Barstow Municipal Code Ch. 13.16 Building Laterals

No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the city building department.

(Code 1969, § 13.16.010; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 1, 1968; Ord. No. 962-2019, § 3, 11-4-2019)

(a) There shall be two classes of building lateral permits:

(1) For residential and commercial service; and

(2) For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.

(b) In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the city. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the city building department.

(Code 1969, § 13.16.020; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 2, 1968; Ord. No. 962-2019, § 3, 11-4-2019)

All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of the building lateral shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the city from any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly occasioned by the installation of the building lateral. The owner is solely responsible for the sewer lateral from the building to the point of connection with the city's sewer collection system. Per established standards this would be referred as the upper lateral (from building to property line) and lower lateral (property line to point of connection).

(Code 1969, § 13.16.030; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 3, 1968; Ord. No. 962-2019, § 3, 11-4-2019)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 962-2019, § 3, adopted Nov. 4, 2019, amended the title of § 13.16.030 to read as herein set out. Former § 13.16.030 was titled installation costs.

The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building lateral, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing and backfilling the trench, shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city.

(Code 1969, § 13.16.040; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 4, 1968)

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building lateral or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.

(Code 1969, § 13.16.050; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 5, 1968)

The connection of the building lateral into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the city.

(Code 1969, § 13.16.060; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 6, 1968)

All excavations for building laterals in public streets and easements requires a permit from the city engineering services division pursuant to chapter 12.08 in addition to the permit prescribed by this chapter.

(Code 1969, § 13.16.070; Ord. No. 276, art. 3, § 7, 1968; Ord. No. 962-2019, § 4, 11-4-2019)