Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 13 — Public Services›Chapter 13.12 — SEWER SYSTEM
Guadalupe Municipal Code Art. VI Enforcement
Guadalupe Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Guadalupe
Cite as: Guadalupe Municipal Code Article VI · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 13.12.300. Disconnection and other City work authorized when—Costs.¶
The City may immediately disconnect any building sewer lateral from a sewer main or sever or plug any such building sewer lateral within any easement or public street whenever the premises connected by such building sewer lateral to a sewer main is the point of the discharge made in violation of this chapter. The premises shall not be reconnected to the wastewater system and discharge shall not be further allowed, until the City shall have estimated the cost of disconnection and reconnection, and such costs shall have been paid to the City by the discharger. Any difference between the estimated costs and the actual costs of disconnection and reconnection shall be paid or refunded, as the case may be.
(Ord. 164 Div. 7 §2, 1977; Ord. 92-309 §8)
§ 13.12.310. Violation—Notice—Correction requirements.¶
Any discharger found to be violating any provision of this chapter shall be served by the City Clerk, by registered or certified mail, with a written notice stating the nature of the violation, and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. Any discharger with knowledge of the notice shall, within the period of time stated in the notice, or within such extension thereof as may be granted by the City, correct and cease the violation. Any discharge of wastewater in violation of the provisions of this chapter is a public nuisance.
(Ord. 164 Div. 7 §1, 1977)
§ 13.12.320. Violation—Penalty.¶
A. Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or performing any act declared by this chapter to be unlawful, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine and/or imprisonment in accordance with the general penalty provision then in effect in the City, pursuant to Chapter 1.08 of this code, as amended.
B. Any person guilty of violating the pretreatment provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of $1,000.00 a day for each violation of the pretreatment standards and requirements.
(Ord. 164 Div. 7 §3, 1977; Ord. 86-271 §27; Ord. 92-309 §9)
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