1994 ORDINANCE NO. 1994
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
REQUIRING A COMPLIANCE PERMIT FOR ANY NON-
RESIDENTIAL USE SERVED BY AN ON-SITE SEPTIC
SYSTEM, REQUIRING SAID PERMIT FOR ANY NON-
RESIDENTIAL USE PRIOR TO A CHANGE IN USE OR
INTENSITY, SETTING FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR
APPLICATIONS, FOR PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF
SUCH PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR VIOLATIONS,
PENALTIES, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the deposit of toxic and chemical waste into
septic systems poses a significant threat to the quality of
ground water resources; and
WHEREAS, the greatest danger of ground water
contamination through septic systems is in non-residential areas
where the permitted uses of land are most likely to involve the
production of toxic and chemical wastes; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission deems it to be in the best
interests of the public health and safety to monitor the non-
residential uses of lands in zoning districts, when the
wastewater disposal from such uses is through septic systems, so
as to ensure compliance with all applicable sewage and wastewater
disposal of the State of Florida, Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission
of the City of Sanford, Florida, as follows:
SECTION I. TITLE:
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the
City of Sanford Non-Residential on-site Sewage Compliance Permit
Ordinance.
SECTION II. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS:
A. The owner or operator of every non-residential land
use in the City of Sanford for which wastewater and sewage
disposal requirements are met through the use of an on-site
septic system shall, prior to engaging in the conduct of such
non-residential land use, obtain from the City of Sanford, a
compliance permit pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance.
B. The owner or operator of every non-residential land
use in the City of Sanford for which wastewater and sewage
disposal requirements are met through the use of an on-site
septic system shall, prior to changing location or the nature,
character or isntensity of such non-residential land use and
prior to adding any new use or operation to such non-residential
land use, obtain from the City of Sanford a compliance permit
purusant to the provisions of this Ordinance.
C. Obtaining a compliance permit from the City of
Sanford shall not relieve an owner or operator from any Federal,
State or local requirements, nor serve was a waiver of any
requirements contained in other ordinances.
SECTION III. PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
A. An application for a compliance permit required by
this Ordinance shall be made to the City Manager or his designee,
who shall administer the requirements hereof. Such application
shall be in a form approved by the Environmental Health
Department, Seminole County, which shall include at a minimum:
the name of the non-residential land user, the name of the owner
or operator of the non-residential land use, the location at
which the non-residential land use is operated and a specific
identification of each activity, use, operation, service and
manufacturing or process product involved in the conduct of such
non-residential land use. The application must be signed and
sworn to by the owner or operator of the non-residential land use
and must be notarized.
B. The application will be prepared in a form that
will permit approval by the City Manager or his designee, when
all responses to questions are such that no questionable or
objectionable use is indicated. In the event that any
questionable or objectionable use is indicated, the City Manager
or designee, shall forward application to the Environmental
Health Department, Seminole County for review and certification.
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Upon receipt from the Environmental Health Department of a
certification that the non-residential land use has been reviewed
or inspected and that the use of the on-site septic systems by
the non-residential land use for wastewater and sewage disposal
is in compliance with all regulations of the State of Florida of
Health and Rehabilitative Services, the City Manager or designee
shall issue the Wastewater and Sewage Disposal Compliance Permit.
SECTION IV. VIOLATIONS:
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the
conduct of any non-residential land use prior to obtaining the
compliance permit required by this Ordinance. Compliance permits
are not required for existing non-residential land uses unless
there is a change of ownership of property or of the business,
and/or a change in use or intensity.
SECTION V. PENALTY:
Violations of this Ordinance upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00, or imprisonment not to
exceed 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION VI. OTHER REMEDIES:
In addition to the penalties provided in Section VI
above, the City Commission is hereby authorized to institute any
appropriate action or proceeding, include suit for injunotive
relief, in order to prevent or abate violations of this
Ordinance.
SECTION VII. SEVERABILITY:
Should any section, clause or provision of this
Ordinance or any rules promulgated thereunder be declared
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall
not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole nor any part
thereof rather than the part so declared to be unconstitutional
or invalid.
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SECTION VIII. EFFECTIVE DATE:
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
final passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of JanuarV ,
A.D. 1989
ATTEST:
~ltyCC~n of the City
of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tam, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1994, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 9th day of
January, 1989, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in
the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 10th day of January, 1989.
Cityhof Sanford, F~orida
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