GENERAL NOTES
ELEVATIONS ARE TO FEET ABOVE U.S.C. & G.S. SEA LEVEL DATUM OF 1929, USING ADJUSTMENT SHOWN.
NO REVISIONS SHALL BE MADE TO THESE PLANS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
NO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY ENGINEER WILL SURVEY OR LAY OUT ANY PORTION OF THE WORK.
GRADES TO WHICH THIS SEWER IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ARE SHOWN ON PLANS AND PROFILES. GRADE POINTS FOR TOP OF CURBS, CENTERLINE OF STREETS, OR CENTERLINE OF ALLEYS ARE SHOWN BY CIRCLES ON PROFILES. AT ALL POINTS BETWEEN DESIGNATED POINTS THE GRADE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED SO AS TO CONFORM TO A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN BETWEEN SAID DESIGNATED POINTS.
THE PRIVATE ENGINEER SHALL FURNISH THE CITY ENGINEER WITH GRADE SHEETS AND STATIONING FOR ALL HOUSE LATERALS AND "Y" OR "T" BRANCHES AND SHALL PROVIDE STAKES FOR THEM AT THEIR PROPER LOCATIONS WITH STATIONING PLAINLY MARKED. ALL HOUSE LATERALS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN A STRAIGHT ALIGNMENT AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE MAIN LINE SEWER EXCEPT AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS. HOUSE LATERALS FROM CHIMNEYS SHALL NOT HAVE AN ANGLE OF LESS THAN 45circ WITH THE MAIN LINE SEWER. ANY CHANGE IN ALIGNMENT SHALL BE REQUESTED IN WRITING BY THE PRIVATE ENGINEER.
THE PRIVATE ENGINEER SHALL FURNISH THE HOUSE LATERAL DEPTH AT THE PROPERTY LINE BELOW THE TOP OF CURB ELEVATION FOR EACH HOUSE LATERAL ON THE GRADE SHEET.
BEFORE WORK CAN BE STARTED, THE CONTRACTOR MUST OBTAIN A PERMIT TO EXCAVATE IN CITY STREETS FROM THE CITY ENGINEER, 38250 SIERRA HIGHWAY, AND PAY A FEE TO THE CITY OF PALMDALE TO COVER THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND RECORD PLANS.
APPROVAL OF THIS PLAN BY THE CITY ENGINEER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REPRESENTATION AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE LOCATION OR THE EXISTENCE OF ANY UNDERGROUND UTILITY PIPE OR STRUCTURE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS PROJECT. THIS NOTE APPLIES TO ALL PAGES.
REFER TO SECTION 7.10.4.1 OF THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION, REGARDING SAFETY ORDERS.
PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE REQUIRED SEWER CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL OBTAIN, AND FILE WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, A COPY OF A PERMIT FOR EXCAVATIONS AND TRENCHES FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, AND A CERTIFICATE OF WORKER'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE WITH THE CITY OF PALMDALE NAMED AS CERTIFICATE HOLDER, TO BE NOTIFIED 30 DAYS PRIOR TO CANCELLATION OF POLICY.
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