Who pays for the sewer lateral in Yuba City, 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 Yuba City
- What it covers:
- constructing a building sewer or service lateral, or connecting to a public sewer
Yuba City Municipal Code section 6-5.301(a) provides that "No person shall construct a building sewer or service lateral or make a connection with any public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the City and paying all the fees and connection charges as required thereby". Replacing a failed lateral is constructing one, and the owner's lateral reaches the main under the street.
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
Yuba City: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on
Who is responsible for which part
Yuba City puts the whole lateral on the owner and spells out the part people assume is public. Section 6-5.206 provides that "The entire sewer service lateral from the building connection to and including the wye connection to the sewer main shall be the owner's responsibility to install, properly maintain, and repair", and that this "includes both the portion on private property and the portion located beneath the sidewalk and street or any other public right-of-way or easement areas".
- The property owner
- Everything from the building to the main, the wye included, owned as well as maintained. The same section provides that every lateral connecting a user to a City-owned main "shall be owned, maintained, and repaired by the owner of the property being served, from and including the lateral's connection point at the City sewer main to the building or other point of use on the property".
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Yuba City Municipal Code section 6-5.206, Ownership of the service lateralWhat the rules say
Most relevant if you are remodelling or adding a unit
- Who issues it:
- City of Yuba City
- What it covers:
- constructing a building sewer or service lateral, or connecting to a public sewer
Yuba City Municipal Code section 6-5.301(a) provides that "No person shall construct a building sewer or service lateral or make a connection with any public sewer without first obtaining a written permit from the City and paying all the fees and connection charges as required thereby". Replacing a failed lateral is constructing one, and the owner's lateral reaches the main under the street.
What to do: Before a repair, find out whether your lateral is shared with a neighbour; if it is, ask the Public Works Director whether separation will be required, because that changes the job from a repair to new construction. Apply for the written permit before work starts.
Yuba City Municipal Code section 6-5.301, Building sewers, service laterals, and connectionsWhy this matters
The condition most likely to surprise an owner is about shared laterals. Where neighbouring properties with different owners share one, section 6-5.301(c)(2) provides that "the property owners shall be required to separate and build separate laterals to each building or parcel upon the failure of the shared-use lateral", and "Repairs to a shared-use lateral may only be made by permission of the Public Works Director". So a failure on a shared lateral can oblige you to build a new one of your own rather than repair the old. Reusing an old building sewer for a new building needs proof it is sound - the applicant must submit "supportive documentation such as pipe TV analysis and any other tests required by the City".
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
- Yuba City (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 4 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 Yuba CityNearby cities and further reading
Look up a specific address
This page describes what applies to properties in Yuba City in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.
Search for an address