Rohnert Park Municipal Code Ch. 13.16 Sewers—general Provisions

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 834, § 3, adopted Feb. 22, 2011, repealed Ch. 13.16, in its entirety and enacted new provisions to read as herein set out. Prior to this amendment, Ch. 13.16 pertained to similar subject matter. See Ordinance List and Disposition Table for derivation.

(A) Sewer Connection. The owner of any parcel used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other human purpose that utilizes a private sewage system and is situated within the city and abutting on any street or easement in which there is situated a sanitary sewer within 200 feet of the property line closest to the available sewer, and designed to serve such parcel is required to install, at his or her sole expense, a connection with the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this title within 90 days after date of official notice by the city engineer to do so. This requirement also pertains to the construction of an additional unit on the existing parcel. Such official notice may inform the owner that no person may construct, excavate, maintain, cause, allow or permit to be constructed, excavated, or maintained on any parcels, any private sewage system, sewer pipes or other pipes or conduits, including residential graywater systems as defined by Chapter 22, Section 14875 et seq., of the California Water Code, for the treatment and discharge of sewage or impure waters, gas, vapor, oils, acids, tar or any other matter or substance offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, safety, or general welfare.

(B) Abandonment of Private Sewer Disposal System. Within ninety days of connecting to the city sewer, any private sewage disposal system on the property shall be abandoned in accordance with the requirements of the county health officer. It is unlawful to construct, reconstruct, relocate or alter any privy, privy vault, cesspool, septic tank or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sanitary sewage within the city without the express written permission of the city engineer and the county health officer.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

(A) As a condition to the approval of the connection of property situated outside the corporate limits of the City to the City sewer, the owner of such property or his or her authorized agent must enter into a written agreement with the City that includes at least the following provisions:

(1) A provision that the connection shall be at the sole expense of the owners of the property;

(2) A provision that the owners of the property shall pay all applicable capacity fees and public facilities fees and other City fees related to impacts of providing capacity;

(3) A provision that the owners of the property or their successors in interest shall pay sewer service charges;

(4) A provision that the owners of the property or their successors shall comply the requirements of the Chapters 13.08 through 13.52 of this code, the Uniform Building Code, the California Plumbing Code and other applicable regulations adopted by the City, applicable City Standards and the plans and specification for the construction approved by the City Engineer. Absence of this provision in the service agreement does not relieve owners of property served by the City from complying with Chapters 13.08 through 13.52 of this code; and

(5) Provisions for the default and termination of the agreement.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

No connections to the force main interceptor shall be permitted except in accordance with the provisions of the 1975 Subregional System Agreement for Use of Santa Rosa Subregional Sewerage System between the City of Santa Rosa and the cities of Cotati, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol and the South Park County Sanitation District, as amended.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, area drains, foundation drains, or other surface or subsurface runoff or groundwater to a city sewer, building sewer, sewer lateral or any line that is directly or indirectly connected to a city sewer.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

No person may discharge to the city sewer through any cleanout or manhole without the express written permission of the city engineer. Requests must be made in writing and are subject to the sole discretion of the city engineer whose determination shall be final.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

It is unlawful to discharge any sewage, industrial waste or other polluted waters into any storm drain. Discharge of waste from any premises within the City onto land or to any natural outlet may be permitted only if the discharge complies with all requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board and all other local, state and federal laws and regulations.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

Nothing contained in Chapters 13.08 through 13.52 of this code shall be construed to limit any additional requirements that may be imposed by the county health officer, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, the state, the federal government, or any other governmental agencies having jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)

Whenever the requirements of this sewer use ordinance conflict with the California Plumbing Code, the requirements of the California Plumbing Code shall govern unless such requirements have been modified in the manner required by law and findings for such modifications have been filed with the California Building Standards Commission.

(Ord. No. 834, § 3, 2-22-2011)