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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Beaumont, CA

Which part of the pipe is yours

  • Sewer lateral

    Yours all the way to the main, including the fitting where it joins

    Why, and what to do
your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
The thick length is yours.

If something’s wrong

If a repair needs a permit or an inspection

  • Before work on the pipe · Inspection

    Beaumont Municipal Code section 13.08.200 provides that the City will inspect the construction of service laterals and their connections, that "No lateral or connection to a lateral, wye, or sewer shall be covered over until inspected and approved", and that "The applicant shall notify the City 48 hours in advance of the time when inspection is required."

The repair rule in full, with its sources

No rule on file here is specific to selling, buying, remodelling or adding a unit; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Beaumont about the sewer lateral.

Beaumont: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

In Beaumont the service lateral is the owner's responsibility all the way to the City's main line, connection included. Section 13.08.110 of the City's code provides that "The owner shall be responsible for maintenance and/or repair of the service lateral", and makes the lateral the owner's responsibility from the building "up to and including the connection to the City main line."

The property owner
Everything from the building to the City's main line, including the connection to it. The code defines the service lateral as "the drain designed or intended to convey sewage from the building sewer to the public sewer", and the building sewer as "the drain from the building plumbing to the property line".

What else is worth knowing

For a lateral serving one property, nothing splits it between the City and the owner; the owner's part continues past the property line to the City's main. Where a connection is shared, section 13.08.090(B) has its joint portion deeded to the City. If a lateral fails in a way rodding tools cannot clear, section 13.08.110 has the owner bring it to the City's attention. If the owner does not make the repair, the City's general manager of utilities may do the work, and the cost "shall be a lien on the property upon which such service line was repaired." The City's sewer spills page says the same about responsibility: "The property owner is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the service lateral to the point of connection to the public sewer line."

Sources

Beaumont Municipal Code section 13.08.110

Also quoted:

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What the rules say

Most relevant if you are remodelling or adding a unit

No rule on file here is specific to remodelling or adding a unit; that does not mean none exists.

Also in force here

  • Before work on the pipeInspection

    Beaumont Municipal Code section 13.08.200 provides that the City will inspect the construction of service laterals and their connections, that "No lateral or connection to a lateral, wye, or sewer shall be covered over until inspected and approved", and that "The applicant shall notify the City 48 hours in advance of the time when inspection is required."

    What to do: Book the City's inspection at least 48 hours before you need it, and leave the lateral and its connection uncovered until the City has inspected and approved them.

    Why this matters

    The owner maintains and repairs the service lateral up to and including its connection to the City's main, and work found covered before the City has seen it "shall be uncovered at the expense of the responsible party". A new connection to a public sewer also needs a permit from the City Manager first, under section 13.08.190.

    Current wording dates from · Checked

    Beaumont Municipal Code section 13.08.200, Inspection of connection. Ord. 648

What this page cannot tell you

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Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction
Beaumont (municipality)
Sewer service
No map of sewer providers is held here. BelowGrid cannot say which sewer provider serves an individual address.

How this compares to neighbouring cities

7 of the 8 nearest cities draw the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

  • Beaumont(this page)
    the main, including the connection fitting on the main
  • San Jacintoabout 8 mi
    the main
  • Moreno Valleyabout 13 mi
    the main, including the connection fitting on the main (conditions apply; see that page)
  • Redlandsabout 15 mi
    the main
  • Loma Lindaabout 18 mi
    the main
  • Riversideabout 24 mi
    the property line (conditions apply; see that page)
  • Palm Springsabout 26 mi
    the main
  • Coronaabout 34 mi
    the main
  • Norcoabout 33 mi
    the main

Distances are approximate, in a straight line between the places’ centres.

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