Monterey County Municipal Code Ch. 15.24 County Service Areas—sewage System

This Chapter applies only to sewage collection and disposal systems and facilities owned by, or operated and maintained by, the County of Monterey in and on behalf of any County Service Area in the County of Monterey formed pursuant to Chapter 2.2, Part 2, Division 2, Title 3 of the Government Code.

(Ord. 1314 § 1, 1963)

A. As used in this Chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context:

1. "Engineer" means the County Surveyor of the County of Monterey or his or her authorized representative.

2. "House drain" means that part of the horizontal sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlets and running two feet beyond the building foundation.

3. "House sewer" means a sewer line beginning two feet outside the foundation of any building and running to the property line.

4. "Industrial waste" means any and all liquid or solid waste substance, not sewage, from any producing, manufacturing or processing operation of whatever nature.

5. "Lateral sewer" means that portion of a sewer, between a building and a collecting main, which lies within the right-of-way of a street.

6. "Parcel of land" means an area of land in one ownership which is surrounded by a continuous boundary.

7. "Person" includes an individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, corporation, public agency, or body politic.

8. "Service area" means any County Service Area in the County of Monterey formed pursuant to Chapter 2.2, Part 2, Division 2, Title 3 of the Government Code, in which, on behalf of any such County Service Area, the County of Monterey owns, or operates and maintains, facilities for the collection and disposal of sewage.

9. "Sewage" means any and all waste substance, liquid or solid, associated with human habitation, or which contains or may be contaminated with human or animal excreta or excrement, offal, or any feculent matter.

B. Words used in the present tense include the future as well as the present. Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter. the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.

C. Section headings, when contained in this Chapter, shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any section.

(Ord. 1314 § 2, 1963)

No person shall construct any lateral sewer, house sewer, or connection to any part of a service areas main collection or outfall sewers without obtaining the permit required by this Section through Section 15.24.090 and complying with the specifications set forth in this Chapter, and obtaining an encroachment permit from the appropriate public agency having jurisdiction, in the event that any sewer line proposed to be constructed will lie within the right-of-way of a public highway.

(Ord. 1314 § 10, 1963)

A. Applications for permits to construct lateral sewers, house sewers or otherwise connect to any portion of a service areas sewer system shall be made in writing on a form provided by the engineer.

B. The application shall contain:

1. Location of the property to be sewered;

2. Name of owner;

3. Name of plumber, contracting firm or individual to construct sewer;

4. Portion of street, alley, or sidewalk to be disturbed by the work;

5. Date on which proposed work will be started.

(Ord. 1314 § 11(a), 1963)

A fee of three dollars ($3.00) shall be paid at the time of the permit application for each new connection to a lateral sewer, house sewer, or to a service areas collecting main.

(Ord. 1314 § 11(b), 1963)

Permits shall automatically become void if sewers are not constructed within ten (10) working days after the date of application.

(Ord. 1314 § 11(c), 1963)

A certificate of inspection shall be issued by the engineer when pipework and backfilling is completed in accordance with this Chapter. Sewers shall not be put in service until a certificate of inspection is issued.

(Ord. 1314 § 12(a), 1963)

Any permit shall be revocable by the engineer whenever it appears to him or her that the holder thereof has violated or permitted the violation of any provision of this Chapter, or when any intercepting appliance or corrective process does not prevent objectionable substances from entering such sanitary sewer systems. Permits shall be revoked by sending a notice of revocation by registered or certified mail to the permittee at the address set forth in the permit. Permits shall be deemed revoked as of the fifth day after the mailing of said notice.

(Ord. 1314 § 12(b), 1963)

No permit issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be transferable.

(Ord. 1314 § 12(c), 1963)

No person shall make any connection with a service areas sewer system unless he or she holds a valid and unrevoked license from the engineer to do so.

(Ord. 1314 § 50, 1963)

Any person desiring to do business as a plumber and make connections to a service areas sanitary system shall file an application in writing therefor with the engineer, in such form as the engineer may prescribe, setting forth his or her name, business address, previous plumbing experience, and such other information as the engineer may require.

