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(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 162,864, Eff. 11/22/87.)
There is hereby established a special fund in the City Treasury entitled Sewer Operation and Maintenance Fund. Monies shall be transferred by the Treasurer from the Sewer Construction and Maintenance Fund to the Sewer Operation and Maintenance Fund, on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month commencing on November 25, 1987, for the purpose of paying the operation and maintenance costs of the City’s wastewater system, as directed by the Director of the Bureau of Accounting, Department of Public Works, with the concurrence of the Controller. Monies deposited in this Fund shall not be subject to reversion to the Reserve Fund. Such monies shall also be available, if needed, to fund the Wastewater System Revenue Bonds Funds created by Section 5.168.1 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. Amounts may be advanced to the Sewer Capital Fund, if required, as directed by the Director of the Bureau of Accounting, Department of Public Works, with the concurrence of the Controller.
(Added by Ord. No. 162,864, Eff. 11/22/87.)
There is hereby established a special fund in the City Treasury entitled Sewer Capital Fund. All monies received as capital payments from contracting agencies for sewer services and grant receipts shall be deposited into this Fund. Monies shall be transferred by the Treasurer from the Sewer Construction and Maintenance Fund to the Sewer Capital Fund, on or before the twenty-fifth day of each month commencing on November 25, 1987, provided there are otherwise sufficient funds available to make that month’s transfers as required by Section 5.168.2 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, for the purpose of funding capital projects of the City’s wastewater system, as directed by the Director of the Bureau of Accounting, Department of Public Works, with the concurrence of the Controller. Monies deposited in this Fund shall not be subject to reversion to the Reserve Fund. Such monies shall also be available, if needed, to fund the Wastewater System Revenue Bonds Funds created by Section 5.168.1 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. Amounts may be advanced to the Sewer Operation and Maintenance Fund, if required, as directed by the Director of the Bureau of Accounting, Department of Public Works, with the concurrence of the Controller.
(Amended by Ord. No. 184,054, Eff. 3/6/16.)
(a) In addition to all other required fees and charges, where the Bureau of Engineering determines that an applicant for a permit pursuant to the provisions of Section 64.12 must construct a connection to a sewer, storm drain or catch basin at a location where there is no existing connection, the Bureau shall charge and collect the following:
1. A fee of $74 for each required connection to a storm drain or catch basin.
2. Special Inspection Charges pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.05 (a)(1)(cc) for connection to a sewer that is 18 inches in diameter or less.
(b) Any permit issued by the Bureau of Engineering that requires an applicant to construct a connection to an existing sewer line at a place where there is no existing connection may impose conditions and requirements for making such connection, and the permit applicant must ensure compliance with all such conditions and requirements. No person shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any condition or requirement contained in any permit requiring a connection that is subject to the provisions of this Subsection.
Conditions and requirements that the Bureau may impose pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Determining the means and methods of making a connection;
2. Requiring applicants to connect to a smaller sewer line that has sufficient capacity, if such a line is available;
3. Requiring applicants to utilize existing “wye” or “chimney” connections;
4. Requiring that a bonded sewer contractor perform work involving sewers 15 inches in diameter or less;
5. Requiring house connections to sewer lines 18 inches in diameter or larger to include a private trap; and
6. Requiring installation of a backflow device where a plumbing fixture or drain would be lower than the lid elevation of an adjacent maintenance hole cover.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any person maintaining any house connection sewer in any street, by virtue of any law, ordinance or permit, from making such excavation as may be necessary for the preservation of life or property, when such necessity arises during such hours as the offices of the City are closed; provided, that the person making such excavation shall obtain a permit therefor within four (4) hours after the offices of the City are first opened subsequent to the making of such excavation.
(b) The Board shall mail a statement to every person or to the person’s designated agent on or before the last day of the month following the month in which the charges are determined showing the amount due the City for all work performed by the City under the provisions of Sections 64.12 to 64.22, inclusive, of this Code.
Said amount due shall be paid within 15 days from the date on which the statement is mailed. (Amended by Ord. No. 112,719, Eff. 2/28/59.)
(c) The decision of the Board, as to the cost of any work done, or repairs made by it, under its direction, pursuant to the provisions of Section 64.17 shall be final and conclusive as to the cost thereof.
(a) Waiver of Fees – War Purposes Only. Whenever any officer, agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, engaged in the performance of duties directly related to the prosecution of the war in which the United States is engaged, applies to the Board for a permit for any of the purposes mentioned in Sections 64.12 to 64.22 inclusive, the Board shall waive the payment of any permit or inspection fees, deposits or special charges otherwise required by this article, and may modify the requirements of Section 64.17, if the Board finds that the proposed installation is designed and intended to be used to serve premises or facilities owned or operated by the Federal Government and used principally for purposes directly related to the prosecution of the war.
