Alameda Municipal Code § 18-3 Connections

Every person owning, controlling, or occupying land on which a house or tenement is constructed, and which fronts on any open street in the City, in which there is a public sewer, shall within thirty (30) days after the acceptance of such sewer by the City Council, have the house or tenement connected with such sewer in such a manner that all sewer waste therefrom shall be drained into the public sewer.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 6-211)

No person shall maintain any cesspool or privy vault on any land owned, controlled, or occupied by him/her, fronting on any open street of the City in which there is a public sewer, for any period of time longer than thirty (30) days after the acceptance of such sewer by the City Council.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 6-212)

All construction and installation of house connecting sewers in public streets and highways in the City, from the street sewer to the property line, shall be made under the jurisdiction of the office of the City Street Superintendent, and no person, except as herein provided, shall make, construct or install any house connecting sewer in any public highway between the street sewer and the property line, nor make any excavation in any public highway or street for the purpose of installing any such house connecting sewer.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 6-221; Ord. No. 989 N.S.)

Any person who shall require the construction of a house connecting sewer between the property line and the street sewer shall make application therefor at the office of the Street Superintendent at least six (6) days before the connection is required, and shall deposit the fee for such sewer as hereinafter established. The Street Superintendent shall thereupon cause such sewer to be constructed in accordance with the regulations prescribed by this Code.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 6-222; Ord. No. 989 N.S.)

The following fees are hereby fixed and established for the work of constructing and completing all house connecting sewers between the street sewer and the property line.

a. An amount equal to the actual cost for the work of constructing and completing all house connecting sewers between the street sewer and the property line. The amount shall be set by City Council Resolution.

b. At the time the application referred to in Section 6-22 is made, the Street Superintendent shall make an estimate of the probable expense of said work and the applicant shall thereupon deposit as the fee with said Superintendent a sum of money equal to the said estimate, for the purpose of covering the cost of said estimate, and for the purpose of covering the cost of said connecting sewer installation. After said work is completed any difference remaining between the actual cost of the work as completed and the said deposit shall be refunded to the applicant. The fee shall be set by City Council Resolution.

c. Actual cost of said work shall be deemed to include overhead charged.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 6-223; Ord. No. 944 N.S.; Ord. No. 1550 N.S.; Ord. No. 1930 N.S.; Ord. No. 2576 N.S. § 6)

All sewer connections shall be constructed in accordance with the latest adopted California Department of Transportation Standard Specifications, the latest adopted Plumbing Code, and the City standards as approved by the City Engineer.

(Ord. No. 2537 N.S. § 12)

a. General Provisions. Each new sewer which is intended to convey sanitary sewage to the City sanitary sewage system or any new sewer connecting to a private sewer which connects to the City sewerage system shall be deemed to be a sewer connection and the following connection fees shall be paid to the City of Alameda prior to the issuance of a sewer connection permit from the Plumbing Inspections Division of the City Department of Public Works.

b. Plumbing Fixture Units Assigned.

1. The following items shall be assigned the number of plumbing fixture units listed thereafter:

2. Other values are to be determined by the waste potential of the fixture and/or device.

c. Fees. Fees shall be charged in accordance with the fee schedule set by City Council Resolution, per plumbing fixture unit, as set out in paragraph b.1 of this subsection, discharging waste into the City sewerage system but in no case will the fee be less than the minimum fee of five hundred ($500.00) dollars.

d. Additions.

1. When the plumbing fixture units added exceed ten (10%) percent of the existing total, it shall be considered new work and a charge shall be made for the number of fixture units added.

2. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to single family dwellings and duplexes.

e. Industrial Discharge. Industrial discharges shall first be approved by the City Engineer and a fee agreement made with the City at the time of application for a building permit.

f. Exemptions. Public buildings are exempt from the provisions of this subsection.

g. Sewer Connection Fee Fund. The Sewer Connection Fee Fund is hereby established. Money collected by the City for sewer service charges as herein set forth shall be placed in the Sewer Connection Fee Fund and shall be used only to expand the capacity of the sewer system by construction or modification and activities required thereby.

(Ord. No. 1930 N.S.; Ord. No. 2085 N.S.; Ord. No. 2669 N.S. § 1)