[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
No connection to any of the public sewer shall be made unless a permit shall first have been issued by the city for connection. No connection pursuant to any such permit shall be made at any other place than that designated therein. Where additional fixtures in excess of the original fixture units are added to existing buildings or structures or reconnected to the public sewer and such additional fixtures will be making a use of said sewer lines, then in such event said additional fixtures shall not make use of said public sewer unless a permit shall first have been issued by the city for such additional fixtures.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
(A) 
No connection from any building or other structure shall be made to any public sewer, if such connection or any portion thereof is in, under, across or upon any lot other than the lot on which said building or structure is located.
(B) 
If a lot requiring a sewer connection is so situated that access to the public sewer is not possible except across some other lot, a sewer connection may be placed in a recorded easement which includes the right-of-way and maintains such connection and is appurtenant to the lot to be served by such sewer connection.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
No person shall connect any sewer which has been or may hereafter be, constructed in any street, highway, alley, right-of-way or other public place prior to the dedication and acceptance of such street, highway, alley, right-of-way or other public place by the city or county on behalf of the public, unless such sewer first mentioned shall have been laid under the supervision and/or to the satisfaction of the Director and in accordance with all city or county regulations applicable thereto.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful to place, deposit or discharge, either directly or indirectly, into any public sewer or into any sewer connection or on or upon any street, alley or public place or upon any private property or any other place in such a manner that the same will be permitted to run into any such public sewer, any of the following substances:
(A) 
Any oil, petroleum, gasoline, naphtha, liquid asphaltum or petroleum product, or any fatty matter, benzene, fuel, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas;
(B) 
Dead animals, fish, fruit or vegetable matter in any form;
(C) 
Any commercial waste other than domestic sewage that will not readily disintegrate in the sewage treatment plant or that will cause or tend to cause obstructions in the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant or interfere with or tend to interfere with the efficient and successful operation of the system or the plant, or cause a potential hazard or objectionable odor;
(D) 
Any chemicals or wastes destructive to masonry or portland cement concrete;
(E) 
Grease, except in quantities commonly contained in domestic sewage, or commercial waste which may contain more than 200 parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease;
(F) 
Any effluent of a temperature exceeding 140ºF, or that would cause the temperature of wastewater entering the headworks of any wastewater treatment plant to exceed 104ºF;
(G) 
Any radioactive waste, which exceeds the limits specified in Title 17, Chapter 5, Subchapter 4, Group 3, Article 5, § 30287 of the California Code of Regulations;
(H) 
Any commercial waste, including but not limited to mineral salts, molds or wastes resulting from their manufacture and other products which will tend to sterilize activated sludge, trickling filter slimes, or slime growth on artificial or natural slow sand and filters;
(I) 
Any solids or viscous substances of such size or in such quantity that may cause obstruction to the flow in the sewer or to be detrimental to proper wastewater treatment plant operation;
(J) 
Any wastes with odors of such strength that the discharge of the wastes to any wastewater treatment plant results in, as determined by the city, an odor violation of the treatment plant's waste discharge requirements, where without the discharge no odor violation would have been anticipated;
(K) 
Any waste containing substances that may precipitate, solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 50ºF and 100ºF;
(L) 
Any waste capable of passing through the waste water treatment works and producing discoloration of treatment plant effluent;
(M) 
Any water added for purposes of diluting wastes which would otherwise exceed applicable maximum concentration limitations;
(N) 
Any waste which may create a fire or explosion hazard in the wastewater collection or treatment system;
(O) 
Any waste prohibited by federal standards from being discharged to the sewer system;
(P) 
Any ashes, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, rags, earth or stone dust or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction of the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;
(Q) 
Any commercial waste containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;
(R) 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
(S) 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 85ºF unless properly treated for scale inhibition.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
Before any person may discharge alkalies, acids or other corrosive or harmful wastes into the public sewer, he or she shall reduce the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and control the pH to the extent which the city finds adequate, taking all circumstances into consideration. In all cases the wastewater discharge shall have a pH within the range of 6.0 to 9.5.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
No person shall connect any roof drain, yard drain or other conduit used for carrying off rain or surface water, to any public sewer or sewer leading thereto. No person shall cause or permit any indirect connection to the public sewer or house sewer leading thereto by means of which rain or surface waters are permitted to enter the public sewer.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
