No person shall commence, or do or cause to be done, or construct
or cause to be constructed, or use or cause to be used, or alter or
cause to be altered any public sewer, or main line sewer, or house
lateral or sewage pumping plant, or other similar appurtenance, in
the City without first obtaining a sewer permit from the City Engineer
to do so.
No permit shall be issued pursuant to this chapter if there
are moneys due and owing to the City from the applicant and required
to be paid pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674 adopted 10-27-81)
Any person requiring a sewer permit, shall make written application
to the City Engineer.
The City Engineer shall provide printed application forms for
the permits, indicating thereon the information to be furnished by
the applicant. He may require, in addition to the information furnished
by the printed form, any additional information from the applicant
which will enable the City Engineer to determine that the proposed
work or use complies with the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Any person requiring a permit to connect to a public sewer under
the jurisdiction of the City shall make a written application to the
City Engineer, giving a description of the lot or parcel to be served
by the connection and such other information as the City Engineer
may require, on printed forms furnished for such purpose. Any person
proposing to connect to a truck sewer under the jurisdiction of the
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts shall contact the Chief Engineer
of that agency for permit requirements.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
When, in the opinion of the City Engineer, it is necessary to
connect a house lateral to a public sewer at a point where no connection
facility has been provided, an application for a public sewer tap
shall be submitted, and a fee for tapping the public sewer shall be
paid by the applicant before the permit is issued for the construction
of the house lateral. All tapping of public sewers, except trunk sewers,
shall be performed by the Department of Public Works.
Exception: Tapping of the public sewers as required on sewer
plans approved by the City Engineer may be constructed by a licensed
contractor.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No person shall connect, or cause to be connected, any sewer
which has been, or may hereafter be, constructed in any way unless:
(a)
Such sewer has been laid under the supervision of, and to the satisfaction
of, the City Engineer and in accordance with all the provisions of
this chapter; and
(b)
If dedication of such way is required, such way has been dedicated
and the City Council has accepted such dedication.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No person shall connect, or cause to be connected, any cesspool,
seepage pit, or septic tank to any main line sewer or to any house
lateral leading thereto.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Before granting a permit for the construction of any main line
sewer or industrial connection sewer, with or without house laterals,
the City Engineer shall check and approve the plans therefor as to
their compliance with all laws and as to conformity with the standards
of design hereinafter required by this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All plans required under the provisions of this chapter for
the construction of main line sewers and house laterals shall conform
to the standards of design prescribed by this chapter and to the standards
of design on file in the office of the City Engineer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The average flow rate of any discharge to a sewer main shall
be one which does not exceed the design capacity at any time. The
desirable, ultimate discharges shall be the following:
|
Diameter Pipe (in inches)
|
% of Capacity
|
|---|---|
|
8
|
50
|
|
10
|
60
|
|
12
|
70
|
|
15
|
75
|
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
"Peak flow rate" means the average rate at which sewage is discharged
to a public sewer during the highest 30 minute flow period of any
24 hour period.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Any person proposing to have sewage discharged from any property
to a public sewer at a rate greater than the capacity for which the
sewer was designed, when proportioned to such property, and which
such additional quantity will immediately overload the sewer, shall
be denied a permit to connect any facilities to the sewer which will
discharge more than the proportionate share allotted to the property.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Main line sewer pipe shall have an inside diameter of not less
than eight inches and shall have sufficient capacity to carry sewage
from the area tributary thereto when computed upon the following basis:
|
Zoning Areas
|
Cubic Feet per Second per Acre
|
|---|---|
|
R-1
|
0.004
|
|
R-2
|
0.008
|
|
R-3
|
0.012
|
|
C-1
|
0.015*
|
|
C-2
|
0.015*
|
|
C-3
|
0.015*
|
|
M-1
|
0.021*
|
|
M-2
|
0.021*
|
|
*
|
Individual building, commercial or industrial plant capacities
shall be the determining factor when they exceed the coefficients
shown.
|
The coefficient to be used for any zoned area not listed will
be determined by the City Engineer based upon the intended development
and use.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
A main line sewer shall be designed to provide a minimum velocity
of two (2') feet per second for pipes flowing 1/2 full, except that
the City Engineer may approve a gradient which will develop a lower
velocity if he finds that a gradient which will develop a velocity
of two (2') feet per second is unobtainable.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The slope of the sewers shall be shown on the plans in feet
of fall per 100 feet of horizontal distance expressed as a percentage.
