Cudahy Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 Sewage and Industrial Waste

Except as hereinafter amended, Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, entitled “Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance,” as amended effective July 27, 1984, as published by the department of public works, county of Los Angeles, is hereby adopted by reference as the Cudahy sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance and may be cited as such.

Three copies of said Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, as amended, are on deposit in the office of the city clerk and shall be at all times maintained by the city clerk for use and examination by the public. References to section numbers and amendments of the Cudahy sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance are declared to be references to the section numbers contained in said volume of the department of public works. (Ord. 367 § 1; Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.1).

Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in said Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, each such name or term shall be deemed or construed to have the following meaning, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “County,” “county of Los Angeles,” or “incorporated area” shall mean the city of Cudahy.

(2) “Building official” shall mean the superintendent of building of the city.

(3) “Building department” shall mean the building department of the city.

(4) “Board of supervisors” shall mean the city council.

(5) “Unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles” shall mean the incorporated territory of the city.

(6) “County engineer” shall mean the city engineer.

(7) “County sewer maintenance district” shall mean 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county sewer maintenance district except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a county sewer maintenance district.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” shall mean the city of Cudahy.

(8) “Ordinance” shall mean an ordinance of the city except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county.

(9) “Public sewer” shall mean all sanitary sewers, and appurtenances thereto, lying within streets or easements dedicated to the city, which streets or easements are under the sole jurisdiction of the city.

(10) “Trunk sewer” shall mean a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the city. (Ord. 367 § 1; Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.2).

Section 20.28.050 of said Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 20.28.050. The City Engineer may recommend that the Council approve an agreement to reimburse or agree to reimburse a subdivider, school district, an improvement district formed under special assessment procedures, or person for the cost of constructing sanitary sewers for public use where such sewers can or will be used by areas outside of the proposed development; and to establish a reimbursement district and collection rates as described in the agreement under the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 367 § 1; Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.3).

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 13.04.010, Sections 20.32.140 and 20.32.290 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance are hereby repealed. (Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.4).

Section 20.32.150 of said Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 20.32.150. In the event the City Engineer determines that the property described in the application for a permit is included within a sewer reimbursement district, which has been formed by the Council in accordance with Section 20.28.050, the charge for connecting to the public sewer shall be as set forth in the agreement.

(Ord. 367 § 1; Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.5).

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 13.04.010, Section 20.32.320 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is amended to read:

20.32.320. Recordkeeping Requirements. The City Treasurer shall keep a permanent record of all applications and a permanent and accurate account of all payments received under Section 20.32.130.

(Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.6).

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 13.04.010, Section 20.32.280 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is amended by adding the following paragraph to read:

20.32.280 ... All monies 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. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.7).

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 13.04.010, Section 20.32.690 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is amended by adding the following paragraph to read:

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 (30) days after the City Engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount paid shall be deposited in the City Treasury.

(Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.8).

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 13.04.010, Section 20.36.440 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is amended to read:

20.36.440: “Cooling Water.” No uncontaminated cooling water shall be discharged into a drainage system connected with a public sanitary sewer except by written permission from the Superintendent of Building.

(Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.9).

Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 13.04.010, Section 20.32.200 of said sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance is amended to read:

20.32.200: Tap Fee. The Superintendent of Building shall collect from the applicant a fee of forty ($40.00) dollars to tap the public sewer which shall include the installation of a saddle furnished by the applicant but no excavation, backfill, or resurfacing.

(Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.10).

Sections 20.32.010 through 20.32.690 of said Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, may be modified and/or enforced by the city without prior consultation with or approval by the county director of public works. (Ord. 367 § 1; Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.11).

Every person violating any provision of this chapter or any condition or limitation of a permit issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day during which any violation described in this chapter as willful continues shall constitute a separate offense punishable as provided by this chapter. (Ord. 312 § 1. 2002 Code § 11-1.12).