Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 5 Maintenance

An unauthorized person shall not remove or cause to be removed, or injure or cause to be injured, any portion of any public sewer, sewage pumping plant, water pollution control plant, or any appurtenances thereto.

(Ord. 8690 § 10 (part), 1964; Ord. 6130 Part 5 Ch. 5 § 5501, 1952.)

The county engineer may permit operators of cesspool pump trucks holding a valid certificate of registration issued by the county health officer to dispose of septic tank, seepage pit or cesspool effluent which does not contain harmful concentrations of industrial liquid wastes, oils, greases, or other deleterious substances, into certain designated manholes. Operators may dump into the special facilities provided for the purpose at a county sewer maintenance yard upon payment of the fee specified in Section 20.32.290. No person shall dump such effluent in any manhole other than those designated by the county engineer. The county engineer may refuse to accept such effluent if it fails to meet the aforementioned requirements.

(Ord. 10020 § 4 (part), 1970; Ord. 8690 § 10 (part), 1964; Ord. 7314 § Il (part), 1958; Ord. 6130 Part 5 Ch. 5 § 5503, 1952.)

An unauthorized person shall not open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered, for any purpose whatsoever, any manhole in any public sewer.

(Ord. 6130 Part 5 Ch. 5 § 5502, 1952.)

When septic tank, seepage pit or cesspool effluent is dumped into a specified manhole under permission from the county engineer, it shall be discharged through a pipe or hose in a manner such that none of the effluent shall be left adhering to the sides or shelf of the manhole, and if any such effluent is inadvertently allowed to adhere to the sides or shelf of the manhole, the manhole shall be thoroughly cleaned with clear water.

(Ord. 8690 § 10 (part), 1964; Ord. 6130 Part 5 Ch. 5 § 5504, 1952.)

Whenever an industrial connection sewer has been disconnected from the public sewer by the county engineer for failure to comply with the provisions of this Division 2, reconnection shall be made only upon issuance of a permit as elsewhere in this division provided. Before such permit is issued, the applicant shall reimburse the county for the cost of the disconnection made, and the county engineer may require the installation of a manhole for the purpose of measuring the flow, or for making periodic tests of the wastes from such connection.

(Ord. 6130 Part 5 Ch. 5 § 5505, 1952.)

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.

(Ord. 8690 § 10 (part), 1964; Ord. 6130 Part 5 Ch. 5 § 5506, 1952.)