The provisions of Articles I through VII, inclusive, of this chapter shall not apply to a sanitary district, county water district, community-service district, public utility district, or any other district, municipality, or state agency empowered by the state law to acquire, construct, or operate public sewage facilities (hereafter in this article referred to as public agencies), except to the extent that the governing body thereof specifically subjects itself or its works thereto.
(Prior code § 68.180)
For the protection of the public health and safety, minimum standards for the design and construction of facilities hereafter constructed by a public agency for the transporting or disposal of sewage or industrial waste (hereafter in this article referred to as sewer facilities) shall be established in the following manner: The director, with the advice and assistance of engineers for such public agencies and others designated by the director, shall propose such minimum standards to the city council for adoption by it after public hearing. Any revisions shall be proposed and adopted in the same manner. The said standards adopted pursuant to this section are set forth in the San Diego Area Regional County Standard Drawings and the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk. All plans and specifications for any sewer facilities constructed in the city and all work performed and materials used in the construction of any such facilities shall conform to the minimum standards adopted as provided in this section. No work shall be done on any such sewer facility until the plans and specifications therefor have been approved, as provided in this article.
(Prior code § 68.181)
A. 
Any public agency intending to construct any sewer facilities shall, within a reasonable time (not less than thirty days) before awarding a contract, file plans and specifications therefor with the director.
B. 
The director shall, within a reasonable time (not more than thirty days) after such filing, examine the same and ascertain whether or not they conform to the minimum standards adopted. He or she shall issue his or her certificate thereon if he or she finds that said plans and specifications meet the minimum standards, or, if he or she finds that such plans and specifications fail to meet the minimum standards, he or she shall specify in what particulars they do not. The director may waive minimum standards when he or she finds reasonable compliance is provided in the plans and specifications.
(Prior code § 68.182)
A. 
It shall be the responsibility of the public agency to inspect the facilities during construction and to cause the same to conform to the minimum standards.
B. 
The director may in his or her discretion cause periodic inspections to be made of the facilities and shall report in writing to the engineer of the public agency any particular in which the construction of the facilities does not conform to the minimum standards. In the event there arises a difference of opinion between the director and the engineer for the public agency as to whether or not the construction of the facilities does conform to the minimum standards, the difference of opinion shall be resolved and determined by an engineering review board appointed in the manner provided in Section 13.12.490 and with the powers provided in Section 13.12.500. The decision of the engineering review board may be appealed to the city council as provided in Section 13.12.500 and its decision shall be final.
(Prior code § 68.186)
It shall be the responsibility of each public agency to establish standards for sewage facilities constructed by others for acceptance by the agency, which standards must not be lower than those established pursuant to Section 13.12.360. It shall be the responsibility of each agency to inspect all such construction and to cause the same to so conform.
(Prior code § 68.187)