Irwindale Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance

A. There is hereby adopted, as the city sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance, except as provided in this chapter, that certain sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance known and designated as Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code, including all changes made by the County of Los Angeles, by ordinance, up to and including Ordinance No. 2002-0074, adopted on or about August 22, 2002, a full, true and correct copy of which is on file with the city clerk for use and examination by the public. Said Division 2 of Title 20 shall be and become the sanitary sewer and industrial waste ordinance of the city, regulating the discharge, deposit and disposal of all waste, including any material which may cause pollution of underground or surface waters, in, upon or affecting the city; the design, construction, alteration, use and maintenance of public sewers and house laterals, industrial connection sewers, water pollution control plants, sewage pumping plants, industrial liquid-waste pretreatment plants, dairy screen-chambers, sand and grease interceptors, and appurtenances; the issuance of permits and the collection of fees therefore, and fees to pay the cost of checking plans, inspecting the construction and making record plans of the facilities permitted hereunder.

B. Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2002-0074, as adopted by county of Los Angeles, is adopted in its entirety.

(Ord. 486 § 3(part), 1994).

(Ord. No. 704, § 1, 8-24-16)

Whenever any of the following terms are utilized in Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code as adopted in this chapter, the terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them except when the circumstance requires or permits such terms to be construed with respect to the meanings ascribed to them as contained in Chapter 20.20 of Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code:

A. "Unincorporated areas of the county of Los Angeles" shall be deemed to include in its true geographical location the entirety of the corporate limits of the city as the same presently exist or as may be modified from time to time hereafter.

B. "Board" means the city council of the city.

C. "County engineer" means the city engineer.

D. "County health officer" means the city health officer.

E. "County of Los Angeles" means the city.

F. "County sewer maintenance district" means the county sewer maintenance district except where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a county maintenance district. In such circumstances, the term "County sewer maintenance district" shall mean the city.

G. "Ordinance" means an ordinance of the city.

H. "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.

I. "Trunk sewer" means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the city.

(Ord. 486 § 3(part), 1994).

Notwithstanding any other provision of the code adopted hereby, it is unlawful for any person to make, or cause to be made, any connection with any cesspool, septic tank, or place for depositing sewage other than connections with and to sewage disposal lines within the city. Any such connection shall be subject to inspection, permitting, and such other regulation by the city as provided in the code adopted hereby.

Connection to sewage disposal lines within the city shall be made, upon order of the city engineer, if and when the property or place to be connected, fronts upon, or is located within two hundred feet of a constructed, completed and accepted city main line sewer.

Following the construction, completion and acceptance of a city main line sewer upon which the property fronts or is within two hundred feet thereof, no person shall continue to use any cesspool, septic tank, or place where sewage has been or is being deposited after the expiration of one hundred twenty days from service of notice by the city engineer to connect to such city main line sewer. Before the expiration of such time, the building or structure subject to the provisions of the code adopted hereby, shall be connected to such city main line sewer, following inspection and the obtaining of a permit, as required by the code adopted hereby. Any and all cesspools, septic tanks, or places for depositing sewage other than a city main line sewer, the use of any of which has been discontinued, shall be removed or abandoned in accordance with provisions of the code adopted hereby and/or the Irwindale Municipal Code.

This section shall not apply to property, as existing on the effective date of this chapter, which consists of four dwelling units or fewer.

(Ord. 486 § 3(part), 1994).

Beginning on July 1, 2016, and thereafter on each succeeding July 1st, the amount of each fee in this chapter shall be adjusted as follows: calculate the percentage movement between April of the previous year and March of the current year in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all urban consumers in the Los Angeles, Anaheim, Riverside areas, as published by the United States Government Bureau of Labor Statistics, adjust each fee by said percentage amount and round off to the nearest dollar. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such adjustment shall decrease any fee, and further, no fee shall exceed the reasonable cost of providing the services for which the fee is collected.

(Ord. 486 § 3(part), 1994).

(Ord. No. 704, § 2, 8-24-16)

Section 20.24.160 of Division 2 of Title 20 is hereby deleted.

(Ord. 486 § 3(part), 1994).

It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter or the chapter or code adopted hereby. Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating any provision of this chapter or the chapter or code adopted hereby or failing to comply with any of their requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, partnership, or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the chapter or code adopted hereby is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, partnership, or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefor as provided in this chapter.

(Ord. 486 § 4, 1994).

A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the chapter or code adopted hereby shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the city through civil process by means of restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or any other manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisance.

(Ord. 486 § 5, 1994).