[§ 1, Ord. 1119-13, eff. July 4, 2013]
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.
[§ 1, Ord. 1119-13, eff. July 4, 2013]
(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:
(1) 
No connection to the public sanitary sewer is possible;
(2) 
A private sewage disposal system would be adequate and safe according to the sole discretion of the City Manager; and
(3) 
A private sewage disposal system would not adversely effect public health, safety or welfare.
(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.
[§ 1, Ord. 1119-13, eff. July 4, 2013]
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.
[§ 1, Ord. 1119-13, eff. July 4, 2013]
(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:
Occupancy
Peak Daily Flow
Apartments and single residences
600 gal/dwelling unit
Assembly areas
15 gal/person
Auditoriums
15 gal/seat
Bars and cocktail lounges
60 gal/seat
Hotels
360 gal/room
Churches
600 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
Laundries, automatic (public)
225 gal/machine
Industries, light (no water processes)
600 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
Medical offices
900 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
Hospitals
1,500 gal/bed
Offices
600 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
Storage garages and warehouses
75 gal/1,000 square feet of floor area
Restaurants
150 gal/seat
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
Schools:
Elementary
27 gal/capita
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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(a) 
All private sewer laterals shall comply with the City's required design and construction standards and shall meet the requirements of Article 3 of this chapter.
(b) 
Design and construction standards may include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) 
Minimum size of private sewer lateral pipe;
(2) 
Type of private sewer lateral pipe;
(3) 
Method of connecting wet tap;
(4) 
Installation of clean out;
(5) 
Minimum depth;
(6) 
Minimum slope;
(7) 
Installation of sump pump;
(8) 
Encroachment permits.
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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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(a) 
If connection is made to the public sewer prior to securing a permit required by § 6-7.225, and if the City determines in its sole discretion to permit the illicit connection, all applicable fees shall be in an amount that is twice the amount otherwise required.
(b) 
Nothing in this § 6-7.232 limits the City's enforcement options for illicit connections or requires the issuance of an after-the-fact permit for such connections.
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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.
[§ 1, Ord. 1119-13, eff. July 4, 2013]
(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.