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The purpose of this Division is to protect the public health,
safety and welfare by regulating the use, construction, alteration
and repair of public sanitary sewer facilities within the City.
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No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, or alter any building
or structure in the City, or cause the same to be done, without first
having complied with the provisions of this chapter.
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(a)
All plumbing which receives waste discharge from any building, structure
or place of business shall be connected to a public sanitary sewer
in compliance with all requirements of this chapter.
(b)
No plumbing receiving waste discharge from any building, structure
or place of business shall be connected to a private disposal system,
such as a septic system, except as permitted in this chapter.
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(a)
The City Manager may grant a conditional waiver of the requirement to connect to a public sanitary sewer required by § 6-7.223.
(b)
A conditional waiver granted pursuant to this section shall be available
only when all of the following conditions exist:
(c)
A conditional waiver granted pursuant to this section shall be automatically
revoked if any of the conditions above are unmet or if, in the sole
discretion of the City Manager, revocation is necessary for the immediate
protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
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A person must obtain a written permit from the City Manager
and pay all fees, bonds and deposits as required by resolution before
making, maintaining, or causing to be made or maintained any connection
with any public sanitary sewer.
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(a)
No person shall make, maintain or cause to be made or maintained
any connection or discharge to the public sanitary sewer, except as
permitted by this chapter.
(b)
No person shall make, maintain, or cause to be made or maintained
at any time or in any manner any connection from a satellite sewer
to any public sanitary sewer, except as permitted by this chapter.
(c)
No person shall at any time make any connection of any source of
storm runoff, groundwater, or source of uncontaminated water directly
or indirectly to any public sanitary sewer or private sewer lateral,
except as permitted by this chapter.
(d)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged by any means
any storm water, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water, or process waters to any public sanitary
sewer, except as permitted by this chapter.
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The City Manager, before issuing a permit required by § 6-7.225, shall require a written application to be made and filed. A completed application must set forth the name, residence or business address of the person making such application and, in detail, the location, description, work to be done or facilities to be used, the legal owner of the property to be served, information sufficient to determine capacity, as set forth in this article, and any other information the City Manager deems necessary to determine whether the proposed work or use complies with the provisions of this Code, and local, State, and Federal law and regulations.
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The City Manager shall determine the capacity necessary in the
public sanitary sewer to provide for the proper collection of sewage
in the City. In the event a lot in the City is to undergo development
or redevelopment and the anticipated sewage from the proposed use
is found by the City Manager to exceed the capacity available in the
public sewer, the building permit for such development or redevelopment
shall not be issued until such time as the capacity in the public
sanitary sewer is available or unless it can be made available before
the building is occupied.
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(a)
The size and grade of each public sewer shall be such as to provide
at all times sufficient capacity for peak flow rates of discharge.
In order to establish estimates of sanitary sewage at peak flow, a
permit applicant shall submit building plans and such other information
as the City Manager may require.
(b)
The peak flows for the various occupancies are established in the
following table and shall be used as the basis for computing the discharge
rates to the public sanitary sewer:
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Occupancy
|
Peak Daily Flow
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|---|---|
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Apartments and single residences
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600 gal/dwelling unit
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Assembly areas
|
15 gal/person
|
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Auditoriums
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15 gal/seat
|
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Bars and cocktail lounges
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60 gal/seat
|
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Hotels
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360 gal/room
|
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Churches
|
600 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
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Laundries, automatic (public)
|
225 gal/machine
|
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Industries, light (no water processes)
|
600 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
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Medical offices
|
900 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
|
Hospitals
|
1,500 gal/bed
|
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Offices
|
600 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
|
Storage garages and warehouses
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75 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
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Restaurants
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150 gal/seat
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Stores, commercial and display
|
300 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
|
Stands for the sale of lunches, ice cream, beverages, and similar
items
|
900 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
|
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Schools:
| |
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Elementary
|
27 gal/capita
|
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Other
|
75 gal/capita
|
(c)
All other occupancies shall be classified by the occupancy most nearly
resembled as determined by the City Manager or computed by the City
Manager in accordance with the anticipated use.