No person engaged in washing motor vehicles or other equipment exclusive or incidental to any other business shall permit any water or effluent from such operations to flow into any public sewer unless the washing area is equipped with an approved sand and grease control device. Such washing areas shall be roofed over and shall be so constructed as to prevent any water from flowing over any street or public property, and to prevent any storm or surface water from entering any public sewer.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
No person shall open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered, any manhole in any public sewer to dispose of solid waste or other deleterious substances, or storm or surface waters, or for any other like purpose.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
When wastewater is discharged into a specified manhole under permission from the city, it shall be discharged through a pipe or hose in such a manner that none of the effluent is left adhering to the sides or shelf of the manhole, and if any such effluent is inadvertently allowed to adhere to the sides or shelf of the manhole, the manhole shall be thoroughly cleaned with clean water.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
All residential connections and appurtenances thereto now existing or hereafter constructed, shall be maintained by the owner of the property to the property line served in a safe and sanitary condition and all devices or safeguards which are required by this chapter for the operation thereof shall be maintained in good working order.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
No person shall discharge or deposit any commercial waste into or upon any area in the city, or into any underground or surface waters in the city where such commercial waste is or may be deposited upon or may be carried through or over any area of the city except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, and unless the person shall have first secured, in the manner hereinafter provided, a permit so to do from the city.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
Applications for permits required hereunder shall be filed with the Director upon printed forms to be prescribed and supplied by him or her. The Director may require any additional information, including plans and specifications which he or she may deem necessary for the proper disposition of the application.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
The Director may incorporate in any permit issued pursuant to this chapter, such limitations or conditions as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of this chapter and may from time to time, review the limitations or conditions which have been incorporated in any permit theretofor issued, giving consideration to changed conditions, and may, whenever in his or her judgment it is advisable or required in order to maintain the waters of the city free from pollution, alter, revise, modify, delete or add further limitations or conditions applicable to any permit theretofore issued. No such alteration, revision, modification, deletion or addition of limitations or conditions shall be effective, however, until notice in writing thereof shall have been served upon the permittee in the manner provided by § 57.03.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
A permit issued under this chapter does not authorize any act or acts forbidden by any law, rule, regulation or order of any public agency or department and such fact shall be so stated on the face of all permits issued.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
The Director may transfer a permit to the successor in interest of a permittee upon the filing by the successor in interest of a written application therefor, together with such evidence of transfer of title or interest as the Director may require; provided, however, a permit shall not be transferable from one location to another. The Director shall immediately notify by first class mail, the person that requested a transfer of a permit of the action taken.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
For the purpose of securing compliance with this chapter, the Director shall make periodic tests of samples of commercial waste obtained from the place or places of discharge or deposit, and such other tests deemed necessary for proper administration hereof. For purpose of making such tests or inspections, the Director or his or her duly authorized deputies or agents shall be permitted at all reasonable hours to enter any premises or place where commercial waste is being or is proposed to be discharged or deposited, or where there may be a violation of this chapter.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
Whenever the use of a sewer is discontinued by reason of connection to another sewer or by reason of moving, wrecking or burning of a building, or for any other reason, such sewer shall be sealed at the property line or easement line or at the public sewer. Whenever the Director shall find that a sewer has not been sealed as required herein, he or she shall serve notice and post the property to that effect. Unless the sewer has been sealed as required within ten days after the posting of such notice, the Director is authorized to have such sewer sealed, and the costs thereof shall be reimbursed to the city by the property owner within 30 days after the city shall render an invoice for the same.
[Ord. 1525, 2-6-2008]
The Director may suspend, condition, or deny any or all applications for connections or permits for additional fixtures where the Director determines that such action is necessary to remain within the aggregate operation capacity of the public sewer system available to the affected property for which the connection or permit is sought or to meet the discharge standards of the public sewer system imposed by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board.