(Ord. 1314 § 51(a), 1963)

No plumbers license shall be issued to a person who does not hold a valid and unrevoked license from the California Contractors License Board entitling the person to engage in the business of plumbing contracting.

(Ord. 1314 § 15(b), 1963)

Every applicant for a plumbers license shall, prior to its issuance, execute and deposit with the engineer a bond in the penal sum of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), executed by a surety company authorized to transact a surety business in the State of California, conditioned that the applicant will indemnify and save harmless the County of Monterey and all officers and employees thereof from all liability for injury or damage caused by his or her negligence in performing his or her work, or caused by any unfaithful, imperfect, or inadequate work done by him or her or his or her agents or servants, and conditioned further that the applicant will replace and restore any street or sidewalk surface over any opening made by him or her to as good condition as he or she found it and to the reasonable satisfaction of the engineer.

(Ord. 1314 § 15(c), 1963)

If, upon compliance by the applicant with the provisions of Sections 15.24.100 through 15.24.130, the engineer is satisfied that the applicant is competent to perform plumbing connections to a service areas sanitary system, he or she shall issue a plumbers license, without charge, which shall be valid until revoked.

(Ord. 1314 § 52, 1963)

The engineer may revoke any plumbers license for failure to keep the bond required in Section 15.24.130 in full force and effect, for making any false statement in any application to the engineer, or for violating any provision of this Chapter.

(Ord. 1314 § 53, 1963)

A. Lateral sewers shall be constructed of vitrified clay or cast iron.

B. House sewers shall be constructed of vitrified clay, cast iron, bituminized-fibre pipe, or of a cement-asbestos mixture pipe, such as Johns-Mandible Company's Transits cement-asbestos house connection pipe.

(Ord. 1314 § 20, 1963)

A. Vitrified clay sewer pipe shall conform to the Standard Specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials, Serial Designation C-13-50T, with subsequent amendments, with the exception that it need not be salt glazed.

B. Cast iron pipe shall conform to the Standard Specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials, Serial Designation A72-42, or equal.

C. Bituminized-fibre pipe shall conform to U. S. Department of Commerce commercial standard CS118-54, "Bituminized-Fibre Drain and Sewer Pipe."

D. Cement-asbestos pipe shall conform to the Johns-Mandible Standard Specifications for Transits cement-asbestos house connection pipe with ringette couplings.

(Ord. 1314 § 21, 1963)

A. The bottom of the pipe trench shall provide a firm full-length bearing for the pipe between connections, with holes excavated to relieve the stresses caused by the joint connection.

B. Joints for cast iron pipe shall be made with pure lead poured in accordance with commonly accepted standards. Joints in other types of pipe shall be made in accordance with manufacturers recommendations and with commonly accepted standards.

C. Pipe laying shall proceed upgrade with bell end forward.

D. Utilities and culverts, both private and public, shall be protected from damage and maintained in service.

E. The location of tees or wyes in the collection system can be obtained from the engineer. Collecting lines in the street shall not be tapped lateral unless a tee or we has not been provided. Where no such tee or we exists, connection to the collection sewer shall be made by means of a tee or we saddle under the supervision and in the presence of the engineer. Damage to this collection system shall be repaired by the responsible party to the satisfaction of the engineer.

F. The pipe shall be laid on an even grade when practicable. Abrupt changes in grade shall be made by using curved pipe.

G. Minimum cover for lateral sewers shall be thirty (30) inches measured from the top of the pipe to street grade.

H. The size of pipes for lateral sewers shall be determined by the principles of hydraulics, but in no case shall it be less than four inches inside diameter. The size of pipe for house sewers shall be determined by the principles of hydraulics but in no case less than the size of the house drain pipes.

