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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 355ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY' OF AZUSA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE CON- STRUCTION, INSTALLATION, ALTERATION AND USE OF PUBLIC AND HOUSE CONNECTION SEWERS WiITHIN THE CITY OF AZUSA AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUING OF PEMIITS THEREFOR, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows: - SECTION 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this ordinance the following terms shall have or include the meanings accorded to them by this section, unless it is apparent from the context that they are used with a different meaning: - (A) "City Council" shall mean the City Council of the City of Azusa. (B) "Superintendent of Sewers" shall in - elude the Superintendent of Sewers of the City of Azusa or his authorized deputy, agent, representa- tive or inspector. (C) "Alterations" shall include any change or addition. (D) "Repairs" shall include the reconstruc- tion or renewal of any existing part of a structure, or of its fixtures or appurtenances. (E) "House Connection Sewer" shall include that part of the horizontal piping beginning twelve Inches (1211) from the exterior of any building and extending to and including its connection with the public sewer. -1- (F) "Public Sewer" shall include any sewer other than a house connection sewer. (G) "Lot" shall include any piece or parcel of land bounded, defined or shown as such upon a plat or deed recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, and in accordance with the boundaries of such lot as bounded, defined or shown upon such recorded map, plat, or deed; provided, however, that in the event any building or structure covers more area than "a lot", as herein defined, the term "Lot" shall be deemed to be and include all such pieces or parcels of land upon which said buildings are wholly or partly located. SECTION 2. Permits Required. (A) it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, other than the Superintendent of Sewers of the City of Azusa, to commence or make any connection with any public or house connection sewer or do or cause the same to be done, or to construct or cause to be con- structed, or to use or cause to be used, or to alter or cause to be altered any public or house connection sewer within the City of Azusa without first obtaining a permit from the Superintendent of Sewers of the City of Azusa so to do. (B) Any person, firm or corporation desiring a permit for any of the purposes enumerated in this section, shall make application in writing to the said Superinten- dent of Sewers, giving such information as said Superin- tendent may require, on blanks to be furnished for that - 2 - purpose, and if it appears therefrom that the work to be performed thereunder is to be done according to the regulations contained in this ordinance and otherwise provided by law govErning the construction of such work, a permit shall be issued upon payment of the fees as fixed by this ordinance. (C) Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed or construed to require the application for, or the issuance of a permit for the purpose of removing stoppages or repairing a leak in any public or house connection sewer, except when it is necessary to replace any part of such sewer. (D) The provisions of the section requiring permits shall not be construed to apply to contractors constructing sewers and appurtenances under contracts awarded and entered into by the City Council of the City of Azusa for the construction of sewers and appurten- ances. SECTION 3, Eees. (A) A fee of $1.00 shall be paid the Superintendent of Sewers at the time an application for permit is filed under the provisions of Section 2 (B)hereof. In the event such application be granted, said fee shall entitle the permittee to one inspection and one inspection only, and a fee of fifty cents shall be paid the Superintendent of Sewers for each additional inspection. (B) The Superintendent of Sewers is empowered and directed to charge any additional and other fees prescribed by this ordinance or other law, under the conditions therein set forth. — 3 — SECTION 4. Account of Fees to be Kept, The Superintendent of Sewers shall keep in proper books an accurate account of all fees received under this ordinance, giving the names and residences of the persons upon whose accounts the same were paid, and the date and amount thereof, which books shall be open for public inspection. The Superintendent of Sewers shall pay all fees received by him into the City Treasury at least once each week. SECTION 5. When permits Expire. If the work authorized by a permit is not com- menced within 90 days from the date of its issuance, or if the word: authorized by such permit and commenced there- under shall be suspended or abandoned for a period of 90 days, then such permit shall thenceforth be null and void, and before such work can be recommenced, a new permit shall be taken out under the provisions of Section 2 (B) hereof and the same fees as herein fixed for the original permit shall be paid therefor. SECTION 6. Inspection of Work. All work done under the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to inspection. Notice must be given in writing to the Superintendent of Sew4rs by the person, firm or corporation doing said work, or causing the same to be done, immediately after said work is ready for inspection. Up to the time of the inspection all work must be and remain uncovered and convenient for the Inspector's examination, and every facility must be given the Inspector to make a thorough examination. If any pipes are inclosed, or covered in any way whatsoever, so as to tend to obstruct a thorough 4 - inspection of the drainage system, said obstruction must be removed upon notice so to do from the Super- intendent of Sewers, before an Inspector shall be required to inspect the work. When, upon examination by the inspector, it appears that any such work is defective either in its construction or material, the same shall be made to conform to the requirements set forth in this