Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 13.12 Sewage and Industrial Waste

Except as hereinafter provided, there is adopted as the "Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance of the City of Rosemead," Title 20, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code, as the same is in full force and effect through and including amendments in Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 89-0101 (July 27, 1989), a copy of which has been deposited in the office of the City Clerk of the City and shall be at all times maintained by the Clerk for use and examination by the public.

(Prior code § 8500)

Whenever in Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code reference is made to the unincorporated area of the county of Los Angeles, such area shall be deemed to include in its true geographical location the area of the city.

(Prior code § 8501)

Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code each such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in this section as follows:

"Board" means the City Council.

"County Engineer" means the City Engineer.

"County Health Officer" means the City Health Officer.

"County of Los Angeles" means the City of Rosemead except in such instances where the county of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances.

"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County Sewer Maintenance District except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a County Sewer Maintenance District.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" shall mean the City of Rosemead.

"Ordinance" means an ordinance of the City of Rosemead except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county of Los Angeles.

"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.

"Trunk Sewer" means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the City of Rosemead.

(Prior code § 8502)

A. Section 20.28.050 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended to read as follows:

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.

B. Section 20.32.150 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended to read as follows:

In the event the City Engineer determines that the property described in the application for a permit is included with 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.

C. Section 20.32.290 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code is repealed.

D. Section 20.32.280 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 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.

E. Section 20.32.690 of Title 20, Utilities, Division 2 of the Los Angeles County Code is amended by adding the following paragraph:

In the event the damaged public sewer is not in a sewer maintenance district, the violator shall reimburse the City within thirty (30) days after the City Engineer shall render an invoice for the same. The amount when paid shall be deposited in the City Treasury.

(Prior code § 8503(A)—(E))

No person shall violate any of the provisions or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of these provisions is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Prior code § 8503(F))