Sewer Lateral Point-of-Sale Ordinances in Hillsborough

As part of the Town's efforts to eliminate the discharge of raw sewage into the San Francisco Bay, it is encouraging and incentivizing the voluntary repair or replacement of faulty sewer laterals by private property owners.

However, a sewer lateral inspection is still required at Point-of-Sale. For more information or to have questions answered about the requirement, contact the Public Works Department at 650-375-7444

In 2012, the City Council adopted a new private sewer lateral inspection ordinance but retained the point-of-sale sewer lateral inspection mandate. The ordinance calls for the inspection of private sewer laterals in certain situations at the Town's cost, and financial assistance for property owners who voluntarily repair defective private sewer laterals. Whenever the Town repairs a public sewer main, the connected sewer laterals would be subject to the provisions of the proposed ordinance. The Town has implemented sewer main repairs in phases, with priority given to the most critically defective areas.  Property owners who authorize private sewer lateral repairs in conjunction with work on the main sewer system, may see their costs significantly reduced.  The Town will waive permit fees and provide low-interest loans r the property owners who need assistance with the cost of repairs to their upper laterals. This program has been implemented as part of a Supplemental Environmental Program ordered by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Region 2) as part of Cease and Desist Order R2-2009-0020 which prescribes measures needed to avoid sanitary sewer overflows from the Town of Hillsborough's sewer system.