BYLAW - Regulate the Use of Public and Private Sewers and Drains and Disposal - 19570716 - 132657•
BY-LAW' Nl.lMBER 1;326
OF THE MUNICIPAL GOli.POMTION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA.
.. A BY-LAW TO REGULATE THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS,
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL, THE INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION OF BUILDING
SEWERS, AND THE DISCHARGE. OF WATERS .AND WASTES INTO TI-lZ PUBLIC SEWER
SYSTEU(S); AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; IN THE TOWN
OF AURORA, COUNTY OF YORK, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
Be it enacted by the Council of the Town of Aurora, Province of Ontario,
as follows: -
\ ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS ----
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of
terms used in the by-law shall be as follows: -
SECTION 101 -11 Sewarc;e Works 11 shall mean all facilities for collecting,
pumiJTng, treating and disposing of sewage;
SECTION 102 -"Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent of the
Town of Aurora, or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative,
SECTION 103 -"Sewage" shall mean a combination of the water-carried
wasfesfrom residences. business buildings' institutions' and industrial
establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as
may be present,
SECTION 104 -"Sewer" shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage,
SECTION 105 -"Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer in which all owners of'
abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public
authority.
SECTION 106 -"Combined Sewer" shall mean a sewer receiving both
surfac·e ruhof'f' and sewage.
SECTION 107 -"Sanitary Sewer" shall mean a sewer which carries sewage
aha to which storm,surf'ace, and ground waters are not intentionally
admitted.
SECTION lOG -"Storm Sewer" of' "Storm Drain" shall mean a sewer which
carrres stOrm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and
polluted industrial wastes,
SECTION 109 -"Sewage Treatment Plant" shall mean any arrangement of'
devi~and structures used for treating sewage,
SECTION 110 -"Industrial Wastes 11 shall mean the liquid wastes from
industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
SECTION 111 -"Garbap;e 11 shall mean solid wastes from the preparation,
coOEihg and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of' producs,
SECTION 112 -"Properly Shredded Garbage" shall mean the wastes from
'ffi€t preparation, cooking, and dispensing of' food that have been shredded
to such degree that all particles will be carried freely Under the f'l.c:>w ·
conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with -no particle
greater than 1/2 inch in any direction. · ..
J SECTION 113 -"Building Drain" shall mean that part of the lowest
fiorf"z"ontar-piping of' a drainage system which receives the discharge
from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of' the
building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 5 feet outside '
the inner face of' the building wall.
SECTION 114 -"Building Sewer" shall me9.n the extension from the
building drain to the public sewer or other place of' disposal.
SECTION 115 -nB,O.D." (denoting Biochemical Oxygel[l Demand) shall mean
'ffie~Ciuant:l, ty of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of'
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organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20°C.,
expressed in parts per million by w0ight.
SECTION 116 -11 pH 11 shall mean the· logarithm of the reciprocal of the
wei ::htoftiydror;en ions in grams per litre of solution;
SJ£CTION 117 -11 Suspende d Solids 11 shall mean solids that ei thor float
<i'i'lthe surface of, or are in suspension in water, s.owage, or other
liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
SECTION 118 -''Natural Outlet 11 shall mean any outlet into a watercourse,
porid-;-cii:.tch, lake or other body of surface or ground water,
S.J;CTIOl/119 -"Watercourse'' shall mean a channel in which a flow of
water ·-ocei:i"rs, either continuously or intermittently.
SEC'riol1 120 -"Person" shall moan any individual, firm, company,
asso-ciation, society, corporation, or ?,roup.
SECTION 121 "Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive,
SsCTION 122 -"Health Officer'' shall mean the !f!edical Officer of
Heafth-,-orthe York County Health Unit or his authorized Deputy,
agent, or representative.
SECTION 123 -"Plumbing Inspector" shall mean the plumbing inspector
of -the-York County Health Unit.
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ARTICLE II
USE OF ~~~I c__~EWE~S REJU!RED
SECTION 201 -It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or
permft-'to be deposited in an insanitary manner upon public or private
property within the Town of Aurora, or in any area under the juris-
diction of said Town, any human or animal excrement, r,arbage, or other
objectionable waste.
SECTION 202 -It shall be unlawful to discharge to any nettural outlet
w~ tE:G.1 the Town of Aurora, or in any area under the jurisdiction of
said Town, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, or any polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance
with subsequent provisions of this by-law.
