Huntington Park Municipal Code Ch. 4 Sewers

It is unlawful for any person to make or maintain, or to cause to be made or maintained, any connection with any public sewer of the City until a permit therefor shall have first been obtained from the Building Department, or to make, or to cause to be made, any such connection pursuant to any such permit at any place other than that designated therein.

(§ I, Ord. 865)

Every house connection made with any public sewer of the City shall be made with pipe which shall be first-class, vitrified, salt-glazed, socket pipe or standard cast iron soil pipe not less than six (6") inches in internal diameter for that portion extending from the street sewer to the property line, and not less than four (4") inches in internal diameter for that portion extending from the property line to the house or building.

(§ I, Ord. 865)

It is unlawful for any person to place, throw, or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown, or deposited, in any public or house connection sewer any dead animal, offal, or garbage, or to place, throw, deposit, or discharge, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown, deposited, or discharged, in any such sewer any fish, fruit, or vegetable waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct, or fill such sewer, or which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use or operation thereof.

It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit to be deposited or discharged into any such sewer any water, sewage, or liquid waste of any kind containing chemicals, grease, oil, tar, or other matters in solution which may, by reason of precipitation, clog, obstruct, or fill such sewer, or which may in any way interfere with or prevent the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or require the frequent repair, cleaning, or flushing of such sewer to render the same operative.

(§ II, Ord. 865)

In no case shall acids or corrosive liquids liable to destroy or injure a public or house connection sewer be discharged into such sewer without being fully diluted and neutralized by passing through a properly constructed dilution and neutralizing sink or tank. Such sink or tank shall be automatically provided with a sufficient intake of water or neutralizing medium or substance so as to make its contents noninjurious before being discharged.

(§ III, Ord. 865)

It is unlawful for any person, including any public official or employee, not otherwise specifically authorized by law to remove, or cause to be removed, a manhole cover from a public sewer carrying domestic sewage or industrial waste for the purpose of entering such sewer, or to discharge, deposit, or cause to be discharged or deposited, surface, drainage, or storm waters into a public sewer unless specific permission is first obtained from the owners and operators of such public sewer or from the officer of the owners and operators of such public sewer authorized to grant such permission.

(Ord. 1263)

It is unlawful for any person to remove, or cause to be removed, or to injure, or cause to be injured, any portion of any public sewer, flush tank, flushing manhole, or manhole, or to open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered, any public sewer, flush tank, flushing manhole, or manhole, or to use or cause to be used, or to take, or cause to be taken, any water from any flushing apparatus for any use whatever without first having obtained a permit from the Director of Field Services to do so.

(§ XI, Ord. 865)

It is unlawful for any person, including any public official or employee or any person otherwise authorized by law, to enter public sewers carrying sanitary sewage and/or industrial waste to construct, or authorize the construction, of a connection to a public sewer, or to remove a manhole cover, for the purpose of permitting or causing to be discharged into such public sewer flood, surface, or storm waters.

It is unlawful for any person to connect any roof conductor, yard drain, or other conduit used for carrying off rain or surface water with any sanitary sewer of the City or with any house connection sewer leading thereto.

(§ IV, Ord. 865, and Ord. 1263)

It is unlawful for any person to connect any swimming pool or tank to any public sewer of the City or house connection sewer leading thereto except by special permit from the Council.

(§ V, Ord. 865)

(a) Required. It is unlawful for any person owning or operating a private or public automobile or carriage wash rack, or any garage or other place of business where greasy parts are washed, to permit any water or effluent therefrom to flow into any public or house connection sewer unless the minimum size and requirements for sand and grease trap interceptors shall be constructed in accordance with plans on file in the Building Department.

(b) Specifications. The walls and bottom of the trap shall be not less than four (4") inches thick. The inside dimensions of the grease compartment shall be not less than four (4') feet long, two (2') feet wide, and three (3') feet deep. The bottom of the grease compartment shall be two (2') feet six (6") inches below the bottom of the outlet pipe in the grease compartment. The inside dimensions of the sand trap compartment shall be two (2') feet long, two (2') feet wide, and three (3') feet three (3") inches deep, and the walls of such compartment shall be three (3") inches higher than the surrounding ground.

