.010 The Engineer and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The Engineer or his representatives shall have no authority to demand technical information concerning any processes including metallurgical, chemical, oil refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
.020 (Repealed by 5040, 7/25/89)
.030 (Repealed by 5040, 7/25/89)
.040 The Engineer and/or Inspector shall have the right of entry into and upon any property, structure or premises served by any public or private sewer, cesspool, septic tank or appurtenances thereon, for the purpose of examining and inspecting the construction or condition of such sewer, cesspool, septic tank or appurtenances, and every person owning, controlling or otherwise occupying such structure or premises shall permit such entrance and give such aid as may be necessary or required for such examination and inspection.
.050 All construction and installation made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to inspection by and shall meet the approval of the Engineer and/or Inspector. The approval by the Engineer and/or Inspector shall not relieve any person from fully complying with all of the provisions of this chapter and any and all amendments thereto.
.060 When the construction or installation is ready for inspection, the permittee shall request an inspection by the Inspector and the Inspector shall make such inspection within a reasonable time after such request is made by the permittee. The Inspector, at his discretion, may request the permittee to file a written request for inspection at least twenty-four hours before the inspection is to be made.
.070 At the time of the inspection the permittee shall have all work uncovered and convenient for the Inspector's examination and shall give the Inspector every facility necessary to make a thorough examination and to apply the required water or air pressure test. The permittee shall furnish all labor, tools and materials necessary for such test. No house sewer connection shall be inspected unless the required plug and water or air for tests are available on the job when the Inspector arrives. Plugs shall be those designed for operation from outside the fitting.
.080 If any portion of the construction or installation is enclosed or covered in any manner so as to hinder a thorough inspection of said construction or installation, the Inspector may request a removal of such obstruction and the Inspector may not complete the inspection until such obstruction is removed.
.090 The Engineer and/or Inspector may inspect as often as deemed necessary every sewage pumping plant, private sewage disposal system, house connection sewer, dilution basin, neutralization basin, back-water trap or valve, grease interceptor or grease trap, or other similar appurtenances, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such facilities are maintained and operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. All persons shall permit the Inspector and/or Engineer to have access to all such facilities at all reasonable times. No object, whether a temporary or permanent structure, nor any object which is difficult to remove, shall be placed in such a position so as to interfere with the ready and easy access to any such facility. Any such obstruction, upon the request of the Inspector and/or Engineer, shall be immediately removed at no expense to City and shall not be replaced.
.100 The City Engineer may suspend, condition or deny any or all applications for connections or permits for new development and/or additions and expansions to existing development as provided under Section 18.40.060.030 of this Code where the City Engineer determines that such action is necessary to: (i) remain within the City operational capacity criteria of the sanitary sewer system as described in the current City approved sanitary sewer master plan available to the affected property for which the connection or permit is sought, (ii) conform with the requirements and/or limitations of City approved sanitary sewer master plans, (iii) meet the discharge standards of the sanitary sewer system imposed by the State of California Water Resources Control Board, or (iv) prevent the overflow or loss from the City sanitary sewer collection system. The decision of the City Engineer to suspend conditions or deny an application shall be subject to appeal as provided by subsections .080 and .090 of Section 18.40.060. (Ord. 2585 § 1 (part); October 22, 1968; Ord. 5040 §§ 2, 3; July 25, 1989; Ord. 6057 §§ 2, 3; May 15, 2007.)