CHAPTER 6. General Provisions with Respect to Sewers [5400. - 5474.10.]

Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.

§§ 5400–5474.10 · 44 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Rights of Way for Sewers and Drainage § 5400 · 1 section

   • § 5400 The board of supervisors of a county may vacate or abandon easements for sewage or drainage purposes whenever it determines that they are no longer required…
2. ARTICLE 2. Sewage and Other Waste §§ 5410–5416 · 9 sections

   • § 5410 As used in this chapter: (a) “Waste” includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human…
   • § 5411 No person shall discharge sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or other waste, in any manner which will result in contamination, pollution…
   • § 5411.5 (a) Any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or other waste, to…
   • § 5412 Whenever the state department or any local health officer finds that a contamination exists, the state department or officer shall order the contamination…
   • § 5412.5 (a) Any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or other waste to be…
   • § 5413 Whenever the state department finds that a pollution or nuisance does, in fact, exist, that condition shall be immediately referred by the state department to…
   • § 5414 With respect to any condition of contamination, the state department may accept the action of any state, county, or municipal officer or agency having…
   • § 5415 No provision in this chapter is a limitation on any of the following: (a) The authority of a city or county to adopt and enforce additional regulations not in…
   • § 5416 (a) There shall be not less than one water closet for each 20 employees or fractional part thereof working at a construction job site. (b) The water closet…
3. ARTICLE 3. Procedure for Abatement §§ 5460–5465 · 6 sections

   • § 5460 The state department or local health officer may issue a peremptory order requiring the abatement of a contamination, and shall immediately furnish to the…
   • § 5461 Any person who discharges sewage or other waste in any manner which results in contamination is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   • § 5462 Any action taken pursuant to this article with respect to the abatement of contamination created by the disposal of sewage or other waste from a community or…
   • § 5463 Any health officer or governing board of any city, county, sanitary district, or other district having the power to operate and maintain a sewerage system,…
   • § 5464 An owner or reputed owner, who has his or her property included within an assessment district for the construction of a main trunkline or collector sewer…
   • § 5465 (a) The procedures specified in this section may be used by a public agency that is an entity, as defined in Section 5470. (b) An entity may use the procedures…
4. ARTICLE 4. Sanitation and Sewerage Systems §§ 5470–5474.10 · 28 sections

   • § 5470 The following words wherever used in this article shall be construed as defined in this section, unless from the context a different meaning is intended, or…
   • § 5471 (a) In addition to the powers granted in the principal act, any entity shall have power, by an ordinance or resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the…
   • § 5472 After fees, rates, tolls, rentals or other charges are fixed pursuant to this article, any person may pay such fees, rates, tolls, rentals or other charges…
   • § 5472.5 The rates may be collected with the rates for any other utility service furnished by a department or agency of that entity over which the legislative body…
   • § 5473 Any entity which has adopted an ordinance or resolution pursuant to this article or an order pursuant to Section 6520.5 may, by such ordinance or resolution or…
   • § 5473a Any entity may make the election specified in Section 5473 with respect only to delinquent charges and may do so by preparing and filing the written report,…
   • § 5473.1 The clerk shall cause notice of the filing of said report and of a time and place of hearing thereon to be published pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government…
   • § 5473.2 At the time stated in the notice, the legislative body shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to said report referred to in said notice…
   • § 5473.3 Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify any charge or overrule any or all objections and shall…
   • § 5473.4 On or before August 10 of each year following the final determination upon each charge, the clerk shall file with the county auditor a copy of the report…
   • § 5473.5 Except as provided in Section 5473.8, the amount of the charges shall constitute a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the charge has been…
   • § 5473.6 The tax collector shall include the amount of the charges on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land.
   • § 5473.7 Thereafter the amount of the charges shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and not separately…
   • § 5473.8 All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of general taxes of the entity, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of…
   • § 5473.9 The tax collector may, in his discretion, issue separate bills for such charges and separate receipts for collection on account of such charges. The county…
   • § 5473.10 The entity may provide for a basic penalty of not more than 10 percent for nonpayment of the charges within the time and in the manner prescribed by it, and in…
   • § 5473.11 (a) An entity shall notify the assessee shown on the latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid charges for services which would become a…
   • § 5474 An entity shall have the power by ordinance or resolution approved by two-thirds vote of the members of the legislative body thereof to fix fees or charges for…
   • § 5474.1 The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code prior to the date set for hearing. At least 10 days prior to the date of hearing…
   • § 5474.2 At the time stated in the notice the legislative body shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the imposition of the fees or charges as…
   • § 5474.3 Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the legislative body may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify the fees or charges or may overrule any or all objections…
   • § 5474.4 On or before August 10 of each year following the final determination, the legislative body shall certify to the county auditor a list of the lots or parcels…
   • § 5474.5 The county auditor shall enter on the current assessment roll the amounts of the installments of any fees or charges and interest and, except as provided in…
   • § 5474.6 (a) The tax collector shall include the amounts of the installments of fees or charges and the interest on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots…
   • § 5474.7 The tax collector may, in his discretion, issue separate bills for such installments of fees or charges and interest. The county shall be compensated for…
   • § 5474.8 Fees or charges imposed by an entity by ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to Section 5474 may differ in amount or method of computation from fees or…
   • § 5474.9 Revenues derived from fees or charges imposed pursuant to Section 5474 shall be used only for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and…
   • § 5474.10 The authority for the imposition of fees or charges by entities pursuant to Section 5474 shall be in addition to the authority granted to such entities by any…