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Sewer lateral inspection in Hesperia

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Each rule below links to the section of the Hesperia Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Hesperia's code says

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Fee or permit
  • An encroachment permit is required.
    Applies: Applies when maintenance requires digging up or replacing existing sewer facilities.
    § 14.08.030 · code text
    Where such maintenance requires excavation or replacement of existing sewer facilities, the owner shall apply for and receive an encroachment permit as per Title 12, Chapter 12.12. Section 12.12.060.
Owner's responsibility
  • Owners must maintain the lateral from their building to the sewer main connection, at their own expense.
    Applies: Applies to new commercial, industrial, multi-family and single-family properties connecting to the local sewer system.
    § 14.08.030 · code text
    The owner(s) of any new commercial, industrial, multi-family and single-family residential property connecting to the local wastewater collection system shall be required to maintain the wastewater laterals from their building or structure to the connection point of the sewer main at their own expense.
  • The district maintains the private lateral from the property line to the sewer main.
    Applies: Applies to existing properties connected before the ordinance took effect.
    § 14.08.030 · code text
    The district will retain responsibility for the maintenance of the private sewer laterals from the property line to the sewer main for existing single-family residential, commercial, industrial, and multi-family properties that were connected prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
  • Each owner must inspect, maintain, repair, and replace the private sewer lateral as needed, at their own expense.
    § 14.08.030 · code text
    Each property owner shall, at the property owner's expense, inspect, maintain in good working order, repair, and replace, as necessary, the PSL

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