Slopes used, expressed in percentages, shall be divisible, without
remainder, by four in the hundredth column; for example, 0.36% complies
with this section.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The standard depth for residential main line sewers shall be
seven and one-half feet below the roadway surface. Main line sewers
in commercial and industrial areas shall be at a standard depth of
nine feet below the roadway surface. The standard depth for house
laterals shall be six feet in residential areas and eight feet in
commercial, industrial, apartment house areas, all depths below the
finished surface at the property line.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Manhole structures shall be placed in the main line sewer at
all changes of alignment or gradient. The maximum distance between
structures shall be not more than 350 feet. Such structures shall
be designed according to the standard drawings for structures on file
in the office of the City Engineer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Where design considerations permit, main line sewers shall have
a straight alignment. Where necessary, main line sewers may be designed
along curves with minimum radii of 100 feet.
Main line sewers shall be located not more than five feet from
the centerlines of streets or alleys, except on major highways where
separate sewers shall be located in the roadway six feet from either
curbline.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
End structures shall be placed at whichever of the following
locations is farthest upgrade:
(a)
Not less than 10 feet upgrade from the downgrade lot line of the
last lot being served;
(b)
Not more than 40 feet downgrade from the upgrade lot line of the
last lot being served, if there may be a future extension of the main
line sewer;
(c)
At a location where the house lateral and building sewer can be constructed
in a straight alignment at right angles to the main line sewer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The design shall provide for six inch or four inch house lateral
service in the street for each lot at the minimum depths herein required,
and in addition, such depth shall be sufficient to provide a connection
to the lowest and/or farthest point of the lot with a cover of one
foot and a grade of not less than two percent.
The alignment and grade of a house lateral shall be straight
from the public sewer to the street property line and shall be perpendicular
to the centerline of the street. It shall have a fall of not less
than one foot in 50 feet towards the public sewer, except where otherwise
permitted by the City Engineer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All substructures which will be encountered in the construction,
or which will be installed as part of the improvement, shall be shown
and designated on the plan. Large substructures which require special
treatment in the design of the sewer shall also be shown in the profile.
The permittee shall submit to the City Engineer a statement from each
utility company having substructures in the affected area, certifying
that the location and size of such structures, as shown on the plans,
are the same as shown upon their records.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Soil conditions, particularly in areas known to have high groundwater
tables, rock, or filled ground, shall be investigated and the results
shown on the profile, if required by the City Engineer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
A system of bench marks of the U. S. C., and G. S. Sea Level
Datum of 1929 and adequate to construct the work shall be shown on
the profile. The elevation of the sewer at the point where the system
is to be discharged shall be shown as determined in the field from
the above-shown datum.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
When a lot or parcel of land is of sufficient size so that it
may be divided into smaller legal-sized parcels, each of such parcels
shall be considered as a separate parcel of land and separate house
laterals shall be provided for to the main line sewer from each such
parcel. Before actual connections are made, the development on the
parcel shall have complied with the provisions of this chapter.
If the main line sewer does not extend to a point from which
such parcels of land can be served, the property owner shall construct
a main line sewer so that such parcels may adequately be served.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
New condominium developments shall be served with main line
sewers and house lateral sewers such that each building will have
a separate and independent connection to a main line sewer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
If a literal compliance with any engineering requirement of
this chapter is impossible or impractical because of peculiar conditions
which are in no way the fault of the persons requesting an exception,
and if the purposes of this chapter may be accomplished and public
safety secured by an alternate construction or procedure, and if the
City Engineer so finds, he may grant an exception permitting such
alternate construction or procedure.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
An offer of dedication of sewers to the City shall be included
in the agreement to construct sewers for a new subdivision which accompanies
the faithful performance bond guaranteeing the construction required
as a condition for the recordation of the tract map.
