Chapter 3.30 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 3.30
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sections:

3.30.010 District Engineer authority.

A. Responsibility. The primary responsibility for enforcement of this chapter is vested in the District Engineer. A field inspector or other employee of the District is authorized to act as an agent of the District on behalf of the District Engineer, with the power to inspect and issue notices of violations of this chapter. The District Engineer shall also have the authority to grant relief pursuant to Chapter 1.90 DSRSDC, Special Agreements, Arrangements or Relief.

B. Specifications and Guidelines. The District Engineer shall prepare, maintain and update from time to time the Standard Procedures, Specifications and Drawings for Design and Installation of Potable Water, Recycled Water, and Wastewater Facilities (Standard Specifications) and the Recycled Water Use Guidelines and Requirements (Recycled Water Use Guidelines) to implement the rules and regulations in DSRSDC Titles 3, Application for Services, 4, Water Service Delivery, and 5, Wastewater Service Delivery, and to establish requirements and standards for the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of public potable and recycled water systems, wastewater systems, and customer-owned recycled water systems.

C. Wastewater Capacity Demand Estimates. The District Engineer shall prepare, maintain and update from time to time, using appropriate means within the sole and absolute discretion of the District, a schedule of wastewater flow characteristics for various categories of use classifications within the District, which shall include but need not be limited to those categories described in DSRSDC 3.10.010, Definitions. A current version of the schedule shall be maintained by, and be made available for inspection from, the District Engineer. The schedule shall be used for calculation of fees if no wastewater flow information can be provided by the applicant; provided, that neither a connection fee nor a capacity charge shall be imposed for an accessory dwelling unit contained within the existing space of a single-family residence or accessory structure unless the applicant requests installation of a separate water meter and/or sewer lateral for the accessory dwelling unit. Use classifications shall be as determined by the District Engineer. Wastewater flow characteristics shall include volume and strength in terms of BOD and SS.

D. Design. All design work for water and wastewater facilities shall be conducted in strict compliance with the Standard Specifications and the Recycled Water Use Guidelines. All design plans, specifications, reports, and other associated documents shall be prepared by a civil engineer registered in the State of California, or by a subordinate employee under the direction of such a civil engineer. The District Engineer may approve plans upon determination that the applicant has satisfactorily complied with the District’s master plan studies, Standard Specifications and/or the Recycled Water Use Guidelines, and other pertinent design requirements. District Engineer approval of plans does not relieve the applicant’s engineer of the responsibility to (1) adhere to the standards generally prevailing for the performance of expert professional engineering services, (2) exercise the same degree of care, skill, and diligence in the performance of the services as is ordinarily provided by a professional engineer under similar circumstances, and (3) meet all requirements of the District. In the event of any conflicts between the Standard Specifications and the Recycled Water Use Guidelines and this code, this code shall prevail.

E. Construction and Inspection. All potable water, recycled water, and wastewater work in the District shall be done in strict compliance with the applicant’s improvement plans, the Standard Specifications and/or the Recycled Water Use Guidelines, as each is approved by the District Engineer. After a connection is made to District facilities, it shall be left exposed until it has been inspected and approved by the District Engineer. Neither the inspection by the District Engineer nor any approval of any part or whole of the work by the District Engineer shall operate as a modification or waiver of any provision of the approved plans, the District’s Standard Specifications, or the Recycled Water Use Guidelines, and such inspection or approval does not relieve the applicant’s contractor of the responsibility to (1) adhere to the standards generally prevailing for the construction, (2) exercise the same degree of care, skill, and diligence in the performance of the work as is ordinarily provided by a licensed contractor under similar circumstances, and (3) adhere to the approved plans and the District’s Standard Specifications and, to the extent applicable, the Recycled Water Use Guidelines. Any defective work discovered by the District before the expiration of the period prescribed for latent deficiencies in Section 337.15 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be removed and replaced, at the applicant’s expense, by work that fully conforms to the provisions of the approved plans and the District’s Standard Specifications and, to the extent applicable, the Recycled Water Use Guidelines, notwithstanding the acceptance of such work by the District.

F. Right of Inspection and Access. The District Engineer and the officers and agents of the District shall have unrestricted access at reasonable hours to all premises to which the District provides services to inspect the water and/or wastewater facilities, meter or other measuring apparatus and to see that the rules and regulations of the District regarding the installation of water and/or wastewater facilities, and taking, use or waste of water, and the discharge of wastewater are being observed. [Ord. 340, 2016. Prior legislation: Ord. 69, 1969; Ord. 90, 1971; Ord. 118, 1975; Ord. 167, 1981; Ord. 216, 1988; Ord. 270, 1996; Ord. 273, 1997; Ord. 301, 2004; Ord. 327, 2010.]

3.30.020 Nonapplicability to District.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the District when it is obtaining District services for its own use or for use on real property owned by the District. [Ord. 327, 2010.]