Article 7 — GENERAL — San Diego County Municipal Code

SEC. 68.162. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF SEWER.¶

It shall be unlawful to place, throw, or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown, or deposited, in any public or building sewer any dead animal, offal, or garbage, fish, fruit, or vegetable waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct, or fill such sewer, or which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use or operation thereof. No person shall cause or permit to be deposited or discharged into any such sewer any water or sewage or liquid waste of any kind containing chemicals, greases, oils, tars, or other matters in solution or suspension which may, by reason of chemical reaction or precipitation, clog, obstruct, or fill the same, or which may in any way damage or interfere with or prevent the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or require frequent repair, cleaning out or flushing of such sewer to render the same operative or which may obstruct or cause an unwarranted increase in the cost of treatment of the sewage.

(Amended by Ord. 4830 (N.S.), effective 2-17-77; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

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SEC. 68.163. OPENING MAINTENANCE HOLE.¶

It shall be unlawful to open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered, any maintenance hole in any public sewer, to dispose of garbage or other deleterious substances or storm or surface water, or for any other like purpose.

(Amended by Ord. No. 4830 (N.S.), effective 2-17-77; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

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