Commerce Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 Sewers

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* Prior ordinance history: Prior code Sections 8400 through 8404 and Ords. 98, 156 and 265.

There is adopted as the sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance of the City of Commerce, except as it is hereinafter amended, Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code (hereinafter in this chapter "the county ordinance"), as amended and in full force and effect through and including Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 89-0101, passed July 27, 1989.

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

Whenever, in the county ordinance, reference is made to the unincorporated area of the county of Los Angeles, such area shall be deemed to include in its true geographic location the area of the city.

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in the county ordinance, each such name or term shall have the meaning ascribed to it in this section, as follows:

"Board" or "board of supervisors" means the city council.

"Chief Engineer" or "county engineer" means the director of public works/city engineer.

"County health officer" means the city health officer.

"County of Los Angeles" means the city, except in such instances where the county of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to context or circumstances.

"County sewer maintenance district" means the county sewer maintenance district except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a county sewer maintenance district. In any such instance, "county sewer maintenance district" means the city.

"Director" means the director of public works/city engineer.

"Inspector means the authorized inspector, deputy, agent, or representative of the director of public works/city engineer.

"Ordinance" means an ordinance of the city, except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county of Los Angeles.

"Public sewer" means all sanitary sewers and appurtenances thereto lying within streets or easements dedicated to the city, which are under the sole jurisdiction of the city.

"Trunk sewer" means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the city.

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

Section 20.32.110 of the county ordinance is amended by adding the following paragraph to the end of the existing test:

"All moneys collected under this section for sewer maintenance are to be submitted directly to the County Sewer Maintenance District for inclusion in the Maintenance District's funds."

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

Section 20.20.130 of the county ordinance is amended by deleting the "construction" and substituting the word "connection."

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

Section 20.28.020 of the county ordinance is amended by deleting the last sentence of the paragraph, beginning with the words "The county engineer shall pay," and substituting the following text:

"Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, all money received under Section 20.28.020 shall be deposited with the County Treasurer and credited to the Special Sewer Maintenance Fund."

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

Part 3, Design Standards, of the county ordinance is amended by adding the following paragraph to Section 20.32.690:

"In the event the damaged public sewer is not in a sewer maintenance district, the violator shall reimburse the city within thirty days after the City Engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount when paid shall be deposited into the city treasury."

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).

In lieu of the schedule set forth in Section 20.36.230 of the county ordinance, the applicable fees shall be those set forth in Attachment A, atached to the ordinance codified in this chapter and by this reference made a part thereof. Said fee schedule may be revised from time to time by a resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 433 § 1(part), 1990).