San Marcos Municipal Code Art. III Permits and Plans

No person, other than persons specifically excepted by this article, shall commence, or do or cause to be done, or construct or cause to be constructed, or use or cause to be used, or alter or cause to be altered, any public sewer main line sewer, sewer service lateral,

sewage treatment plant, sewage pumping plant or industrial liquid waste pretreatment plant in the City without first obtaining a permit from the Director.

The provisions of these Articles I to VII, inclusive, of this article requiring permits shall not apply to any Sanitary or Sanitation District in the City or to contractors constructing public sewers and appurtenances under contracts awarded and entered into under proceedings had or taken pursuant to any of the special procedure statutes of this State providing for the construction of sewers and the assessing of the expenses thereof against the lands benefited thereby, or under contracts between the contractor and Board of Supervisors.

Permits issued under this article are not transferable from one person to another, or from one place to another, and connections shall not be made at any place other than the location specifically designated therein.

Any person requiring a permit under the provisions of this article shall make written application therefor to the Director, giving such information as said Director may require. The Director shall provide printed application forms for the various types of work permitted under this article, indicating thereon the information to be furnished by the applicant. The Director may require, in addition to the information furnished by the printed form, any additional information from the applicant which will enable the Director to determine that the proposed work complies with the provisions of this article.

If it appears from the application for any permit required by this article that the work to be performed thereunder is to be done according to the provisions of this article, the Director upon receipt of the fees hereinafter required shall issue such permit.

The Director shall, before granting any sewer permit for the construction, installation, repair or removal of any sewer, or appurtenance thereto which will necessitate any excavation or fill-in, upon or under any public highway in the City except State highways, first require the applicant to obtain a permit from the Department of Transportation, County of San Diego.

The person obtaining a sewer permit from the Director for the construction of a sewer in a State Highway shall, before commencing work thereon, obtain a permit from the California Department of Transportation.

Before granting a permit for the construction of any main line sewer, with or without sewer service laterals, the Director shall check and approve the plans and specifications therefor as to their compliance with County, State and other governmental laws or ordinances, and as to conformity with the standards of design hereinafter established by this article.

Before granting and Industrial Waste Discharge Permit to any applicant to discharge any industrial liquid waste or industrial sewage into any public sewer, the Director shall determine either that the waste is one which will not damage or destroy the public sewer or cause an unwarranted increase in the cost of maintenance of the public sewer or retard or inhibit the treatment of the sewage, or is one that can be made acceptable by pretreatment.

In the event pretreatment is required to make the waste acceptable as provided under Section 8.48.190 the application for a permit to dispose of industrial liquid waste or industrial sewage shall be accompanied by suitable plans and specifications showing the method of collection and pretreatment proposed to be used, and a permit shall not be issued until said plans and specifications or required modifications thereof have been checked and approved by the Director.

Before granting a permit for the construction of any sewage pumping plant or sewage treatment plant, the Director shall check and approve the plans and specifications therefor as to their compliance with County, State, and other governmental laws or ordinance and

shall require that the facilities be adequate in every respect for the use intended.