Ordinance - 394GRDINANCE NO. 394
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST/ COVINA.,
CALIFORNIA., AMENDING SECTIONS 69, 739 771.1039 105 and 107 of
ORDINANCE NO.365.OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA RELATING TO SEWERS
AND.BY ADDING THREE NEW SECTIONS THERETO TO KNOWN.A.S'AND
NUMBERED SECTIONS 77-A., 162-A. and.163-A.. .
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES ORDAIN A.S FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance N0.365 of the City of West
• Covina, entitled IIA.N ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
ALTERATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AND HOUSE CONNECTION
SEWERS; INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION SEWERS, SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS,INDUS-
TRIAL LIQUID WASTE PRE-TREATMENT PLANTS, DAIRY SCREEN CHAMBERS,
SAND AND GREASE INTERCEPTORS, SAND INTERCEPTORS, GREASE INTERCEPTORS,
AND APPURTENANCES: THE ABANDONMENT OF SEPTIC TANKS, CESSPOOLS,
SEEPAGE HOLES, AND DRY PITS; THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND THE COLLECTION
OF FEES THEREFOR, INCLUDING THE FEES TO PAY THE COST OF CHECKING PLANS,
INSPECTING THE CONSTRUCTION, AND MAKING RECORD PLANS OF THE FACILITIES
PERMITTED HEREUNDER; THE MAKING OF DEPOSITS TO ASSURE FAITHFUL PER-
FORMANCE OF WORK PERMITTED HEREUNDER; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
HEREOF, TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY", adopted December 13, 1954, be
• and the same is amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
as and denominated Section 77-A., and to read as follows:
11 SECTION 77-A.. In the event any lot or parcel
specifically escribed in the application required under
Section 77 receives additional benefit from any public
or trunk sewer and such lot or parcel has not been
assessed under special assessment for the public or
trunk sewer, the property owner shall pay to the City
in addition to the charge provided in Section 77, the
further sum of $2.00 for each such lot or parcel as a
maintenance charge pending the levy of a special
assessment under any special assessment statute of the
State of California as provided in Section 80 hereof."
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SECTION 2. That Section 73 of said Ordinance No.365
be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 73. Deposit by Unlicensed Applicant.
With every application to the City Engineer by
any person, other than a licensed house connection.
sewer contractor having a valid Certificate of
Registration as, required by this ordinance, for a
permit for the construction of a house connection
sewer, sand interceptor, grease interceptor, sand
and grease interceptor, dairy screen chamber, or
other similar appurtenance, the applicant shall de-
posit with the City Engineer the sum of twenty
dollars ($20.00) in addition to the required fee for
each permit. If the applicant completes the work
in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance,
the deposit shall be refunded in the same manner as
provided by-law for the repayment of trust moneys.
If the pplicant fails ur refuses to complete the work
as in this ordinance provided, the deposit shall be
forfeited to the City."
SECTION 3. That said Ordinance No.365 be and the same is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as and
numbered Section 162-A, and to read as follows:
"SECTION 162-A.. If, in the opinion of the City
-Engineer, any such excavation will create or aggravate
a dangerous condition if left open, such excavation
shall be either enclosed by a fence sufficiently high,
tight and strong to eliminate such dangerous condition
or completely covered by a substantial steel plate
which will enable vehicular traffic to drive.over and
across such excavation safely."
SECTION 4. That Section 77 of said Ordinance No.365 be
and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 77. CONNECTION CHARGE.
The City :Engineer may issue a permit to make such
sewer.connection upon payment of the fees provided in
Section 67 and, in addition thereto, the payment of an
amount equal to $2.50 per front foot of the lot or
parcel sought to.be connected if said lot or parcel is
rectangular and has an average depth of 100 feet or more,
excepting therefrom portions or contributions towards
the construction which have been made by adjoining property
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owners. If the shape of the lot or parcel is
other than the usual rectangular shape or unusual
in area and the strict adherence to the above
mentioned provisions would require a property
owner to pay an amount not commensurate with the
benefits to be received, the provisions of this
section as to the amount to be charged may be
modified.as determined by the City Engineer.?'
SECTION 5. That Section 103 of said Ordinance No.365
be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 103. DEPTH OF SEWER.
The standard depth for main line sewers in
residential districts shall be six and one half
(6.5) feet and in business districts shall be suff-
icient to provide a house connection depth of ten
and one half (10.5) feet. Standard depth for four
(4) or six (6) inch house connection shall be six (6)
feet in residential districts and ten and one half
(10.5) feet in business districts respectively,
below.the curb grade or grade of center line of street,
at the property line. "Depth" is defined as vertical
distance to invert of sewer. .-
'Exceptions to the above minima may be made only
on approval by the City Engineer. 11
SECTION 6. That Section 105 of said Ordinance No.365
be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 105. LOCATION OF SEWER IN STREET.
Main line sewers shall be located within five (5)
feet of the center lines of the streets or alleys
® except on major and secondary highways where separate
sewers shall be located in the roadway six (6) feet
from either curb line. Exceptions to these standard
locations may be made only upon approval by the City
Engineer.►
SECTION 7. That Section 107 of said Ordinance No.365
be.and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 107'. HOUSE CONNECTION SEWERS.
Service: Six (6) inch house connection sewer
4 service shall be provided in the street for each lot
and the depth shall.be sufficient to provide a connection
to the lowest and/or farthest point of the lot with a
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cover of one foot and a grade of not less than
two peracent (2%).
Any exception to this requirement may be had only
upon approval by the City Engine.er.. rr
SECTION 8. That said Ordinance No.365 be and the same
is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as
and numbered *163-A. and to read as follows:
"SECTION 163-A.." INSURANCE.
Before a sewer permit is issued for the exca-
vation of a trench on City property or in a public
street, the contra.ctor_or owner shall file with the
City Engineer a certificate of insurance coverage in
an approved insurance company in the following amounts:
PUBLIC LIABILITY INCLUDING VEHICLES
.Bo 1 y Injury $ 00,0 ..eac person
$300.,000.00 each occurrence
Property Damage $100,,000.00 each occurrence it
SECTION 9.
That.Se.ction 69 of said Ordinance No.365 be
and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 69. A.DDITIONA.L INSPECTION FEE.
.The City Engineer shall collect from the permittee
a fee of two dollars ($2.00).for each additional inspection
required by this ordinance....
The City :Engineer shall collect from the permittee
a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the inspection
of the backfilling of any . ces,spool or septic tank. rr
• S'ECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Ordinance, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15)
days from the passage thereof, shall cause the same to be published
once in the''West Covina Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the City of West Covina, and thirty (30)
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days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance
shall take effect and be in force.
Mayor ot;; the Lity oi- west
;• ATTEST: ^
City Clerk
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West
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Covina, held on the 23rd day of May, 1955, by the affirmative vote
of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen jAMES W- KAY BERT C. VAN HORN JAY D. BEOWN J• CAL SPERLINE
JOE HURST, MAYOR
NOES: Al 0 Al tr
ABSENT: �� N
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Pity y er of the,(;ity of Westovina
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