Avenal Municipal Code Ch. 3 Sewer Services

Sections: 6-3.01 Definitions. 6-3.02 Connections—Applications. 6-3.03 Connections—Permits—Charges. 6-3.04 Connections—Charges—Sewer fund. 6-3.05 Sewer services—Charges. 6-3.06 Sewer services—Charges—Billing. 6-3.07 Sewer services—Charges—Vacancies. 6-3.08 Exceptions. 6-3.09 Administration and enforcement—Supplemental rules and regulations. 6-3.10 Grease interceptors required for new or newly renovated industrial facilities. 6-3.11 Grease interceptors required on industrial facilities with problem lines. 6-3.12 Grease interceptors for all industrial facilities. 6-3.01 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows: "Business establishment" shall mean and include railroad depots, bus depots, laundries, restaurants, places of amusement, and any and all other commercial or business establishments or other institutions equipped with sanitary plumbing facilities. "Living unit" shall mean a living quarter, whether located in a single house or other permanent place of abode, where one single family resides. 6-3.02 Connections—Applications. Any person desiring to use the sanitary sewer system of the City shall make an application for such service on a form prescribed by the City. 6-3.03 Connections—Permits—Charges. No person shall connect any lot or parcel of property to the sanitary sewer system of the City without a permit first being obtained from the City. No such permit shall be issued unless the required fees, where applicable, have been paid. Fees shall be established by resolution by the City Council. (Ord. 91-06 §§ 7—10, 1991) 6-3.04 Connections—Charges—Sewer fund. Funds received from sewer connection charges shall be deposited in the Sewer Fund and shall be used for the benefit of the sanitary and storm sewer systems of the City.

Title 6 SANITATION AND HEALTH Avenal, California, Code of Ordinances Page 23 6-3.05 Sewer services—Charges. All persons using the sanitary sewer system of the City shall pay for such service at the rates established by resolution of the City Council. (Ord. 91-06 §§ 11—13, 1991) 6-3.06 Sewer services—Charges—Billing. All charges for sewer services, as set forth in Section 6-3.05 of this chapter, shall be paid at the same times as water and gas utility charges are paid to the City, and such charges shall be billed upon the same statements mailed to customers. In any cases where utility charges are billed to different persons for the same location, the sewer service charges shall be billed to the person charged for domestic water service. 6-3.07 Sewer services—Charges—Vacancies. At the time of the payment of the current bill, any apartment house owner or operator may receive credit for any apartment in the apartment house which has remained vacant for a period of thirty (30) days prior thereto by filing an affidavit with the City Clerk so stating. No sewer service charge shall be collected for living units or places of business which have remained vacant for a period of thirty (30) days or more. Vacancies shall be deemed to commence from the date of the request for the shut-off of domestic water service to the particular house or place of business. 6-3.08 Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply while contract sewer charges are being paid. 6-3.09 Administration and enforcement—Supplemental rules and regulations. The City Manager may make such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to aid in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. 6-3.10 Grease interceptors required for new or newly renovated industrial facilities. The owner of every newly constructed, remodeled, or converted commercial or industrial facility with one or more grease-generating activities, including food service facilities with new or replacement kitchens, for which a building permit is issued on or after July 1, 2009, shall install or cause to be installed a grease interceptor for each grease-generating activity, of a size equal to or greater than the minimum size meeting the definition of "grease removal device," as set forth in the operative edition (presently the 2007 Edition, section 209) of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by the California Building Standards Commission into the California Code of Regulations. (Ord. No. 2009-02, § 1, 6-3-2009) 6-3.11 Grease interceptors required on industrial facilities with problem lines. The owner of every commercial or industrial generator of grease, including food service facilities, serviced by a sewer collection line found to have a grease blockage, a history of grease blockage, or accelerated line maintenance resulting from grease disposal shall install or cause to be installed, upon notification by the superintendent of the plant, a grease removal device. (Ord. No. 2009-02, § 1, 6-3-2009)

Title 6 SANITATION AND HEALTH Avenal, California, Code of Ordinances Page 24 6-3.12 Grease interceptors for all industrial facilities. The owner of every commercial or industrial generator of grease, including food service facilities, for which installation of grease removal devices is not required pursuant to Sections 6-3.10 and 6-3.11, shall install or cause to be installed a grease removal device for each grease-generating activity, on or before November 16, 2009. (Ord. No. 2009-02, § 1, 6-3-2009)