398 Sewer Line Liability
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ORDINANCE NO. 398
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 5, OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, ENTITLED HEALTH AND SANITATION, SEWER
USE, BY THE ADOPTION OF A SUB-SECTION, 7-506 A, POINT OF LIABILITY FOR MAINTEN-
ANCE, TO SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH THE POINT AT WHICH A USER BECOMES LIABLE FOR
MAINTENANCE TO THE SEWER LINES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS.
WHEREAS, the City Council and the Mayor of the City of Meridian have
concluded that it is in the best interest of said City to amend TITLE 7,
CHAPTER 5, by the adoption thereto of SUB-SECTION 7-506 A, to be entitled
POINT OF LIABILITY FOR MAINTENANCE, specifically setting forth the point
at which a user becomes liable for maintenance to the sewer lines and associated
equipment and materials.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO:
Section 1. That Title 7, Ch~pter 5, Health and Sanit~tion; Sewer Use,
be and the same hereby is amended by the adoption thereto of a new sub-section
7-506 A, to be entitled "Point of L iabil ity for Maintenance'; said sub-section
to read as follows:
7-506 A: POINT OF LIABILITY FOR MAINTENANCE: All users shall have
.' ...- the responsibility of, and be liable for, and shall pay
for, all costs and expenses of maintaining their own ,sewer lines extending from
their property until such sewer lines pass the vertical plane of the user's
property line or until they reach City sewer lines, whichever point is reached
last. This liability of the user shall include the entire sewer service conne-
ction apparatus and plumbing equipment and materials. Thus, the City's end
point of liability for maintenance shall be at such point as the City service
line connects to the user's sewer service connection, and not thereafter, with
the user having complete responsibility for the sewer service connection to the
City sewer lines.
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;-- This section shall not be construed to be in conflict with-Sect-ion-]-506,
which states that no person shall be allowed to di g into the stree_t, a ll-ey,
sidewalk or easement beneath which the lateral and trunk line sewers 'run or-
tap into any such lateral or trunk line in any manner without the-SttfJeHnten~-
dent's direction and authorization, in that such person shall stilL have te-_::
contact the Superintendent to obtain his permission to perform work withi~~6e
street, alley, sidewalk or easement for which the user is liable. -;-
Section 2. WHEREAS, there is an emergency therefor, which emer~~ncy is
declared to exist, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage, approval and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of
Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this 21st day of September, 1981.
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