Who pays for the sewer lateral in Santa Paula, CA
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours all the way to the main, including the fitting where it joins
Why, and what to doYours from the meter 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 Santa Paula director - an encroachment permit for any encroachment or excavation in the right-of-way
- What it covers:
- any encroachment upon, over, under or within a right-of-way, including an excavation to repair a sewer lateral
Santa Paula Code of Ordinances section 96.21 provides that "Except for the city or its contractors, it is unlawful for any person to encroach, or to make or cause to be made any encroachment, upon, over, under or within a right-of-way within the city without first obtaining a permit from the director."
Who to call first about the sewer lateral
Santa Paula: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on
Who is responsible for which part
Santa Paula puts the whole lateral on the owner, the fitting on the main included, and says it is the owner's property too. Section 51.053 provides that "All lateral building sewers including that portion within public right-of-way and connections, including the wye or saddle at the sewer main, are owned by and maintained at the expense of the property owner."
- The property owner
- The lateral building sewer from the building to the main - the length under the street and the wye or saddle where it joins the main included - owned as well as maintained.
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Santa Paula Code of Ordinances section 51.053, Connections to mains to be maintained by ownerWhat 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
- Who issues it:
- City of Santa Paula director - an encroachment permit for any encroachment or excavation in the right-of-way
- What it covers:
- any encroachment upon, over, under or within a right-of-way, including an excavation to repair a sewer lateral
Santa Paula Code of Ordinances section 96.21 provides that "Except for the city or its contractors, it is unlawful for any person to encroach, or to make or cause to be made any encroachment, upon, over, under or within a right-of-way within the city without first obtaining a permit from the director."
What to do: Before a repair in the street, have the contractor apply to the director for the encroachment permit. If the street was recently resurfaced, ask whether section 96.39 applies: it restricts cutting new pavement, and allows a permit where the work can be done by boring or another trenchless method.
Santa Paula Code of Ordinances section 96.21, PermitsWhy this matters
The owner keeps the lateral under the street and the wye or saddle at the main, so the repair most likely to open the pavement is the owner's - and it needs the director's encroachment permit first. The permit sets "the nature, extent and location of the work permitted" and can impose time limits and traffic-control conditions, which shape the job and its cost.
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
- Santa Paula (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
3 of the 6 nearest cities draw the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.
Your other pipe: the water service line
The drinking water line coming into your property is a separate pipe, run by a separate authority, and who is responsible for it is decided separately. Your sewer lateral is yours to the main, fitting included; your water line stops being yours at the meter.
Who owns the water service line in Santa PaulaNearby cities and further reading
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