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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1942-686 Repeals Ords. 628 and 654, sewer laterals (Repealer)ORDINANCE NO. 686 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING OR- DINANCE NO. 628 OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, "ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE INSTALLA- TION OF SEWER LATERALS" AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 628 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH A N D PROVIDING FOR THE REGULA- TION OF THE INSTALLATION OF SEWER LATERALS IN THE CITY O1' NATIONAL CITY, CALIFOR- NIA. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DOES ORDATN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 686, entitled "An Ordinance Repealing Or- dinance No. 628 of the City of Na- tional City, California, regulating the Installation of Sewer Laterals" and repealing all ordinances amending Ordinance No. 628 and all other ordi- nances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith and providing for the regulation and the installation of sewer laterals in the City of National City, California. SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the City of National City, its officers, agents and /or employees to connect any pipe, drain or sewer with or to open or penetrate any pubiic sewer in the City of National City or to injure, remove or open any portion of any manhole, flush tank, lamp hole, in- spection pipe or any other part of or appurtenance to arty public sewer. A11 sewer laterals from mains to the property line shall be constructed and the connections made by the City of National City under the provisions of 1.1.is Ordinance and under the su- pervision of the Superintendent of Streets of said City. SECTION 3. That in addition to any fee for a permit or other charge which the City may make for con- necting with the public sewer, the owner of any property to be served or the person making the application for such conection, where the con- duit is no larger than four inches (4") inside diameter, or where the length of the lateral is not more than fire feet greater than half the width of the street or alley, shall pay to the City of National City for the work of constructing and laying laterals the sum of Tnirty-Eight ($38.00) dol- lars, together with the regular permit charge of and in the sum of Two ($2.0Q) dollars. Where a conduit larger than four inches (4") inside diameter is used, an additional charge equal to the excess of the cost of the four inch (4") conduit shall be made. For deep sewer laterals, an extra charge shall be made equal to the cost of the excavation and baekfill in excess of eight feet (8') in depth. In case a connection is made to a public sewer where the service lat- eral is already installed to the prop- erty line, the property owner shall install the pipe to the property line and uncover the existing sewer so that a connection can be made at such property line, which connection shall be nrade by the City of National City, in such case a. charge of Three ($:3.00) dollars, in addition to the permit fee, shall be made for mak- ing such connection. Whenever an unusual condition ex- ists, so it is necessary to make a di- agonal run of over forty-five feet (45') for a street sewer lateral, or more than fifteen feet (15') for an al - Icy sewer lateral to reach the center- line of such street or alley, an esti- mate of the cost for any work in ex- cess of the foregoing mentioned dis- tances will be furnished by the City Engineer and the amount specified in such estimate shall be deposited with the Superintendent of Streets at the time the permit Is taken out for such work. Where property owners exca- vate outside of the property lines and into the streets for basement pur- poses and desire connections with pub- lic sewers across such excavation, they shall install the necessary soil pipe at their own expense to the out- side line of such excavation from which point to the public sewer, the City of National City will make the required installation. SECTION 4. Every house or build- ing shall be separately and indepen- dently connected with the public sew- ers, except in cases where there may be a house in the rear of the bit. In such case it may be connected with the sewer of the house in front, pro- vided the existing sewer is of suffi- cient capacity and the property is owned by the same parties. Whenever a sewer line is to be in- stalled at the cost of the property owners on or across any street, alley or any ground dedicated to the City for street or other purposes, or across private property, and where said sewer is to be connected with the public sewers, or may become a part of the public sewer system, the same shall be installed under the supervi- sion of the Superintendent of Streets and the City shall have the right to make extensions and connections there- to at any and all times. Before any lateral connections are made thereto at any such sewer, so installed by property owners, a permit therefor must be taken out and the regular fee paid therefor. SECTION 5. Every soil pipe or pri- vate drain, laid within the property lines which is to be connected with the public sewers, shall be of cast iron. The grade and alignment of any such pipe shall meet with the ap- proval of the City Council, except that matters pertaining to plumb- ing shall be governed by the Ordi- nances of said City relating to plumb- ing, and shall be subject to inspec- tion and approval by the City Plumb- ing Inspectors. No connection what- soever shall be rnade between sew- ers on private property and the pub- lic sewers until the City Plumbing In- spector. No connection whatsoever snail be made between sewers on private property and the public sew- ers until the City Plumbing Inspector has approved the same and issued a certificate of approval thereof. SECTION 6. The words "public sewers" shall mean and include any and all publicly owned pipe lines, manholes, lamp poles, inspection holes, 2leanouts, septic tanks, cess- pools, accessories, equipment or a.p- purtcnances