Victorville Municipal Code Art. V Design Standards

All sanitary sewer system facilities and infrastructure shall be designed according to the latest edition of the City of Victorville Standard Specifications for Public Improvements, as adopted by the city and incorporated herein by this reference. A copy of the Standard Specifications for Public Improvements is maintained in the office of the city engineer and available for examination by the public in the engineering department.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) An offer of dedication of main-line sewers to the city shall be included in the agreement to construct sewers for a new subdivision which accompanies the faithful performance security guaranteeing the construction required as a condition for the recordation of the tract map or parcel map. Before plans for the construction of any other public main-line sewer are approved by the city, the person causing such plans to be prepared shall present an offer of dedication, signed and acknowledged, on forms provided by the city.

(b) When the construction of the main-line sewer has been completed pursuant to all city requirements and accepted by the council, such sewer becomes a public sewer. No sewer shall be accepted for dedication by the city unless such sewer has been constructed in conformity with all requirements of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

If a literal compliance with any engineering requirement of this chapter is impossible or impractical because of peculiar conditions in no way the fault of the person requesting an exception, and the purposes of this chapter may be accomplished and public safety secured by an alternate construction or procedure, and the city so finds that such alternate complies with sound engineering practice, the city may grant an exception permitting such alternate construction or procedure.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

Any plans submitted for approval under the provisions of this chapter shall be prepared by or under the direction of and shall be signed by a registered civil engineer of the state of California or by a professional engineer registered in the discipline required for the type of infrastructure proposed.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) Before a sewer permit required by this chapter may be issued, plans for the proposed construction shall be submitted to and approved by the city engineer, unless the city determines that plans are not necessary.

(b) Applications for which no permit is issued within one hundred eighty days following the date of application shall expire by limitation, and plans and other data submitted for review may thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the city engineer.

(c) The city engineer may extend the time for action by the applicant for a period not exceeding one hundred eighty days upon written request by the applicant showing that circumstances beyond the control of the applicant have prevented action from being taken.

(d) An application shall not be extended more than once.

(e) An application shall not be extended if this Code or any other pertinent laws or ordinances have been amended subsequent to the date of application.

(f) In order to renew action on an application after expiration, the applicant shall resubmit plans and pay a new plan review fee.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

All material used in any work done under provisions of this chapter shall be new, first-class material. Such material and the manner of construction shall conform with and meet all the requirements prescribed by this chapter, as well as the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction and City of Victorville Standard Specifications for Public Improvements and Standard Plans on file in the office of the city engineer. All work shall be performed by a licensed contractor.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)

(a) A person desiring to construct a sewer in an easement under the provisions of this chapter shall present to the city a request for processing, sufficient information to enable the preparation of a written description, together with all applicable fees.

(b) The location and dimensions of sanitary sewer easements shall be sufficient to provide present and future sewer service to abutting areas and adequate access for maintenance as determined by the city. Until the required easements have been properly executed and recorded:

(1) No plans shall be approved by the city for sewer facilities to be constructed by any person across the property of others;

(2) No sewer facilities shall be accepted for public use, nor placed in use by any person.

(Ord. No. 2363, § 3, 3-21-17)