SECTION 203 -Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to
construct or maintain any privy, privy vs.ult, septic tank, cesspool,
or other facility intended or used for the dispoal of sewage.
SECTION 204 -The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used
for human occupancy, er~loyment, recreation, or other purpose,
situated within the Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-
of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located
a public sanitary or combined sewer of the Town, is hereby required
at his expense to install sultable toilet facilities therein, and to
connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in
accordance with the provisions of this by-law, within ninety (90)
days after date of offical notice to do so, provided that s;.'id public
sewer is within one hundred (100) feet of tho property line.
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ARTICLE III
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SECTION 301 -·Nhere a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available
under tEe provisions of Section 204, the building sewer shall be
connected to a private sewage disposal system complyinc: with the
requirements of the York dounty Health Office,
SECTION 302 -At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a
property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in
Section 204, a direct connection shall bo made to the public sewer in
compliance with this by-law, and. any septic tanks, cesspools, and
similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and
filled with suitable material.
SECTION 303 -The owner shail operate and maintain the privette sewage
dispos0:1 facilities in a. sanitary manner at all times, at no expense
to the Town.
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ARTl:CLE IV
BUILJ?ING _SE:~'fl_~_:I\,_~1J2_ CONNEC.J.I ONS
SECTION 401 -No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any
connections with or openin~ into, use, aiter, or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof.
SE:CTl:ON 402 ... All excav(lj;iqns for building Sewer installation shall
~adequately guarded wi th,barriMdes and lir.,hts so as to protect
the public fro:n hazard; Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other
public property disturbed in tl:)e course of the work shall be restored
in a c-nanner satisfactory to tl:)e Town~
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ARTICLE V
USE OF'f:HE PUBLIC SEWERS
SECTION 501 -No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any
storm water; surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water~ to any
sanitary sewer. ·
SECTION 502 -Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be
discharo;ed to such sewers as are specifically desirmated as combined
sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the
Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters
may be discharged, upon approval of the Superintendent, to a storm
sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet;
SECTION 503 -Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge
'O"F""""caus·e to be discharged any of the following described wut·ers or
wastes to any public sewer:
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
(b) Any water or WfiSte which may contain more than 100
per million, by weight, of fat, oil, or grease.
(c) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or
exPlosive liquid, solid or gas.
(d) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
(e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the
flow in sewe~ or other interference with the proper operation of the
sewage works.
(f) Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5,5 or higher than
9,0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing de.mage
or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works •
(g) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance
in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treat-
ment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatrrent plant.
·(h) Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of such
character and quantity that unusu!ll attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(i) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance c1pable of creating
a public nuisance,
SECTION 504 -Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for
the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand, and other harmful ingredients;
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
·quarters or dwelling units, All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Superintendent, and shall be located as to
be readily and easily accessible for cleEming and insp.Jction,
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious
materials capable of standing abrupt and extreme changes in tempera-
ture. They shall be of substantlal constr>uction.,. watertight, and
·equipped with easily removable covers which when bo~~d in. place shall
be gastight and watertight,
SECTION 505 -Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times,
SECTION 506 -The admission into the public sewers of illlY waters or
wastes having (a) a 5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand greater than
300 parts per million by weight, or (b) containing more than 350
parts per million by weight of suspended Solids, or (c) containing
any quantity of substances having the characteristics described i,n
Section 503, or (d) having an average daily flow greater than 2% of
the avor0ge daily sewage flow of the Town, shall be subject to the
review and· approval of the Superintendent. Vfuere necessary in the
opinion of the Superintendent, the owner shall provide, at his expense,
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such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to: (a) reduce tho
Biochemical Oxygen Demand to 300 parts per million and the suspended
solids to 350 parts per million by weic::ht, or (b) reduce objection-
able characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits
provided for in Section 503, or (c) control the quantities and rates
of discharge of such waters or wastes, Plans, specifications, and
any other pertinent information related to proposed preliminary
treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the
Superintendent and no construction of such facilities shall be com-
menced until said approvals are obtained in writing,
·· · · SECTION 507 -Where preliminary treatment it§l.cili ties are provided for
any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation, by the owner at his expense,
SECTION 508 -When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any
property served by a building seWer carrying industrial wastes shall
install a suitable control manhole in the building Sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole,
when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be
constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent,
The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense, and shall
be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times,
SECTION 509 -All measurements, tests, <~nd analyses of the character-
istics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in Sections
503 and 506 shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Sewage", and shall be determined at
the control manhole provided for in Section 508, or upon suitable
samples t::tken at said control manhole, In the event that no special
manhole has been required, the control m:1nhole shall be considered
to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point
at which the building sewer is connected,
SECTION 510 -No statement cont·ained in this article shall be con-
strued as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the
Town and any industrio.l concern whereby an ·industrio.l wo.ste of un-
usual strength or cl~racter may be accepted by the Town for treatment,
subject to po.yment therefor by the industrial concern,
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ARTICLE VI
PROTJCTIO'N FROM DAMAGE
SECTION 601 -No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully,
or.negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with
any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of' the
municipal sewage works, Any person violating this provision shall
be subject to immediate arrest under charge of' disorderly conduct,
ARTICLE VII
PO'NERS AND AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS
SECTION 701 -The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees
of' ti:te ·-Town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be
permitted to enter upon all properties f'or the purposes of inspection,
obs erv o.tion, measurement, sampling, and testing, in accordance with
the provisions of' this by-law,
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ARTICLE VIII
PENALTIES-
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SECTION 801 -Any person found to be viol2ting any provision of this
by-law except Section 601 shall be served by the Town with written
notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable
time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof, The offender
shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently
cease all viol~tions.
