Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Ch. 13.04 Sewer System

A. Title 20, Utilities, division 2, Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended, and in effect on July 27, 1989, except as hereinafter amended, is hereby adopted by reference as the "Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes."

B. Three copies of said title 20, division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended, have been deposited with the city clerk and shall be at all times maintained by the city clerk for use and examination by the public.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.010; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

A. Board means the city council.

B. County engineer means the city engineer.

C. County health officer means the city health officer.

D. County of Los Angeles means the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, except in such instances where the County of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances.

E. County sewer maintenance district means the county sewer maintenance district, except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within, or has been withdrawn from, a county sewer maintenance district. In any such instance county sewer maintenance district means the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.

F. Ordinance means an ordinance of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the County of Los Angeles.

G. Public sewer means all sanitary sewers and appurtenances thereto, lying within streets or easements dedicated to the city, which are under the sole jurisdiction of the city.

H. Trunk sewer means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.020; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

• LACC section 20.28.050 amended; fees; reimbursement authorized when; procedures for awarding contracts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13.04.010, section 20.28.050 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended to read as follows:

20.28.050 Fees—Reimbursement authorized when—Procedures for awarding contracts. The city engineer may recommend that the Council approve an agreement to reimburse or agree to reimburse a subdivider, school district, an improvement district formed under special assessment procedures, or person for the cost of constructing sanitary sewers for public use, where such sewers can or will be used by areas outside of the proposed development; and to establish a reimbursement district and collection rates as described in the agreement under the provisions of this ordinance.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.030; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

• LACC section 20.32.150 amended; area and connection charges in reimbursement districts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13.04.010, section 20.32.150 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended to read as follows:

20.32.150 Area and connection charges in reimbursement districts. In the event the City Engineer determines that the property described in the application for a permit is included within a sewer reimbursement district, which has been formed by the council in accordance with section 20.28.050, the charge for connecting to the public sewer shall be as set forth in the agreement.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.040; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

Section 20.32.290 of the Los Angeles County Code is hereby repealed.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.050; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

Notwithstanding the provisions of 13.04.010, section 20.32.280 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended by adding the following paragraph:

All monies collected under this section for sewer maintenance are to be submitted directly to the County Sewer Maintenance District for inclusion in the maintenance district's funds.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.060; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

Notwithstanding the provisions of 13.04.010, section 20.32.690 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended by adding the following:

In the event the damaged public sewer is not in a sewer maintenance district, the violator shall reimburse the city within 30 days after the city engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount when paid shall be deposited in the city treasury.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.070; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)

Every person violating any provision of this chapter, or any condition or limitation of permit issued pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Code 1981, § 13.04.080; Ord. No. 251, § 1(part), 1990)