Before plans for the construction of any other public main line
sewer are approved by the City Engineer, the person causing such plans
to be prepared shall present an "Offer of Dedication," signed and
acknowledged, on forms provided by the City Engineer.
When the construction of the sewer has been completed and accepted
by the City Council, the sewer becomes a public sewer.
No sewer shall be accepted for dedication by the City unless
such sewer has been constructed in conformity with the requirements
of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
A person proposing to construct a sewer in an easement under
the provisions of this chapter shall present to the City Engineer
a request for processing with sufficient information to enable the
preparation of a written description along with required fees.
The location and dimensions of sanitary sewer easements shall
be sufficient to provide present and future sewer service to abutting
areas and adequate access for maintenance as determined by the City
Engineer.
Until the required easements have been properly executed and
recorded:
(a)
No plans shall be approved by the City Engineer for sewer facilities
to be constructed by any person across the property of others.
(b)
No sewer facilities shall be accepted for public use, nor placed
in use, by any person.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All material used in any work done under the provisions of this
chapter shall be new, high grade, and free from defects. It shall
conform with the provisions of this chapter or shall meet the requirements
prescribed in the "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction"
(Green Book), on file in the office of the City Engineer, and which
are hereby adopted as the standard specifications for sewer construction
that is under the jurisdiction of the City Engineer.
The City Engineer may order tests of any material at the expense
of the permittee, to determine whether such material meets said specifications.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Main line sewers shall be constructed with vitrified clay pipe
as specified in the standard specifications. House laterals may be
constructed with vitrified clay pipe or cast iron pipe per the standard
specifications. With the prior approval of the City Engineer, sewer
pipe other than vitrified clay or cast iron may be considered for
construction, provided that it is equivalent to vitrified clay or
cast iron pipe in strength, effectiveness, durability and safety in
accordance with the use intended.
Before approving any pipe, the City Engineer may require satisfactory
proof that such pipe is suitable for use, including actual tests performed
by an independent and approved testing laboratory at no expense to
the City.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Vitrified clay pipe shall be extra strength pipe. All other
pipe shall be manufactured in accordance with the provisions of the
standard specifications.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Joints for all pipe shall be those specified in the standard
specifications. The specific type of pipe joint shall be designated
on the plans.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All construction, installation and alteration of main line sewer,
house laterals and structures shall be performed in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter and with those of the "Standard Specifications
for Public Works Construction" (Green Book), on file in the office
of the City Engineer, and which are hereby adopted as the standard
specifications.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All excavations shall have sufficient width to allow proper
workmanship and permit adequate inspection. The trench walls shall
be supported in the manner set forth in the rules, orders and regulations
of the Divisions of Industrial Safety of the state. Access to trenches
shall be in accordance with the standard specifications.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Before laying any sewer pipe in an excavation in soft, wet,
or spongy soil, sufficient gravel, crushed rock, or other suitable
based material to stabilize the subgrade shall be placed in the bottom
of the trench.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Sewer pipe shall be laid a minimum distance of 10 feet from
any tree, bush, or hedge. When a sewer pipe is located closer than
10 feet, the City Engineer may require that the pipe be encased in
Portland cement concrete.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
When a sewer pipe is proposed to be located under railroad tracks,
storm drains, trunk sewers, or other structures, the pipe may be required
to be encased in Portland cement concrete, or it may be required to
be laid inside a suitable steel casing. The space between the inside
of the casing and the pipe may be required to be filled with sand.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Whenever a main line sewer is proposed to be located at a depth
which is less than four feet between finish grade and the invert of
the pipe, such pipe may be required to be encased in Portland cement
concrete.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Vitrified clay piping shall not be placed closer than two feet
to the exterior wall of any building or closer than twelve inches
to the surface of the ground at any point in its course.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All pipe shall be laid upgrade on an unyielding foundation,
