Article II — SEWER SYSTEM GENERALLY

SECTION:

Division 1. Generally

25-33: Definitions

25-34: Permit Required For Construction Of Sewer Or Connection To Sewer System

25-34.1: Connection To Public Sewer Required

25-35: House Connection Installed At Owner's Expense; Tapping Line

25-36: Sewer Rental Charges

25-36.1: Service To Inhabitants Outside City Boundaries; Charges

25-36.2: Approval For Sewer Service Outside City Limits

25-37: Collection Of Sewer Rentals; Penalties; Discontinuance Of Water Service For Nonpayment; Charges To Be Lien

25-38: Disposition Of Revenue

Division 2. Laterals And Trunks

25-39: Construction Of Laterals Generally And Financing Thereof

25-40: Construction Of Trunk Lines And Financing Thereof

25-41: Connection Charges

25-42: Sewer Extension Revolving Fund

25-43: Ownership And Maintenance Of Lines

Division 3. Extension Of Sewer Mains

25-44: Application For Extension Of Sewer Mains Not Under Assessment District Or Bond Issue; Deposit Of Estimated Cost Required

25-45: Preparation Of Plans For New Construction By City When Extension Requested

25-45.1: Acreage Fee

25-46: Plans For New Construction By City Put Out For Bid; Submission Of Bids

25-47: Estates Benefited To Deposit Additional Amount If Bids In Excess Of Deposit

25-48: Where Funds Deposited; Dispersal

25-49: Costs Of Construction Prorated Among Estates Benefited

25-50: Refunds When Construction Cost Less Than Deposit

25-51: Unclaimed Refunds To Escheat To City

25-52: Contract Between City And Property Owners; Required Upon Completion

25-53: Contract Between City And Property Owners; Terms

25-54: Connection Not Made Until Prorated Charge Paid Or Payment Arranged

25-55: Permit And Fee Required To Connect

DIVISION 1. GENERALLY

25-33: DEFINITIONS:

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

CONNECTION CHARGE: A general term referring to one or more of the charges hereinafter established and defined, made at the time of connecting onto the city sewer system.

CONNECTIONS: A privately owned and maintained pipe conveying sewage from a single building or premises into a lateral or other common sewer; and shall also mean the act of installing and connecting the privately owned pipe onto such sewer.

LATERAL: A common sewer into which two (2) or more connections are made and shall normally, but not exclusively, be considered to be any sewer six (6) or eight inches (8") in diameter.

SEWAGE: Sanitary wastewater carrying human excrement and like material derived principally from dwelling, business buildings, institutions and welfare rooms of industrial buildings.

SEWERS: Only those pipes carrying sewage, and shall not include those primarily carrying storm drainage and industrial wastes.

TRUNK: A common sewer larger than a lateral and receiving sewage from several laterals and house connections. (Ord. 680 § 2)

25-34: PERMIT REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEWER OR CONNECTION TO SEWER SYSTEM:

It shall be unlawful for any person to construct a sewer in a city street, alley or easement, or connect onto the sewer system of the city without first receiving a permit to do so and complying with the provisions of this article. (Ord. 680 § 1)

25-34.1: CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER REQUIRED:

All new construction, including residential, commercial, and all other development within the city of Porterville shall be connected to a public sanitary sewer, unless the city council shall determine by resolution that a different method of sewage disposal shall be utilized. (Ord. 1039 § A, 6-5-1973)

25-35: HOUSE CONNECTION INSTALLED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE; TAPPING LINE:

Each parcel of land under separate ownership shall be served through at least one house connection. The owner shall install, or cause to be installed, the house connection at his own expense and under the supervision and inspection of the city. (Ord. 680 § 3; Ord. 1214 § 1, 9-16-1980)

25-36: SEWER RENTAL CHARGES:

Sewer rental charges for domestic, commercial and industrial use outside of the city are hereby established and at rates fixed by resolution of the city council. (Ord. Code § 3635; Ord. 919 § A, 7-19-1968; Ord. 929 § A, 11-12-1968; Ord. 954 § A, 9-19-1969; Ord. 1046 § A, 9-18-1973)

25-36.1: SERVICE TO INHABITANTS OUTSIDE CITY BOUNDARIES; CHARGES:

Except as provided by section 25-36.2 of this article pertaining to sewer connections outside city limits, the city council may, at its option and sole discretion, elect to make available sewer services to inhabitants outside the boundaries of the city and under such rules and regulations as the city council may, at its discretion, determine, and discontinue such service at its option and election. Said service shall be made available only to the owners of the property to be served. (Ord. 1564 § 2, 12-1-1998)

25-36.2: APPROVAL FOR SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS:

The city manager, or his/her designee, shall have authority for the administrative approval of requests for sewer service outside city limits, if applicant meets all other conditions as required by this code and the annexation policy manual and all other pertinent regulations.

Consideration of said request shall be in conjunction with approval of required city permits and payment of applicable fees. (Ord. 1564 § 2, 12-1-1998)

25-37: COLLECTION OF SEWER RENTALS; PENALTIES; DISCONTINUANCE OF WATER SERVICE FOR NONPAYMENT; CHARGES TO BE LIEN:

Charges for sewer rentals shall be included with the water bill and if the charge for sewer rental shall remain unpaid at the due date for the payment of water bills, there shall be added to the sewer rental charge the same penalties and interest as are required for delinquencies or nonpayment of water bills. Water services may be discontinued for nonpayment of the charge for sewer rental or sewer rental penalties and interest, and any unpaid charge for sewer rental or sewer rental penalties or interest may be placed as a lien on the real property involved. (Ord. Code § 3635.1)

25-38: DISPOSITION OF REVENUE:

All money received from the collection of sewer rental charges together with penalties and interest shall be deposited by the city treasurer who shall establish and maintain a "sewer rental fund". This fund shall be used for the payment of bond redemption and interest charges for sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment facilities and for the payment of the cost of land acquisitioned, rights of way, easements, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, management, operations and repair of the sewerage system, sewage treatment works, sewage disposal system of sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works; provided, however, that such fund shall not be used for the acquisition or construction of new location sewers or laterals as designated from interceptor and outfall sewers. (Ord. 1537 § B93, 8-6- 1996)