I. Cleanouts shall be placed in every house sewer at the junction with the soil pipe at the building, and at intervals of not to exceed one hundred (100) feet in straight runs. When a house sewer branch thereof does not exceed ten (10) feet in length and is a straight line projection from a house drain which is provided with a cleanout, no cleanout will be required at its point of connection to the house drain.

J. Every change in alignment or grade in excess of twenty-two and one-half (22½) degrees in a house sewer shall be served by a cleanout, except that no cleanout shall be required for not to exceed one forty-five (45) degree change of direction or one forty-five (45) degree offset.

K. Each cleanout shall be installed so that it opens in a direction opposite to the flow of the soil or waste or at right angles thereto, and except in the case of we branch and end-of-line cleanouts, vertically above the flow line of the pipe.

L. Vents equal in diameter to the size of the house sewer shall be installed in the house sewer vertically above the flow line of the pipe and shall run to the surface of the ground, terminating with an approved cast iron vent cap. This vent cap shall be below the level of the lowest house fixture draining into the house sewer. In cases where the vent cap cannot be placed below the lowest house fixture because of topography, or where unusual conditions exist, as determined by the engineer, then a back water trap, approved by the engineer, shall be installed in lieu of a vent.

M. Each parcel of land shall be separately and independently connected with the collecting sewer.

N. No backfill shall be placed until the sewer has been inspected and approved by the engineer. Selected backfill shall be carefully placed and thoroughly tamped for a minimum of one foot above the pipe.

(Ord. 1314 § 22, 1963)

Except as provided in Section 15.24.200, no person shall place, deposit or discharge, or cause, suffer or permit to be placed, deposited or discharged, either directly or indirectly, into any public sewer of a service area, or into any lateral connected therewith, or upon any street, alley or public place, or upon any private property or any other place, in such a manner that the same will be permitted to run into any such sewer or lateral, any of the following substances:

A. Oil, petroleum, naphtha, liquid asphaltum, petroleum produce, or other objectionable matter such as large rags, sand, earth, stone, stone dust, pieces of concrete, etc.

B. Chemicals or waste destructive of masonry.

C. Grease, except in quantities commonly contained in domestic sewage.

D. Refuse or industrial waste that will cause or tend to cause obstructions in the sewer system or the sewage treatment plant or interfere or tend to interfere with the efficient and successful operation of said system or said plant.

(Ord. 1314 § 30, 1963)

A. Whenever a person desires to make or maintain any connection with any part of a service areas sanitary sewer system for the purpose of discharging sewage or waste which contains any of the objectionable wastes specified in Section 15.24.190, such person shall apply to the engineer for a permit for said purpose. The permit shall be issued only when the engineer is satisfied that an adequate intercepting appliance or corrective process has been provided to prevent such objectionable waste from entering the sanitary sewer system. When required by the engineer, a tank shall be installed of a size specified by him or her, into which objectionable liquid can be drained and which is equipped with a constant rate effluent controller of a type approved by the engineer. The equipment shall be operated in such manner, and liquid contents disposed of at such times, as meet the approval of the engineer.

B. Whenever, in the judgment of the engineer, a service areas sanitary sewer system or treatment plant is operating at or near its capacity, he or she may refuse to permit any further connections to its system for the disposition of industrial waste.

(Ord. 1314 § 31, 1963)

No person shall convey any storm waters to any part of a service areas sanitary sewer system.

(Ord. 1314 § 6, 1963)

Upon presentation of proper credentials, the engineer may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter or ascertaining the extent of compliance with this Chapter.

(Ord. 1314 § 5, 1963)

Full civil liability for personal injury, death, or property damage, caused by the construction or repair of sewers by, or on behalf of, any person to be served by a service areas sewer facilities be assumed by such person. Any such person shall exercise reasonable care at all times to safeguard the public from personal injury, death, or property damage during the course of such construction or repair, including the maintenance of barriers, signs and lights. No violation of this Section shall be a penal offense, notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter.

(Ord. 1314 § 4, 1963)

Every person who violates, or causes or permits the violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 1314 § 7, 1963)