Arcadia Municipal Code Part 5 Inspections

All work done under the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to inspection by and shall meet the approval of the City Engineer; provided, however, that approval by the City Engineer shall not relieve the permittee or any other person from fully complying with all of the applicable provisions of Chapter 2 of Article VIII of this Code and no provision of this Chapter supersedes, affects or modifies in any way the provisions of said Chapter 2 of Article VIII.

Immediately after the work is ready for inspection, and at least twenty-four (24) hours before inspection is to be made, the permittee shall request such inspection by the City Engineer.

At the time of the inspection, the permittee shall have all work uncovered and convenient for the City Engineer's examination, and shall give the City Engineer every facility to make a thorough examination and to apply water pressure tests as hereinafter provided.

If any pipes are enclosed or covered in any way so as to tend to obstruct a thorough inspection of the sewer construction or installation and the City Engineer notifies the permittee to remove said obstructions, the City Engineer need not inspect the work until such obstructions are removed.

Within ten (10) days after the City Engineer notifies the permittee that any work is defective, either in its construction or material, the permittee shall reconstruct or remove such work and make it conform to the provisions of this Chapter.

The permittee shall furnish all labor, tools and materials necessary for all tests. No house connection sewer will be inspected unless the required plug and water for test are available on the job when the City Engineer arrives. Plugs shall be those designed for operation from outside the fitting.

On every lot for which a house connection sewer permit is obtained as required by this Chapter, every plumbing fixture requiring drainage shall be connected to the public sewer, and the City Engineer shall be given opportunity to ascertain that all said fixtures are connected. If, however, there be inadequate grade or fall to allow any such fixture to drain to the public sewer, then the permittee shall, in lieu of such connection, obtain permission in writing from the City Engineer to dispose of said drainage in a sanitary and acceptable manner.

All material used in any work done under provisions of this Chapter shall be new, first-class material and shall conform to, and the manner of construction shall meet all the requirements prescribed by this Chapter or by the specifications for public sewers designated as "Standard Specifications for the Construction of Sanitary Sewers" on file in the office of the City Engineer and hereby adopted as the standard specifications for construction, installation and alteration of both public and house connection sewers, and all such work shall be approved by the City Engineer before a certificate of final inspection will be issued. The City Engineer may order tests of any material at the expense of the permittee, to determine whether such materials meet said specifications.

If a house connection sewer, industrial connection sewer, grease interceptor, sand interceptor, sand and grease interceptor, or other similar appurtenance is placed in use and fails to pass inspection, the permittee shall make the construction conform to the requirements of this Chapter within ten (10) days.

In the event that the house connection sewer, grease interceptor, sand interceptor, sand and grease interceptor, or other similar appurtenance fails to pass inspection or if the alterations or additions as provided in Section 7441 are not completed, the person who obtained the permit shall obtain an additional inspection permit within ten (10) days of the date of such failure to pass inspection. Nothing in this Section shall require or be deemed to require the application for or the issuance of an additional inspection permit for the purpose of removing stoppages or repairing a leak in any public or house connection sewer, except when it is necessary to replace any part or all of such sewer with other or different materials.

If an inspection is not requested on an additional inspection permit within sixty (60) days from the date of its issuance, such permit shall thenceforth be cancelled and shall be null and void and a new additional inspection permit shall be applied for.

All work authorized by an original permit, irrespective of the number of additional inspection permits issued, shall be completed to the satisfaction of the City Engineer within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the original permit.

The City Engineer may inspect, as often as he deems necessary, every industrial connection sewer, house connection sewer, sand interceptor, grease interceptor, sand and grease interceptor, back water trap or valve, or other similar appurtenances, to ascertain whether such facilities are maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.

No person shall prevent the City Engineer from having access to all such facilities at all reasonable times.