The top of the grease compartment walls shall be flush with the ground surface and shall be rabbitted two (2") inches to allow for the grate or cover. The sand compartment shall be built three (3") inches above the surrounding ground level and have a solid metal cover.

The concrete shall be so proportioned as to create a watertight wall. When the forms are stripped, the inside surface of the structure shall be troweled smooth. Cast iron soil pipe four (4") inches in diameter shall be used and located so that the top of the outlet pipe is two (2") inches below the top of the grease compartment. The top of the outlet pipe from the sand trap shall be four (4") inches lower than the outlet pipe from the grease compartment. The lower terminus of the overflow pipes in both such compartments shall be twelve (12") inches above the bottom.

Just outside the trap a cast iron sanitary tee, or equivalent fitting, shall be provided with a clean-out plug installed above the ground surface.

The sand trap chamber shall be constructed so that the top of the concrete work is three (3") inches above the surrounding grade and equipped with a solid metal cover. The grease trap chamber shall be equipped with a cast iron grate or steel grillage composed of one-half (1/2") inch by one and one-half (1 1/2") inch bars spaced one inch on centers.

The overall outside dimensions of the structure shall be seven (7') feet long, two (2') feet eight (8") inches wide, and three (3') feet seven (7") inches deep.

(§ VI, Ord. 865)

(a) Commercial dishwashing equipment. Every dishwashing sink, dishwashing machine, and every fixed receptacle or plumbing fixture designed, intended, or used for the purpose of washing dishes or cooking utensils in a restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom, hotel kitchen, hospital kitchen, sanitarium kitchen, or similar establishment shall be connected to, and shall drain or discharge into, an approved grease trap or interceptor complying with the provisions of this section; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any such equipment which will not be used to dispose of appreciable amounts of grease, or grease containing liquids, when and as satisfactory to the Building Department; and provided, further, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom, or similar place exempted from the provisions of this section by subsection (c) of this section.

(b) Cooking equipment. Every drain from any stock kettle, soup kettle, meat, fish, or fowl cooking equipment, fat cooking or preparing equipment, or any similar equipment from which considerable amounts of grease are likely to be discharged into any plumbing system or the sewer system of the City, in any building or place whatsoever, shall be connected to, and shall drain or discharge into, an approved grease trap or interceptor complying with the provisions of this section; provided, however, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any private living quarters, restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom, or similar place exempted from the provisions of this section by subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Exceptions: Eating establishments with limited serving areas. The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, lunchroom, or similar place which has a total serving or seating capacity for not to exceed 30 persons or patrons at any one time, determined as follows:

(1) Where the entire practicable space which can be used for serving meals or lunches is occupied by tables or a counter, or both, each ordinary table shall be considered as having a capacity for two persons; each counter having fixed stools in front of each two (2') feet or less of length thereof shall be considered as having a capacity equal to the number of such stools; and every other counter shall be considered as having a capacity of one person for each twenty-four (24") inches of length.

(2) Where any practicable space which can be used for serving meals or lunches is not occupied by tables or a counter, such space shall be considered as having a capacity for one person for each 15 square feet of floor area; provided, however, for drive-in eating places the frontage where cars can be parked for service shall be considered as having a serving or seating capacity of three persons for each eight (8') feet of such frontage.

(d) Establishments rendering fats. All equipment in any soap factory, tallow rendering establishment, fat rendering establishment, or hide tanning or curing establishment from which considerable amounts of grease are likely to be discharged into any plumbing system or the sewer system of the City shall be connected to, and shall drain or discharge into, an approved grease trap or interceptor complying with the provisions of this section.

