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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Toppenish, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

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 Toppenish - public works director
    What it covers:
    constructing, extending, relaying, repairing or connecting a public or side sewer

    Toppenish Municipal Code section 13.34.010(A) provides that "It is unlawful to construct, extend, relay, repair, or to make connection to any public or side sewer without obtaining a permit from the public works director".

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 Toppenish about the sewer lateral.

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

Who is responsible for which part

In Toppenish the property owner maintains and repairs the sewer service line from its connection to the City's sewer main. Section 13.16.130(B) of the Toppenish Municipal Code provides that "The maintenance and repair of the sanitary sewer service line from the connection to the city's sewer main to the premises is the responsibility of the property owner of the premises being served."

The property owner
The sanitary sewer service line from the connection to the City's sewer main to the premises. Section 13.16.130(B) adds that "The owner shall keep both water and sewer service lines in good working order."

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the connection to the City's sewer main. A permit from the public works director is required before repairing a side sewer (section 13.34.010). These sections govern property on the City's sewer; check the name on your sewer bill if you are not sure the City serves you.

Sources

Toppenish Municipal Code section 13.16.130

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What the rules say

Most relevant if you are remodelling or adding a unit

  • Before work on the pipePermit
    Who issues it:
    City of Toppenish - public works director
    What it covers:
    constructing, extending, relaying, repairing or connecting a public or side sewer

    Toppenish Municipal Code section 13.34.010(A) provides that "It is unlawful to construct, extend, relay, repair, or to make connection to any public or side sewer without obtaining a permit from the public works director".

    What to do: Before repairing, relaying, extending or connecting a side sewer, get a permit from the City of Toppenish's public works director.

    Why this matters

    The owner maintains and repairs the sewer service line to the City's main, so a repair is the owner's work, and it needs the public works director's permit first.

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    Toppenish Municipal Code section 13.34.010

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
Toppenish (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 in the same place. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

  • Toppenish(this page)
    the main
  • Sunnysideabout 15 mi
    the main

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

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; your water line stops being yours at the meter.

Who owns the water service line in Toppenish

Nearby cities and further reading

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