Victorville Municipal Code Art. II General Provisions

Any time limit provided for in the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 10.03 may be extended by mutual written consent of either the city engineer or where applicable, the building official, and the permittee, applicant, discharger or other person affected.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

The requirements contained in this chapter and Chapter 10.03 covering the maintenance of the city sanitary sewer system pipelines or other appurtenances, shall apply to all such public or private facilities now existing or hereafter constructed.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

The city is responsible for the operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of any public sewer main or trunk lines within a dedicated public right-of-way or easement, including the sewer lateral line from the sewer main-line or trunk line to the property line.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) Property owners connecting to the city sewer system shall be required to maintain in good working order, at the property owners' sole expense, the building sewer line from their building or structure to their property line. Any and all property owners shall keep the building sewer line free of roots, grease, debris, and blockages, and shall ensure that there are no breaks, cracks or other issues as to prevent the sewer lateral from operating in an efficient manner.

(b) Prior to commencing any repair on a building sewer, the property owner must obtain all applicable permits from the city. Should repairs to and/or replacement of the Building Sewer line require encroaching in the public right-of-way, the property owner or property owner's agent must obtain a right-of-way permit from the city engineer prior to commencing any such repairs.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

A city inspector shall be admitted at all reasonable hours at all parts of any premises connected with the city sewer system ,for the purpose of checking any facilities mentioned in this chapter and to determine the applicable sewer service charges as provided in Chapter 10.01. No person shall, during reasonable hours, refuse, resist or attempt to resist, prevent, obstruct the entrance of city inspectors or other authorized city staff into any building, factory, plant, yard, field or other place or portions thereof in the performance of his duty within the power conferred upon him by law or by this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) If the location of a sewer malfunction and the responsibility for its repair is disputed or cannot be determined from surface observation, the city engineer may expose parts of the sewer line within the public street, public right-of-way, or sewer main as necessary to determine the cause of the malfunction and whether it originates within the city's area of responsibility or the property owner's area of responsibility, but only after the property owner has done his/her due diligence to find and remedy any issues within its area of responsibility.

(b) If the malfunction is determined to be within the city's area of responsibility, the city shall conduct the repair at no charge to the property owner.

(c) If the malfunction is determined to be within the property owner's area of responsibility, the property owner shall make the necessary repairs at their expense.

(d) Should the city conduct any repairs on the sewer within the property owner's area of responsibility due to an emergency or for the health and safety of the public, the city may make any necessary repairs and the property owner shall reimburse the city for all costs necessarily incurred by the chapter in performing the repair work.

(e) A malfunctioning lateral line is declared to be a public nuisance.

(f) Nothing in this chapter or Chapter 10.03 shall be construed as permitting the removal or non-maintenance of any devices or safeguards on existing public or private sewer facilities unless authorized in writing by the city engineer.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, any notice required hereunder shall be in writing, and served in accordance with Chapter 1.01 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)