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Prior legislation: Ord. 254 as amended by Ords. 393 and 441.
There is adopted as a sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance of the city of Bell Gardens, except as it is hereinafter amended, Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, as amended through Ordinance 89-0101 adopted July 27, 1989, entitled "sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance."
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986; Ord. 570 § 1, 1990)
Whenever in the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, reference is made to the unincorporated area of the county of Los Angeles, such area shall be deemed to include in its true geographical location the area of the city of Bell Gardens.
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986)
Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, each such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in this section as follows:
A. 
"Board"
means the city council.
B. 
"County engineer"
means the city engineer.
C. 
"County health officer"
means the city health officer.
D. 
"County of Los Angeles"
means the city of Bell Gardens except in such instances where the county of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances.
E. 
"County sewer maintenance district"
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county sewer maintenance district except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a county sewer maintenance district.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" shall mean the city of Bell Gardens.
F. 
"Ordinance"
means an ordinance of the city of Bell Gardens except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county of Los Angeles.
G. 
"Public sewer"
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.
H. 
"Trunk sewer"
means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the city of Bell Gardens.
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986)
Section 20.28.050 of the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, is amended to read as follows:
The City Engineer may recommend that the Council approve an agreement to reimburse or agree to reimburse a subdivider, school district, an improvement district formed under special assessment procedures, or person 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.
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986)
Section 20.32.150 of the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, 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 Council in accordance with Section 20.28.050, the charge for connecting to the public sewer shall be as set forth in the agreement.
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986)
Section 20.32.280 of the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, 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.
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986)
Section 20.32.690 of the Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Division 2, 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 thirty (30) days after the City Engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount when paid shall be deposited in the City Treasury.
(Ord. 525 § 1, 1986)
Every person who violates any of the provisions of the sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance of the city of Bell Gardens is guilty of a misdemeanor and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of the ordinance is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 570 § 2, 1990)