Palmdale Municipal Code Art. V Maintenance

An unauthorized person shall not remove or cause to be removed, or damage, impair, destroy or misuse or cause to be damaged, impaired, destroyed or misused, any portion of any public sewer, sewage pumping plant, or any appurtenances thereto.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

An unauthorized person shall not open or enter, damage, impair, destroy or misuse, or cause to be opened or entered, damaged, impaired, destroyed or misused for any purpose whatsoever, any manhole in any public sewer.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Whenever an industrial connection sewer has been disconnected from the public sewer by the City for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter, reconnection shall be made only upon issuance of a sewer permit as elsewhere in this chapter provided. Before such permit is issued, the applicant shall pay all fees required by this title for new permits and also reimburse the City for all costs of the disconnection made. The City may also 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. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Whenever an industrial sewer connection permittee by reason of violation of this title, or any other person by reason of violation of this title, causes obstruction, damage or destruction of a public sewer, or any appurtenances thereto, or pumping plants in connection therewith, they shall reimburse the City for the cost of flushing, cleaning, repairing and reconstruction of such sewer or facility, made necessary by such violation, within 30 days after the City has rendered an invoice for the same.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)