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Title 13 Utilities
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Division II PUBLIC SEWERS
Division II
PUBLIC SEWERS
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For statutory provisions on sewerage systems, see Health and Safety Code §
5470
et seq.; for provisions authorizing cities to construct and maintain drains and sewers, see Government Code §
38900
et seq.
Chapter 13.20
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 13.20.010
Citation.
§ 13.20.020
Purpose of provisions.
§ 13.20.030
Scope of provisions.
§ 13.20.040
Sewage disposal policy.
§ 13.20.050
Disposal of wastes generally.
§ 13.20.060
Treatment required.
§ 13.20.070
Sewer required.
§ 13.20.080
Occupancy prohibited in nonconforming buildings.
§ 13.20.090
Filling abandoned disposal systems required.
§ 13.20.100
Cesspools deemed nuisance.
§ 13.20.110
Disconnection to enforce provisions.
§ 13.20.120
Nuisance abatement.
§ 13.20.130
Disconnection deemed enforcement only.
§ 13.20.140
Interference with system prohibited.
§ 13.20.150
Permit and fees.
§ 13.20.160
Inspectors – Generally.
§ 13.20.170
Inspectors – Powers and authorities.
§ 13.20.180
Relief from provisions – Application.
§ 13.20.190
Relief from provisions – Council action.
§ 13.20.200
Violations – Citation and correction.
§ 13.20.210
Violations – Liability.
Chapter 13.24
DEFINITIONS
§ 13.24.010
Generally.
§ 13.24.020
Applicant.
§ 13.24.030
Building.
§ 13.24.040
Building sewer.
§ 13.24.050
City engineer.
§ 13.24.060
City inspector.
§ 13.24.070
Combined sewer.
§ 13.24.080
Contractor.
§ 13.24.090
Director of public works.
§ 13.24.100
Fixture.
§ 13.24.110
Garbage.
§ 13.24.120
Lateral sewer.
§ 13.24.130
Living unit.
§ 13.24.140
Main sewer.
§ 13.24.150
Multiple dwelling.
§ 13.24.160
Outlet.
§ 13.24.170
Outside sewer.
§ 13.24.180
Report.
§ 13.24.190
Permit.
§ 13.24.200
Public sewer.
§ 13.24.210
Sanitary sewer.
§ 13.24.220
Sewage.
§ 13.24.230
Sewage treatment plant.
§ 13.24.240
Sewage works.
§ 13.24.250
Sewer.
§ 13.24.260
Sewer service charges.
§ 13.24.270
Side sewer.
§ 13.24.280
Single-family unit.
§ 13.24.290
Storm sewer or storm drain.
§ 13.24.300
Street.
§ 13.24.310
Act or the Act.
§ 13.24.320
Authorized representative of the industrial user.
§ 13.24.330
Backflow prevention device.
§ 13.24.340
Best management practices (BMPs).
§ 13.24.350
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD).
§ 13.24.370
Categorical pretreatment standard or categorical standard.
§ 13.24.380
City.
§ 13.24.390
Color.
§ 13.24.400
County.
§ 13.24.410
Council.
§ 13.24.430
City manager or manager.
§ 13.24.440
Composite sample.
§ 13.24.450
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
§ 13.24.460
Existing source.
§ 13.24.470
Grab sample.
§ 13.24.480
Grease hauler.
§ 13.24.490
Grease interceptor.
§ 13.24.500
Indirect discharge or discharge.
§ 13.24.510
Industrial user or user.
§ 13.24.520
Instantaneous maximum allowable discharge limit.
§ 13.24.530
Interference.
§ 13.24.540
Medical waste.
§ 13.24.550
New source.
§ 13.24.560
Pass through.
§ 13.24.570
Person.
§ 13.24.580
POTW.
§ 13.24.590
Significant industrial user.
§ 13.24.600
Slug load.
§ 13.24.610
Standard industrial classification (SIC) code.
§ 13.24.620
Stormwater.
§ 13.24.630
Suspended solids.
§ 13.24.640
Toxic pollutant.
§ 13.24.650
Treatment plant effluent.
§ 13.24.660
Wastewater.
§ 13.24.670
Wastewater treatment plant or treatment plant.
Chapter 13.28
SEWER CONNECTIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
§ 13.28.010
Building sewer – Permit required.
§ 13.28.020
Building sewer – Design and construction requirements.
§ 13.28.030
Building sewer – Separate connections required.
§ 13.28.040
Building sewer – Use of old sewers.
§ 13.28.050
Building sewer – Cleanouts.
§ 13.28.060
Building sewer – Too low to permit gravity flow.
§ 13.28.070
Building sewer – Connection to public sewer.
§ 13.28.080
Building sewer – Maintenance.
§ 13.28.090
Building sewer – Testing.
§ 13.28.100
Public sewer – Permit required.
§ 13.28.110
Public sewer – Plans, profiles and specifications filing.
§ 13.28.120
Public sewer – Subdivisions.
§ 13.28.130
Public sewer – Easement required.