(b) Effect of Grant. The grant of permission to make any such installation, extended under this section, shall not be construed to confer any permanent or vested right to the use of the streets or public property of this City, or to maintain, for a period of more than six months after the termination of the war, any installation made hereunder or any connection with a public sewer, except with the consent of the City Council which may be withdrawn, or extended, upon such terms as the Council may then or at any time thereafter impose. The use, directly or indirectly of any installation made pursuant to this section by anyone other than the applicant and those persons, firms or corporations which have equitably participated with the Federal Government in the cost of said sewer construction or installation as determined by the Board from certified copies of existing contracts between said parties and the Federal Government, shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the City Council may at any time impose.
(c) Conveyance of Title to Right of Way – Public Sewer. In the event that the Federal Government and the other parties in interest, as mentioned in Subsection (b) above, shall offer to convey all their respective right, title and interest to any sewer constructed hereunder, including all necessary rights of way for sewer purposes, without cost to the City of Los Angeles, and if the Board finds that the sewer may properly be used as a public sewer, to the substantial advantage of the City, then the Board is authorized to accept said sewer as a public sewer at such time as the Council has accepted all necessary easements therefor and the parties in interest, abovementioned, will be entitled to continue to use said sewer facilities without the payment to the City of any permit or other special fees or charges except those required by Section 64.15.
(d) City Engineer Approval Required. No permit shall be granted hereunder unless plans and specifications of the proposed installation have first been submitted to and approved by the City Engineer.
(a) Notice of Contents Thereof. When any zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit which is the property of or under the control of this City is abandoned or the use thereof discontinued by the City, the Board is hereby authorized to give written notice thereof to the owners of or the persons in possession of all property served by or in any manner connected to or with any such zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, which notice may order, with regard to such zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, (1) that the use of any existing connections be discontinued and disconnected; (2) that the placing or discharging therein of any water waste matter articles, substance or material of any kind or nature whatsoever, or other use, be discontinued; and (3) any necessary work or repairs required to be done by said owners or persons in possession after such disconnection or discontinuance, which order shall designate the materials to be used and specify the manner in which said work shall be done and the time when such work or repairs shall be commenced and completed. Such notice may be served by delivering the same personally to said owners or persons in possession, or by posting the same upon said property.
(b) Owner’s Compliance with Notice. Any owner, agent or occupant of any such premises within seven days after service of the notice as provided in Subsection (a) of this section, shall comply with the provisions of said notice or order and shall commence the necessary work of disconnection, repair or reconstruction, and shall do the same in a manner, with the materials and within the time specified in said notice.
(c) Failure to Comply with Notice. No person who is the owner, agent or occupant of any such premises where notice is given, as provided in this section, shall fail, refuse or neglect to disconnect any connections and to discontinue the use of any such zanja, drill, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse sewer, pipe or conduit in any manner, or fail, refuse or neglect to begin the work required in said notice within the time given, or having begun such work to fail refuse or neglect to prosecute said work to completion in the manner, with the materials and within the time specified in said notice, unless a permit for a variance therefrom in writing shall have first been obtained from the Board.
(d) Discharge into Abandoned Drains. No persons shall place or discharge any water, waste matter, or any article, substance or material of any kind whatsoever in any zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, which has been abandoned or the use of which has been discontinued, or make or maintain any connection with or to any such zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, unless a permit in writing shall have first been obtained from the Board.
(e) Tampering with Drain. No person shall in any manner tamper with, open, cut, break or destroy any zanja, drain, storm drain, storm water channel, watercourse, sewer, pipe or conduit, whether abandoned, in use, or otherwise, unless a permit in writing shall first have been obtained from the Board.
The Board of Public Works or any of its authorized representatives may make such inspections or investigations as said Board deems necessary at any reasonable time, in any building, premises or lot for any of the purposes set forth in this section. No person shall interfere with, prevent or refuse to permit the entry of said Board or any of its authorized representatives into or upon any building, premises or lot for any of the purposes set forth in this section. (Amended by Ord. No. 113,953, Eff. 8/23/59.)
(a) To determine the size, depth and location of any sewer or storm drain connection.
(b) To determine the outlet of any sewer or storm drain connection by depositing testing materials in any plumbing fixture attached thereto and flushing the same, if necessary.
(c) To determine by measurements and samples the quantity and nature of sewage or waste water being discharged into any sewer, storm drain or water course.
(d) To inspect, test, and sample the discharge of any device used to prevent the discharge into any seer, storm drain or water course of illegal waste or illegal quantities of waste, such as floor drains, sand boxes, grease traps or other clarifiers, also, of those devices used to grind, shred, pulverize, or otherwise treat garbage or industrial waste, before discharging same into a sewer or storm drain.
(e) To determine the location of roof, swimming pool and surface drains, and whether they are connected to a street gutter, storm drain or sewer.
(f) To determine the nature and quantity of flow in any open water course or storm drain.
(g) To locate, inspect, test, and sample the discharges to, from and within a PSDS. (Added by Ord. No. 160,388, Eff. 10/21/85.)
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