(e) Slaughterhouses and meat packing and curing establishments. Every fowl and/or animal slaughterhouse or establishment and every meat or fowl packing or curing establishment having a total floor area of more than 5,000 square feet for any such purpose shall be equipped and provided with a grease trap or interceptor as set forth in Section 6-4.11 of this chapter. Every such house or establishment of a lesser floor area shall be provided and equipped with a grease trap or interceptor complying with the provisions of this section into which grease trap or interceptor shall be drained or discharged all waters and wastes which are liable to contain appreciable amounts of grease.

(f) Rate of flow: Minimum. No grease trap or interceptor shall be installed which has an approved rate of flow of less than 20 gallons per minute as determined by the tests provided therefor in subsections (q) and (r) of this section.

(g) Rate of flow: Maximum. No grease trap or interceptor shall be installed which has an approved rate of flow of more than 60 gallons per minute except when specifically approved by the Building Department and with adequate provisions for the removal of cover and cleaning; provided, however, this prohibition shall not apply to any grease interceptor required by the provisions of Section 6-4.11 of this chapter.

(h) Determination of rate of flow. Every grease trap or interceptor required by this section shall have an approved rate of flow which is not less than that given in the following table for the total number of fixtures connected thereto or discharging thereinto:

Any grease trap or interceptor installed or located in such a manner that the inlet thereto is more than four (4') feet below any outlet of any fixture discharging into such grease trap or interceptor shall have an approved rate of flow not less than 50% greater than that given in the foregoing table.

Not to exceed four separate fixtures shall be connected to, or discharged into, any one grease trap or interceptor.

For the purposes of this section, "fixture" shall mean and include each plumbing fixture, appliance, apparatus, and/or equipment required to be connected to and/or discharged into a grease trap or interceptor by any provision of this section, and a double-compartment sink shall be considered one fixture.

(i) Distance requirements: Traps and vents. No grease trap or interceptor shall be installed so as to be more than twenty (20') feet from any fixture, appliance, and/or equipment discharging into such grease trap or interceptor, and no fixture, appliance, and/or equipment shall be more than twenty (20') feet from any grease trap or interceptor which it discharges into, measured along the pipe carrying the waste to the grease trap or interceptor.

Where more than one fixture discharges into a grease trap, each fixture shall be vented and trapped.

All vent lines from fixtures may converge into one pipe provided the inlet to the grease trap is submerged.

All fixtures shall be trapped and vented where the point of intersection of the vertical waste line from the fixture into the horizontal pipe to the grease trap is over two (2') feet. All fixtures over two (2') feet from grease traps shall have a one and one-half (1 1/2") inch vent and a two (2") inch waste, except floor drains under soup kettles which shall have a two (2") inch waste and a two (2") inch vent.

All grease traps shall have a one and one-half (l 1/2") inch vent on the sewer side provided there is a four (4") inch vent stack in the plumbing system.

(j) Accessibility. Every grease trap shall be so installed and connected that it shall be at all times easily accessible for inspection, for removal of the intercepted grease, and for cleaning of the trap.

(k) Construction materials: Covers. Every grease trap or interceptor shall be constructed of cast iron, cast brass, aluminum, or other material satisfactory to the Building Department and shall have a removable cover of such material. Every such cover shall be of the same size as that portion of the grease trap in which the grease is collected. Every such cover shall be an approved type with a close-fitting cover which can be easily and readily removed. No such cover shall be fastened in place with any screw, nut, bolt, or other device.

(l) Water-jacketed types prohibited. No water-jacketed grease trap or interceptor shall be approved or installed.

(m) Construction arrangement. Every grease trap or interceptor shall be so constructed and arranged that the wastes flowing through such grease trap or interceptor shall not have a tendency to wash out or carry away any grease previously collected in such trap or interceptor.

(n) Water seal. Every grease trap or interceptor shall have an approved water seal of not less than the following depth and/or amount, based on the maximum diameter of standard weight steel or iron pipe which can be screwed into the inlet of the trap or interceptor:

(o) Cleaning. It shall be unlawful for any person managing, operating, or having control of any premises, or portion thereof, where a grease trap or interceptor is installed to fail, refuse, or neglect to clean, or cause to be cleaned, every such grease trap or interceptor at least once each day when in use, except when and as otherwise satisfactory to the Building Department, and/or to cause, permit, or allow any such collected grease to be put or discharged into any drainage, piping, or public or private sewer.