ordinance, in default whereof, the permit therefor shall be revoked by the Superintendent of Sewers. SECTION 7. Certificate of Inspection. When it appears to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Sewers that any work mentioned in this ordinance has been constructed according to, and meets the requirements of, all provisions of this ordinance and other applicable law, and that all the fees for the doing and inspection thereof have been paid, the said Superintendent of Sewers shall cause to be issued to the person, firm or corporation con- structing such work a certificate of final inspection, which certificate shall recite that such work as has been done pursuant to the permit has been constructed according to the ordinances of said City and that said work is in a sanitary condition. The Superintendent of Sewers shall not issue such certificate of inspection unless the requirements of this ordinance have been ad- hered to. SECTION g. Materials and Construction. The materials used shall be equal in quality to and the manner of construction shall meet all the re- quirements prescribed by the specifications for public sewers in the City of Azusa, designated as "Specifications No. 5 (New Series) for the construction of Sanitary sewers,11 adopted by Resolution No. 1376 of the City Council of the City of Azusa on February 5, 1934 and on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Azusa, or as prescribed by any other lawful requirement designated by said City Council, and said specifications are hereby adopted as the standard for construction, installation and alteration of both public and house connection sewers in the City of Azusa, and all work must be constructed or installed in accordance therewith before a certificate of final inspection will be granted by said Superintendent of Sewers. SECTION 9. Sewer Connections. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- poration to make or to maintain, or to cause to be made or maintained, any connection with any public sewer of the City of Azusa until a permit therefor shall have first been ob- tained from the Superintendent of Sewers, or to make, or to cause to be made, any such connections pursuant to any such permit at any place other than that designated therein. (B) Every connection made with any public sewer of the said City shall be made in the following manner and with such materials as are herein set forth, - 6 - (C) All pipe shall be first class, vitrified, salt glazed, socket pipe or standard cast iron soil pipe not less than 6 inches in internal diameter for that portion extending from the street sewer to the property line, and not less than 4 inches in internal diameter for that portion extending from the property line to the house or building for connection sewers serving 20 persons or less, and not less than 6 inches In internal diameter for all portions of house connection sewers serving more than 20 persons. (D) A clean-out shall be placed in every house con- nection sewer at the junction with the soil pipe at the build- ing, also at all changes in alignment and grade and at the property line of the street or alley, as well as at additional points if required by the Superintendent of Sewers. The clean- out shall be made by inserting a "Yn Branch in the line with a cap of the same material as the house connection sewer pipe tightly cemented in the bell end of the portion of the °Y° Branch, which "Ya and cap will be used to gain access to the connection, except that the clean-out at the property line of the street or alley shall be made by inserting a Tee instead of a °Y" Branch with a cap of the same material as the house connection sewer pipe. If that portion of the house connection sewer from the property line to the house or building is 411 in diameter, than a 611 x 411 reducer shall be inserted of the same material as the house connection sewer pipe between the Tee and the termination of the 611 diameter pipe, or reduction in other approved manner shall be made if required by the Superin- tendent of Sewers. (E) All vitrified clay pipe shall be laid upgrade on an unyielding foundation and with the socket ends of the pipe upgrade. A narrow gasket of oakum or hemp shall be caulked into each joint, after which the mortar shall be introduced therein. The entire annular space in all pipe joints between the exterior of the spigot and the - 7 .. interior of the socket shall be completely and care- fully filled with cement mortar composed of one part cement and two parts of sand. All connections shall be water -tight when completed. (i) When the condition of the trench is such that it is impossible to secure a water -tight cement mortar joint, a sewer joint compound composed of sulphur and silica shall be used. (G) All joints of a standard cast iron soil pipe shall be made with pig lead and oakum and shall be thoroughly caulked. (H) The grade shall be straight from the property line to the public sewer and shall have a fall of not less than one foot in fifty feet towards the public sewer, except where otherwise permitted by special permit in writing from the Superintendent of Sewers. (I) Vitrified clay piping shall not be placed closer than 1211 to the exterior wall of any building or closer than 1211 to the surface of the ground at any point of Its course, (J) Where laid within the limits of a public high- way no connection shall be laid less than 3 feet below the established grade of the same or below the surface where no grade is established, except by special per- mit in writing from the Superintendent of Sewers. (R) No sewer connection shall be covered or concealed in any way until it has been inspected and approved by the Superintendent of Sewers. - 8 - (L) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect or cause to be connected, any sewer which has been or may hereafter be constructed In any street or alley or highway or thorough -fare or right of way or other public place prior to the dedication and acceptance of such street or alley,or highway or thorough -fare or right of way or other public place by the City Council on behalf of the public, with any public sewer of the City of