CHAPTER 2
SEWERS
ARTICLE 6. PUBLIC SEWER CONSTRUCTION
SECTION:
§3705.2 Design And Construction Standards
§3705.3 Plans, Profiles And Specifications Required
§3705.5 Easements Or Rights Of Way
§3705.6 Persons Authorized To Perform Work
§3705.7 Compliance With Local Regulations
§3705.9 Completion Of Sewerage Works Required
§3705.10 Reimbursement Agreement
§3705.11 Special Reimbursement Agreements
§3705.1 PERMIT REQUIRED
No person shall construct or extend any public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the City and paying all fees and connection charges and furnishing all bonds as required by the City. This subsection shall not apply to contractors constructing sewers and appurtenances under contracts entered into by the City. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
Minimum standards for the design and construction of sewers within the City shall be in accordance with the Standard Improvement Details adopted by the City and as amended from time to time. Copies of such requirements shall be available to the public at the office of the City Clerk. The City may, with the consent of the City Council, permit modifications or require higher standards where unusual conditions are encountered. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.3 PLANS, PROFILES AND SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED
The application for a permit for public sewer construction shall be accompanied by two (2) complete sets of plans, profiles and specifications, complying with all applicable ordinances, rules and regulations of the City, prepared by a civil engineer registered in the State of California, showing all details of the proposed work based on an accurate survey of the ground. The application, together with the plans, profiles and specifications shall be examined by the City Engineer who shall within thirty (30) days approve them as filed or require them to be modified as he deems necessary for proper installation. After examinations and approval by the City Engineer, the application, plans, profiles and specifications may be submitted to the City Council at its next regular meeting for its consideration. When the City Engineer is satisfied that the proposed work is proper and the plans, profiles and specifications are sufficient and correct, the City Engineer shall issue a permit predicated upon the payment of all connection charges, fees and furnishing bonds and deposits as required by the City. The permit shall prescribe such terms and conditions as the City Engineer finds necessary in the public interest. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.4 SUBDIVISIONS
The requirements of the above provision shall be fully complied with before any final subdivision map is approved. The final subdivision map shall provide for the dedication for public use of streets, in which public sewer lines are to be constructed. If a final subdivision map of a tract is recorded and the work of constructing sewers to serve the tract is not completed within the time limit allowed in the permit, the City may extend the time limit or may complete the work and take appropriate steps to enforce the provisions of the bond furnished by the subdivider. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.5 EASEMENTS OR RIGHTS OF WAY
In the event an easement is required for the extension of the public sewer or the making of connections, the applicant shall procure and have accepted by the City or District a proper easement or grant of right of way having a minimum width of ten feet (10’) sufficient in law to allow the laying and maintenance of such extension or connection. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.6 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM WORK
Only properly licensed contractors shall be authorized to perform the work of public sewer construction within the City. All terms and conditions of the permit issued by the City to the applicant shall be binding on the contractor. The requirements of this Section shall apply to side sewer installed concurrently with public sewer construction. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.7 COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS
Any person constructing a sewer within a street shall comply with all State, County, or City laws, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to the cutting of pavement, opening, barricading, lighting and protecting of trenches, backfilling and repaving thereof and shall obtain all permits and pay all fees required by the department having jurisdiction prior to the issuance of a permit by the City. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.8 "AS-BUILT" DRAWINGS
As a condition of final acceptance by the City, two (2) sets of "As-Built" drawings showing the actual locations of all mains, structures, wyes, laterals, and other changes to the construction drawings, shall be filed with the City. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.9 COMPLETION OF SEWERAGE WORKS REQUIRED
Before acceptance of any sewerage works by the Council and prior to the admission of any sewage into the system, the sewerage works shall be tested and shall be complete in full compliance with all requirements of City. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.10 REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
Where the cost of the public sewer main extension has been deposited or paid by the person making such extension, the City may thereafter, but not for longer than ten (10) years after the date of such extension is originally connected to the City sewerage system, collect from any person connecting to such extension, except the person originally installing such extension, that fraction of the cost of such extension, as approved by the City, as the amount of front footage owned by such person subsequently connecting to such extension bears to the total amount of front footage held by potential users along the extension as determined by the City as of the time the extension is connected to the sewer system. Such sums as are thus actually received by the City shall be paid by the City to the person originally making such extension, but the City shall in no way be obligated to assure that the person making such extension is paid the total cost thereof nor to initiate any such action nor incur any expense to collect any sum to be paid such person; nor shall such refund be made from any other revenues of the City.
Where more than one person contributes toward the making of the extension, such sums as are actually collected shall be refunded to such persons, pro rata, according to the amounts which they severally contribute toward the cost of the extension and pursuant to the preceding plan. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)
§3705.11 SPECIAL REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENTS
The City may, where special conditions exist, upon approval by the Council, enter into a special reimbursement agreement with the person making the public sewer extension. (Ord. 845, §4, adopted 1985)