Pacifica Municipal Code Art. 3 Building Sewers and Connections

No person, except City employees or contractors directly employed by the City who are authorized to do so by the Director, shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Director. A building sewer permit shall be obtained before installing a building sewer or connecting one to the public sewer.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

The owner or his agent shall make an application for a building sewer permit on a form furnished by the City. Such form may be combined with forms for other permits required by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director. The approval of the application shall be contingent upon the payment of the connection fees to the City.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

All costs and expenses incident to the installation, connection, and maintenance of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly indirectly be occasioned by the installation or use of the building sewer.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every lot, except that the joint use of building sewers may be permitted at the discretion of the Director for developments, such as condominiums, where provisions have been made for joint maintenance by all owners served or as excepted by resolution of the Council.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the Director to meet all the requirements of this chapter and the Plumbing Code of the City currently in effect.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

The size, slope, alignment, and materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling of the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Plumbing Code and Standards of the City currently in effect at the time of installation.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is less than thirty (30″) inches higher than the invert of the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer, or the building drain shall include a check valve maintained by the owner.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

No person shall make connections of roof down spouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the public sanitary sewer.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Codes and Standards of the City currently in effect. All such connections shall be made watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials shall be approved by the Director before installation.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)

All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to assume responsibility for any public liability or property damage which may result from the work. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, or other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in accordance with the OSHA Standards currently in effect. Permits for building sewers shall also be considered as encroachment permits as required by other provisions of this Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 181-C.S., eff. September 13, 1976)