SECTION 802 -Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the
time-limit provided for in Section 801 shall be quilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount
not exceeding Two Hundred (;{>200,00) Dollars for each violation, Each
day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a
separe.te offense.
SECTION 803 -Any person violating any of the provisions of this
by-law shall become liable to the Town for any expense, loss, or
damage occasioned the Town by reason of such violation,
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ARTICLE IX
ml.QITY
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SECTION 901 -All by-laws or parts of by-laws in conflict herewith
are nereby repealed.
SECTION 902 -The invalidity of any sect1on, clause, sentonce, or
provis1on of this by-law shall not affect the validity of J.ny other
part of this by-law which can be given effect without such invalid
part or parts.
READ a first and second time this
1957.
READ a third time and finally passed this
1957
day of
Clerk
II: 15" day of
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INDUSTRIAL SEWER CONNECTION APPLICATION
To the Town of Aurora, Ontario:
The undersigned being the ••.•..•.••.•.•....•••••..••• of the property
(Owner, Lessee, Tencnt, etc,)
located at • c 0 .... 0 .................... 0 .... 0 ••...... ••.•• .... 0 .................. 0 .. 00 ..... .
does heroby request a pernit to an industrial sewer
(Install, Use)
connection serving the ooooooooo~ooo<>oooooooooooooo'
(Name of Company)
which company
is engaged in
at said location.
1. A plat of the property showing accurately all sewers and drains now
existing is attached hereunto as Ex...':tibit iiAn.
2. Plans and specifications covering any work proposed to be performed
under this permit is attached hereunto as Exhibit ;'B".
3. A co1nplete schedule of all process waters and industrial wastes
produced or expected to be produced at said property, including a
description of the chctracter of each waste, the daily volur,1e and
maximum rates of discharr;;e, and representative analyses, is attached
hereunto as Exhibit "C;'·
4. The name and address of the person or firm who will perform the work
covered by this perrnit is .............................................. ., ..... .
In consideration of the e:ranting of this permit the undersigned agrees:
1. To furnish any additional inforrnc1tion relating to the installation
or use of the industrial sewer for which this pGrmit is sought as nay
be requested by the Superintendent,
2. To accept and abide by all provisions of By-Law No. of the
Town of Aurora, Ontario, and of all other pertinent by-laws or
regulations that may be adopted in the future,
3. To operate and maintain any waste pretreatment facilities, as may ,be
required as a condition of the acceptance into the public sewer of the
industrial wastes involved, in an efficient manner e.t all times, and at
no expense to the Town.
4. To co-operate at all times with the Superintendent and his repre-
sentatives in their inspecting, sampling, and study of the i'J.dustrial
wastes, and any fflcili ties provided for pretreatment.
5, To notify the Superintendent immediately in the event of any
accident, negligence, or other occurrence that occasions discharge to
the public sewers of any wastes or process waters not covered by this
permit,
Date .......... , ............... . Signed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D <> 0 0 0 G 0 0 0 0 0. I>. 0 .-••
(Applicant)
•••••coo < n oooooo•oooo••••••
(Address of Applicant)
inspection fee paid.
Application a;,prov ed and perrJi t granted:
_Date: ••o••••••••• ............... . Signed: . ...................................... .
(Superintendent)