Chapter 9.44
SEWERS

Sections:

9.44.120    Deposit of wastes and solids in sewers prohibited.

9.44.120 Deposit of wastes and solids in sewers prohibited.

(a)    Except as allowed in subparagraph (b), it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, throw or deposit, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown or deposited in any public or house connection sewer, any dead animal, offal, garbage, or to place, throw or deposit or discharge, or cause or permit to be placed, thrown, deposited or discharged in any such sewer, any fish, fruit or vegetable waste, or other solid matters, or materials or obstructions of any kind whatever of such nature as shall clog, obstruct or fill such sewer, or which shall interfere with or prevent the effective use or operation thereof. It is likewise unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cause or permit to be deposited or discharged into any such sewer any water or sewage, or liquid waste of any kind containing chemicals, greases, oil, tar or other matters in solution, which may, by reason of precipitation, clog, obstruct or fill the same, or which may in any way interfere with or prevent the effective use thereof, or which may necessitate or require frequent repair, cleaning out or flushing of such sewer, to render the same operative.

(b)    It is not unlawful to permit macerated garbage, not including grease, to be discharged in any such sewer if such garbage shall have been effectively macerated by machine, device, apparatus, or appliance designed for that purpose and which shall have been first approved by the building official of the city of South Gate.

(c)    Enforcement.

(1)    A violation of this section shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be enjoinable as same in such manner as is provided by law.

(2)    A violation of this section shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor punishable to the maximum extent provided by law for the punishment of misdemeanors.

(3)    The building official is hereby authorized to charge all persons violating this section at the rate of one hundred forty percent of all time and materials expended by the city, necessary to correct the violation and restore the sewer to an operable condition. All persons violating this section who have been so charged by the building official with the costs of correction are hereby charged with the payment of same which charge will be due immediately upon assessment.

(4)    The building official is hereby required to make regular maintenance inspections of places of business required to have grease interceptors for the purpose of assuring compliance herewith and is hereby authorized to charge the business owner for the costs of such inspections at the rate of one hundred forty percent of all time and materials expended by the city in the inspection of same.

(5)    Any violation of this section shall be deemed to be a substandard condition of property as an inadequate or faulty plumbing condition as defined in Section 9.48.030(d) of the South Gate Municipal Code, and as such is abatable as provided for by Chapter 9.48 for the abatement of substandard conditions of property.

(Ord. 2011 § 1 Exh. A (part), 8-27-96: Ord. 1604 § 1, 5-14-84: Ord. 570, 1947 (repealed): Ord. 114 § 11)