Live Oak, Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 13.24 Sewer Service

"Person"

as used in this chapter means and includes human beings and private and public corporations, districts, and the United States of America, the State of California, and all political subdivisions, governmental agencies and mandatories thereof.

(Ord. 60 § 13, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

It is declared that the further maintenance and use of cesspools or other local means of sewage disposal constitutes a public nuisance. All buildings inhabited or used by human beings, and in which any sewage is produced that will be within 200 feet from connection with the sewer system shall connect with the sewer system within 30 days from the time when such a connection can be made.

(Ord. 60 § 2, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

No person shall intentionally discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, swimming pool drainage or subsurface drainage into any sanitary sewer.

(Ord. 60 § 2.5, 1952; Ord. 155, 1969; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

Sewer customers shall maintain and clean any and all sewer pipes leading to the City's main sewer lines at the sole cost and expense of the sewer customer.

(Ord. 192 § 1, 1975; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

If a sewer customer fails to maintain or clean such lines for a period of 10 days after written notice to so do, the City shall perform such work and charge the same to the customer adding an amount equal to the cost thereof to the customer's bill.

(Ord. 192 § 2, 1975; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

When a premises is a user of the City water system, sewer service charges shall be collected with and not separately from the charges for water services rendered by the City, and all charges shall be billed upon the same bill and collected as one item. If all or any part of the bill is not paid, the City may discontinue any and all services for which the bill was rendered.

(Ord. 60 § 4, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

A. Where the user of the City sewer system is not a user of the City water system, he or she shall be billed separately for the sewer service charges of the premises. Where such user becomes delinquent in payment of the sewer service charge, he or she shall be disconnected from the City sewer system, and the superintendent of the Water Department or other person in charge of the sewer system shall estimate the cost of disconnection of such user from the City sewer system, and the cost of reconnecting the user to the City sewer system, and such user shall deposit the cost, as estimated, of disconnection and reconnection before such user is reconnected to the City sewer system.

B. In the event such arrearages are paid and the user is reconnected to the City sewer system, the superintendent of the Water Department or other person in charge of the sewer system shall refund any part of the deposit remaining after payment of all costs of disconnection and reconnection.

C. During the period of such disconnection, the inhabitation of such premises by human beings constitutes a public nuisance.

(Ord. 60 § 5, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

A. All bills for service charges shall become delinquent on the 15th day of the second month following the month for which the billing is made. All bills represent a period of sewer services that has been previously provided.

If not paid at the time herein provided for, sewer services shall be disconnected. Once a disconnection has been made reconnection may only be had at such time as: (1) the bill has been paid; and (2) a disconnection charge has been paid per the user fee schedule established by Council resolution.

B. Once a disconnection has been made for nonpayment, all bills for sewer service charges thereafter shall become delinquent on the 15th day of the first month following the month for which the bill is made.

(Ord. 60 § 6, 1952; Ord. 320 § 3, 1988; Ord. 331 § 3, 1989; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

The owner or occupant of any premises who, by reason of special circumstances, finds that the sewer rates, as set out in Section 13.28.030, are unjust or inequitable as applied to his or her premises, may make written application to the Council, stating the circumstances and requesting a different basis of charges for sewer services to his or her premises. If such application is approved, the City Council may by resolution fix and establish fair and equitable rates for such premises to be effective as of the date of the application, and continuing during the period of such special circumstances. The Council may, on its own motion, find that by reason of special circumstances the foregoing rates are unjust and inequitable as applied to particular premises, and may by resolution fix and establish fair and equitable charges for such premises during the period of special circumstances, or any part thereof.

(Ord. 60 § 7, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

The employees of the Water Department shall keep the books of account, issue statements and collect the sewer service charges, but all receipts therefor shall be credited to the sewer revenue fund.

(Ord. 60 § 8, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

No payment of water charges shall be accepted without payment of the sewer service charges. The Water Department shall discontinue water service to any premises for which the sewer service charge is in arrears.

(Ord. 60 § 9, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

In addition to the right to discontinue any service, the City shall have the right to collect the sewer service charges from the occupant of any premises, or from the owner of the premises at its discretion by a suitable action at law.

(Ord. 60 § 10, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)

All users of the sewer system shall be deemed to have contracted with the City for the services of the City sewer system and to have agreed to comply with all of the regulations of the City in regard thereto.

(Ord. 60 § 11, 1952; Ord. 559 § 1, 2017)