Who pays for the sewer lateral in El Centro, CA
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours from your property line to your building
Why, and what to do
If something’s wrong
If a repair needs a permit or an inspection
- Who issues it:
- City of El Centro public works department - a permit to connect any property with a city sewer
- What it covers:
- connecting a property with the city sewer, including a replacement that reconnects to it
El Centro City Code section 22-503 provides that "No person shall connect any property with any city sewer without first procuring a permit to make such a connection", applied for through the public works department with the fees the article sets.
Buying or selling?
No rule on file here is specific to selling or buying; that does not mean none exists.
Planning work?
The remodelling rule in full, with its sourcesWho to call first about the sewer lateral
El Centro: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on
Who is responsible for which part
El Centro puts the sewer connection on the owner up to the edge of the public right-of-way. Section 22-502 provides that "All connections outside the public right-of-way shall be maintained at the expense of the property owner", and that "The property owner shall install a cleanout at the property line according to city standard drawings."
- The property owner
- The connection from the building to the property line, where the owner must install a cleanout to the City's standard drawings.
What else is worth knowing
Sources
El Centro City Code section 22-502, ConnectionWhat the rules say
Most relevant if you are repairing or replacing the pipe
- Who issues it:
- City of El Centro public works department - a permit to connect any property with a city sewer
- What it covers:
- connecting a property with the city sewer, including a replacement that reconnects to it
El Centro City Code section 22-503 provides that "No person shall connect any property with any city sewer without first procuring a permit to make such a connection", applied for through the public works department with the fees the article sets.
What to do: Before connecting or reconnecting to the City sewer, apply to the public works department for the connection permit, and make sure a property-line cleanout to the City's standard is part of the work.
El Centro City Code section 22-503, ConnectionWhy this matters
A new connection, or a replacement that ties back in to the City's sewer, needs the permit before the work is done, and the property's use has to fit the City's development rules. The owner also has to have a cleanout at the property line to the City's standard drawings, which is where the owner's maintenance duty stops.
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
- El Centro (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
The nearest city draws the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.
Nearby cities and further reading
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