(p) Inspections. The Director of Field Services and his or her duly authorized representatives are hereby granted the right and authority to make inspections at any time of all grease traps or interceptors installed on any premises and to require that any such trap or interceptor shall be used and maintained as required by this chapter and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. Any person managing, operating, or having the control of any such premises, or portion thereof, may be prosecuted for failing, refusing, or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this subsection.

(q) Compliance with test specifications. No grease trap or interceptor required by the provisions of this chapter shall be installed until the type or model of each size thereof has been subjected to, and has fully complied with, the tests specified therefor by the Building Department and has been approved by the Building Department. This provision shall not apply to any grease interceptor required by Section 6-4.11 of this chapter.

(r) Efficiency tests. The Building Department shall require such test requirements as it may deem necessary to determine the grease-collecting efficiency of various types and kinds of grease traps or interceptors and to establish the rate of flow or other rating thereof. Such test requirements may be revised or modified from time to time as may be deemed necessary by the Building Department. A list of approved traps shall be kept on file in the Building Department.

(s) Approval by Building Department: Revocation. No grease trap or interceptor shall be installed which does not comply in all respects with the type or model of each size thereof approved by the Building Department, and whenever it shall come to the attention of the Building Department that any grease trap or interceptor does not so comply, the Building Department is hereby granted the power and authority to immediately suspend or revoke any such approval.

(§ VII-A, Ord. 865)

(a) Every fowl and/or animal slaughterhouse or establishment and every meat or fowl packing or curing establishment having a total floor area of more than 5,000 square feet shall be provided and equipped with a sand, silt, and grease interceptor as set forth in this section. Any such establishment having a smaller floor area shall be provided with a grease trap or interceptor as otherwise required in this chapter.

(b) All water and other wastes carrying an appreciable amount of grease shall be discharged into such grease interceptor before being discharged into any public sewer.

(c) Every such interceptor shall be not less than five (5') feet, and not more than six (6') feet, in clear inside depth and shall be at least three times as long as it is wide.

(d) Every such interceptor shall have a capacity not less than six cubic feet for each square inch of the crosssectional area of the inlet pipe but shall not have a capacity less than sixty (60') feet in any case.

(e) Every such interceptor shall be designed, constructed, and installed in compliance with the principles and requirements shown and specified on the plans, drawings, and specifications for grease interceptors on file in the office of the Building Department.

(f) Every such interceptor shall be trapped and vented as provided in the Plumbing Code.

(g) Every such interceptor shall be located and installed so as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection.

(h) Every such interceptor shall be so constructed that every outlet for cleaning is above the level of the weir crest.

(i) Every such interceptor shall be constructed of reinforced concrete or other materials approved by the Building Department.

(j) The bottom, side, and end walls of every such reinforced concrete interceptor shall be not less than six (6") inches in thickness and shall be reinforced in both directions with not less than one-fourth (1/4") inch round rods not more than twelve (12") inches on centers. Such rods shall be located at least one inch from the exterior surface of the concrete.

(k) Every such interceptor shall have a removable reinforced concrete top or cover capable of sustaining a live lead of not less than 100 pounds per square foot for its entire area.

(§ VII-B, Ord. 865)

Every sand box shall be constructed of cast iron, concrete, or reinforced concrete. Every sand box constructed of concrete or reinforced concrete shall be at least four (4") inches in thickness for the bottom and walls thereof and shall have a smooth, troweled finish on the inside thereof.

Every sand box shall be trapped by means of an inverted elbow, fitting and nipple, or similar connection which provides a water seal of not less than four (4") inches. No vent pipe shall be required for a sand box where the vertical length of the waste pipe therefor does not exceed fifteen (15') feet, and, in such event, such sand box shall be provided with a two (2") inch vent pipe. The waste pipe shall be four (4") inches in all sand traps.

