All private sewer laterals must be inspected at the property owner's expense when any of the following occur:
- Upon change in ownership of the property and before escrow
- To be exempt, the owner must provide proof of one of the following:
- The sewer lateral has been installed or replaced within the last twenty years of the required inspection date
- The owner has completed an inspection within the last five years
- The sewer lateral is located within a common interest development system that is not owned or operated by the city
- When a notice of violation (NOV) has been issued due to a sewer overflow from the property's sewer lateral
- During a change from commercial to mixed use
- During a change of use from residential to nonresidential, and one or more of the following:
- The change will result in higher flow
- The structure has been unoccupied for more than three years
- Adding an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)
- Increasing the size of the property's water meter
- Adding a new water meter
- Whenever a property containing a private sewer lateral is subdivided
- Upon submitting a building permit for the addition of a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, ADU of >450 sqft, or nonresidential space
- In nonresidential structures, any additional plumbing fixtures
- Within 30 days of a City notification to inspect the property's sewer lateral