§ 13.28.140
Public sewer – Persons authorized to perform work.
§ 13.28.150
Public sewer – Compliance with street work standards.
§ 13.28.160
Public sewer – Design and construction standards.
§ 13.28.170
Public sewer – Completion required.
§ 13.28.180
Backflow prevention device.
Chapter 13.32
SEWER USE
§ 13.32.010
Prohibited discharges – Uncontaminated waters.
§ 13.32.020
Prohibited discharges – Industrial wastewater.
§ 13.32.030
Prohibited discharges – Wastes generally.
§ 13.32.040
Prohibited discharges – Wastes enumerated.
§ 13.32.050
Prohibited discharges – Criteria for determining.
§ 13.32.060
Prohibited discharges – List preparation.
§ 13.32.070
Interceptors – Required.
§ 13.32.080
Interceptors – Maintenance.
§ 13.32.090
Preliminary treatment – Required for certain discharges.
§ 13.32.100
Preliminary treatment – Maintenance of facilities.
§ 13.32.110
Control manholes.
§ 13.32.120
Measurements and tests.
§ 13.32.130
Special agreements.
§ 13.32.140
Swimming pools.
§ 13.32.150
Dilution.
§ 13.32.160
City's right of revision.
§ 13.32.170
Time of compliance.
Chapter 13.36
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
§ 13.36.010
Permit – Required – Restrictions.
§ 13.36.020
Permit – Application.
§ 13.36.030
Permit changes and restrictions.
§ 13.36.040
Permit – Suspension.
§ 13.36.050
Permit – Revocation.
§ 13.36.060
Availability of city facilities.
§ 13.36.070
Prohibited industrial waste discharges.
§ 13.36.080
Pretreatment of industrial wastewaters.
§ 13.36.090
Control manhole and separation of domestic and industrial wastewaters.
§ 13.36.100
Industrial wastewater sampling, analysis and flow measurements.
§ 13.36.110
Damage caused by prohibited wastewater discharge.
§ 13.36.120
Pretreatment facilities.
§ 13.36.130
Accidental discharge/slug control plans.
§ 13.36.140
Tenant responsibility.
§ 13.36.150
Hauled wastewater.
§ 13.36.160
Federal categorical pretreatment standards.
§ 13.36.170
Waste survey.
§ 13.36.180
Wastewater discharge permit decisions.
§ 13.36.190
Duration of permit – Reissuance.
§ 13.36.200
Permit contents.
§ 13.36.210
Appeals.
§ 13.36.220
Compliance schedule progress report.
§ 13.36.230
Report on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadline.
§ 13.36.240
Periodic compliance reports.
§ 13.36.250
Reports of changed conditions.
§ 13.36.260
Reports of potential problems.
§ 13.36.270
Reports from nonsignificant industrial users.
§ 13.36.280
Notice of violation – Repeat sampling and reporting.
§ 13.36.290
Notification of the discharge of hazardous waste.
§ 13.36.300
Analytical requirements.
§ 13.36.310
Recordkeeping.
Chapter 13.40
PERMITS AND FEES
§ 13.40.010
Required for all work.
§ 13.40.020
Application.
§ 13.40.030
Compliance required – Changes in permit.
§ 13.40.040
Applicant's signature constitutes agreement.
§ 13.40.050
Fees – Established by resolution.
§ 13.40.060
Special connection charges.
§ 13.40.065
Connection fees – Deferred payment.
§ 13.40.070
Bonding required.
§ 13.40.080
Inspection of work – Issuance of certificate.
§ 13.40.090
Notification that work is ready for inspection.
§ 13.40.100
Condemned work.
§ 13.40.110
All costs paid by owner.
§ 13.40.120
Street excavation permit.
§ 13.40.130
Liability.
§ 13.40.140
Time limit on permits.
§ 13.40.150
Pretreatment charges and fees.
Chapter 13.44
SEWER RATES AND CHARGES
§ 13.44.010
Schedule promulgation and standards.
§ 13.44.020
Classification of users.
§ 13.44.030
Types of charges and fees.
§ 13.44.040
Determination of user charges and fees.
§ 13.44.050
Service charges fixed by resolution.
§ 13.44.060
Computation of service charges.
§ 13.44.070
Relief from unjust rates.
§ 13.44.080
Application of charges to unconnected premises.
§ 13.44.090
Billing.
§ 13.44.100
Collection – Methods.
§ 13.44.110
Tax roll collection – Authority – Alternative method.
§ 13.44.120
Tax roll collection – Report and notice.
§ 13.44.130
Tax roll collection – Hearing and determination.
§ 13.44.140
Tax roll collection – Filing of report with county auditor.
§ 13.44.150
Tax roll collection – Parcels not in city or not on roll.
§ 13.44.160
Charges deemed lien.
§ 13.44.170
Collection – Applicable laws.
§ 13.44.180
Compensation of county.
§ 13.44.190
Use of revenue.
§ 13.44.200
Disconnection of delinquent premises.
§ 13.44.210
Occupancy of disconnected premises deemed a nuisance.