Biggs Municipal Code Art. I Rules And Regulations

"Person,"

as used in this article, means and includes any private individual or individuals of either or both sexes and any private or quasi-public corporation or corporations of either or both.

(Ord. 85 § 3, 1939)

No person within the corporate limits of the city of Biggs shall suffer, or permit any premises belonging to or occupied by such person, or under his, her or their control to suffer, any cellar, vault, privy, cesspool or septic tank, sewer, basin, or private drain thereon or therein to become nauseous, foul or prejudicial to the public health or public comfort.

(Ord. 85 § 1, 1939)

No person owning or occupying or having under his or her control any premises situated or being within 150 feet of a public sewer running through any street or alley in the city of Biggs shall construct or maintain or suffer to be or remain upon such premises so owned, occupied or controlled any sink, drain, privy or other fixture which may be hereinafter mentioned, except that such sink, drain, privy or other fixtures hereinafter mentioned shall comply with the requirements in this article.

(Ord. 85 § 2, 1939)

(1) The city council can, at its discretion upon application from a property owner, waive the requirement that property within 150 feet of a public sewer line in a public street or alley be connected if the cost of that connection is not feasible, in that a sewer connection would exceed five times the cost of a septic tank installation.

(2) In the event of a dispute between the land owner and the city council as to the cost variation, the city council shall be the final judge of the cost figures.

(Ord. 289 §§ 1, 2, 1990)

(1) The office of plumbing inspector in and for the city of Biggs is hereby created, said plumbing inspector to be appointed by the city council of the city of Biggs and to hold office during the pleasure of the said city council, and until another person shall be appointed, or the office abolished.

(2) A sewer committee is hereby created, consisting of members of the city council, and the plumbing inspector shall be subject to their wishes.

(Ord. 85 § 4, 1939)

All persons owning or occupying or having under his or her control any premises situated or being within 150 feet of a public sewer running through any street or alley in the city of Biggs shall construct their private drains and water closets, basins, sinks, baths and other plumbing fixtures therewith by means of transite pipe, or pipe of equal quality, not less than four inches in diameter and shall be constructed in such a manner that it can be effectually flushed and cleansed and shall also be provided with a trap, which will effectually prevent the escape of gases from the sewer into such dwelling house or building or outhouse.

(Ord. 133 § 1, 1960)

All persons owning or occupying or having under his or her control any premises situated or being within 150 feet of a public sewer running through any street or alley in said city shall use in all privies on said premises a water closet of approved pattern.

(Ord. 85 § 6, 1939)

All connections of private drains or sewers with the public sewer of said city shall be made in accordance with this article.

(Ord. 85 § 7, 1939)

No person or corporation shall make any connection with any part of the public sewers, or opening into such public sewers, without written permit of the plumbing inspector. Said connection with the sewer must be made during the presence and under the supervision of the plumbing inspector.

(Ord. 85 § 8, 1939)

Application for permits to connect with the sewers must be made in writing by the owner of the property to be drained, or his authorized agent. Such application shall give the precise location of the property, the name of the owner, and the name of the person employed to do the work.

(Ord. 85 § 9, 1939)

All permits to connect with the sewers shall be given upon the express condition that the committee on sewers may at any time before the work is completed revoke and annul the same unless the work is done in accordance with the provisions of this article and no person or party interested shall have any right to claim damages in consequence of such permit being revoked or annulled.

(Ord. 85 § 10, 1939)

No person or corporation shall connect any open gutter, cesspool, privy, vault, cistern or cellar with any public sewer or with any private sewer connected with the public sewer.

(Ord. 85 § 11, 1939)

No rainwater leader pipe shall be connected with the public sewer or with any private sewers connected with the public sewer.

(Ord. 85 § 12, 1939)

No person shall dig in or otherwise disturb the surface of any of the streets or alleys in the city of Biggs, or lay any pipe therein or thereon, without first having obtained a permit therefor, and no pipe shall be laid until the plumbing inspector shall have been given 24 hours' notice, which said notice shall particularly set the time at which said work is to be commenced.

(Ord. 85 § 13, 1939)

No person or corporation shall injure, break, or remove any portion of a manhole, lamphole, flush tank, or any part of the public sewer.

(Ord. 85 § 14, 1939)

No person or corporation shall deposit any garbage, offal, dead animals, sand, rags, potato peelings, vegetable offal, or any substance having a tendency to obstruct the flow of the sewerage in any manhole, lamphole, flush tank, water closet, sink, catchbasin, urinal, or any other plumbing fixture or fixtures connected with the sewer system of the city of Biggs.

