El Segundo Municipal Code Ch. 3 Sewer Connections; Specifications; Manholes

A. Sewer Connection: No person shall connect to or tap a public sewer of the City or maintain a connection or tap to such sewer without obtaining a permit from the Public Works Director.

B. Excavations: No permit to connect to or tap a public sewer shall be issued unless a permit is also obtained pursuant to Title 9, Chapter 2 this Code, if applicable. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No permit shall be issued to connect a house sewer or house connection sewer to a public sewer if the connection or any portion thereof is in, under, or on a lot not owned by the person whose house is to be connected and no recorded easement exists authorizing the connection of such lot. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No permit shall be issued to connect to or tap a public sewer unless said sewer has sufficient sewage capacity to receive the intended discharge. The Public Works Director may require the discharger to restrict the discharge until sufficient capacity is available, or to construct a public sewer to provide sufficient capacity. The Public Works Director may refuse service to persons locating facilities in areas where their proposed quantity or quality of sewage or industrial wastewater is unacceptable to the available treatment facility. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No permit to connect to or tap a public sewer shall be issued if the proposed use of the public sewer may have a significant effect on the environment unless the environmental review process has been completed pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act 1 . (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Sewer Connection Fees: Except as otherwise provided in this Title, no permit to connect to or tap a public sewer shall be issued unless the prescribed sewer connection fees have been paid to the City. The sewer connection fee shall be fixed and established from time to time by the City Council by resolution.

B. Increase Or Reduction Of Fee: The City Council may, for good cause, increase, remit or reduce all or any portion of any fee or charge prescribed by this Title. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Application For Tap: When, in the opinion of the Public Works Director, a house connection sewer should be connected to a public sewer at a point where there is no connection facility, application for a public sewer tap shall be submitted and a sewer connection fee for each tap shall be paid before the permit is issued for construction of the house connection sewer.

B. Tapping In Presence Of City Employee: All tapping of public sewers shall be made by a licensed sewer contractor in the presence and to the satisfaction of an inspector acting under the authority of the Public Works Director. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

Connections to public sewers shall comply with the following:

A. Cast Iron Pipe: House connection sewers shall be made with pipe of cast iron, clay or other material, approved by the Public Works Director.

B. City Specifications: The pipe of the house connection sewer shall be laid in conformity with City specifications for public sewers.

C. Alignment: The pipe shall be laid in a straight alignment and at a uniform slope, and shall have a fall of at least one foot (1') in fifty feet (50') unless the Public Works Director determines that an exception is warranted.

D. Depth: The pipe must be at least three and one-half feet (31/2') below an established street or alley grade where it crosses the property line on the date of installation unless the Public Works Director determines that an exception is warranted.

E. Right Angle From Connection: The alignment of the house connection sewer must be at right angles from the connection to the public sewer unless the Public Works Director determines that an exception is warranted.

F. Wye Or Tee Saddles: A collar wye or tee saddle shall be installed in tapped public sewers by cutting a properly proportioned hole in the public sewer and fitting the saddle tightly in place. Wye saddles shall be placed in the side of the public sewer with the wye branch so pointed as to direct the flow from the house connection sewer downstream at approximately a forty five degree (45°) angle with the public sewer, and tilted upward at approximately forty five degrees (45°) from the horizontal. Tee saddles shall be used for the construction of chimney pipes and for connections to twelve inch (12") diameter and larger public sewers and tilted upward at approximately forty five degrees (45°) from the horizontal or as approved by the Public Works Director.

G. Wye Or Tee Connection: No house or industrial waste connection to a public sewer shall be made, except through a wye or tee branch, without written permission from the Public Works Director. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No more than one lot shall be connected to any one house connection sewer. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

No person shall connect any cesspool, seepage pit or septic tank to any public sewer or to any house sewer or house connection sewer. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

The Public Works Director may disconnect any house connection sewer installed or maintained in violation of the provisions of this Title. Reconnection of such a disconnected sewer shall be made only upon issuance of a permit as provided in this Title. Before such permit is issued or considered, the applicant shall reimburse the City for all cost resulting from the disconnection. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

Any person who unlawfully obstructs, damages, destroys, or removes any public sewer, or appurtenance thereof, shall reimburse the City for the reasonable cost of necessary flushing, cleaning, repairing and reconstruction of the sewer within thirty (30) days after written request from the Public Works Director to do so. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)

A. Opening Manhole: No person shall open, enter, or allow to remain open, any manhole in any public sewer without a permit from the Public Works Director.

B. Disposal Of Cesspool Effluent: No person shall deposit cesspool effluent or any waste or sewage into a manhole without a permit from the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director may permit disposal of cesspool effluent into designated manholes by operators of cesspool pump trucks holding valid County Health Department certificates of registration upon payment of a disposal fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each truckload, provided the effluent contains no substance which he determines to be deleterious; and further provided, that the cesspool wastes originated from cesspools within the City.

C. Method Of Disposal: Cesspool effluent deposited into a manhole in accordance with this Section shall be discharged through a pipe or hose in such a manner that none of the effluent adheres to the sides or shelf of the manhole. If any effluent adheres to the sides or shelf of the manhole, it shall be removed by the operator of the cesspool pump truck. Said operator shall leave the sides and shelf of the manhole clean. (Ord. 1093, 1-20-1987)