Alhambra Municipal Code Ch. 16.16 Public Sewer System

Whenever a house connection or a sewer connection permittee or any other person by reason of violation of this title causes obstruction, damage or destruction of a public sewer, he shall reimburse the city for the cost of the flushing, cleaning, repairing and reconnection of such sewer made necessary by such violation within 30 days after the Director of Public Works shall render an invoice for the same.

('86 Code, § 16.16.010) (Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51)

The Director of Public Works shall make a charge of $5 for permission to connect a house connection sewer to a public sewer at a point where no special Y or T has been previously installed. Connection charges to public sewers shall be made in accordance with the applicable ordinance currently in effect.

('86 Code, § 16.16.020) (Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51)

(A) Constructed under contract with city. All main sewers constructed under contract with the city shall meet the requirements of specifications No. 149 and all standards of the city unless otherwise specifically excepted.

(B) Constructed by utility or other person. All main sewers constructed by any person including a municipally owned public utility shall meet the requirements of specifications No. 149 and all ordinances and standards of the city.

('86 Code, § 16.16.030) (Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51)

(A) At any point in a main sewer or trunk line sewer where it is necessary to provide new sewage service, no vitrified clay Y or T saddle will be permitted. Entrance into the main sewer or trunk sewer will be constructed in the following manner: By first cutting the entrance to the main sewer or trunk sewer and then inserting a short piece of cast-iron pipe, four inches or six inches in diameter with a bell on one end, into the entrance in such a manner so as not to protrude beyond the inside face of the trunk or main sewer. The connecting pipe shall be so placed as to project upward at an angle of approximately 45 degrees from the horizontal and in addition shall be so placed to so direct the flow of the house connection sewage down stream into the main or trunk sewer. The only method by which a connection shall be made into the top of the main or trunk sewer is if the connection is constructed in accordance with the standard plan of the city entitled “Standard Chimney Pipe” and in accordance with the aforementioned connection method. It is hereby further stipulated that all Y connections or saddles shall conform to the standard plan of the city entitled “Standard Saddle Connection.”

(B) After the short section of connecting pipe is in place, an imbedment of cement concrete shall be placed under and around the main line sewer pipe and connecting pipe as required for a standard chimney pipe in accordance with the standard plan on file in the office of the Director of Public Works. The inside of the main or trunk sewer shall be checked to see that there is no protruding cement at the joint between pipe and saddle.

('86 Code, § 16.16.040) (Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51)

No person shall connect or cause or permit to be connected any roof drain, yard drain or other conduit used for carrying off rain or surface water, with any public sewer or house connection sewer leading thereto. No person shall cause or permit any indirect connection to the public sewer or house connection sewer leading thereto by means of which rain or surface waters are permitted to enter a public sewer.

('86 Code, § 16.16.050) (Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51) Penalty, see § 1.12.010

Whenever it shall come to the attention of the Director of Public Works that sewage is overflowing from any plumbing fixture which is below manhole grade in a street or right-of-way due to the backing up of sewage in the public sewer, or due to pressure in the public sewer, or due to any cause whatsoever, except a temporary stoppage in any such plumbing fixture, the Director of Public Works may order and require such plumbing fixture to be plugged up or capped, or may require that a backwater trap or backwater sewer valve, required by § 16.12.140 of this code, be installed to prevent such overflow.

(Ord. 2472, passed 9-18-51)