true to line and grade, and with a uniform bearing under the full
length of the barrel of the pipe. Bell and spigot pipe shall be laid
with sockets upgrade. Suitable excavations shall be made to receive
the bells or collars of the pipe. All adjustments to bring the pipe
to line and grade shall be made by scraping away or thoroughly tamping
suitable fill material under the body of the pipe and not by wedging
or blocking.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Whenever it is necessary to perform a tapping of a main line
sewer in order to connect a house lateral, the applicant shall provide
the excavation exposing the public sewer sufficiently for the Department
of Public Works to install the "Y" or "T" saddle.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Every sewer constructed under the provisions of this chapter
shall be watertight and may be subject to the testing procedure prescribed
in the standard specifications.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All material excavated from a sewer trench, and which is suitable
as backfill, shall be laid neatly alongside the excavations and kept
trimmed up so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to public
travel, or the material may be required to be hauled away from the
worksite and stored temporarily at a suitable location. All material
excavated in streets and roadways, which is not required or suitable
for backfilling, shall be immediately removed and disposed of by the
permittee.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All work done under the provisions of this chapter shall be
subject to inspection by and shall meet with the approval of the City
Engineer; provided, however, that approval by the City Engineer shall
not relieve the permittee or any other person from complying with
all of the applicable laws and ordinances.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Immediately after the work is ready for inspection, and at least
24 hours before inspection is to be made, the permittee shall request
such inspection by the City Engineer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
At the time of inspection the permittee shall have all work
uncovered and convenient for the City Engineer's examination. The
permittee shall give the City Engineer every facility to make a thorough
examination and shall furnish and dispose of water for testing as
prescribed.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
If any pipes are enclosed or covered in any way so as to tend
to obstruct a thorough inspection of the sewer construction or installation,
and the City Engineer notifies the permittee to remove said obstructions,
the City Engineer need not inspect the work until such obstructions
are removed.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Within 10 days after the City Engineer notifies the permittee
that any work is defective, either in its construction or its material,
the permittee shall reconstruct or remove such work and make it conform
with the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The permittee shall furnish all labor, tools, and materials
necessary for all tests, and the permittee or his representative shall
be present at the job site at the time the inspection is made.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
In the event that a sewer, an industrial connection sewer, interceptor,
treatment facility, or other similar appurtenance is placed in use
and fails to pass inspection, the permittee shall have 10 days in
which to make the construction conform with the requirements of this
chapter. Failure to do so constitutes a violation of this chapter.
Exceptions to this requirement may be made only when the work
is substantially complete and has been inspected, and if the City
Engineer determines that the best interests of the public will be
served by permitting such use prior to completion of the work.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The permittee shall at all times during construction comply
with the requirements for traffic control as prescribed in the permit
application and as directed by the City Engineer. The permittee shall
conduct his operations so as to exhibit the utmost regard for the
safety and welfare of his personnel and for the traveling public as
well.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
When it appears to the satisfaction of the City Engineer that
all work done under the permit has been constructed according to the
requirements of all the applicable provisions of this chapter, and
that all fees have been paid, he shall cause to be issued to the permittee
constructing such work a certificate of final inspection if such certificate
has been requested. The said certificate shall recite that such work
as is covered by the permit has been constructed according to this
chapter, and that said work is in an approved condition.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Any person required by this chapter to have plans checked shall
pay to the City Engineer the following fee or fees for the service:
If the total valuation of the proposed work, as determined by
the City Engineer, is $2,000 or less, the plan checking fee shall
be $85.
For each $100, or fractional part thereof, of the total valuation
of the proposed work in excess of $2,000, and not exceeding $10,000,
an additional three dollars and twenty cents.
For each $100, or fractional part thereof, of the total valuation
of the proposed work in excess of $10,000, an additional two dollars
and forty cents.
