2017-0155
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances for St. Charles Parish, Appendix C. - St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, IV. Design standards., to revise Section B. Sewage Systems., 1. Design Criteria., e., f., and h., and Section E. Miscellaneous., to remove 4. Construction Inspection.
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THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Appendix C. - St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, IV. Design standards., is hereby amended by revising Section B. Sewage Systems., 1. Design Criteria., e., f., and h., and Section E. Miscellaneous to remove 4. Construction Inspection as follows:
AS WRITTEN:
IV. Design standards.
Section B. Sewage Systems.
1. Design Criteria.
e. House connections shall be a minimum of six (6) inches in diameter and shall be installed by the developer from the collection line to the property line of each lot. Individual service lines shall be provided for each lot.
f. Subdivider shall provide sewer service connections with magnetic identification disks which can be located with Parish-owned equipment.
h. As-built drawings on film/mylar shall be presented upon completion of appropriate testing (as per subsection II.E.3.e.).
Section E. Miscellaneous.
4. Construction Inspection. The Planning Department shall arrange for the inspection of construction improvements. The inspection shall be conducted by a licensed professional engineer registered with the State of Louisiana, either employed by the Parish or contracted through the Parish procurement process. The Planning Department shall be notified of subdivision construction activities a minimum of five (5) calendar days prior to the onset of any such construction.
The fee for construction inspection shall be the actual billed cost for any contracted inspection of a subdivision, or the fee shall be two and one-half (2½) times the direct salary cost of a Parish-employed engineer. The cost shall be borne by the subdivider and paid to the Parish prior to Council approval of the final plat.
AS REVISED:
IV. Design standards.
Section B. Sewage Systems.
1. Design Criteria.
e. House connections shall be a minimum of six (6) inches in diameter and shall be installed by the developer from the collection line to the property line of each lot. Individual service lines sealed with a plug shall be provided for each lot located on the side of the street upon which the sewer main is located and a single line crossing the street with the use of a wye is permitted to service two lots. The minimum cover at the end of each sewer service line shall be thirty (30) inches with a maximum of forty-eight (48) inches above the edge of the roadway or top of curb where curbs are proposed (unless approved otherwise in writing on a case by case basis by the Director of Public Works/Wastewater to address special situations). “H/C” shall be stamped in curbs and sewer markers (which shall be submitted to the Parish for review and approval) shall be placed 12 inches off the edge of roadways without curbs, and shall be located perpendicular to the lots sewer house connection in straight roadways and radial to the lots sewer house connection in curved roadways.
f. Subdivider shall provide a magnetic identification disk placed directly above each house connection which can be located with Parish-owned equipment. A 4” minimum diameter schedule 40 white PVC pipe shall be installed immediately in front of the house connection plug and shall extend no less than twenty-four (24) inches and no more than forty-eight (48) inches above the nearest edge of the roadway when curbs are not to be utilized or the nearest top of curb when curbs are to be constructed.
h. As-built drawings shall be presented upon completion of appropriate testing (as per subsection IV.B.3.a). The sewer as-built drawings shall include measurements from each side lot line and from the edge of the paved roadway to the end of the house connection at the property line. The location of all house connections shall also be noted on the as-built drawings using stationing measured from the center of sewer manhole covers.
Section E. Miscellaneous.
4. Construction Inspection. The Planning Department shall arrange for the inspection of construction improvements. The inspection shall be conducted by a licensed professional engineer registered with the State of Louisiana, either employed by the Parish or contracted through the Parish procurement process. The Planning Department shall be notified of subdivision construction activities a minimum of five (5) calendar days prior to the onset of any such construction.
The fee for construction inspection shall be the actual billed cost for any contracted inspection of a subdivision, or the fee shall be two and one-half (2½) times the direct salary cost of a Parish-employed engineer. The cost shall be borne by the subdivider and paid to the Parish prior to Council approval of the final plat.
SECTION II. That the foregoing provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of St. Charles as an addition or amendment thereto, and the provisions shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
And the ordinance was declared adopted this _____ day of ___________, 2017, to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.
2017-0155 Amend Code Appendix C-Subdivision Regs-IV. Design Standards B. E. (06-19-17) (I_7-10-17)
CHAIRMAN:_________________________________________
SECRETARY:________________________________________
DLVD/PARISH PRESIDENT:____________________________
APPROVED:______________ DISAPPROVED:_____________
PARISH PRESIDENT:_________________________________
RETD/SECRETARY:__________________________________
AT:_______________ RECD BY: ________________________