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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Lake Stevens Sewer District, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

  • Sewer lateral

    Yours all the way to the main under the road — if certain conditions are met

    Why, and what to do
your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
The thick length is yours. A dashed marker means the position depends on your property — see below.

If something’s wrong

Repairing, selling or remodelling? BelowGrid has no sewer lateral permit or inspection rule on file for Lake Stevens Sewer District; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Lake Stevens Sewer District about the sewer lateral.

Lake Stevens Sewer District: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

Inside Lake Stevens Sewer District the property owner maintains and repairs the building sewer, which the District's Code defines as running from the building drain to the public sewer main. Section 7.05.010(1)(c) provides that "The owner shall be responsible for the construction, maintenance and repair of the building sewer or side sewer in perpetuity."

The property owner
The building sewer or side sewer, which section 7.05.010(1)(c) defines as "the portion of sanitary sewer pipe, generally consisting of four-inch and/or six-inch pipe, extending from a structure's building drain to the publicly owned sanitary sewer main."

What decides which applies

The owner's part runs to the public sewer main. The same section defines a "sewer stub" as either a public sewer the District built to the property line or a tee or wye on the main, and does not say who keeps a stub built to the property line or the fitting at the main; where such a stub exists, ask the District where your part ends. If the owner does not make a needed repair after notice, the District may make it and the cost becomes a lien on the property (section 7.10.050). This answer applies where Lake Stevens Sewer District is your sewer utility; check the name on your sewer bill.

Sources

Lake Stevens Sewer District Code section 7.05.010(1)(c), Definition of terms

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No local requirement has been published here yet. This jurisdiction may well have some - ask it directly.
  • No assistance or grant programme has been reviewed for this jurisdiction yet.
  • BelowGrid holds no separate map of sewer providers here. This page gives Lake Stevens Sewer District's own answer, for the area inside the boundary BelowGrid holds for it; look up an address to see whose answer applies there.

Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction
Lake Stevens Sewer District (special district)
Sewer service
No separate map of sewer providers is held here. This page gives Lake Stevens Sewer District’s own answer, for the area inside the boundary BelowGrid holds for it. Look up an address to see whose answer applies there, or check the name on your sewer bill.

How this compares to neighbouring districts

2 of the 4 nearest districts draw the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

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

Look up a specific address

This page describes what applies to properties in Lake Stevens Sewer District in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.

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