No person whose premises are not now connected with the sewerage system shall connect any premises or cause any premises to be connected to the sewerage system without first obtaining approval from the Director of Public Works to do so.
No person shall connect any pipe, drain or sewer with, or open or penetrate any part of, the publicly owned treatment works in this City, or injure, break, remove or open any portion of any manhole, flush tank, inspection pipe or any other part of or appurtenant to any such publicly owned treatment works, unless such connection is made in conformance with this chapter.
(Ord. 1097, Amended, 1981; Ord. 1821, Amended, 5/12/2009)
A. 
The minimum size standard sewer service connection to a single family dwelling shall be a service line with an internal diameter of not less than four inches (ten centimeters). If a larger connection is requested the same may be installed provided other sewer users are not deprived of adequate service. Connections for multiple dwelling units and other users shall be in accordance with Section 13.08.270.
B. 
A cleanout, meeting the requirements of the director of public works, shall be installed on all service lines at or near the property line to allow for cleaning of the portion of the service line within the public right-of-way.
C. 
Backflow protection devices may be required to be installed in service lines, by the director of public works, to protect the served property from damage due to sewage backups in the main.
D. 
All work done in the public right-of-way shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 12.12.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
Whenever a sewer service connection or revision is requested for other than a standard connection, the director of public works shall determine the minimum size of the service to be installed. Such determination shall be based on the applicable sections of the plumbing and building codes and requirements of the State Department of Public Health or authority having jurisdiction.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
Any person operating a food service establishment, or a property owner of a parcel containing one or more food service establishments, may be required to install, operate and maintain an approved type and adequately sized grease removal device in accordance with the provisions of this section. The grease removal device shall be adequate to separate and remove fats, oils, and grease contained in wastewater discharges from the food service establishment prior to discharge to the City sewer system. Fixtures, equipment and drain lines located in the food preparation and clean-up areas of food service establishments that are sources of fats, oils, and grease discharges except for dish washing machines shall be connected to the grease removal device. Compliance shall be established as follows:
A. 
New Construction or Remodel of Food Service Establishments. New construction of food service establishments shall include the installation of a grease removal device of a type and capacity approved by the Building Official prior to commencing discharges of wastewater to the sewer system. Remodeled food service establishments may be required to install a grease removal device and will be determined by the Director or Building Official on a case-by-case basis based upon the nature of the remodel, the history of past performance, and the likelihood that installation of a grease removal device will reduce the discharge of fats, oils or grease from the food service establishment.
B. 
Existing Food Service Establishments/Commercial Properties. Existing food service establishment operators, or property owners with one or more food service establishments on their premises, shall install a grease control device upon written notice from the City where the Director has determined that a food service establishment is upstream of a sewer line hot spot, following the enactment of this chapter.
C. 
Mitigation of Imminent Threat of Sanitary Sewer Overflow.
1. 
Where the Director or Building Official has determined that an existing food service establishment's lateral line requires cleaning to avoid an imminent threat of a sanitary sewer overflow spill, the Director or Building Official is authorized to issue an order to the owner or operator to immediately clean the subject lateral line. If action is not taken in the time frame stipulated by the Director or Building Official by either the business operator or the property owner, the business and property shall be deemed a nuisance and the building shall be considered a substandard building and is subject to abatement and enforcement, including but not limited to emergency abatement if necessary and all fines and penalties set forth in Vacaville Municipal Code Chapter 8.10 and/or this chapter.
2. 
The Director or Building Official shall issue his/her order in writing to the applicable party and shall designate a reasonable period of time for corrective action.
(Ord. 1821, Added, 5/12/2009)
In no event shall a sewer service connection be made unless a sewer main of adequate capacity extends in a public street, alley or public utility right-of-way across the entire width of the property to be served with a sewer. Wherever as a prerequisite to service a sewer main must be extended, the same shall be installed in compliance with the provisions hereinafter set forth.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
When relocation of an existing sewer service connection has been requested for the sewer user's convenience, such relocation shall be made by and at the sewer user's expense. The relocation of existing service connections when done to protect the property of the sewerage system or the city's interest, will be done by the city without charge to the sewer user.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
Sewer service connections shall be installed only in public streets, alleys or public utility easements or rights-of-way under the control of the sewer division. Where the premises to be served fronts on more than one street, alley or public utility right-of-way, the director of public works shall have the right to designate on which frontage the service connection shall be made.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
A single service connection shall not serve more than one premises. Separate premises under a single ownership, control or management shall only be supplied with sewer service by separate service connections unless the director of public works, for good and sufficient reasons shall determine otherwise.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
Each separate user shall only be served by a separate service connection unless the director of public works determines otherwise:
A. 
Where more than one user is served by a single service connection and the property is under a single ownership on a single parcel of land, the owner of the property, or other person agreed upon, shall be liable for payment for all service furnished by such single connection.
B. 
In a planned unit development, developed under the provisions of Chapter 17.54, a single service connection for the development, or portions thereof, may be permitted by the director of public works subject to the following conditions:
1. 
The existence of, or provisions for, a homeowners, or similar, association;
2. 
Sizing in accordance with Section 13.08.270;
3. 
Submittal of plans indicating proposed location, alignment, grades, structures, materials, cleanouts, and other information necessary to determine service adequacy to all users, in lieu of a public main;
4. 
Maintenance of the service connection and lines shall be by the association;
5. 
Connection to the public main to be made at a manhole;
6. 
Inspection of the service lines to be performed by a building or public works construction inspector;
7. 
The homeowners, or similar association, or a person agreed upon, shall be liable for payment for all service furnished by such single connection;
8. 
All units served, except apartments, shall be considered as single-family units for the determination of service rates.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
Applications for new or revised service connections to supply sewer service to premises which are located wholly or partly outside the corporate limits of the city shall not be accepted or approved, nor shall the service connection be made until the owner of the premises has received authorization from the city council to do so.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
The sewer division will accept sewage at the sewer user's connection to the sewer main which may be located in any street, alley or public utility easement. No maintenance will be performed by the city on sewer service lines, outside of a city street right-of-way, except at the sewer user's expense.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)
In any subdivision where and when the person so subdividing a complete subdivision or complete unit thereof, is installing sewer mains, such person hereinafter designated as "subdivider" shall install the sewer service connections to such mains under the following rules and regulations:
A. 
Subdivider shall install the sewer service connections to the mains in such subdivision at the sole cost and expense of subdivider with such work done either by subdivider or by contract made by subdivider; provided, however, that such installation shall at all times be made pursuant to such specifications as may be furnished to subdivider by the city engineer, and unless such installation is approved by the city engineer in writing no service will be supplied to the premises in question.
B. 
In the event that pursuant to any rules or regulations adopted by the sewer division as hereinafter provided, the city has agreed to repay to any subdivider the cost of any sewer mains, the cost of any sewer service connections shall not be included in such payment.
(Ord. 1097 (part), 1981)