(d)
The daily flow to the sanitary sewer for a building containing mixed
occupancies shall be determined by adding the peak flow characteristics
of the various occupancies as set forth in the above table.
(e)
If the daily flow from a room or building in use prior to July 1,
1979 is to undergo structural innovations, and such innovations shall
not increase the peak flow as it existed from the lot immediately
prior to July 1, 1979, to the sanitary sewer, the owner shall submit
to the City Manager an affidavit or statement pursuant to the provisions
of § 2015.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State,
in duplicate, verifying the actual occupancy load prior to July 1,
1979.
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Before any sewer connection permit shall be issued, the applicant
shall pay to the City a sewer connection fee in accordance with a
schedule of fees adopted by resolution of the City Council. The applicant
shall be solely responsible for the cost of all labor and materials
required for the excavations, sewer connections, backfilling, paving,
clean-up, and miscellaneous other work required. No connection to
the public sewer shall be made until after the fees have been paid
and all permits have been issued.
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The City may revoke any permit issued under this article for
and may disconnect from the public sewer any connection which is constructed
or connected without the proper permit, or which is used in violation
of this Code or any applicable law, regulation, order, or permit.
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The owner or operator of any private sewer system located within
the City must obtain a permit pursuant to this article and comply
with any operational requirements imposed by the City before connecting
to or discharging to the public sanitary sewer system at any point.
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(a)
No dwelling unit or property located outside the corporate boundaries
of the City shall receive public sewer services unless the City Council
determines the connection to be (a) necessary or beneficial for the
advancement and protection of the public health, safety or general
welfare of the City and its residents, and (b) consistent with applicable
policies of the general plan.
(b)
If the City Council makes the findings required in subsection (a) of this section, a dwelling unit or property located outside the corporate boundaries of the City may receive public sewer services only after the owner or owner's authorized agent of such property enters into a written agreement which includes at least the following provisions:
(1)
The connection shall be at the sole expense of the applicant;
(2)
Installation of all sewer mains, private lateral connections
and appurtenances must be completed by a licensed sewer contractor
approved by the City, in accordance with City specifications, and
to the satisfaction of the City Manager.
(3)
The property owner, assigns, and successors in interest shall
pay any applicable monthly fee or charge;
(4)
The agreement may be terminated and the terms constituting default;
(5)
The agreement shall be recorded and shall run with the land
and be binding on all successors in interest of the contracting party;
(6)
In the event the property is proposed for annexation to the
City under proceedings initiated by property owner petition or otherwise,
the contracting party expressly waives any right of protest to such
annexation, except that such party shall have the right to be heard
in any hearing in which zoning of the subject property is considered;
and
(7)
After annexation of the property, the contracting owner or successor
in interest shall pay the annexation fees regardless of whether the
annexation is initiated by property owner petition or otherwise.
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(a)
The City may prohibit the discharge to the public sanitary sewer
of any substance that may interfere with or pass through the City's
pretreatment operations.
(b)
The City may require a permit, BMPs, monitoring, record-keeping,
or other control mechanisms necessary to provide adequate pretreatment
of sewage.
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(a)
Whenever necessary to make an inspection, perform testing, maintenance
or repairs, or whenever the City Manager has cause to believe that
there exists, or potentially exists, in or on any premises any condition
which constitutes a violation of this chapter, the City Manager may
enter such premises at all reasonable times to inspect, test, maintain,
or repair, as needed.
(b)
In the event the owner or occupant refuses entry after a request
to enter and inspect has been made, the City is hereby empowered to
seek assistance from any court of competent jurisdiction in obtaining
such entry.
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(a)
Violation. No person shall violate any provision or fail to comply
with any of the requirements of this Division. Any violation or failure
to comply with the requirements of this Division shall be a violation
of this Code.
(b)
Enforcement. The City may enforce any violation of the requirements
of this Division in accordance with Article 5 of this chapter.
