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ORDINANCE No. 1623
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BRLINGAME
AMENDING SECTION 15.12.110 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE
VALIDITY OF SEWER LATERAL TESTS FROM 5 YEARS TO 10 YEARS AND
MAKE OTHER CLARIFYING CHANGES
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BU13I INGAME does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. The City has adopted a sewer test ordinance that requires that sewer laterals be
tested when property is sold or transferred in order to ensure that sewer laterals perform adequately
and infiltration from surface and ground water to the sanitary sewer system is reduced. Experience
shows that five years is too short a time for testing and creates an unnecessary expense for property
owners, and it should be extended to ten years.
Section 2. Section 15.12.110 is amended to read as follows:
15.12.110 Inspection and Correction upon Sale.
(a) Whenever any property is to be transferred to or vested in any other person or entity and
that property includes any buildings or structures constructed more than twenty-five (25) years prior
to the date of transfer or vesting, the sewer lateral(s) to that property shall be tested for infiltration
and all necessary repairs or replacements performed to prevent all infiltration. The city engineer shall
establish or approve testing procedures. All repair or replacement work shall be completed and
approved by the city prior to transfer of title.
(b) Exceptions: This section shall not apply:
(1) To condominium or cooperative apart
ment buildings or the units within those buildings,
except as a condition to conversion to a condominium or cooperative apart
ment building; or
(2) For ten (10) years after acceptance of a test pursuant to this section if part
ial or no repairs
of the lateral were required and any repairs were completed pursuant to permit and inspection by
the city; or
(3) For ten (10) years after inspection and approval by the city of completed alterations to the
lateralI
if alterations pursuant to a cit}' permit were made to the location of or connections to the
lateral following a test pursuant to this section; or
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(4) For twenty-five (25) years after acceptance of work if replacement of the complete sewer
lateral was performed; or
(5) If the city engineer determines testing is unnecessary because the piping has less than three
joints and the total length does not exceed ten (10) feet.
(c) For purposes of this ordinance, a sewer lateral shall be deemed to be the piping and sewer
appurtenances outside a structure or traveling between two or more structures and terminating at
a clean out, wye, or manhole acceptable to the city engineer. Any modification to the sewer lateral
shall be performed and inspected under the requirements of titles 15 and 18 of this code and
established city procedures.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7th day
of February , 2000, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 23`d
day of February, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, UMAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILME
MBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILME
MBERS: NONE
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