If any portion of the plans, after having been checked, are
required to be redrawn and rechecked, the applicant shall pay a rechecking
fee based on a rate of eight cents ($0.08) per foot of main line sewer
affected; or, if there is an increase in the valuation of the work
after the plans have been submitted and the fee paid, the applicant
shall pay a supplemental checking fee based on the additional valuation
of the proposed work.
If any portion of the plans, after being approved and signed
by the City Engineer, are required to be revised, the applicant shall
pay a rechecking fee, based on a rate of sixteen cents ($0.16) per
foot of main line sewer affected; or, if there is an increase in valuation
of the work after the plans have been approved and signed by the City
Engineer, the applicant shall pay a supplemental checking fee based
on the additional valuation of the proposed work.
The minimum supplemental checking fee will be $20.
If any portion of plans which have been abandoned are resubmitted
without revisions or increase in valuation of the work, the applicant
shall pay a minimum rechecking fee of $75 or 10% of the original plan
checking fee, whichever is greater. In addition to this rechecking
fee, if there are revisions or additions in the plans or increases
in the valuation of the proposed work, additional fees will be required
which will be based on a rate of sixteen cents ($0.16) per foot of
main line sewer affected; or, if there is an increase in the valuation
of the work due to changes in the original proposal, the applicant
shall pay a supplemental checking fee based on the additional valuation
of the proposed work.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
For each private contract requiring the processing of sewer
easements, there shall be paid to the City Engineer by the applicant
a fee of $80 for the first parcel description and $50 for each additional
parcel description through which a sewer easement is required.
In the event it is necessary to rewrite the description because
of a realignment or revision, there shall be paid to the City Engineer
an additional fee of $40 for each new parcel description necessary.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Before granting any permit for the construction of a main line
sewer, house lateral sewer, water pollution control plant, sewage
pumping plant, and whenever a permit for any industrial waste treatment
or disposal facility is required by the City Engineer, there shall
be paid to the City Engineer by the applicant the following fees to
cover the cost of field inspection of the proposed construction, procuring
or preparing record plans, automobile mileage, and all overhead and
indirect costs:
|
TABLE I – INSPECTION AND RECORD PLAN FEES
| |
|---|---|
|
For a Total Valuation of Proposed Work
|
Permit Fee
|
|
$ 600.00 or less
|
$ 65.00
|
|
601.00 to 1,000.00
|
130.00
|
|
1,001.00 to 1,500.00
|
210.00
|
|
1,501.00 to 2,000.00
|
295.00
|
|
2,001.00 to 2,500.00
|
375.00
|
|
2,501.00 to 3,000.00
|
450.00
|
|
3,001.00 to 3,500.00
|
525.00
|
|
3,501.00 to 4,000.00
|
600.00
|
|
4,001.00 to 4,500.00
|
675.00
|
|
4,501.00 to 5,000.00
|
740.00
|
|
5,001.00 to 6,000.00
|
870.00
|
|
6,001.00 to 7,000.00
|
985.00
|
|
7,001.00 to 8,000.00
|
1,090.00
|
|
8,001.00 to 9,000.00
|
1,190.00
|
|
9,001.00 to 10,000.00
|
1,280.00
|
For each $1,000.00 or fractional part thereof, of the total
valuation of the proposed work in excess of $10,000.00, and not exceeding
$50,000.00, an additional $85.00
For each $1,000.00, or fractional part thereof, of the total
valuation of the proposed work in excess of $50,000.00, and not exceeding
$100,000.00, an additional $65.00
For each $1,000.00, or fractional part thereof, of the total
valuation of the proposed work in excess of $100,000.00, an additional
$50.00
For additional work approved by the City Engineer, but not included
in the original permit, the applicant shall pay a base fee of $8.00
and an additional fee of $8.00 for each $100.00, or fractional part
thereof, of the total valuation of such additional work.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The City Engineer may issue a permit to make such sewer connection
upon the payment of the fees required and, in additional thereto,
the payment of an amount equal to $10 per front foot of the lot or
parcel sought to be connected if such lot or parcel is rectangular
in shape and has an average depth of 100 feet or more. If the shape
of the lot or parcel is other than the usual rectangular shape, or
if such lot or parcel is unusual in area, and the strict adherence
to the above-mentioned provision would require a property owner to
pay an amount not commensurate with the benefit to be received, the
provisions of this section as to the amount to be charged may be modified
as determined by the City Engineer. The connection fee provided for
in this section shall not be applicable if the property sought to
be connected previously has paid for or borne its pro rata share for
the construction of the main line sewer to which the connection is
to be made, either by a special assessment or by some other method,
and such fact is so indicated on the official sewer maps on file in
the office of the City Engineer. The sewer connection charge provided
for in this section shall be applied to all sewers constructed on
or after June 1, 1958. In the event a connection is sought to be made
to a sewer constructed prior to said date, the connection fees noted
on the official sewer maps on file in the office of the City Engineer
shall be paid. Where no connection fee is noted, the minimum connection
fee shall be $100.
