Chapter 4.05
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
4.05.020 Included meanings of words.
4.05.030 Constitutionality – Severability.
4.05.040 Civility liability – Duty to warn.
4.05.060 Powers of inspector and engineer.
4.05.080 Waste discharge ordinance of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
4.05.010 Definitions.
“Board” means the board of directors of the Seaside County Sanitation District.
“District” means the Seaside County Sanitation District, in the county of Monterey, state of California.
“Engineer” means the engineer of the district, or his authorized representative.
“House drain” means that part of the horizontal sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlets and running two feet beyond the building foundation.
“House sewer” means a sewer line beginning two feet outside the foundation of any building and running to the property line.
“Inspector” means an authorized representative of the board or the district.
“Lateral sewer” means that portion of a sewer between a building and collecting main which lies within a public street.
“Parcel of land” means an area of land in one ownership which is surrounded by a continuous boundary.
“Person” includes an individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, corporation, or company.
“MRWPCA” means the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency. (Ord. 10, 1983; Ord. 1 § 1, 1957)
4.05.020 Included meanings of words.
Words used in this chapter in the present tense include the future as well as the present; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. (Ord. 1 § 2, 1957)
4.05.030 Constitutionality – Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Ord. 1 § 3, 1957)
4.05.040 Civility liability – Duty to warn.
Full civil liability for injury, death, or property damage caused by the construction or repair of sewers by or on behalf of any person to be served by the district’s sewer facilities shall be assumed by such person. Any such person shall exercise reasonable care at all times to safeguard the public from injury or damage during the course of such construction or repair, including the maintenance of barriers, signs and lights. No violation of this section shall be a penal offense, notwithstanding any other provision of this title. (Ord. 1 § 4, 1957)
4.05.050 Permits required.
No person shall construct any lateral sewer, house sewer, or connection to any part of the district’s main collection or outfall sewers without obtaining the permits required by this title and complying with the specifications set forth therein. (Ord. 1 § 5, 1957)
4.05.060 Powers of inspector and engineer.
The district engineer or MRWPCA manager or their designated representatives may at all reasonable times enter any premises for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title. (Ord. 19 § A, 2015; Ord. 1 § 6, 1957)
4.05.070 Storm waters.
No person shall convey any storm waters to any part of the district’s sanitary sewer system. (Ord. 1 § 7, 1957)
4.05.080 Waste discharge ordinance of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.
This section incorporates MRWPCA Ordinance No. 2008-01 known as the waste discharge ordinance of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency attached to the ordinance codified in this section as Exhibit A. (Ord. 19 § A, 2015)