Signal Hill Municipal Code Ch. 13.06 Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Code

Except as hereinafter provided, Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angles County Code, as adopted, amended and in effect on July 27, 1989, is hereby adopted as the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Code of the city of Signal Hill. Three copies of Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code have been deposited in the office of the city clerk and they shall be at all times maintained by the clerk for use and examination by the public.

(Ord. 90-07-1073 § 1: Ord. 85-10-960 § 1 (part))

Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in Division 2 of Title 20 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:

A. "Board" means the city council of the city of Signal Hill.

B. "County engineer" means the city engineer of the city of Signal Hill.

C. "County of Los Angeles" means the city of Signal Hill, except in such circumstances where the county of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances.

D. "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County Sewer Maintenance District except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from the County Sewer Maintenance District. In any such instance, "County Sewer Maintenance District" means the city of Signal Hill.

E. "Ordinance" means an ordinance of the city of Signal Hill, except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the county of Los Angeles.

F. "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.

G. "Trunk sewer" means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the city of Signal Hill.

H. "Unincorporated area of the county" includes in its true geographical location the area of the city of Signal Hill.

(Ord. 85-10-960 § 1 (part))

The following sections of Division 2 of Title 20 of the Los Angeles County Code, adopted by this chapter as the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Code of the city, are amended as follows:

A. Section 20.28.050 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 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 within 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 is hereby repealed.

D. Section 20.32.280 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

All monies collected under this section for sewer maintenance are to be submitted directly to the Sewer Maintenance District for inclusion in the Maintenance District's funds.

E. Section 20.32.690 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

In the event the damage to 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.

(Ord. 85-10-960 § 1 (part))

The provisions of the Los Angeles Sanitary Sewer Industrial Waste Code concerning fees may be amended from time to time by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 85-10-960 § 1 (part))