement of providing public sewer service or accepting wastewater
flows, the City of Spokane and Spokane County must ensure that a local pretreatment regulatory
program, as required by federal and state laws and regulations, including 40 CFR §403.8, is
established and enforced in accord with said federal and state requirements; and
WHEREAS, without such a pretreatment program, the City of Spokane and Spokane
County sewer utilities would be obliged to terminate service to the City of Spokane Valley
residents and businesses, and would not be able to except wastewater flows originating from
Spokane Valley; and
WHEREAS, the City of Spokane and Spokane County have each adopted parallel
pretreatment ordinances in coordination with each other, modeled after state and federal
pretreatment requirements; and
WHEREAS, for convenience and efficiency, and in the interest of uniformity, the City of
Spokane Valley seeks to adopt the Spokane County pretreatment standards; and
WHEREAS, Spokane County and the City of Spokane do not have the local government
police power authority to establish a pretreatment regulatory program inside the city limits of the
City of Spokane Valley,that authority resides in the Spokane Valley City Council.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Spokane Valley, Spokane County,
Washington, ordains as follows:
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Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to ensure the establishment of
wastewater pretreatment standards within Spokane Valley, as required by state and federal law.
Section 2. Adopting Spokane Valley Municipal Code Chapter 22.160 as follows:
22.160.010 Wastewater Pretreatment Standards.
Pursuant to RCW 35A.11.020 and 35A.12.140, Spokane County Code Chapter 8.03A, as
adopted or amended, is hereby adopted by reference as the wastewater pretreatment standards for
the City of Spokane Valley. The city clerk is to maintain a copy of SCC 8.03A.
Section 3. Remainder of SVMC Title 22 Unchanged. The remaining provisions of
SVMC Title 22 are unchanged by this amendment.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective five days after
publication of the Ordinance, or a summary thereof, in the official newspaper of the City.
Adopted this 28th day ofSeptember, 2010
City of Spe ane Valley
Thomas E. Towey, Mayor 1
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Christine Bainbridge, City Cl irk
Approved as to Form:
Office\bf the City Attorney
Date of Publication: /a_OP
Effective Date: /0-/3 -i v
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