Burbank Municipal Code Art. 3 Connection to Public SEWERS4

A. PERMIT REQUIRED.

No person shall construct new public sewers or portions of building sewer within the street or public right of way or connect to, repair, or tap an existing public sewer or portion of building sewer within the street or public right of way of this City or maintain a connection or tap to such sewer without obtaining approval from the Director. A condition of approval may include an approved study demonstrating that sufficient capacity exists in the sewer system to handle the new connection. Approval may be given through a permit process or by signature on engineered plans.

B. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

Sewerage construction shall meet all design requirements as established by the Director. [Formerly numbered Section 25-18. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035.]

No permit to connect to or tap a public sewer shall be issued unless a permit is also obtained under Chapter 13, Article 2 of this Code, if applicable. [Formerly numbered Section 25-19. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035.]

No permit shall be issued to connect a building sewer to a public sewer if the connection or any portion thereof is in, under, or on a lot not owned by the person whose building is to be connected and no recorded easement exists authorizing the connection of such lot. [Formerly numbered Section 25-20. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035, 2589.]

The Director may require a discharger to restrict discharge until sufficient capacity is available, or to construct a public sewer to provide sufficient capacity. The City may refuse service to persons locating facilities in areas where their proposed quantity or quality of sewage or industrial wastewater is unacceptable, as determined by the Director. A condition of approval for redevelopment may include an approved study demonstrating that sufficient capacity exists in the sewer system to handle the proposed discharge increase. [Formerly numbered Section 25-21. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035, 2589.]

No permit to connect to or tap a public sewer shall be issued if the proposed use of the public sewer may have a significant effect on the environment until an environmental impact report is prepared, processed and considered in accordance with the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 3, Article 1, of this Code. [Added by Ord. No. 2383. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035.]

This section shall apply to all animal care, animal boarding, animal washing or grooming facilities, and all similar types of facilities. All wastewater such as animal excretions, flushing water from areas accessible to animals shall be discharged into the City sewers. Rainfall and runoff waters from unpaved areas shall not be discharged into the City sewers. Before causing any such discharge, a wastewater discharge permit shall be obtained from the Director. [Added by Ord. No. 2589. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035.]

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no permit to connect to or tap a public sewer shall be issued until the prescribed sewer connection fee has been paid to the City. [Formerly numbered Section 25- 22. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035, 2589.]

Connections to public sewers shall comply with the following:

A. Portions of building sewers within the street or public right of way shall be made with vitrified clay pipe, or other material, approved by the Director.

B. The portions of building sewers within the street or public right of way shall be laid in a straight alignment and at a uniform slope, and shall have a fall of at least one (1) foot in fifty (50) feet unless the Director determines that an exception is warranted.

C. The pipe must be at least five (5) feet below curb grade and where it crosses the property line at least three and one-half (3 1/2) feet below the established grade of the street on the date of installation.

D. The alignment of the portion of the building sewer within the street or public right of way must be at right angles from the connection to the public sewer unless the Director determines that an exception is warranted.

E. A collar wye or tee saddle shall be installed in tapped public sewers by cutting a properly proportioned hole in the public sewer and fitting the saddle snugly in place. Wye saddles shall be placed in the side of the public sewer with the wye branch so pointed as to direct the flow from the building sewer downstream at approximately a forty-five (45) degree angle with the public sewer, and tilted upward at approximately forty-five (45) degrees from the horizontal. Tee saddles shall be used for the construction of chimney pipes and for connections to twelve (12) inch diameter and larger public sewers and tilted upward at approximately forty- five (45) degrees from the horizontal or as approved by the Director.

F. No building or industrial waste connections to a public sewer shall be made, except through a wye or tee branch, without written permission from the Director.

G. A City approved maintenance hole must be constructed by the developer for the connection of any building sewer that is 8" in diameter or larger unless otherwise approved by the Director.

H. A City approved maintenance hole must have a maintenance hole lid diameter of a minimum of 30 inches unless otherwise approved by the Director.

I. All construction must comply with the most recent version of the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction unless otherwise approved by the Director.

J. Final horizontal and vertical alignment shall be approved by the Director.

K. Any building sewer 8" in diameter or greater must comply with public sewer design guidelines approved by the Director. [Formerly numbered Section 25-30. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035, 2589.]

No more than one (1) lot shall be connected to any one (1) building sewer unless approved by the Director. [Formerly numbered Section 25-31. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035.]

The Director may disconnect any building sewer installed or maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Reconnection of such a disconnected sewer shall be made only upon issuance of a permit as provided in this chapter. Before such permit is issued, the applicant shall reimburse the City for the cost of the disconnection. [Formerly numbered Section 25-35. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035, 2589.]

Any person who obstructs, damages, destroys or removes any public sewer, the POTW, or appurtenance thereof, shall reimburse the City for the reasonable costs of the necessary flushing, cleaning, repairing, reconstructing and maintenance of the sewer within thirty (30) days after written request from the Director to do so. [Formerly numbered Section 25-36. Amended by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05; 3137, 3035.]

The City may reimburse a property owner for the cost to repair or replace that portion of a building sewer that has been crushed or moved out of alignment by the root system of a city parkway tree if the property owner can show to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director or their designee that the city tree root was the cause of the crushed or misaligned sewer provided that reimbursement will only be allowed if the proper permit(s) are obtained and inspection is made by the Director prior to the removal of any damaged pipe. Reimbursement will be limited to that amount designated in the Burbank Fee Resolution. In all other respects, the obligation to maintain and repair the building sewer remains the obligation of the property owner to which said sewers are appurtenant per Sec. 8-1-107. [Added by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05.]

New and remodeled properties are required to install, operate, and maintain an approved backwater valve on their building sewer unless it can be shown that all fixtures contained therein have flood level rim elevations above the elevation of the next upstream maintenance hole cover of the public sewer serving the property, or a conditional waiver is granted by the Director. All buildings to be newly constructed are subject to backwater valve requirements. Existing buildings with planned modifications having a building permit valuation of $50,000 or more are also subject to backwater valve requirements. Existing buildings having building sewers replaced, or having building sewers repairs made with an aggregate length in excess of 10', are also subject to backwater valve requirements. The backwater valve shall be installed in a concrete box or other material approved by the City Building Department and shall be readily accessible at all times. [Added by Ord. No. 3677, eff. 8/20/05.]