CHAPTER 2
SEWERS
ARTICLE 3. USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED
SECTION:
§3702.2 Treatment Of Wastes Required
§3702.1 DISPOSAL OF WASTES
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited upon public or private property within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction or control of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3702.2 TREATMENT OF WASTES REQUIRED
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any stream or watercourse any sewage, industrial wastes, or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with provisions of this ordinance and other applicable City ordinances. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3702.3 UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL
A. Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, seepage pit or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
B. No rain surface or subsurface water shall be connected to or discharged into any sanitary sewer system.
C. No commercial food waste grinder shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system unless permission has first been obtained from the Director of Public Works.
D. No industrial wastes or high strength wastes shall be discharged into any sanitary sewer system except as provided in City ordinances.
E. An approved type water tight sewage or wastewater holding tank, the contents of which, due to their character, must be periodically removed and disposed of at some approved off-site location, shall be installed only when required by the Director of Public Works and the Health Officer to prevent anticipated surface or subsurface contamination or pollution damage to the public sewer, or other hazardous nuisance condition.
F. Direct connection of swimming pool drains to sewers of the City are prohibited. Disposal of water and wastewater from swimming pools shall be in accordance with the ordinance. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3702.4 OCCUPANCY PROHIBITED
No building, industrial facility, or other structure shall be occupied until the owner of the premises has complied with all rules and regulations of City. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3702.5 SEWER REQUIRED
Any structure located within the City in which plumbing is to be installed and to which a public sewer is available shall, at the expense of the owner of the property, connect the plumbing of such structure directly to the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. A public sewer shall be deemed to be available if a public sewer is located within two hundred feet (200') of the property line of the property involved.
However, no new connection between an accessory dwelling unit (as defined in section 9278 of this code) and the proper public sewer will be required for an accessory dwelling unit contained within the space of an existing or proposed primary residence or accessory structure, unless the accessory dwelling unit was constructed with a new single-family home. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985; Ord. 1181, §2, adopted 2017; Ord. 1205, §2, adopted 2020)
§3702.6 SEWER AND WATER PIPES
Side sewers or permitted drainage piping shall not be run or laid in the same trench with water service pipes or any underground water pipes unless BOTH of the following requirements are met:
A. The bottom of the water pipe at all points shall be at least twelve inches (12") above the top of the sewer line.
B. The water pipe shall be placed on a solid shelf excavated at one side of the common trench. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)