El Cajon Municipal Code Ch. 13.24 Sewers and Sewage Disposal—public Sewer Laterals

Where the plumbing soil line or building sewer joins a lower sewer lateral, stub or wye, such joint shall be made with a mechanical joint or clamp with a double cleanout according to current industry standards, or any other method approved by the director of public works. Minimum ground cover at such joint or at the property line shall be forty-two inches unless otherwise specified by the engineering department of the city. The city's wastewater department shall not be obliged to connect to a soil line that is installed at less than the required minimum depth.

(Ord. 4930 § 6, 2009)

Where laterals are being installed by a general contractor as an integral part of the construction of a complete system of sewer mains, laterals and services under supervision of an inspection by the director of public works or his agents, the provisions of this chapter shall apply.

(Ord. 4930 § 6, 2009)

Wherever an existing sewer main is to serve several lots in a private contract for improvements in a subdivision, the specific job of boring into the main and affixing a hub shall be performed by the city's wastewater department. The contractor shall pay the city a cash fee according to the current schedule of fees established by resolution by the city council for each entry into the main in advance of performance of the work. The contractor shall excavate to the sewer main at the site of the proposed lateral, exposing the sewer main pipe for the prescribed work by the city sanitation department. When the work by the city sanitation department is complete, the contractor shall be responsible for any damage to the main as a result of excavation, and shall have the same responsibility for any lateral installed as prescribed above as he has for any lateral built entirely for himself.

(Ord. 4930 § 6, 2009)