Torrance Municipal Code § 72.1 General

It shall be unlawful for any person, including any public official or employee, not otherwise specifically authorized by law, to remove or cause to be removed, a manhole cover from a public sewer carrying domestic sewage or industrial waste for the purpose of entering such sewer, or to discharge, deposit or cause to be discharged or deposited surface, drainage or storm waters into a public sewer, unless specific permission is first obtained from the owners and operators of such public sewer or from the officer of the owners and operators of such public sewer authorized to grant such permission. It shall also be unlawful for any person, including any public official or employee, or any person otherwise unauthorized by law, to enter public sewers carrying sanitary sewage or industrial waste, to construct or authorize construction of, a connection to a public sewer or to remove a manhole cover, for the purpose of permitting or causing to be discharged into such public sewer flood, surface or storm waters.