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To amend City Code § 28-1009, concerning the City’s issuance of a permit required to discharge prohibited, industrial or other wastes into sewers, to modify which department shall be responsible for granting such permits.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That section 28-1009 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2026) be and is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 28-1009. Permit required to discharge prohibited, industrial or other wastes into sewers.
(a) The owner or operator of any industrial plant or enterprise located within or without the corporate City limits, before discharging any water used in industrial processes, any industrial waste or liquid or other matter, in any manner, directly or indirectly, into the wastewater system of the City, whether located within or without the corporate limits thereof, shall apply to the Director of Public [Works] Utilities for a permit to do so and shall furnish to the Director such information in such manner and form as the Director may require relative thereto. The Director shall grant the permit when satisfied that the water, industrial waste or liquid or other matter will not injure or is not likely to injure the wastewater system; will not overcharge or is not likely to overcharge the wastewater system; and will not be detrimental or is not likely to become detrimental to navigation or public health, safety or welfare.
(b) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Director of Public [Works] Utilities to issue the permit referred to in this section shall have the right of appeal to the City Council from the decision of the Director.
§ 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.
DATE: EDITION:|910|
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Dr. Danny Avula, Mayor
THROUGH: Odie Donald II, Chief Administrative Officer
THROUGH: Al Wiggins, Jr., Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Scott Morris, Director, Department of Public Utilities
RE: T...
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