No sand box shall be installed for any purpose other than for a public laundry, cannery, bottling works, dairy, milk or cream establishment, boiler room, garage, or other similar building, establishment, or place. Every sand box shall be not less than twelve (12") inches by twelve (12") inches by twelve (12") inches in size and not more than twenty-four (24") inches by twenty-four (24") inches by twenty-four (24") inches in size.

Any place of business, other than those set forth in this section, having a sand trap installed shall have such sand trap removed and replaced with an approved intercepting hopper which shall be supplied with running water.

(§ XV, Ord. 865)

It shall be unlawful for any person to connect any safe waste pipe from any establishment directly to any public sewer of the City or to any house connection sewer leading thereto. Such safe waste pipe shall discharge into a watersupplied sink or outside the building.

(§ VIII, Ord. 865)

It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, or permit the exhaust from any engine or the blowoff from any boiler to be connected directly to any public sewer of the City or to any house connection sewer leading thereto. Such exhaust or blowoff shall first connect with a watertight sump which may be connected to the public sewer.

(§ IX, Ord. 865)

The materials used shall be equal in quality to, and the manner of construction shall meet, all the requirements prescribed by the specifications for public sewers in the City, designated as "Standard Specifications for the Construction of Sanitary Sewers and Appurtenances Thereto", on file in the office of the Building Department. Such specifications are hereby adopted as the standards for the construction, installation, and alteration of public and house connection sewers in the City. All such work shall be constructed or installed in accordance therewith before a certificate of final inspection shall be granted.

(§ XIV, Ord. 865)

Upon the renewal or alteration of any public or house connection sewer, or upon making any repairs or additions thereto, if any new material is placed in such sewer, either in the original or in the altered, repaired, or added part thereof, every such new part shall be properly connected with and attached to the original part of such sewer, and, if any materials are to be reset, either in the old or new part of such public or house connection sewer, both such original and such new additional parts, and any altered part whatever, shall be made to conform in all respects to the rules and regulations set forth in this chapter.

(§ X, Ord. 865)

All work done pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to inspection. Notice shall be given in writing to the Building Department by the person doing such work, or causing the same to be done, immediately after the work is ready for inspection. Up to the time of the inspection, all work shall be uncovered and convenient for the inspector's examination, and every facility shall be given the inspector to make a thorough examination. If any pipes are enclosed or covered in any way whatsoever so as to tend to obstruct a thorough inspection of the drainage system, such obstruction shall be removed upon notice so to do from the inspector before the inspector shall be required to inspect the work. When, upon examination by the inspector, it appears that any such work is defective, either in its construction or material, the work shall be removed or repaired and made to conform with the requirements set forth in this chapter.

(§ XII, Ord. 865)

When it shall appear to the satisfaction of the inspector that any work required by the provisions of this chapter has been constructed according to, and meets the requirements of, the provisions of this chapter and the Plumbing Code, and if all the fees for the inspection thereof have been paid, the inspector shall cause to be issued to the person constructing such work a certificate of final inspection. Such certificate shall state that such work covered by the permit has been constructed according to the laws of the City and that such work is in a sanitary condition. The inspector shall not issue such certificate of inspection unless the requirements of this chapter have been adhered to.

(§ XIII, Ord. 865)

All water consumers in the City shall pay to the City a charge of fifteen ($.15) cents per unit (100 cubic feet) of water consumed, to provide for day-to-day maintenance and timely and scheduled capital replacement of the storm drain and sewer system.

(§ 1, Ord. 482-NS, eff. December 5, 1990, as amended by § 1, Ord. 717-NS, eff. December 31, 2003)

The storm drain and sewer system charge established by Section 6-4.19 of this Code shall be billed on the statements for water service issued by the water suppliers providing service within the City. The procedures for billing, collection and delinquent accounts set forth in Section 6-5.205 of this Code shall be applied to the storm drain and sewer system charge.

(§ 2, Ord. 717-NS, eff. December 31, 2003)