California City Municipal Code Art. 3 Conditions of Service

(a) The applicant shall provide for the construction of facilities necessary to connect the applicant's sewage disposal system to the trunk sewer. This Article describes the possible methods of financing such expanded facilities.

(b) The applicant shall insure the new facilities are constructed and connected to the trunk sewer in accordance with City requirements. This Article also describers the City's design and construction standards.

(a) If an applicant is required to construct a trunk sewer and the trunk sewer is a part of an improvement plan, the City shall pay for the cost of design and construction if bond funds are available and the Council determines it is in the best interest of the improvement plan to construct the facilities at the time of the application.

(b) If an applicant is required to construct a trunk sewer without the use of bond funds and the trunk sewer will service more than one parcel of land, the City may enter into a main extension refund agreement with the applicant whereby the applicant shall bear the entire cost of the design and construction of the improvements and the City shall collect a pro rata share of the cost of such facilities from other property fronting the trunk sewer and remit the same to the original applicant. The form of the main extension refund agreement shall be approved by the Council.

(c) If the applicant is required to construct a trunk sewer without the use of improvement City bond funds and if the trunk sewer will serve more than one parcel of land, the City may allow the formation of an assessment district in lieu of entering into a main extension refund agreement.

(d) Nothing herein contained shall require the City to allow improvement plan or assessment district bond funds to construct a trunk sewer or enter into a main extension refund agreement.

(e) If an applicant is required to construct a collector sewer to obtain service, the City shall not pay for the cost of design and construction of such improvements. Construction will be the responsibility of the applicant.

(Ord. No. 07-658, 12-18-2007)

Pipelines and appurtenances constructed to convey industrial waste or domestic sewage into the City's trunk sewers shall not be connected to the City's trunk sewers unless the pipelines and appurtenances are constructed in accordance with City and administrative authority standards.

(a) The property owner, at its sole cost, shall construct and maintain the sewer lateral needed to connect the property to the community sewer system to City specifications. The property owner may seek indemnification from responsible parties for damages caused to or by the lateral.

(b) Sewer laterals shall be installed as shown on the City's standard specifications. No sewer laterals shall be attached to another sewer lateral nor shall sewer laterals be extended to collect other sewage discharges without prior approval of the City and the administrative authority. A person making such unauthorized sewer lateral extension or additions shall be subject to immediate disconnection and liability for expenses and charges.

(c) A gas trap shall be installed in each lateral connection attached to a trunk sewer between the sewer and vents installed on the property. The trap shall be maintained at the expense of the owner of the lateral.

(d) Connections shall be made only at points on trunk sewers approved by the Director of Public Works. The applicant shall make the excavation for the lateral in accordance with the City's standard specifications, and notify the City at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the commencement of the excavation. The City shall also be notified of the completion of the lateral attachment to the connection so inspection may occur prior to backfill of the trench for the lateral sewer.

(Ord. No. 11-706, 9-29-2011)

(a) Collector sewers shall be connected to City trunk sewers at locations and in the manner specified by the Director of Public Works.

(b) Plans and specifications of collector sewers and connections to trunk sewers shall be prepared by a registered Civil Engineer and submitted to the City for approval prior to construction. If the collector sewer system and the connection conform with the requirements of the City, the Director of Public Works shall approve the Engineer's design for construction. Two (2) sets of approved plans of the collector sewer system and the connection shall be submitted to the City prior to construction. Additionally, one (1) complete set of plans corrected for as-built conditions shall be submitted to the City prior to acceptance of the connection by the City. The connection shall remain plugged until acceptance. Chimneys may be plugged at the upper end rather than at the connection.

(c) The City shall inspect the work of making connection. At least forty-eight (48) hours notice prior to commencement of such work must be given to the City. The City must be notified of the completion of such work so inspection may be made prior to acceptance by the City.

(d) The collector sewer, up to the point where it joins the connection at the trunk sewer, shall be dedicated to the appropriate governmental agency. No additional collector sewers shall be connected to collector sewer connection or collector sewer system without prior approval of the City.

(e) The collector sewer connection, including required manholes, shall be dedicated to the City.

(a) Industrial waste connections shall be made on trunk sewers or collector sewers only at locations and in the manner specified by the Director of Public Works or Administrative Authority.

(b) Plans and specifications shall be prepared, submitted, reviewed and certified for industrial waste connections in the same manner as collector connections.

(c) Industrial waste systems and laterals must be separated from domestic systems and laterals. This may be accomplished at a manhole or other appropriate inspection facility with a common lateral discharging to the industrial waste connection.