to any and all devices used for the disposal of the sewage of the City of National City whether within or without the boundary lines of private property. SECTION 7. Whenever it is neces- sary for the City to relieve stop -ups in laterals, if the obstruction is in the street between the sewer main and the property line, and is due to waste matter which shou.d not have been placed in the sewer, the owner of such property shall pay to the City of National City the cost of the re- moval of such obstruction; and it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to put into any sewer, fixture or pipe connected therewith, any insoluble ina.terixl, garbage, wood, or metallic substance. SECTION 8. No connection to the public sewers shall be made, or any work done thereon, either in the pub- lic streets or alleys, or within prop- erty lines, until a. permit for such con- struction and work has been issued therefor by the City. Permits for sewer connection shall be issued only to persons who have plumbing al- ready installed in their premises, or have taken out permits therefor un- der the provisions of Ordinance No. 503. Applications for permits re- quired by the provisions of this ordi- nance, shall be made to the Super- intendent of Streets. The Superintendent of Streets shall collect the following fees for per- mits issued under the provisions of this ordinance: (a) For a connection with public sewers the sum of $2.00 (b) For the installation of a sep- tic tank or cesspool located en pri- vate property, the sum of $.50 for a permit and $1..00 for inspection. SECTION 9. Any money collected by the Superintendent of Streets under the provisions of this ordinance shall be paid forthwith to the City Treas- urer and credited to the General Fund of the City of National City. Upon the receipt of an application for a permit under the provisions of this ordinance, the Superintendent of Streets shall, if the same is in ac- cord with the provisions hereof, is- sue a perrnit to the owners of the property to he served, in triplicate, one copy to be delivered to the per- rnillee, one copy to be kept in his office and one copy to be delivered to the City Engineer. SECTION 10. Upon the issuance of a permit under the provisions of this ordinance, the Superintendent of streets shall proceed with the work called for by the permit, and complete the same without delay, and upon completion shall file with the City En- gineer, a copy of that permit with a notation thereon that the work has been completed and the connection made and the date of completion, to- gether with an itemized statement of the cost thereof. SECTION 11. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Streets to keep on file all records of sewer permits issued. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to plat sewer lines constructed hereunder on the plats in his office. He shall, when neces- sary or requested by the Superintend- ent of Streets, lay out on the ground and stake the same, any work call- ed for by any permit issued hereun- der. The Superintendent of Streets however shall have general super- vision of the work, and all work done here -under must be done to his satis- faction. SECTION 12. A11 public sewers con- structed and conduits leading thereto installed under the provisions of this ordinance shall be left uncovered until the Superintendent of Streets has given permission to cover the same. SECTION 13. Where an application is made for a connection to a public sewer where a service lateral has al- ready been installed to the curb line only, the City shall extend the service lateral to the property line, and the owner of the property to which the lateral is extended, or the person making the application for such con- nection, shall pay to the City of National City for the work of con- structing and extending such lateral the sum of Fourteen Dollars ($14.00), together with the regular permit charge in the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00). SECTION 14. No building can be connected to the City sower until all fixtures shall have been propertly trapped and vented. An inspection fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) will be required for sewer connections and building to determine sanitary con- dition of plumbing. All buildings within any sewer district must be connected to the City sewer within one year after completion of said City sewer. SECTION 1a. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a per- iod not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any plumber who shall be con- victed of a violation of this ordinance shall forfeit any license that may have been granted him as a plumber within said City and he shall not re- ceive another license as a plumber except upon the vote of the City Council granting the same to him. SECTION 16. Ail ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here- with are hereby repealed. SECTION 17. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirty-first day from and after the date of its final passage. SECTION 18. The City Council shall certify to the passage of this ordinance, said ordinance shall be published once in the National City News, a weekly newspaper of gener- al circulation printed and published in the City of National City, Califor- nia. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 6th day of Jan- uary, 1942, by the following vote, to - wit : AYES: Councilmen Cordingly, Fritz, Newberry, Warner, Thatcher NAYS: Councilmen none ABSENT: none FREDERICK J. THATCHER Mayor of the City of National City, California. ATTEST: DALE SMITH, City Clerk. I hereby approve the foregoing Or- dinance this 6th day of January, 1942. FREDEDRICK J. THATCHER Mayor of the City of National City, California. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 686 of the Ordinances of the City of National City, Cali- fornia, as adopted by the City Coun- cil of said City, and approved by the Mayor of said City, on the 6th day of January, 1942. DALE SMITH City Clerk of the City of Na- rionrcl City, California. Helen G. Lamb Chief Deputy. 1 insertion-1-9-42