La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 4.08 Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste

Sections:

• 4.08.020 Definitions.

• 4.08.030 Section 20.32.690—Reimbursement for repairs and maintenance—Amended.

• 4.08.040 Section 20.36.250—Annual inspection fee—Schedule and billing—Amended.

• 4.08.050 Violations and penalty.

Except as hereinafter provided, Division 2, entitled “Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste,” of Title 20, Utilities, of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and in effect on March 1, 1998, is hereby adopted by reference as the sanitary sewers and industrial waste code of the city of La Puente and may be cited as such.

A copy of the sanitary sewers and industrial waste ordinance (Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code) has been deposited in the office of the city clerk and shall be at all times maintained by the city clerk for use and examination by the public.

(Ord. 759 § 3, 1998: Ord. 613 § 2 (part), 1989)

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

(a) “Board” means the city council;

(b) “County engineer” means the city engineer;

(c) “County health officer” means the city health officer;

(d) “County of Los Angeles” means the city, except in such instances where the county of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances;

(e) “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sewer maintenance district, except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a county sewer maintenance district.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;

(f) “Ordinance” means an ordinance of the city, except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county of Los Angeles;

(g) “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;

(h) “Trunk sewer” means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the city;

(i) “County treasurer” means city treasurer.

(Ord. 613 § 2 (part), 1989)

Section 20.32.690 of Los Angeles County Code, Title 20, is amended to read as follows:

20.32.690 Reimbursement for repairs and maintenance following violations. Whenever an industrial sewer connection permittee by reason of violation of Section 20.36.400 of this Code, or any other person by reason of violation of Section 20.32.640, causes obstruction, damage or destruction of a public sewer, or any appurtenances thereto, or pumping plants or water pollution control plants in connection therewith, he shall reimburse the County Sewer Maintenance District in which damage occurred for the cost of flushing, cleaning, repairing and reconstruction of such sewer or facility, made necessary by such violation, within 30 days after the County engineer has rendered an invoice for the same. The amount when paid shall be deposited into the fund of the said maintenance district.

In the event the damaged public sewer is not in a sewer maintenance district, the violator shall reimburse the City within thirty (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. 613 § 2 (part), 1989)

Section 20.36.250 of Los Angeles County Code. Title 20, is amended by increasing the fees to one and one-half times the amount set forth in Section 20.36.250 of Los Angeles County Code, Title 20.

(Ord. 613 § 2 (part), 1989)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 759 § 4, 1998)