In accordance with Chapter 13.08, no person shall construct, reconstruct, extend or connect to any public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the City and paying all fees and connection charges and furnishing bonds as required therein. The provision of this section requiring permits shall not be construed to apply to contractors constructing sewers and appurtenances under contracts awarded and entered into by the City.
(Ord. 82-12 § 32, 1982; Ord. 97-11 § 6, 1997)
The application for a permit for public sewer construction shall
be accompanied by complete plans, profiles and specifications, complying
with all applicable ordinances, rules and regulations of City, prepared
by a registered civil engineer showing all details of the proposed
work based on an accurate survey of the ground. The application, together
with the plans, profiles and specifications shall be examined by the
City Engineer who shall within 10 days approve them as filed or require
them to be modified as he or she deems necessary for proper installation.
After examination by the City Engineer, the application, plans,
profiles and specifications shall be submitted to the Council at its
next regular meeting for its consideration. When the Council is satisfied
that the proposed work is proper and the plans, profiles and specifications
are sufficient and correct, it shall order the issuance of a permit
predicated upon the payment of all connection charges, fees and furnishing
bonds as required by the City. The permit shall prescribe such terms
and conditions as the Council finds necessary in the public interest.
(Ord. 82-12 § 33, 1982)
The requirements of Sections 13.06.010 and 13.06.020 of this chapter shall be fully complied with before any final subdivision map shall be approved by the Council. The final subdivision map shall provide for the dedication for public use of streets, easements or rights-of-way in which public sewer lines are to be constructed. If a final subdivision map of a tract is recorded and the work of constructing sewers to serve the tract is not completed within the time limit allowed in the permit, the Council may extend the time limit or it may complete the work and take appropriate steps to enforce the provisions of the bond furnished by the subdivider.
(Ord. 82-12 § 34, 1982)
In the event that an easement is required for the extension
of the public sewer or the making of connections, the applicant shall
procure and have accepted by the Council a proper easement or grant
of right-of-way sufficient in law to allow the laying and maintenance
of such extension or connection.
(Ord. 82-12 § 35, 1982)
Only properly licensed contractors shall be authorized to perform
the work of public sewer construction within the City. All terms and
conditions of the permit issued by the City to the applicant shall
be binding on the contractor. The requirements of this section shall
apply to side sewers installed concurrently with public sewer construction.
(Ord. 82-12 § 36, 1982)
Grade and line stakes shall be set by a registered civil engineer
prior to the start of work on any public sewer construction. The contractor
shall be responsible for accurately transferring grades to grade bars
and sewer invert.
(Ord. 82-12 § 37, 1982)
Any person constructing a sewer within a street shall comply
with all State, County or City laws, ordinances, rules and regulations
pertaining to the cutting of pavement, opening, barricading, lighting
and protecting of trenches, backfilling and repaving thereof and shall
obtain all permits and pay all fees required by the department having
jurisdiction prior to the issuance of a permit by the City.
(Ord. 82-12 § 38, 1982)
The applicant shall maintain such barriers, lights and signs
as necessary to give warning to the public at all times that a sewer
is under construction and of each dangerous condition to be encountered
as a result thereof. He or she shall also likewise protect the public
in the use of the sidewalk against any such conditions in connection
with the construction of the sewer. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and
other property disturbed in the course of the work shall be reinstalled
in a manner satisfactory to the City and the County or any other person
having jurisdiction thereover.
(Ord. 82-12 § 39, 1982)
Minimum standards for the design and construction of sewers
within the City shall be in accordance with the Specifications for
Sewer Construction heretofore or hereafter adopted by City, copies
of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk. The City Engineer
may permit modifications or may require higher standards where unusual
conditions are encountered. No less than two sets of "as-built"
drawings showing the actual location of all mains, structures, wyes
and laterals shall be filed within the City before final acceptance
of the work.
(Ord. 82-12 § 40, 1982)
Before any acceptance of any sewer into the system, the sewer
line shall be tested and shall be complete in full compliance with
all requirements of the Specifications for Sewer Construction and
to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
(Ord. 82-12 § 41, 1982)
The extension of a public sewer in the manner provided in this
title to serve any parcel or parcels of land shall be done by and
at the expense of the owner or owners thereof, but the City reserves
the right to perform the work and bill such owner or owners for the
cost thereof, to perform the work itself or to perform the work pursuant
to special assessment proceedings. Such owner or owners and City may
enter into a reimbursement agreement whereby such owner or owners
may recover up to but not in excess of the portion of the cost of
the extension of the public sewer main which would have been payable
by the owners of other parcels of land which can be served by such
main sewer if such other owners had joined in the extension thereof.
Such reimbursement shall be from funds collected by the City, within
five years from the date of issuance of a permit for such extension,
from others who connect to the main sewer extension so installed and
paid for by such owner or owners. No interest shall be paid on any
amount reimbursable under such reimbursement agreement. Such sums
as are actually received by the City as charges shall be paid by the
City to the owner or owners originally installing the main sewer extension,
but the City shall in no way be obligated to be sure that the owner
or owners making such extension receive the total amount reimbursable
under such reimbursement agreement. Where more than one owner contributes
toward the cost of the main extension, such sums shall be refunded
to such owners pro rata according to the amount which they severally
contributed toward the cost of the extension. Any such agreement shall
be made and entered into prior to the issuing of a permit for the
work.
(Ord. 82-12 § 42, 1982; Ord. 97-11 § 6, 1997)
