Title 15 — WATER AND SEWERS
Burlingame Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Burlingame
Sections in this part
- Chapter 15.04 — WATER CONNECTIONS AND FEES
- Chapter 15.06 — WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCIES
- Chapter 15.07 — WASTEFUL WATER USE RESTRICTIONS
- Chapter 15.08 — SEWER CONNECTIONS AND CHARGES
- Chapter 15.10 — SANITARY SEWER USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 15.11 — LIEN PROCEDURES FOR UNPAID CHARGES
- Chapter 15.12 — ABATEMENT OF IMPROPER SEWER CONNECTIONS
- Chapter 15.14 — STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL
- Chapter 15.15 — MANAGEMENT OF PCBS DURING BUILDING DEMOLITION PROJECTS
Chapter 15.04 Chapter 15.08 WATER CONNECTIONS AND FEES SEWER CONNECTIONS AND CHARGES § 15.04.010. Fee for service installations and application for water § 15.08.010. Application for sewer connection. connection. § 15.04.020. Water capacity charges. § 15.08.020. Capacity charges. § 15.04.030. Installation of fire protection § 15.08.030. Number of laterals per lot. service. § 15.08.040. Application for lateral § 15.04.040. Ownership of installed rearrangement of lot service. frontage. § 15.04.050. Cross-connections and § 15.08.050. No sublaterals permitted. backflow standards. § 15.08.060. Sewer rental—Definitions. § 15.04.060. Domestic and fire services § 15.08.070. Sewer rental—Service over two inches within charges. public property. § 15.08.072. New customers in single- family or duplex Chapter 15.06 classification. WATER SHORTAGE EMERGENCIES § 15.08.090. Sewer rental—Industrial sampling. § 15.06.010. Implementation of chapter. § 15.08.100. Sewer rental—Charges § 15.06.020. Definitions. payable bimonthly. § 15.06.030. Allocations. § 15.08.110. Sewer enterprise fund. § 15.06.040. Regulations and restrictions. § 15.06.050. Exceptions. Chapter 15.10 § 15.06.060. Penalties for excess water SANITARY SEWER USE consumption. REGULATIONS § 15.06.070. Enforcement. § 15.10.005. Purpose and policy. Chapter 15.07 § 15.10.007. Conflicts with other WASTEFUL WATER USE provisions. RESTRICTIONS § 15.10.010. Violation unlawful. § 15.10.015. Definitions. § 15.07.010. Purpose. § 15.10.017. Abbreviations. § 15.07.020. Definitions. § 15.10.020. Sewer required. § 15.07.030. Water use restrictions. § 15.10.021. Occupancy prohibited. § 15.07.040. Enforcement. § 15.10.024. Planning, design, and § 15.07.050. Water shortage emergency. construction standards. § 15.10.025. Construction permit required. § 15.10.028. Construction requirements.
