.010 For information concerning the following, refer to the Uniform Plumbing Code, latest edition, Anaheim Municipal Code and the Standard Details of the City of Anaheim:
.0101 Constructing a building sewer;
.0102 Authorized persons;
.0103 Excavation permits and costs;
.0104 Plumbing permits and costs;
.0105 Building sewers crossing property lines;
.0106 Old building sewers, reconnection;
.0107 Size # of sewer, slope, materials of construction and other details;
.0108 Elevations below basement floor, sewage to be lifted by approved means and discharged to the building sewer;
.0109 Surface runoff and ground water prohibited;
.01010 Inspection;
.01011 Discontinuance of a building sewer (regulations).
.020 All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnity the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
.030 The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Inspector before installation.
.040 All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.
.050 The Inspector may require that a permit for a house connection sewer be applied for as a main line sewer if the proposed house connection sewer has a slope of less than one-fourth of an inch per foot, or there are obstructions in the public street which will interfere with such installation.
.060 No person except employees or contractors of the City, in the performance of their duties for the City, shall construct or alter a public sewer, a sewage pumping plant, a private sewer in a public street or a connecting sewer or make a connection from a house sewer to a connecting sewer without first obtaining a permit from the Inspector. No person, except a person holding a valid permit issued by the Inspector or other administrative official of the City authorized to issue such permit, shall construct or alter any private sewer on private property, house sewer, sewage treatment plant, private sewage system, sewage pumping plant, industrial waste pretreatment system, interceptor or other similar appurtenances or devices in the City.
No permit shall be issued to any person to construct or alter any sewer within a public street, or right-of-way, unless said person shall hold a valid sewer contractor's license, except that a permit may be issued to:
.0601 A person holding a valid permit issued by the Inspector authorizing the installation of a house sewer may be issued a permit to connect the house sewer to the connecting sewer on private property or at the property line;
.0602 An employee or contractor of the Orange County Sanitation Districts when the work is to be performed by them.
.070 No person except a qualified contractor, or a person authorized by the City, shall tap a main line sewer, if a person desires to connect a house connection sewer to a main line sewer and in the opinion of the Engineer, no suitable connection or chimney exists, such person shall file an application with the engineer to excavate, bore and saddle the main line. If a main line sewer is to be tapped for the installation of a saddle, such person shall do all excavation work necessary in compliance with applicable City codes and regulations.
.080 The Engineer and/or Inspector shall furnish to an applicant for a permit under this chapter a printed form of application. The applicant shall furnish the information which is necessary to complete said form, and, if necessary, shall furnish such additional information as may be required by the Engineer and/or Inspector so as to enable him to determine whether the proposed work or use complies with the provisions of this chapter, and other statutes and ordinances pertaining to such work or use.
.090 If it appears from the application for a permit required by this chapter that the work to be authorized complies with all applicable statutes and ordinances and conforms to the standards of design hereinafter fixed by this chapter, the Engineer or Inspector shall approve such plans.
.100 If any sewer connection has been disconnected from the public sewer by the Engineer or Inspector for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall apply to the Engineer or Inspector for a permit to reconnect the sewer lateral.
.110 If the Engineer or Inspector should determine that a literal compliance with the provisions of this chapter is impossible or impracticable because of peculiar conditions in no way the fault of the person requesting such exception, and that the purposes of this chapter may be accomplished and public safety secured by an alternative construction or procedure, then the Engineer or Inspector may authorize such alternative construction or procedure. (Ord. 2585 § 1 (part); October 22, 1968; Ord. 6057 § 6; May 15, 2007.).