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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Colton, 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 · Permit

    Who issues it:
    City of Colton - a permit to connect private pipe to the public sewer
    What it covers:
    connecting any pipe on private property with any pipe connected to the public sewer

    Colton Municipal Code section 13.08.201 provides that "It shall be unlawful for any person to connect any pipe on private property with any pipe that is connected with the public sewer, without first obtaining a permit to do so from the City."

The repair rule in full, with its sources

Buying or selling?

No rule on file here is specific to selling or buying; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

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

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

Who is responsible for which part

In Colton the whole sewer service lateral, including its connection to the City's sewer, is the property owner's responsibility. Section 13.08.203 of the City's code provides that "The costs for installation, maintenance, and replacement of the sewer service lateral as defined in Section 13.08.105, shall be the responsibility of the property owner", and section 13.08.204 that "The City is not responsible for maintaining the sewer service lateral as defined in Section 13.08.105."

The property owner
The sewer service lateral, which section 13.08.105 defines as "The wastewater collection pipe extending from the structure where the wastewater is generated up to and including the connection to the City's sewer collection system."

What else is worth knowing

Nothing splits the lateral between the City and the owner. It runs from the building to the City's sewer, and the connection itself is part of it. Where a blockage in a lateral causes a sewage overflow, section 13.08.204 provides that "the property owner shall pay to the City all costs associated with the remediation of such obstruction including cleanup."

Sources

Colton Municipal Code section 13.08.203, Responsibility for Installation

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What the rules say

Most relevant if you are selling or buying

No rule on file here is specific to selling or buying; that does not mean none exists.

Also in force here

  • Before work on the pipePermit
    Who issues it:
    City of Colton - a permit to connect private pipe to the public sewer
    What it covers:
    connecting any pipe on private property with any pipe connected to the public sewer

    Colton Municipal Code section 13.08.201 provides that "It shall be unlawful for any person to connect any pipe on private property with any pipe that is connected with the public sewer, without first obtaining a permit to do so from the City."

    What to do: Before connecting a pipe on your property to a pipe that joins the public sewer, get a permit from the City of Colton, and ask which City standards the lateral and its connection have to meet.

    Why this matters

    The sewer service lateral and its connection to the City's sewer are installed and replaced at the owner's cost, and the next section of the code requires every sewer lateral connection to be designed and built to the City's established standards.

    In force since · Checked

    Colton Municipal Code section 13.08.201, Permit Required. Ord. No. O-03-19

What this page cannot tell you

  • No assistance or grant programme has been reviewed for this jurisdiction yet.
  • No sewer service territory has been mapped for this area, so BelowGrid cannot say who serves an individual address.

Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction
Colton (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

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

  • Colton(this page)
    the main, including the connection fitting on the main
  • Grand Terraceabout 2 mi
    the property line
  • Loma Lindaabout 5 mi
    the main
  • Rialtoabout 6 mi
    the main, including the connection fitting on the main
  • San Bernardinoabout 6 mi
    the main
  • Redlandsabout 9 mi
    the main
  • Fontanaabout 8 mi
    the property line
  • Uplandabout 20 mi
    the main, including the connection fitting on the main
  • Apple Valleyabout 34 mi
    the main

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

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