HomeMy WebLinkAbout338 Christina Way_NOVCity of San Luis Obispo, Public Utilities, 879 Morro Street, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93401-2710, 805.781.7215, slocity.org
NOTICE OF VIOLATION
(Courtesy Warning Prior to Issuance of Administrative Citation)
Date: October 13, 2022
Case No. 10102022-17O
Property: 338 Christina Way
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
To:
Dear Property Owner,
On October 10, 2022, City of San Luis Obispo staff noted the following violation(s) of the
San Luis Obispo Municipal Code (“SLOMC”) or other relevant codes at the property address
listed above:
1. Failure to maintain private sewer lateral
SLOMC §13.08.395(B): Ownership, Maintenance, and Repair of Private Sewer
Laterals
1. The entire lateral, from the building connection up to and including the “wye”
connection or other tie-in to the city-owned sewer main, shall fall within the owner’s
responsibility for installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement.
2. Each property owner shall be responsible for maintenance and repair of their private
sewer lateral in compliance with this section in a safe and sanitary condition,
including:
a. Private sewer laterals shall be free of displaced joints, breaks, offsets, structural
defects, damage, open joints, missing portions of pipe, root intrusion, cracks, leaks,
sediment deposits or any other similar conditions, defects or obstructions likely to
cause or contribute to blockage of the private sewer lateral or the public sewer
Corrective Action: Inspection of existing private sewer lateral
Whenever the City has issued a Notice of Violation following a sanitary sewer overflow event
from a property’s private lateral, the property owner must inspect and correct plumbing or
drainage system deficiencies (SLOMC 13.08.395(C)). The City requires that the property
owner also submit a Private Sewer Lateral Inspection Report to the City within thirty (30)
days of the date of this Notice of Violation. The Private Sewer Lateral Inspection Report
must include the criteria listed in the City’s Municipal Code §13.08.395(F). The completed
report can be mailed to the following address:
City of San Luis Obispo
Attn: Environmental Programs
879 Morro Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
You must voluntarily correct the above noted Municipal code violation(s) no later than
November 14, 2022
Failure to correct the violation(s) by the specified date will result in the issuance of an
Administrative Citation requiring payment of administrative fines in accordance with SLOMC
Chapter 1.24. For Municipal Code violations that remain uncorrected after issuance of an
Administrative Citation, the City may seek enforcement by other civil or criminal remedies.
We look forward to working with you to resolve these violations and would like to thank you
for your anticipated efforts to maintain your private sewer lateral and to help preserve the
health and safety of our community. If you have questions, please contact the undersigned
inspector.
Sincerely,
Keith Schwanemann
Environmental Compliance Inspector
E kschwane@slocity.org
T (805) 781-7426
Attachments: Private Sewer Lateral Inspection Report
Photos
Figure 1 - Photo taken on 10/10/2022 at 1:21pm
Figure 2 - Photo taken on 10/10/2022 at 1:21pm