Sierra Madre Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions

This chapter shall be known as the "Sanitary Sewer Ordinance" and may be cited as such.

(Ord. No. 1292, § 1, 6-24-09)

Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter its most reasonable application.

"Director" means the director of public works of the city of Sierra Madre.

"Domestic sewage" means the water borne wastes associated with human habitations and may be contaminated with human excreta, offal or feculent matter.

"House connection sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping beginning twenty-four inches from the exterior wall of the building or structure and extending to its connection with the main-line sewer, through which is discharged sewage.

"Main-line sewer" means any public sewer in a dedicated right-of-way in which changes in alignment and grade occur only at manholes, or where angle points or curves between manholes have been approved by the county. Such sewers are generally eight inches or more in diameter.

"Public sewer" means the main-line sewer, constructed in a street, highway, alley, place or other public right-of-way dedicated to public use. Public sewer does not include house connection sewer.

"Sewage" means any waterborne wastes transported by the public sewer except storm water, groundwater, roof or yard drainage and includes domestic sewage.

(Ord. No. 1292, § 1, 6-24-09)

All plumbing affecting the sanitary condition of any existing building or other structure located within the boundaries of any lot shall be connected with and drained into a public sewer when existing sewage disposal facilities are inadequate, overflowing, or a menace to public health as determined by the director.

(Ord. No. 1292, § 1, 6-24-09)

A. No connection from any building or other structure shall hereafter be made to any public sewer if such connection or any portion thereof, is in, under or upon any lot other than the lot on which building or structure is located.

B. If a lot or parcel of land requiring a sewer connection is so situated that access to the public sewer is not possible except across some other lot or parcel of land, a sewer connection may be placed in a recorded easement which includes the right to lay and maintain such connection and is appurtenant to the lot or parcel of land to be served by such sewer connection.

(Ord. No. 1292, § 1, 6-24-09)

On every lot for which a house connection sewer permit is obtained, as required by this chapter, every plumbing fixture requiring drainage shall be connected to the public sewer, and the director shall be given opportunity to ascertain that all such fixtures are connected.

(Ord. No. 1292, § 1, 6-24-09)

Where a lot or parcel of land is of sufficient size that the zoning ordinance does not prohibit its division into smaller parcels, each of such possible parcels upon which one or more buildings containing plumbing facilities are located, shall be considered as a separate parcel of land. Separate connections shall be made to the main-line sewer from each of such parcels. If the main-line sewer does not extend to a point from which such parcels of land can be served, the property owner shall construct a main-line sewer so that such parcels may adequately be served.

(Ord. No. 1292, § 1, 6-24-09)