Any fee paid pursuant to this section shall be paid into the
Sewer Connection Fund.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Whenever a person desires, or is required to construct a public
sewer that will extend past property which, at some future date, may
connect thereto, and be serviced thereby, the City Engineer may make
one of the following arrangements depending upon which one of such
arrangements may result in a more equitable distribution of the construction
costs to the property benefited.
(a)
He shall prepare an engineer's estimate of the costs of such sewer
construction and may authorize an advance from the Sewer Connection
Fund to the person constructing such sewer. Such advance so authorized
shall be in an amount no greater than $10 per front foot for such
property which will not bear any cost of such construction, but which
will benefit by such construction at such time as such property is
connected thereto. A notation shall be made on the official sewer
map of the City specifying that, before any property, not having borne
its share of such costs of construction, shall be connected to such
sewer, there shall be paid into the Sewer Connection Fund $10 for
each front foot of such property to be so connected.
(b)
He shall prepare an engineer's estimate of the costs of such sewer
construction and prorate, according to the benefits received, the
total costs of such sewer construction against the various properties
to be benefited by such construction. A notation shall be made on
the official sewer map of the City specifying that, prior to any such
property so benefited being connected to such sewer, the pro rata
share charged against such property shall be paid into the Sewer Connection
Fund. Out of such fund, reimbursement shall be made to the persons
originally bearing the costs of such sewer construction. Such method
of distributing the costs of such sewer construction shall apply only
when such sewer construction has been financed by private funds.
(c)
He shall prepare an engineer's estimate of the costs of such sewer
construction and prorate, according to benefits received, the total
costs of such construction against the various properties to be benefited
by such construction. The City Engineer then may authorize an advance
to the person constructing such sewer of an amount not greater than
the total of such benefits so assessed pro rata against the property
not contributing to the costs of such construction. A notation shall
be made on the official sewer map of the City specifying that, before
any property so benefited and not having paid its pro rata share of
the costs of such connection may be connected to such sewer, there
shall be paid into the Sewer Connection Fund such pro rata share as
previously determined and set forth on said map.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
If only a portion of an abutting parcel is to be benefited by
such sewer connection, the City Engineer may issue a permit for such
portion described in the written application upon verification that
only such portion will be benefited by the sewer connection.
