Article 3 — Sewer Connections

No person shall connect any sewage disposal line or facility from property located within the City to the sewage disposal system of the City without first having secured a permit therefor from the City Manager or his or her designee. Such permit shall be issued for service to property within the City limits after payment by the applicant to the City of the applicable fees as specified in this article; provided, however, the City Manager or his or her designee shall not issue any such permit if in his opinion facilities of the City's sewage disposal system are inadequate to accept and properly process the load anticipated from such connection.

(§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959, as amended by § 6, Ord. 334, eff. March 25, 1964)

Fees for connections to the City's sewer system shall be established by resolution of the Council. (§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959, as amended by § 3, Ord. 280, eff. August 1, 1961, § 7, Ord. 334, eff. March 25, 1964, § 2, Ord. 381, eff. May 10, 1967, Part 1, Ord. 502, eff. March 27, 1975, and § 1, Ord. 590, eff. June 25, 1981)

(§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959, as amended by § 4, Ord. 280, eff. August 1, 1961, and § 8, Ord. 334, eff. March 25, 1964; repealed by § 1, Ord. 381, eff. May 10, 1967; reenacted by § 1, Ord. 398, eff. August 21, 1968; repealed by § 3, Ord. 623, eff. July 12, 1984)

Where the City has advanced funds for sewer extensions, appropriate reimbursement shall be made to the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 5-3.306 of this article. (§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959)

Any person connecting any sewage disposal line or facility to the sewage disposal system of the City shall bear all costs of making the physical connection and procuring and installing the required facilities, subject to the following exceptions:

• (a) The City at its own cost and expense will make necessary engineering studies for the location, size, and establishment of the grade of sewer lines to be located upon City streets or property and to become the property of the City; and

• (b) The City may participate in the cost of certain facilities as provided in Section 5.3.306 of this article.

• (§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959)

The City, when it has funds available therefor, upon an order of the Council, may pay to a person installing a sewer line in a City street or on City property a portion of the funds required to finance such installation under the following circumstances:

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City of Ojai, CA

SANITATION AND HEALTH

§ 5-3.306

§ 5-3.309

• (a) When the facilities to be installed will benefit areas other than those owned or being subdivided or developed by the person who proposes to make and pay for the installation, the City may pay the portion of the costs which represents the amount of such benefit.

• (b) When the cost of the facilities to be procured and installed is increased because the City requires a design more expensive than that required to serve adequately the area owned or being subdivided or developed by the person who proposes to make and pay for the installation, the City may pay the portion of the costs directly resulting from such increased design.

• (c) Expenditures of funds by the City pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be made only where the Council finds that there is a reasonable probability that such expenditures will be recovered by the City from the subdivider, developer, or owner of land benefited by such expenditures. The owner, subdivider, or developer of such land benefited shall be required to reimburse the City for all costs so advanced for the benefit of such land before being allowed to use the facilities so constructed.

• (§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959)

When any person installs, or agrees to install, lines connecting with the City sewerage system, which sewer lines can be or will be used in the disposal of sewage from property not owned by the person who installs such sewer lines, and the City does not participate in the cost thereof pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-3.306 of this article, the City may contract with such person to impose the charges provided in this section upon any persons connecting to such sewer lines within the ensuing 15 years and to reimburse such person in the amount of such charge so collected. For any connection to a sewer line of the City with respect to which the City has entered into a contract pursuant to the provisions of this section, there shall be charged and collected, in addition to all connection fees set forth in this article, a fee determined by the Council, after a recommendation by the City Manager, to bear the same ratio to the total cost of such line as the use anticipated to be made of such line by the applicant 15 years after completion bears to the total use thereof anticipated to be made 15 years after the completion thereof. (§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959, as amended by § 1, Ord. 424, eff. May 13, 1971)

All moneys collected pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be placed in the Wastewater Capital Reserve Fund created by Section 8-2.601 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of this Code and shall be used only for such purposes as are permitted by law.

(§ 1, Ord. 247, eff. February 16, 1959, as amended by § 4, Ord. 623, eff. July 12, 1984)

All connections, including the wye or saddle at the sewer main, shall be maintained at the expense of the property owner.

(§ 1, Ord. 389, eff. October 25, 1967)

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City of Ojai, CA

SANITATION AND HEALTH

§ 5-3.401

§ 5-3.405