Azusa, unless such sewer first men- tioned shall have been laid under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Sewers in accordance with the Standard Specifications above mentioned, and in accordance with plans and profiles approved by the City Engineer. (M) All the piping of a house connection sewer between the building or structure and the Tee at or near the property line shall be tested with water, in its entirety or in sections. All openings in the piping shall be tightly closed, except the highest point, and the piping filled with water, but no part thereof for its entire length shall be tested with less than a 3 foot head of water. All dead ends shall be relieved of air during the process of filling. Under the test, the water pressure shall remain constant for not less than 15 minutes without any further addition of water or showing any leaks. - 9 - SECTION 10. Tabninm, Public Sewers and Fees. Whenever it becomes necessary to connect a house con- nection sewer to a public sewer at a point where no special "y" or "T" branch has been installed in the public sewer, the con- nection shall be made by the Superintendent of Sewers, and the permittee in such event shall pay to the Superintendent of Sewers a fee of $2.50 in addition to any other fees prescribed in this ordinance or required by other law, same to apply on or to cover the cost of labor and materials required to install said special connection in the public sewer. All excavating and backfilling shall. in every and any instance be performed by the permittee. In every instance wherein street paving is torn up or disturbed in the doing of sewer work, a fee in a sum equal to 6¢ per square foot of paving torn up or disturbed, shall be paid to the Superintendent of Sewers, same to be in addition to all other fees. SECTION 11. Sewer Reeuired. (A) All plumbing affecting the sanitary condition of any building or structure within the boundaries of any lot shall be connected with a public sewer, provided that if such building or structure had been connected already to a cesspool or septic tank prior to the construction of a public sewer abutting the property on which such building or structure is located, it may be continued, but when such cesspool or septic tank is discontinued for use or is in an unsanitary condition, then such building or structure shall be connected immediately with and drained into a public sewer. Provided, however, that if there is no public sewer in a public street, alley or right of way on which the property abuts or if the building or structure is located more than 300 feet from said sewer, such building or structure may be connected to a cesspool or septic tank. - 10 (B) No connection from any building or structure shall hereafter be made to any public sewer, which connection or any portion thereof shall be in, under or upon any lot served by such house connection sewer other than the lot on which such building or structure is located, nor shall any house connection sewer serve or be connected with, during its entire length to the public sewer, any buildings or structures which are not owned by the same person, firm or corporation. (C) For the purpose of this section the term"structure° shall in meaning include the group of buildings of a house -court, which is hereby defined to be a parcel or area of land upon which are grouped three or more habitations used or designed to be used for occupancy by families, and upon which parcel or area the vacant or un -occupied portion thereof surrounding or abutting upon said habitations is used, or intended to be used in common by the inhabitants thereof. A °habitation° is de- fined to be a room or combination of rooms used or designed to be used for the occupancy of human beings. (D) All buildings constituting a house -court, as above defined, may be connected to the public sewer by means of one private sewer located upon the lot or parcel of land upon which such house -court is situated. SECTION 12. Harmful Substances and Waste Waters Prohibited. (A) No garbage, offal, fruit or vegetable or animal parings, corrosive substances, chemicals, oil, tar, grease, acid, ashes, cinders, sand, gravel, solids, rags, industrial waste, inflammable or poisonous or explosive liquids or gases or substances, nor any drainage system or course carrying rain or drainage or surface water, or any other thing whatsoever whether herein specifically mentioned or not, which would or could by reason of carying mat- ters in solution or by reason of precipitation or chemical action or clogging or obstructing or filling or otherwise, cause damage to the sewer system or which might necessi- tate or require repair or cleaning out or flushing of the sewer system, shall be discharged into the city sewer system. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect any swimming pool or tank to any public sewer of the City of Azusa, or house connection sewer leading thereto, except by special written''permit=from the Superintendent of Sewers. (C) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect any cellar drain or basement or yard shower, directly with the soil or waste pipe, but such cellar drain or shower shall be trapped by a sand trap of not less than 12 x 12 inches and constructed of concrete. The walls and floor of every such trap shall be not less than 3 inches thick, and each trap shall have a cast iron frame and grate cover. The water seal of such trap shall be constructed by inverting its waste pipe. A water seal of less than 4 inches is prohibited, and the minimum size of the waste pipe shall be.4 inches where trap is not vented. Such sand traps shall be cleaned as often as necessary. It shall be unlawful to operate or use such or any sand trap which is not positive and efficient. . 