[Ord. No. 284 §113.075, 6-18-1987; Ord. No. 02-09, 4-4-2002; Ord. No.
17-38, 11-16-2017]
A.
In
either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application on
a form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented
by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent
in the judgment of the Public Works Director or Building Official.
An inspection fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) shall be paid to the City
for residential, industrial or commercial sewer permits at the time
the application is filed for permit locations within the Hollister
corporate limits. An inspection fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) shall
be paid to the City for residential, industrial or commercial sewer
permits at the time the application is filed for permit locations
outside the Hollister corporate limits. These fees are for the inspections
to be done on connections to public sewer lines that convey waste
to the Hollister wastewater treatment plant.
B.
When
the work is completed, the Public Works Director, Building Official
or authorized representative of the City is required to make an inspection
before covering can be made and a final inspection of the cleanup
on the City's property. Inspection will be made within twenty-four
(24) hours (office hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 4:30
P.M.) after the Public Works Director, the Building Official or other
authorized representative has been notified.
[CC 1983 §113.080]
All costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
[Ord. No. 93-17 §§1 —
5, 6-3-1993; Ord. No.
95-09 §710.170, 3-16-1995; Ord. No. 00-10, 6-14-2000; Ord. No. 07-47, 1-3-2008; Ord. No. 12-16, 7-5-2012]
A.
All
new construction applying for a building permit shall buy capacity
in the City's pump stations, force mains and treatment plant at a
cost of six dollars ($6.00) per gallon, per day of estimated wastewater
flow.
B.
The
connection fee for all residential units, such as single-family residences,
each half of duplex residences, each apartment unit, boarding houses,
each condominium unit and each mobile home shall be one thousand dollars
($1,000.00).
C.
The
connection fee for all other types of buildings and/or new construction
shall be determined by the Planning Department in accordance with
the following criteria:
1.
Food or drink establishments. Connection fee shall
be determined as follows:
a.
Cafe or restaurant. Five (5) gallons per day (gpd)
per patron capacity plus fifteen (15) gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd.
b.
Tavern or bar. Two (2) gpd per patron capacity plus
fifteen (15) gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd.
c.
Fast food (paper service). Three (3) gpd per patron
capacity plus fifteen (15) gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd.
d.
Restaurant serving alcoholic beverages. Five (5)
gpd per patron capacity plus fifteen (15) gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd.
e.
Restaurant grinding garbage. Six (6) gpd per patron
capacity plus fifteen (15) gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd.
2.
Motels (not including restaurant). Connection fee
shall be determined as follows:
One hundred twenty (120) gpd per motel room plus fifteen (15)
gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd.
3.
Camper trailers. Connection fee shall be determined
as follows:
Thirty (30) gpd per sewered camper pad times $6.00/gpd.
4.
Schools. Connection fee shall be determined as follows:
Ten (10) gpd per student plus fifteen (15) gpd per employee
times $6.00/gpd.
5.
Hospitals and nursing homes. Connection fee shall
be determined as follows:
One hundred (100) gpd per bed times $6.00/gpd.
6.
Service stations. Connection fee shall be determined
as follows:
Five hundred (500) gpd per day times $6.00/gpd.
7.
Luxury resorts. Connection fee shall be determined
as follows:
One hundred sixty (160) gpd per unit plus fifteen (15) gpd per
employees times $6.00/gpd.
8.
Churches. Connection fee shall be determined as
follows:
Two and one-half (2½) gpd per seat times $6.00/gpd.
9.
Stores, malls and shopping centers. Connection fee
shall be as follows:
Two hundred (200) per one thousand (1,000) square feet of floor
area times $6.00/gpd.
10.
Theaters and auditoriums. Connection fee shall be
as follows:
Five (5) gpd per seat times $6.00/gpd.
11.
Swimming pools. Connection fee shall be as follows:
Twenty-five (25) gallons per person based on occupant load times
$6.00/gpd.
12.
Laundromats (per machine). Connection fee shall
be as follows:
Five hundred eighty (580) gallons per washer times $6.00/gpd.
13.
Car wash (per bay). Connection fee shall be as follows:
Four hundred (400) gallons per hand spray bay and one thousand
four hundred (1,400) gallons per automatic bay times $6.00/gpd.
14.
Commercial and industrial facilities not listed above (domestic
wastewater only). Connection fee shall be as follows:
Fifteen (15) gpd per employee times $6.00/gpd or total square
foot divided by four hundred (400) times fifteen (15) gpd times $6.00/gpd.
15.
Day cares with no cafeteria/food service, or showers. This applies to day cares with more than ten (10) people in their
care, no cafeteria/food service, or showers. Connection fee shall
be as follows:
Ten (10) gpd per person in care plus fifteen (15) gpd per employee
times $6.00 per gpd.
16.
Day cares with cafeteria/food service, and showers. This applies to day cares with more than ten (10) people in their
care, with cafeteria/food service, and showers. Connection fee shall
be as follows:
Fifteen (15) gpd per person in care plus fifteen (15) gpd per
employee times $6.00 per gpd.
D.
The
applicant may request a variance from the City from the flow contributions
if sufficient documentation is provided to justify a lower contribution
and if approved by the Board of Aldermen.
E.
The
connection fees collected in accordance with this Section shall be
placed in an account entitled "Future Sewer Fund" and shall be used
only for the specific purpose of design and construction of wastewater
treatment plants and/or expansion. The balance of the account shall
be invested in accordance with State law.
[CC 1983 §113.085]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building; except where one (1) building stands at the rear
of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or
can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard, driveway, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
(1) building sewer.
[CC 1983 §113.090; Ord. No. 02-36, 9-19-2002]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Public Works
Director, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
[CC 1983 §113.095; Ord. No. 04-62, 11-18-2004]
A.
All
materials, installation and maintenance of the waste water collection
system from the point of origin to the point at which the system leaves
the property line is the property owner's responsibility.
B.
The
size, slope, alignment, material of construction of a building sewer,
and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing,
testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements
of the Building and Plumbing Codes or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City. In the absence of code provisions, or in amplification
thereof, the material and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the American Society for Testing and Materials (A.S.T.M.) and Water
Pollution Control Federation (W.P.C.F.) Manual of Practice No. 9 shall
apply.
[CC 1983 §113.100]
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the
building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall
be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
[CC 1983 §113.105]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior
foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff
or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn
is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
[CC 1983 §113.110; Ord. No. 02-36, 9-19-2002]
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 or the procedures set
forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F.
Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight
and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the Public Works Director before installation.
[CC 1983 §113.115; Ord. No. 02-36, 9-19-2002]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
Building Official when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under
the supervision of the Public Works Director or his/her representative.
[CC 1983 §113.120]
All excavations for building sewer installations shall be adequately
guarded with barriers 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.
