This Article shall apply to all new buildings, substantially altered buildings and changes in building occupancies after October 25, 1968.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made a connection to a public sewer without first obtaining a sewer connection permit from the Public Works Director and paying the established fees as prescribed in this Article for such connection.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
The Public Works Director shall enforce and administer all the provisions of this Article.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
The size and grade of each public sewer must be such as to provide at all times sufficient capacity for peak flow rates of discharge. The Public Works Director shall determine what capacity is necessary in each public 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 Public Works Director 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 capacity in the public sewer is available or can be made available before the building is occupied.
The following table is established as a basis for computing average daily flow to the sanitary sewer:
Occupancy | Average Daily Flow | |
|---|---|---|
(1) | Apartment | 200 gallons per dwelling unit. |
(2) | Assembly Areas | 5 gallons for each 7 square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy. |
(3) | Auditorium | 5 gallons for each 7 square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy. |
(4) | Bars and Cocktail Lounges | 20 gallons for each 15 square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy. |
(5) | Churches | 200 gallons per day per 1000 square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy. |
(6) | Hospitals | 500 gallons per bed. |
(7) | Hotels | 200 gallons per room or apartment unit. |
(8) | Industry, Light (No Water processes) | 600 Gallons per 1000 square feet of floor area. |
(9) | Laundry, Automatic (Public) | 75 gallons per machine. |
(10) | Medical Office | 300 gallons per 1000 square feet of floor area. |
(11) | Motels | 200 gallons per unit. |
(12) | Office | 200 gallons per 1000 square feet of floor area. |
(13) | Restaurant | 50 gallons for each 15 square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy. |
(14) | Schools | |
(a) Elementary | 9 gallons per capita. | |
(b) Others | 25 gallons per capita. | |
(15) | Stand, for sale of lunches, ice cream, beverages & similar items. | 300 gallons per 1000 square feet of floor area. |
(16) | Storage Garages and Whses. | 25 gallons per 1000 square feet of floor area. |
(17) | Stores, Comm. & Display | 100 gallons per 1000 square feet of floor area. |
All others shall be classified by the occupancy it most nearly resembles as determined by the Public Works Director or computed by him or her in accordance with the anticipated use.
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.
The daily flow from a room or building which is used for different occupancies at different times shall be determined by the occupancy which gives the largest peak flow.
In the event that an area of occupancy, in use prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Article, is to undergo structural innovations and such innovations shall not increase the peak flow as it existed from the lot immediately prior to such date to the sanitary sewer, the owner shall submit to the Public Works Director an affidavit or statement pursuant to Section 2015.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in duplicate, verifying the actual occupancy load prior to such date.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
In order to establish estimates of sanitary sewage at peak flow, the owner shall submit building plans and such other information as the Public Works Director may require on printed forms provided for the purpose.
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
Every application for a sewer connection shall be accompanied by the following connection fees:
(1)
For each single-family residence unit, each unit of multiple dwelling, each hotel room, and each motel unit or motel apartment, the sum of $280 per unit.
(2)
For each bar or cocktail lounge the sum of $28 for every fifteen square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy.
(3)
For each industrial unit where no water processes are directly involved in the industry, the sum of $840 for each one thousand square feet of floor area.
(4)
For each medical office of unit providing medical, dental or veterinarian services the sum of $420 for each one thousand square feet of floor area.
(5)
For each restaurant the sum of seventy ($70.00) for every fifteen square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy.
(6)
For each auditorium or assembly area the sum of $7 for every seven square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy.
(7)
For each hospital seven hundred ($700.00) per bed.
(8)
For each elementary school the sum of $12.60 per student; for all other schools the sum of $35 per student.
(9)
For each outdoor restaurant, lunch stand or lunch counter devoted to the sale of lunches, ice cream, beverages and similar items the sum of $420 for each one thousand square feet of floor area.
(10)
For each storage garage and warehouse $35 for each one thousand square feet of floor area.
(11)
For each store and shop devoted to commercial enterprises or display purposes the sum of $140 for each one thousand square feet of floor area.
(12)
For each public automatic laundry the sum of $105 per machine.
(13)
For each church the sum of $280 for every one thousand square feet of floor area usable for seating occupancy.
(14)
For each office not otherwise specifically enumerated, the sum of $280 for each one thousand square feet of floor area.
The applicant shall declare all information necessary to comply with the provisions of this Article and shall pay to the Public Works Director at the time of the issuance of a permit, a charge based on the peak flow created by the new construction equal to the sum of $46.60 per one hundred gallons per day of peak flow. No plumbing permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued until the charges levied by this Article have been paid. |
(Ord. 2348 7-31-79; Ord. 2502 7-11-85; Ord. 96-21 9-24-96)
The money collected under Section 10-91 shall be deposited with the City Treasurer and credited to the City Sewer Fund.
All revenues received in the City of Inglewood Sewer Fund, may be expended or transferred from the Sewer Fund only for the following purposes:
(1)
To accomplish any lawful purpose relating to sewer construction or improvement.
(2)
To accomplish any lawful purpose set forth in Section 5471 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.
(3)
To accomplish any other sewer purpose that the Council may lawfully authorize.
(4)
To pay engineering costs, mileage expense, overhead costs and construction costs necessarily incurred in the construction of relief sewers.
(6)
To repay with or without interest, funds advanced to the sewer fund from any other fund.
In the event any person shall have paid the applicable sewer charge based on the peak flow created by the new construction as provided herein and no portion of the new construction shall have been commenced and the permit for such construction shall have been cancelled or expired, said person shall be entitled to a refund in an amount equal to one hundred percent of the sewer charges paid by said person minus one percent of said charge; however, the amount retained shall be not less than $10 nor more than $100.
(1)
All properties hereafter developed or redeveloped shall be credited for sewer connection fees equal to that which would be charged for the property were it developed in R-1 single-family zoning.
(2)
All commercial and industrial uses established after the effective date of this ordinance shall be credited with a sewer connection fee equal to that of the immediate prior use of the building or property as determined by the Planning and Building Department Director.
(3)
Interpretation of this Section shall not be construed to allow credit for both the R-1 development and the immediate prior use of the building or property.
(Ord. 2397 5-5-81; Ord. 08-05 4-22-08)