San Marcos Municipal Code Art. VII General Regulations

The Director shall enforce all the provisions of this article and for such purpose shall have the powers of a peace officer.

To assure that the provisions of this ordinance are carried out the Director shall promulgate such detailed regulations and other requirements as are necessary to fully implement this ordinance. The specific provisions of the ordinance may be supplemented by additional requirements established by the Director and separate ordinances establishing charges for use of the public sewerage facilities which will provide for the recovery of capital and operating costs of such facilities.

It shall be unlawful to connect or cause to be connected any sewer which has been or may hereafter be constructed in any street, highway, alley, right-of-way, or other public place prior to the dedication and acceptance of such street, alley, right-of-way, or other public place by the Board of Supervisors on behalf of the public with any public sewer of the City, unless such sewer first mentioned shall have been laid under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Director or the Board of Directors of the County Sanitation District in which said sewer is located and in accordance with all provisions of this article.

(a)

Any other provisions of Title 6 of the County Code notwithstanding, parcels requiring sewer service from a sewering district governed by the Board of Supervisors shall conform to the following:

(1)

Any parcel that is to be divided into a subdivisions of three or more lots that desire sewer service shall be sewered by a public main installed ten feet into the furthermost proposed lot. Easements shall be provided as required to provide for future public sewer extension to adjacent land area which may require sewer service.

(2)

Any parcel that is located on a public or private road easement more than 100 feet from the existing public sewer will extend the public sewer to the closest lot line of the parcel and grant necessary easements across the parcel for the public sewer extension, if the Director determines that additional upstream areas will require sewer service from the extended public sewer main.

(b)

It is intended that the Director or his authorized Agent may grant an exception to this section and shall do so only if he finds that compliance with such provisions is impossible or impractical because of physical conditions of the area or that a health hazard could result by imposing the above provisions. Exceptions because of immediate financial hardship may be granted only if an agreement is signed and recorded stating that the parcel ownership will:

(1)

Participate in the construction of a public sewer main at such time as adjacent upstream land area requires sewer service.

(2)

Contribute parcel's estimated share of costs for public sewer extension at time of agreement and agrees to pay parcel's actual share after construction of the public sewer is completed.

(3)

Connect existing lateral to future extended public sewer, thus eliminating long lateral.

(4)

Provide required easements for the public sewer extension.

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.

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

It shall be unlawful to discharge into the public sewer effluent of a temperature exceeding 140 degrees Fahrenheit.

Before any person shall discharge alkalis, acids, or other corrosive or harmful wastes into the public sewer, he shall reduce the biochemical oxygen demand and control the PH to the extent which the Director finds adequate taking all circumstances into consideration.

All toxic chemical substances shall be retained or rendered acceptable before discharge into the public sewer.

It shall be unlawful to discharge any petroleum products into the public sewer.

Wastes shall be diluted when and in such amounts as required by the Director.

Every industrial waste pretreatment facility shall be equipped with an adequate fresh water supply easily available for diluting and flushing, and all sewer connections shall be thoroughly flushed after discharge of each batch of industrial liquid wastes.

Every industrial waste pretreatment facility shall be adequately maintained to accomplish its intended purpose. Abandonment or failure to properly maintain such equipment shall be cause for immediate revocation of the industrial connection sewer permit and

disconnection from the public sewer.

It shall be unlawful to connect or cause or permit to be connected any roof conductor, yard drain, or other conduit used for carrying off rain or surface water with any public sewer or building sewer leading thereto. It shall be unlawful to cause or permit any indirect connection to the public sewer or building sewer leading thereto by means of which rain or surface waters are permitted to enter said sewer.

Whenever a disconnection from the public sewer has been made by the Director for failure to comply with the provisions of this article, reconnection shall be made only upon issuance of a permit as elsewhere in this article provided. Before such permit is issued the applicant shall reimburse the County for the cost of the disconnection made, and the Director may require the installation of a manhole for the purpose of measuring the flow or for making periodic tests of the waste for such.