The fees for a permit to make such a sewer connection shall
be calculated on the frontage of the portion of the parcel for which
the permit is issued.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The payment of the fees prescribed in this chapter shall be
made in advance, but before such payment is made, the City Engineer
shall determine that there has been compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The applicant shall pay to the City Engineer a fee of $75 for
tapping into the public sewer, which shall include the furnishing
and installation of a wye or tee saddle by the Department of Public
Works, but which shall exclude excavation, backfills, and resurfacing.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
For each private contract requiring the processing of reimbursement
documents and maps, the applicant shall pay, in addition to the plan
checking fee, a processing fee as follows: The processing fee will
be $500 if the estimated reimbursement amount is$25,000 or less, and
the fee will be s$750 if the estimated reimbursement is over $25,000.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, any rainwater,
stormwater, groundwater, street drainage, yard drainage, water from
yard fountains, ponds or lawn sprays, or any other uncontaminated
water into any sewerage facility owned and maintained by the City.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The Director of Public Works has the responsibility for the
maintenance of the City's public sewer facilities, including main
line sewers, pumping stations, manholes, and terminal cleanouts. The
Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 2 has the responsibility
of maintaining all trunk sewers in the City which are under the District's
jurisdiction.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
All house laterals, industrial connection sewers, and appurtenances
thereto, now existing or hereafter constructed, shall be maintained
in a safe and sanitary condition by the owner of the property served,
and all devices and safeguards, which are required by this chapter
for the operation thereof, shall be maintained in good working order.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No unauthorized person shall open or enter, or cause to be opened
or entered, for any purpose whatsoever, any manhole in any public
sewer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No person shall dump cesspool effluent in any manhole which
is maintained by the Director of Public Works. Only the Director of
Public Works can make an exception to this provision, and he will
determine the circumstances, requirements and fees connected herewith.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No person shall place, throw, or deposit, or cause or permit
to be placed, thrown, or deposited in any public sewer or main line
sewer any dead animal, offal or garbage, fish, fruit or vegetable
waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any
kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct, or fill such
sewer, or which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use
or operation thereof.
No person shall cause or permit to be deposited or discharged
into any such sewer, any water or sewage, or liquid waste of any kind
containing chemicals, greases, oils, tars, or other matters in solution
or suspension, which may clog, obstruct, or fill the same, or which
may in any way damage or interfere with or prevent the effective use
thereof, or which may necessitate, or require frequent repair, cleaning
out, or flushing of such sewer to render the same operative, or which
may obstruct or cause an unwarranted increase in the cost of treatment
of the sewage.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to any public
sewer any wastes which may have adverse or harmful effect on sewers,
maintenance personnel, wastewater treatment plant personnel or equipment,
treatment plant effluent quality, public or private property, or which
may otherwise endanger the public, the local environment, or create
a public nuisance. Included within the prohibition above set forth
is the discharge of any wastes which may adversely affect water reclamation
procedures. Storm runoff water shall not be discharged into a sanitary
sewer.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No unauthorized person shall remove, or cause to be removed,
or injure, or cause to be injured, any portion of any public sewer,
pumping plant or any appurtenance thereto.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
Whenever any person by reason of violation of this chapter causes
obstruction damage, or destruction of a public sewer, pumping plant
or any appurtenance thereto, he shall reimburse the City for the cost
of flushing, cleaning, repairing, and reconstruction of such sewer
made necessary by such violation within 30 days after the City Engineer
shall render an invoice for the same.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
The Director of Public Works may inspect, as often as he deems
necessary, every main line sewer, sewage pumping plant, water pollution
control plant, industrial waste pretreatment plant, industrial connection
sewer, interceptor, waste disposal facility, rainwater diversion system,
or other similar appurtenances to ascertain whether such facilities
are maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter. All persons shall permit and provide the Director of Public
Works with access to all such facilities at reasonable times.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
No person shall, during reasonable hours, refuse, resist, or
attempt to resist, the entrance of the Director of Public Works into
any building, factory, plant, yard, field, or other place, or portions
thereof, in the performance of this duty within the power conferred
upon him by law or by this chapter.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81)
There hereby is established a user's service charge, which is
designated a City sanitation service charge, to be paid in the manner
and at the times provided in this section. Such charge shall be collected
by the City as an additive to the bimonthly water bill and shall be
due and paid in the same manner as prescribed for the payment of water
bills in accordance with Chapter 3 of this article. Properties which
are not presently served by the water system of the City shall be
billed for the service on an annual basis, and payment shall be made
within 20 days following the date of the billing.
The schedule of charges shall be established by resolution adopted
by the City Council.
(Added by Ord. 674, adopted 10-27-81; amended by Ord. 796, adopted 7-9-85)