§ 15.10.029. Installation of backwater § 15.10.088. Revocation, suspension, or protection. modification of permit. § 15.10.030. Inspection. § 15.10.090. Appeal of decision of § 15.10.032. Maintenance of sewer director. laterals. § 15.10.092. Public access and § 15.10.034. Limitation on point of confidentiality of discharge. information. § 15.10.036. Prohibited activities. § 15.10.094. Reporting requirements. § 15.10.038. Generally prohibited wastes. § 15.10.096. Water conservation. § 15.10.040. Specifically prohibited § 15.10.098. Monitoring. wastes. § 15.10.100. Self-monitoring. § 15.10.042. Prohibition on trucked and § 15.10.102. Inspection and sampling. hauled wastes. § 15.10.104. Charges and fees. § 15.10.044. Prohibition on garbage. § 15.10.106. Accidental discharges. § 15.10.046. Prohibition on use of § 15.10.108. Employee training and diluting waters. notice. § 15.10.048. Suspended solids—Dissolved § 15.10.110. Disposal of unacceptable matter. waste. § 15.10.050. Limitations on wastewater § 15.10.112. Protection of streams and strength. watercourses. § 15.10.052. Limitation on other § 15.10.113. Illegal sewer uses. pollutants. § 15.10.114. Agreements in exceptional § 15.10.054. Holding tank wastes. cases. § 15.10.056. Stormwaters, surface water, § 15.10.116. Civil penalties. groundwater. § 15.10.118. Show cause hearing. § 15.10.058. Medical wastes. § 15.10.120. Abatement. § 15.10.060. Quantity of wastes. § 15.10.122. Correction of violation and § 15.10.062. Protection from accidental emergency action. and slug discharges. § 15.10.124. Injunction. § 15.10.064. Pretreatment of industrial § 15.10.126. Falsifying information or waste. tampering with processes. § 15.10.066. Interceptors required. § 15.10.128. Compliance with federal § 15.10.068. Screened industrial wastes. pretreatment regulations. § 15.10.070. Wastewater discharge permit required. Chapter 15.11 § 15.10.072. Permit application. LIEN PROCEDURES FOR UNPAID § 15.10.074. Determination on permit CHARGES application. § 15.10.076. Permit denial. § 15.11.010. Definitions. § 15.10.078. Non-transferability. § 15.11.020. Owner responsibility for water and sewer service § 15.10.080. Permit amendment. charges. § 15.10.081. Reclassification from § 15.11.030. Collection of delinquent significant industrial user. service charges as a special § 15.10.082. New sources. assessment lien. § 15.10.084. Compliance schedules.
§ 15.11.040. Additional request for § 15.14.070. Waiver procedures. payment—Warning notice. § 15.14.110. Discharge of pollutants. § 15.11.050. Report and notice. § 15.14.120. Discharge in violation of § 15.11.060. Recordation—Charges. permit. § 15.11.070. Filing with controller and § 15.14.130. Illicit discharge. tax collector—Distribution § 15.14.140. Reduction of pollutants in of proceeds. storm water. § 15.11.080. Release of lien. § 15.14.150. Watercourse protection. § 15.14.210. Authority to inspect. Chapter 15.12 § 15.14.220. Continuing violations. ABATEMENT OF IMPROPER SEWER § 15.14.230. Concealment. CONNECTIONS § 15.14.240. Civil actions. § 15.14.250. Administrative enforcement § 15.12.010. Improper sewer connections. powers. § 15.12.020. Resolution declaring § 15.14.260. Remedies not exclusive. nuisance—Notice of abatement. § 15.14.310. Coordination with hazardous materials § 15.12.030. Form of Notice—Mailing. inventory and response § 15.12.040. Hearing—Action by council. program. § 15.12.050. Order to abate nuisance—Abatement by Chapter 15.15 property owner. MANAGEMENT OF PCBS DURING § 15.12.060. Account and report of cost. BUILDING DEMOLITION PROJECTS § 15.12.070. Notice of hearing on report and assessment list. § 15.15.010. Purpose. § 15.12.080. Hearing and confirmation of § 15.15.020. Definitions. assessments—Lien against § 15.15.030. Applicability. property. § 15.15.040. Exemptions. § 15.12.090. Collection on tax roll. § 15.15.050. PCBs in priority building § 15.12.100. Payment of assessments, materials screening annual installments, interest. assessment. § 15.12.110. Inspection and correction § 15.15.060. Agency notification, upon sale. abatement, and disposal for identified PCBs. Chapter 15.14 § 15.15.070. Compliance with California STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND and federal PCBs laws and DISCHARGE CONTROL regulations. § 15.15.080. Information submission and § 15.14.010. Title. applicant certification. § 15.14.020. Purpose and intent. § 15.15.090. Recordkeeping. § 15.14.030. Definitions. § 15.15.100. Obligation to notify city of § 15.14.040. Responsibility for Burlingame of changes. administration. § 15.15.110. Liability. § 15.14.050. Construction and § 15.15.120. Enforcement. application. § 15.15.130. Fees. § 15.14.060. Severability and validity.
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