McFarland Municipal Code Art. III Sewerage Construction

A. No person, other than employees of the city, persons contracting to do work for the city or maintenance workers of the local sewering agency, shall construct or cause to be constructed, or alter or cause to be altered any public sewer, lateral sewer, house connection or industrial connection sewer, sewage pumping plant, pollution control plant, or other sewerage facility within the city where existing or proposed wastewater flows will discharge directly or indirectly to the facilities of the city without first obtaining approval of sewerage construction plans from the city manager.

B. The applicant shall submit to the city manager for approval construction plans and such specifications and other details as required to describe fully a proposed sewerage facility. The plans shall have been prepared under the supervision of and shall be signed by an engineer of suitable training registered in the state.

C. Plans for sewerage construction for any facility which will convey industrial wastewater will not be approved until the discharger has first obtained a permit for industrial wastewater discharge from the city. (See Section 13.12.020 for the definition of industrial wastewater.)

D. Plans for sewerage construction shall meet all design requirements of the city and shall also meet all design requirements as established from time to time by the city engineer.

E. Inspection of all sewerage construction under this section shall be made by personnel of the city in the manner described in Section 13.12.150.

F. An approval of the plans for sewerage construction shall expire one year after the date of approval unless construction has been initiated by that time.

(Ord. 174 §301, 1978)

A. All facilities to be attached directly to a city sewer shall be inspected by personnel of the city during construction. At least twenty-four hours prior to cutting into a city sewer, or commencing construction of a manhole on a city sewer, the city shall be notified. In making a connection to a sewer, no physical alteration of the city's facilities shall commence until an inspector is present.

B. Sewerage facilities which will not be directly connected to a city sewer will not be inspected routinely by the city during construction. Upon completion of the construction and prior to removal of the downstream bulkhead and upon receiving twenty-four hours' notice, the city will inspect the work to determine if it has been constructed in a satisfactory manner and to determine if all facilities are cleaned of construction debris that could be flushed into the city's sewers.

C. No wastewater shall be discharged into any sewerage facility tributary to a city facility prior to obtaining inspection and approval of sewerage construction by the city.

D. Following satisfactory completion of construction, the city will issue a construction inspection certificate upon request.

(Ord. 174 §302, 1978)

Approval of plans for sewerage construction are not transferable from one person to another person or from one location to another location.

(Ord. 174 §303, 1978)

No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any rainwater, stormwater, groundwater, street drainage, yard drainage, water from yard foundations, ponds or lawn sprays or any other uncontaminated water into any sewerage facility which directly or indirectly discharges to facilities owned by the city.

(Ord. 174 §304, 1978)

No industrial wastewater (as defined in Section 13.12.020) shall be discharged either directly or indirectly to a city sewer until a permit for industrial wastewater discharge has been approved by the city.

(Ord. 174 §305, 1978)

A. The city reserves the right to inspect any existing house connection that discharges wastewater directly or indirectly to a city sewer. If it is found that the connection is improperly used or improperly maintained, thereby causing discharge of septic wastewater, groundwater, rainwater, stormwater, street drainage, subsurface drainage, roof drainage, water from yard fountains, ponds or lawn sprays or any other uncontaminated water, debris or any other objectionable substance to the city's sewers, the city will give notice to the offending discharge and shall direct the condition be corrected.

B. In cases of continued noncompliance with the city's directive, the city may disconnect the offending sewer from the city's sewerage system.

(Ord. 174 §306, 1978)

A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to a trunk sewer, either directly or indirectly, any waste that creates a stoppage, plugging breakage, any reduction in sewer capacity or any other damage to sewers or sewerage facilities of the city. Any excessive sewer or sewerage maintenance expenses attributable thereto will be charged to the offending discharger by the city.

B. Any refusal to pay such charges for excessive maintenance expenses duly authorized by the city shall constitute a violation of this chapter.

(Ord. 174 §307, 1978)