12 •- (D) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating an establishment serving 100, or more, meals per day to suffer, allow or permit the wastes from the kitchen sinks to be connected directly to any public sewer of the City of Azusa or house con- nection sewer leading thereto, but grease traps, with a guaranteed capacity of 20 pounds of pure grease, shall be installed with each kitchen sink outlet wasting into any public sewer of the City of Azusa, for establish- ments serving from 100 to 300 meals per day, and grease traps with a guaranteed capacity of 60 pounds of pure grease shall be installed for any establishment where more than 300 meals are served per day. (E) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to connect any safe waste pipe from any establishment or piece of equipment directly to any public sewer of the City of Azusa or house connection sewer leading thereto, but such safe waste pipe shall discharge into a water supplied sink or discharge out- side of building. (F) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cause, suffer, allow, or permit the ex- haust from any engine, or the blow -off from any boiler, to be connected directly to any public sewer of the City of Azusa or house connection sewer leading thereto, but such exhaust or blow -off shall first connect with a water- tight sump which may in turn be connected to the public sewer. -13- SECTION 13• Alterations Pdust Conform. Upon the renewal or alteration of any public or house connection sewer, or upon the making of any repairs or additions thereto, if any new material is placed in such sewer, either in the original or in the altered, repaired or added part thereof, every such new part must be properly connected with and attached to the original part of such sewer, and if any materials are to be reset either in the old or new part of such public or house con- nection sewer, then both such original and such new addi- tional parts, and any altered part whatsoever, must be made to conform in all respects to the rules and regula- tions prescribed in this ordinance. SECTION 14. In Lure to Sewers, Flush Tanks And Manholes. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora- tion to remove or cause to be removed, to injure or cause to be injured any portion of any public sewer, flush tank, flushing manhole or manhole, or to open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered, any public sewer, flush tank, flushing manhole or manhole; or to use or cause to be used, or to take or cause to be taken, any water from any flushing apparatus for any use whatsoever, without first in writing obtaining a permit from the Superintendent of Sewers to do so* SECTION 15. Pipe Layers to be Registered. (A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in or carry on the business of lay - Ing house connection sewers within the boundaries of the City of Azusa unless such person, firm or corporation shall - 14 have first registered at the office of the Superintendent of Sewers of the City of Azusa and obtained a certificate of registration from the said Superintendent of Sewers as herein- after provided. (B) Every person, firm or corporation desiring to have his, its or their name registered in the "Register" shall make application, in writing, to the Superintendent of Sewers of the City of Azusa, at the office of said Superintendent of Sewers on blanks furnished for that purpose, giving the name and address of such person, firm or corporation; if a firm, the names of the members thereof, and if a corporation, the names of the officers of such corporation, together with such other information as may be deemed necessary by the Superin- tendent of Sewers. Such application shall be verified on oath; if a corporation, by an officer thereof; if a copartner- ship, by a member of such co -partnership, or if an individual by such individual, or by the duly authorized agent of any such person, firm or corporation. Every such application shall be accompanied by a bond payable to the City of Azusa, with two or more sufficient sureties if personal, or by a surety company authorized so to do. In form said bond must be joint and several and in the sum of $1000.00 and said bond must be conditioned that the whole or any part of said $1000.00 shall be paid to any person who has suffered damage by reason of the violation by the registrant, his agents or employes of any of the provisions of this ordinance or any amendments thereto or by reason of any negligence of the registrant or his agents or employes in the doing of any work or the furnishing of any materials under authority or color of authority of said registration. Said bond shall not be void upon the first recovery but may be sued and recovered upon from time to time by any person who has suf. -- 15 •- fered damages as herein referred to, in his own name, until the whole penalty is exhausted. The sufficiency of the surety or sureties on any such bond shall be . approved by the Superintendent of Sewers and every such bond shall. be approved as to form by the City At- torney of the City of Azusa. (C) Every person, firm or corporation, before being entitled to be registered or to obtain a "Certi- ficate of Registration" as in this ordinance provided, shall pay to the Superintendent of Sewers of said City at the office of said Superintendent of Sewers, a registration fee in the sum of 012.OQ payable upon the Issuing of the said "Certificate of Registration." (D) Upon the payment of the said registration fee and the filing and approval of the bond, as herein provided, such person, firm or corporation shall be entitled to be registered and to obtain a "Certificate of Registration" for a period of one year from the first day of the month during which such "Certificate of Regis- tration" shall have been issued. (E) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Sewers to issue the "Certificate of Registration" and every such certificate shall state the name and business address of the applicant, and the date upon which the said certificate expires, and shall certify that the person, firm or corporation named in the said certificate has complied with the provisions of this ordinance and that such person, firm or corporation is deemed to be "Registered", and entitled to conduct and engage in the business of laying pipe for the period specified in said certificate. - 16 - (F) Every certificate issued as in this section provided shall become null and void immediately upon the second conviction of the person, firm or corpora- tion named in such certificate for violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, and thereafter it shall be unlawful for any such person, firm or corporation to engage in or carry on the business of pipe laying or to represent himself, if a person, as being "Registered" or if a firm or corporation, to represent itself as a firm or corporation as being "Registered", until such person, firm or corporation shall have re -registered and obtained a new "Certificate of Registration" as hereinbefore pro- vided. (G) The City Council of the City of Azusa, shall, upon good cause shown, have the right and authority to at any time revoke any registration or permit or certi- ficate of any sort whatsoever issued, granted or made by any officer or employee of the City of Azusa under authority or color of authority of this ordinance or any amendments thereoft after hearing before said City Council first had, notice of which hearing shall be given the registration or permit or certificate holder not less than five days in advance of the date of said hearing, which notice may be served upon said holder either person- ally, or by posting same in a conspicuous place on the building where the business of such holder is conducted in the event said holder conducts his business in a fixed, established place of business in the City of Azusa, or in any three conspicuous places in the City of Azusa in the - 17 - event said holder does not conduct his business in a fixed, established place in said City. The City Council of the City of Azusa reserves the right to so revoke any registration or permit or certificate. In the event of such revocation, the holder whose registration or permit or certificate is revoked shall have refunded to him, upon his written application to the City Clerk therefor, that portion of any fee applicable to said revoked registration or permit or certificate thcre.to:bref= paid by him as is unearned by the City, if there be any unearned portion of such fee, which refund if any shall be fixed by the City Council and shall be in such amount as is proportion- ate to the unexpired period, if any, for which said regis- tration or permit or certificate was issued. SECTION 16. No Liability on City. Neither this ordinance nor any amendments thereof shall be construed as imposing upon the City of Azusa any liability or responsibility whatsoever for damage resulting from defective drainage systems or from the installation thereof, nor shall the City of Azusa or any officer or employee thereof be held to have assumed any such liability or responsibility by reason of any acts or any inspections made or to be made pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance or any amendments there- of or any other applicable law. - 18 - SECTION 17. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, for each violation thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment in the Azusa City Jail or of the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles, for a period of not exceeding 3 months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. SECTION 18. Constitutionality and Anblicabili 1, If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or contrary to law, the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances and the remaining portions of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby. And if any section, sub -section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Azusa hereby declares that it would have enacted this ordinance, and each section, sub -section, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sub -sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitu- tional, and irrespective of the fact that any provisions of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or contrary to law. -lg- SECTION 19. Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ordinances hereto- fore passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa insofar as the same conflict or are in- consistent with the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and the same are hereby repealed but only insofar as the same conflict or are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, which said repeal of said ordinances insofar as same conflict or are inconsistent with this ordinance, shall be effective as of the date on which this ordinance becomes effective. SECTION 20. Approval. Attestation and Publica- tion. The M@6yor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest same and certify to the passage, adoption and publication thereof, and shall cause the same to be published once, within 15 days after its passage, in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in said City, which newspaper is hereby designated for that purpose, and thereupon and thereafter 30 days after its passage said ordinance shall take effect and be in force. V. A. OWENS Mayor of the City of Azusa ATTEST; >' 2 L2. MAE A. HYNES City Clerk of the City of Azusa Passed, approved and adopted this day of 1941. .. 20 ,- , w . STATE OF CALIFORNIA) (SS. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) I. brae A. Hynes, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced, placed upon its first reading and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California, duly and regularly held January 6, 1941, in the regular Council Chambers in said City of Azusa, Los Angeles County, California; that said ordinance was regularly passed and adopted by said City Council, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk of said City at a regular meeting of said City Council so held in the regular Council Chambers of said Council in said City on the o20' -V' day of aLA4, 1 1941, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote of Council: Ayes: / Ay)' 2m.� K� �.r�� Z� Noes: Absent: I, the City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do further certify that I caused said ordinance to be published on the 3 day of , 19�/ , in the Azusa Herald and Pomotroptc, a newspaper of general circula- tion, printed, published and circulated in said Oity of Azusa, and that the same was published in accordance with law. �? Mae A. Hynes City Clerk of the City of Azusa. - 21 -