Title 20, utilities, Division 2, sanitary sewers and industrial
waste of the Los Angeles County Code, as adopted, amended and in effect
on July 7, 2006, is hereby adopted as the sanitary sewer and industrial
waste ordinance for the city of Lawndale. Three copies of said sanitary
sewer and industrial waste ordinance are on file in the office of
the city clerk.
(Prior code § 20-43; Ord. 790-95 § 1; Ord.
913-02 § 45; Ord. 1010-08 § 7)
Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in Los
Angeles County Code Title 20, Division 2, adopted by reference in
this chapter, each such name or term shall be deemed and construed
to have the meaning ascribed to it in this section as follows:
means the city council.
means the city engineer.
means the city health officer.
means the city of Lawndale, except in such instances where
the county of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances.
means the county sewer maintenance district, except in the
instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has
been withdrawn from a county sewer maintenance district. In any such
instance, "county sewer maintenance district" means the city of Lawndale.
means an ordinance of the city of Lawndale, except in such
instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county
of Los Angeles.
means all sanitary sewers and appurtenances thereto lying
within streets or easements dedicated to the city, which are under
the sole jurisdiction of the city.
means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other
than the city of Lawndale.
(Prior code § 20-44; Ord. 913-02 § 46)
The following described sections of the Los Angeles County sanitary
sewer and industrial waste ordinance, adopted by this chapter as the
sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance, are amended or repealed
as follows:
A.
Section
20.28.050 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is
amended to read as follows:
The City Engineer may recommend that the Council approve an
agreement to reimburse or agree to reimburse a subdivided, school
district, an improvement district formed under special assessment
procedures, or persons for the cost of constructing sanitary sewers
for public use where such sewers can or will be used by areas outside
of the proposed development; and to establish a reimbursement district
and collection rates as described in the agreement under the provisions
of this ordinance.
B.
Section
20.32.150 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is
amended to read as follows:
In the event the City Engineer determines that the property
described in the application for a permit is included within a sewer
reimbursement district, which has been formed by the City Council
in accordance with Section 20.28.050, the charge for connecting to
the public sewer shall be set forth in the agreement.
C.
Section
20.32.280 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is
amended by adding the following paragraph:
All monies collected under this Section for sewer maintenance
are to be submitted directly to the County Sewer Maintenance District
for inclusion in the Maintenance District's Funds.
D.
Section
20.32.290 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is
hereby deleted.
E.
Section
20.32.300 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is
amended to read as follows:
Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance all money received
under Section 20.32.200 shall be deposited with the County Treasurer
and credited to the Special Sewer Maintenance Fund.
F.
Section
20.32.690 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is
amended by adding the following paragraph:
In the event the damaged public sewer is not in a Sewer Maintenance
District, the violator shall reimburse the City within 30 days after
the City Engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount
when paid shall be deposited in the City Treasury.
(Prior code § 20-45; Ord. 790-95 § 2)
The fees for the issuance of industrial waste disposal permits
shall be the same as those established by the county of Los Angeles
in Title 20, utilities, Division 2, sanitary sewer and industrial
waste ordinance, Sections 20.36.230, 20.36.240, 20.36.245, 20.36.250,
20.36.260, 20.36.265, 20.36.270, 20.36.280, 20.36.290, 20.36.295 of
the Los Angeles County Code and any subsequent amendments or modifications
thereto. In addition, the city engineer shall collect a surcharge
of twenty percent of all fees collected to defray the city's administrative
and engineering costs.
(Ord. 790-95 § 3)
