Alhambra Municipal Code Ch. 16.28 Permit to Connect

Any person desiring to connect any property with any public sewer constructed adjacent to such property shall make application therefor to the Director of Public Works and if such property has been assessed for the construction of the sewer with which it is proposed to connect and such assessment has been paid, the Director of Public Works shall issue upon the payment of the fees provided in Chapter 13.20 of this code, regulating the making and refilling of excavations and the making of fills in public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public places, a permit in writing to make such sewer connections.

('86 Code, § 16.28.010) (Ord. 1071, passed - - )

Cross-reference:

For provisions concerning connections by abutting owners when street improvements are to be made, see Chapter 13.12

Unless such property has been assessed for the construction of such sewer and such assessment has been paid, a permit shall be issued to make such sewer connection only upon the payment of the fees provided in Chapter 13.20 of this code, regulating the making and refilling of excavations and the making of fills in public streets, alleys, sidewalks and other public places, and upon the payment to the city of the fees hereinafter provided for in Chapter 16.29 of this code.

('86 Code, § 16.28.020) (Ord. 1071, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 3890, passed - - )

(A) Claim required. In the case any assessment provided for in § 16.28.010 is paid on property fronting on any street in which there is no public sewer and thereafter a public sewer be built in such street and such property assessed for the construction thereof, the owner of such property shall be entitled to have repaid to him or her from the City Treasury the amount paid to the city for any such assessment; provided that a claim in writing therefor, duly verified by the person paying such tax or penalty, his or her attorney, duly authorized agent, guardian, or his or her executor or administrator, shall have been filed with the Director of Finance within one year after the date or payment of the amount sought to be refunded. Such claim shall include the name and address of the claimant, the amount and date of payment sought to be refunded, and state under penalty of perjury the reasons or grounds upon which the claim for refund is based. The claim shall be on forms furnished by the Director of Finance. In no case shall any judgment be rendered for the plaintiff in any proceeding brought to enforce the payment of any claim arising hereunder if such action or proceeding is brought by any person other than the persons designated herein. Except as expressly provided herein, § 3.16.060(C) of this code shall apply to claims filed hereunder.

(B) General expense fund. Such refund shall be paid for out of the general expense fund of the city upon demands approved as required by ordinance and charter provisions.

('86 Code, § 16.28.040) (Ord. 1071, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 4320, passed 3-24-97)