CHAPTER 5
SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Sections:
§8500 Adoption of Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance.
§8502 Amendments to Sanitary Sewer Ordinance.
§8503 Amendments to Sanitary Sewer Ordinance.
§8504 Amendments to Sanitary Sewer Ordinance.
8500 Adoption of Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance.
Title 20, Utilities, Division 2, Sanitary Sewers and Industrial Waste, of the Los Angeles County Code as amended and in effect on January 2, 1990, is hereby adopted by reference as the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance of the City of Carson.
A copy of the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance has been deposited in the office of the City Clerk of the City and shall be at all times maintained by the Clerk for use and examination by the public. (Ord. 2, § 8400; Ord. 29, § 8400; Ord. 38; Ord. 71-180, § 1; Ord. 78-455, § 1; Ord. 90-901, § 1)
8501 Definitions.
Whenever any of the following names or terms are used in said Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance, each such name or term shall be deemed and construed to have the meaning ascribed to it in this Section as follows:
“Board” shall mean the City Council.
“County Engineer” shall mean the City Engineer.
“County Health Officer” shall mean the City Health Officer.
“County of Los Angeles” shall mean the City of Carson except in such instances where the County of Los Angeles is a correct notation due to circumstances.
“County Sewer Maintenance District” shall mean the County Sewer Maintenance District except in the instance where the territory concerned either is not within or has been withdrawn from a County Sewer Maintenance District. In any such instance, “County Sewer Maintenance District” shall mean the City of Carson.
“Ordinance” shall mean an ordinance of the City of Carson except in such instances where the reference is to a stated ordinance of the County of Los Angeles.
“Public Sewer” means all sanitary sewers and appurtenances thereto, lying within streets or easements dedicated in the City, which are under the sole jurisdiction of the City.
“Trunk Sewer” means a sewer under the jurisdiction of a public entity other than the City of Carson. (Ord. 71-180, § 2; Ord. 78-455, § 1)
8502 Amendments to Sanitary Sewer Ordinance.
Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 8500, the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting therefrom Section 20.32.290 and amending Sections 20.28.050 and 20.32.150 to read:
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.
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 4007.1, the charge for connecting to the public sewer shall be as set forth in the agreement.
(Ord. 71-180, § 3; Ord. 78-455, § 1; Ord. 90-901, § 2)
8503 Amendments to Sanitary Sewer Ordinance.
Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 8500, the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance is hereby amended by adding a paragraph to Section 20.32.280 to read:
All monies collected under this Section for sewer maintenance are to be submitted directly to the County Sewer Maintenance District for inclusion in the Maintenance District’s funds.
(Ord. 71-202, § 1; Ord. 78-455, § 1; Ord. 90-901, § 3)
8504 Amendments to Sanitary Sewer Ordinance.
Notwithstanding the provisions of CMC 8500, the Sanitary Sewer and Industrial Waste Ordinance is hereby amended by adding a paragraph to Section 20.32.690 to read:
In the event the damaged 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. 78-455, § 1; Ord. 90-901, § 4)
8505 Violations and Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 82-613, § 1; Ord. 90-901, § 5)