Arcadia Municipal Code Part 2 Specific Applications

New main line sewers shall conform to the requirements of this Chapter unless otherwise specifically excepted.

New house connection sewers shall conform to the requirements of this Chapter unless otherwise specifically excepted.

The following requirements shall apply to existing house connection sewers:

(1) If the construction of a new house connection sewer is to include any portion of an existing drain to a cesspool, septic tank or other means of disposal, such construction shall be included and accepted only when it meets all the requirements for new house connection sewers, except that the materials of construction of the existing portions, used and undisturbed, may not be rejected because they are not new.

(2) If an existing house connection sewer is added to or altered because of a change of use, such sewer shall be made to conform to the requirements of this Chapter which apply to new construction.

(3) No inspection and test shall be required for the undisturbed existing portion of a house connection sewer constructed under permit from the office of the City Engineer, but any additions thereto or alterations or extensions thereof, shall in all respects conform to the requirements of this Chapter.

Every grease interceptor or sand and grease interceptor or other appurtenance constructed and connected to the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of this Chapter therefor, unless otherwise specifically excepted.

All house connection sewers, industrial connection sewers, and appurtenances thereto, now existing or hereafter constructed, shall be maintained by the owner of the property served in a safe and sanitary condition, and all devices or safeguards which are required by this Chapter for the operation thereof shall be maintained in good working order.

The requirements contained in this Chapter covering the maintenance of sanitary grease interceptors, sand interceptors, sand and grease interceptors, or other appurtenances, shall apply to all such facilities now existing or hereafter constructed. All such facilities shall be maintained by the owners thereof in a safe and sanitary condition, and all devices or safeguards which are required by this Chapter for the operation of such facilities shall be maintained in good working order. This Section shall not be construed as permitting the removal or nonmaintenance of any devices or safeguards on existing facilities unless authorized in writing by the City Engineer.

The City shall in no event be responsible for the maintenance or repair of or for removal of obstructions in or to any house connection sewer, industrial connection sewer interceptor or other sanitary sewer facility other than sewer main line.

(Added by Ord. 1130 adopted 7-18-61)