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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-21 - Amending Section 14.24.020 of Title 14 of the NBMC, Pertaining to Water and SewersORDINANCE NO. 2005- 21 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING SECTION 14.24.020, OF TITLE 14 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, PERTAINING TO WATER AND SEWERS The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does hereby ordain that certain Newport Beach Municipal Code section is amended to read, in full, as follows: SECTION 1: Section 14.24.020 of Title 14 is amended to read as follows: 14.24.020 Dwelling Unit and Business Structure Sewer Connection Required. Every dwelling unit or business structure in the City shall be connected with the public sewer in the manner, at the place, under the supervision of and to the satisfaction of the Utilities Director, if the dwelling unit or business structure is within two hundred (200) feet of the public sewer. Each unit shall be individually connected to the City sewer system unless otherwise approved by the Utilities Director. All sewer laterals shall be inspected by the Utilities Department either at the time of demolition or before final approval of the building permit or granting of occupancy for all projects involving demolition, construction, reconstruction and /or substantial remodeling of any dwelling unit or business structure. Each sewer lateral connection shall be replaced and /or constructed in accordance with the City's standards for such construction and shall have a clean -out assembly installed at the property line whenever one (1) or more of the following apply: A. If an area greater than fifty percent (50 %) of the existing building area is added; B. If the area of structural interior remodeling exceeds fifty percent (50 %) of the existing building area; C. If any alterations to the building sewer are done; D. If additional plumbing fixtures require a change in the size of a building sewer line; E. Wherever six (6) or more fixture units (per the Uniform Plumbing Code [UPC]) are added to an existing plumbing system; or F. Whenever it is found that the building sewer was /is installed in an illegal or unsanitary manner. 1 SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 3: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30) days after its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, held on the 22nd day of November, 2005, and adopted on the 13th day of December 2005, by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Heffernan, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Webb NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS -- ATTEST: il/&r". CITY CLERK 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 2005 -21 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 13th day of December 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Webb Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 14th day of December 2005. (Seal) CIN City Clerk City of Newport Beach, California CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } as. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2005 -20 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: December 17, 2005. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed - /ypj � name thhi day of City Clerk City of Newport Beach, California