Notice of Public Hearing

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing on the following proposed Ordinance as amended in Committee will be held before the City Council on Monday, August 26, 2013 at 7 p.m., Council Chamber, , 869 Park Avenue Cranston, R.I. pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Charter.

A complete copy of the proposed Ordinance is available for public review at the City Clerk’s Office and the Cranston Central Library and on the City’s website cranstonri.com under calendar by clicking on the meeting date, then docket

“Individuals requesting interpreter services for the hearing impaired must notify the City Clerk’s Office at 461-1000 ext. 3197 seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the hearing date.”

John E. Lanni, Jr., Council President Maria Medeiros Wall, JD, City Clerk

PROPOSED ORDINANCE 5-13-4 IN AMENDMENT OF TITLE 13, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON, 2005, ENTITLED “PUBLIC SERVICES ”

(Sewer Connection Permits)

*As Amended in Public Works Committee August 5, 2013

It is ordained by the City Council of the City of Cranston as follows:

Section 1. Title 13, Chapter 08, entitled “Sewer System Connection Permits” is hereby amended to read as follows:

13.08.100 - Sewer system connection permits.

No sanitary connection of private property or public property with the public sewer system shall be made until the owner of the land, or his or her duly authorized agent, has submitted an application in writing to the city for permission to make the same, and has been granted such permission.

A. There shall be two classes of building sewer permits:

1. For residential and commercial service; and

2. For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.

In either case, the owner or his or her agent shall submit an application on a form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgement of the city or its duly authorized representative. A permit and inspection fee shall be paid according to current fee schedules and cost estimate format established by the city.

B. Upon approval of the application by the city *[Council] the Public works Director ,[ the city] shall authorize the building inspector to issue a permit for such installation to a duly licensed plumber or drain layer.

1. *Each and every month the Public Works Director shall submit a list of names and addresses or all approved connections within the City of Cranston. This list shall be for notification/informational purposes only (not to ratify or reject).

C. Permits (or separate contracts) issued to establishments producing industrial wastes will include, as a minimum, effluent limits, including local and applicable EPA categorical standards as they are promulgated, compliance schedules, monitoring schedules, and general conditions. Industrial user permits may contain other conditions as the city deems necessary or desirable, including, but not limited to, best management practices. The permit conditions are specifically and independently enforceable regardless of whether they are expressly required or set out in this chapter.

D. All industrial users shall comply with any and all applicable pretreatment standards and requirements, including but not limited to EPA Categorical Pretreatment Standards [Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471], National Prohibited Discharges (general and specific) [Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 403.5(a) and (b)] and all requirements of the Federal EPA General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution [Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 403].

E. A sewer system connection fee shall be paid upon application for a building permit to erect structures which will connect directly or indirectly to the public sewer system.

For purpose of the sewer system connection fee, the city is divided into the westerly sewer system impact area and the easterly sewer system impact area. The westerly sewer system impact area is the portion of the city that is located west of Interstate Route 295. The easterly sewer system impact area is that portion of the city that is located east of Interstate Route 295.

* (existing chart added)

The westerly sewer system impact area

sewer system connection fees are as follows:

Single-family dwelling $3,000.00

Multi-family dwelling or apartment house or

condominium complex $750.00 per bedroom and/or den

Rest home or hospital $750.00/bed

Hotels, motels, motor inns and dormitories $750/room plus per square foot

charge for other floor space

Commercial, industrial or restaurant facility

1 to 10,000 gross square feet $0.75/S.F.

10,001 to 20,000 gross square feet $0.50/S.F.

20,001 and over gross square feet $0.25 S.F.

Minimum fee $3,000.00

The easterly sewer system impact area sewer system

connection fees are as follows:

Single-family dwelling $1,200.00

Multi-family dwelling or apartment house or

condominium complex $300.00 per bedroom and or den

Rest home or hospital $300.00/bed

Hotels, motels, motor inns and dormitories $300 Room plus per square foot

charge for other floor space

Commercial, industrial or restaurant facility

1 to 10,000 gross square feet $0.30/S.F.

10,001 to 20,000 gross square feet $0.20/S.F.

20,001 and over gross square feet $0.10/S.F.

Minimum fee $1,200.00

*An additional sewer connection fee shall be paid on any future additions or expansions to facilities in the above-mentioned categories. The additional fee shall be based on the above schedule in the appropriate category.

*F.Areas exempt from this chapter are as follows:

1. Public buildings;

2. Areas zoned M-1 or M-2 prior to January 1, 1983, located west of Route I-295, south of Plainfield Pike and north of Scituate Avenue.

G. *Any and all out of City connections (users located outside of Cranston) shall be approved by the Public Works Committee and then by the full City Council prior to any connection to the system. An out of city applicant seeking a connection to the Cranston Wastewater System shall not rely on the payment of engineering fees, costs, or studies spent in furtherance of a proposed connection, to Cranston or its agents as tacit approval for anything prior to receiving full City Council Approval.

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect on *final adoption.

Sponsored by: Councilman Aceto

8/8/13