Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code Ch. 13.08 Sanitary Sewers

A. The sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance of the City, except as it is hereinafter amended, Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, of the County Code of the County of Los Angeles, which may be amended from time to time by the County of Los Angeles to comply with new State permits, and which regulate the use, operation, maintenance, and repair of the City sanitary sewer system, provide for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor, is hereby adopted by reference, and conflicting ordinances are hereby repealed.

B. All of the regulations, provisions, conditions and terms of the County of Los Angeles Title 20, Division 2, one copy of which will be on file and accessible to the public for inspection at the City Clerk's office, are hereby referred to, adopted and made part of this chapter as if fully set forth in this chapter with the exceptions, deletions, additions, and amendments thereto as set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 579 § 1, 2018)

Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, each such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in this section as follows:

Board means the City Council.

County Engineer means the City Engineer.

County Health Officer means the City Health Officer.

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sewer maintenance district, except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a County sewer maintenance district.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.

Ordinance means an ordinance of the City, except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the County.

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. 261 § 2, 1983; Ord. 212, 1978; Ord. 103 § 2, 1970; Prior Code § 8400)

Whenever in Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, reference is made to the unincorporated area of the County, such area shall be deemed to include in its true geographical location the area of the City.

(Ord. 261 § 3, 1983; Ord. 212, 1978; Ord. 103 § 3, 1970; Prior Code § 8401)

The following sections of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, of the County Code are amended to read as follows:

A. Section 20.28.050 of Title 20, Utilities, is amended to read as follows:

"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 ordinance."

B. Section 20.32.150 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, is amended to read as follows:

"In the event the City Engineer determines that the property described in the application for a permit is included with 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."

C. Section 20.32.290 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 is repealed.

D. Section 20.32.080 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

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.

E. Section 20.32.690 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

In the event the damaged public sewer is not in a sewer maintenance district, the violator shall reimburse the City within 30 days after the City Engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount when paid shall be deposited in the City Treasury.

(Ord. 261 § 4, 1983; Ord. 212, 1978)