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The owner of premises connecting to the sewer system shall be required to install sewer laterals between the waste disposal system on the premises being connected to the sewer system and the sewer main adjacent to the lot or parcel on which such premises are located. Such sewer laterals shall be installed in accordance with the design criteria and improvement standards for sewer laterals as well as any applicable plumbing standards now or hereafter adopted by or pursuant to this code, and where installed incident to the construction or alteration of a building or structure or change in use of premises requiring a certificate of occupancy pursuant to the provisions of this code, shall be completed prior to the issuance of such certificate of occupancy. Where the premises connecting to sewer system are located on separate lots or parcels having the same owner, such premises shall be connected to the sewer system by separate laterals notwithstanding such common ownership.
(Ord. 1735 §1 (part))
The owner of premises connected to the sewer system shall be responsible for maintaining the sewer lateral between the waste disposal system on such premises and the sewer main adjacent to the lot or parcel on which such premises are located in good order and condition and at owner’s sole cost and expense.
(Ord. 1735 §1 (part), Ord. 2268)
The owner of premises who is required to install a sewer lateral within a public street, public utility easement, public service easement, or public sewer easement as provided by this article shall be entitled to reimbursement for part of the cost incurred in installing the sewer lateral. Such reimbursement shall be made from sewer lateral charges assessed and levied upon the owner of premises connecting to such sewer lateral; except that the owner of premises for which a tentative subdivision map has been approved by the city shall not be entitled to any reimbursement from the owners of lots or parcels within such subdivision that are subsequently connected to the sewer system. All sewer lateral reimbursements shall be made in accordance with a written reimbursement agreement executed between the city and the owner of the premises installing the sewer lateral which shall provide that the owner of such premises shall be reimbursed for the cost incurred in installing the sewer lateral on the basis of the sewer lateral installation rates established by this chapter and the actual length of the lateral serving the property. The total amount reimbursed shall not exceed the total cost of the sewer lateral. Such reimbursement shall be made over a stipulated period between 15 and 30 years in duration, beginning the date the sewer lateral is completed and accepted by the city, all as determined by the director.
(Ord. 2510 §1)
No person shall cause or permit premises to be initially connected to the sewer system nor shall any person increase the number of dwelling units on residential premises connected to the sewer system, change the use of residential premises connected to the sewer system to a nonresidential use, increase the area of nonresidential premises devoted to a nonresidential use, or change the use of nonresidential premises to a residential use without a connection permit issued by the director as hereinafter provided by this article.
(Ord. 1735 §1 (part), Ord. 2364 §274)
A permit authorizing the initial connection of premises located in the incorporated territory of the city to the sewer system shall be issued by the director if, following the filing of an application for such permit in the manner hereinafter provided by this chapter, the director determines that all of the following conditions have been met:
A. The type and density of any proposed development on the premises are consistent with the Chico General Plan;
B. All water pollution control plant capacity fees, trunkline capacity fees, lift station capacity fees, sewer main installation fees, and sewer lateral installation fees assessed and levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter have been paid or payment of such fees deferred in the manner provided by this chapter; and
C. All non-residential users have completed and returned a wastewater survey as supplied by the city and paid any and all applicable fees related to the industrial wastewater pretreatment and permitting program; and
D. Plans and specifications for any sewer main extension required by the provisions of this chapter have been submitted to and approved by the director.
(Ord. 1735 §1 (part), Ord. 1943 §15, Ord. 1971 §5, Ord. 2092 §17, Ord. 2130 §2, Ord. 2364 §275)
A permit authorizing the initial connection of developed premises located in that portion of the unincorporated territory of the county of Butte within the Chico Sphere of Influence to the sewer system by way of a connection to the sewerage collection system owned by the city shall be issued by the director if, following the filing of an application for such permit in the manner hereinafter provided by this chapter, the director determines that all of the following conditions have been met:
A. The premises are either:
1. Nonresidential premises developed with buildings or structures devoted to an industrial use;
2. Nonresidential premises owned by a nonprofit corporation and developed with buildings or structures utilized by such nonprofit corporation in the provision of social services benefitting persons residing within the incorporated territory of the city;
3. Residential or nonresidential premises served by a failing septic tank; or
4. Residential or nonresidential premises subject to a sewer service and annexation agreement executed prior to December 17, 1993 in which the city undertook to provide sewer service to such premises or which are within a county subdivision for which the city issued a commitment to provide sewer service prior to December 17, 1993.
B. All water pollution control plant capacity fees, trunkline capacity fees, lift station capacity fees, sewer main installation fees, and sewer lateral installation fees assessed and levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter have been paid;
C. All non-residential users have completed and returned a wastewater survey as supplied by the city and paid any and all applicable fees related to the industrial wastewater pretreatment and permitting program;
D. Plans and specifications for any sewer main extensions required by the provisions of this chapter have been submitted to and approved by the director; and
E. If the premises are contiguous and annexable to the incorporated territory of the city, the owner of such premises has executed and filed a petition to annex the premises to the incorporated territory of the city; provided, however, that the owner of such premises shall not be required to execute and file an annexation petition where the city manager has determined that the provision of municipal services to the premises, other than sewer service, would require a substantial expenditure of public funds.
(Ord. 1971 §6, Ord. 2049 §18, Ord. 2068 §2, Ord. 2092 §18, Ord. 2130 §3, Ord. 2364 §276, Ord. 2422 §1)
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