(Ord. 85 § 15, 1939)

The sewer committee shall have the power to stop or disconnect any private drain from which substances are discharged which are liable to injure the sewer or obstruct the flow of the sewerage.

(Ord. 85 § 16, 1939)

(1) It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to notify in writing all persons owning or occupying or having under his or her control any premises situated or being within 150 feet of a public sewer running through any street or alley in the city of Biggs to connect their private drains, water closets, basins, sinks, baths, and other plumbing fixtures with such sewer in the manner provided for in this article.

(2) Any person owning or occupying or having under his or her control any premises, as above provided, who shall fail, refuse, or neglect to commence work within 10 days from the date of the service of the aforesaid notice and diligently, and without interruption, prosecute the same to completion shall forfeit as a penalty therefor the sum of $5.00 for each day's delay in commencing such work after the expiration of said 10 days' notice as aforesaid and after the commencement thereof. Such penalty shall be recovered for the use of said city of Biggs by prosecution in the name of the people of the state of California, in the court having jurisdiction thereof and shall be paid into the treasury of the city of Biggs to the use of said city and may be applied if deemed expedient by the city council of the city of Biggs, in the payment of the expenses of such work not otherwise provided for.

(3) Should said owner or occupant or person having under his or her control such premises still fail, neglect or refuse to connect their private drains, sinks, and privies with such sewer, after the recovery by said city of Biggs, may order the plumbing inspector to do said work and the cost thereof shall be recovered in an action brought in the name of the city of Biggs for such purpose, or if deemed expedient by said city council the costs of such work may be paid from moneys recovered as a penalty under this section.

(Ord. 85 § 17, 1939)

No persons or person, except the street commissioner or plumbing inspector, shall remove or interfere in any manner with the coverings of manholes, lampholes, flush tanks, or catchbasins of the sewer system of the city of Biggs.

(Ord. 85 § 18, 1939)

When the premises are not within 150 feet of the city sewers, cesspools or properly constructed septic tanks must be constructed and be in size not less than six feet by six feet. The top of said cesspool or septic tank is to be not less then one foot below the surface of the ground.

(Ord. 85 § 19, 1939)

Said cesspool must not be placed within 20 feet of any part of any dwelling, and house drains connecting therewith must be trapped and connected the same as house drains connecting with the city sewer.

(Ord. 85 § 20, 1939)

No person or persons shall be permitted to connect with the private drain from any building, premises or fixture with the sewer system of the city of Biggs until they have first notified the plumbing inspector of the city of Biggs of such intended connection together with a statement of the method to be used, and no trench covering such connection or the pipe connecting said building, premises or fixtures with said city shall be covered with earth or other material until the same shall have been inspected and approved by the plumbing inspector of the city of Biggs and if said pipe and connection fails to receive the approval of said plumbing inspector the same shall be reconstructed under the supervision of said inspector and shall not be finally covered until full approval thereof has been given.

(Ord. 85 § 22, 1939)

All lateral(s) and similar pipe(s), and their appurtenances, connecting any property to the city's sewer mains shall be installed in conformity with applicable law by and at the sole expense of the owner of the property which such facilities serve.

(Ord. 370 § 1, 2006)

The owner of the property which such facilities serve shall maintain such laterals, similar pipes and appurtenances from the premises which such facilities serve to the property line of the property. The city shall maintain such facilities from said property line to the city's sewer main.

(Ord. 370 § 1, 2006)

If an owner of property served by the city's sewer system fails to maintain the sewer lateral(s) and/or other pipe(s) connecting the property to the sewer main as required in BMC § 10.05.224 after 10 days' written notice (or less, in the case of an emergency), the city, in its discretion, may undertake to perform such maintenance work and will charge the owner the actual cost of such work. This charge shall be added to the service bill or, at the city's discretion, may be billed directly to the owner. If this bill is not paid timely in the method and manner as provided herein for service charges, generally, the amount of such unpaid bill may become a lien upon the real property and be collected at the same time and in the same manner as all taxes on real property in the city.

(Ord. 370 § 1, 2006)

The city council of the city of Biggs is hereby authorized to establish by resolution or ordinance such rules and regulations for the carrying on of this article as may be necessary and proper.

(Ord. 85 § 23, 1939)