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<br />,.....---...... <br /> <br />e, <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />tt' <br /> <br />".----..... <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.r'~._-'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.....----'----,.\ <br /> <br />ORDINANCE' NO. <br /> <br />L60 <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />"-... <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE. MAKING IT UNLA\'IFUL TO CONSTRUCT SEPTIC TANKS IN THOSE, PORTIONS <br />OF THE: CITY 'NITHIN THBEE. HUNDRED FEET OF ANY SANITARY SEWER; PRDVIDIm THAT <br />THE OUTLE.T THEREFROM SHALL NOT FJ\'lPTY INTO ANY PUBLIC STREET, DITCH, OR ALIE.Y;' <br />PROVJrIID FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF SUCH SE:Pl'IC TA:003 WHEN TH&Y BECOIVE. A <br />NUISANCE THROUGH NEGlECT; RE:QUffiING A PERMIT TO CO~TRUCT SUCH SE.PTIC TANKS; <br />PROVIDIID A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND REPEALING ALL ORDIN- <br />ANCES OR. PORTIONS OF .u.L ORDINAraB IN CONFLICT HERE:WITH. <br /> <br />BE IT O~AI]ED BY THE; CITY COi1'lMISSION OF THE. CITY OF LA PORTE;: <br />, lJf'J <br />SECTION I: It shall beAl8.Wful to construct ,sani1fary septic tanks i~ <br />those portions of the city w~thin three hundred feet of any sanitary sewer; <br />provided, that in other portions of the Ci~ sanitary septic tanks and the <br />drain field leading therefrom may be constructed in accordance with plans <br />and specifications for the same, submitted to the offioe of and approved by <br />the Director of Public Works, showing the location and size of same and the <br />...... . <br />number of persons it is designed to serve, and provided further that the out- <br />let from the drain of such septic tanks shall not empty into any public street, <br />ditch or alley. <br /> <br />Before the construction of said septic tank is begun, a permit therefore <br />shall be obtained from the office of the City Clerk. <br /> <br />Said septic' tank shall be abandoned and discontinued as soon as sanitary <br />sewer connections are available, and whenever there is a sanitary sewer within <br />three hundred feet of said septic tank, connection therewith must be made; pro- <br />vided, that should aIV septic tank become a nliisance through negligence on the <br />part of the owner or lessee, that same shall be remedied by the owner or lessee, <br />and in case of failure, by the Director of Public Works at the expense of said <br />owner or lessee, and such expense added to the water bill of such owner or <br />lessee, and the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to ins~ot said <br />septic tanks periodically and to report the condition of same to the City Health <br />Officer, and said septio tank shall be discontinued at any time if in the opin- <br />ion of the City Health Officer or of the Commission, it is advisable so to do; <br />such tanks, when constructed, must be subject to such discontinuance by the <br />Director of Public Works or by the City Commission. <br /> <br />SECTION 2: Arq person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of <br />this ordinance, U'f10n conviction of such violation, shall be deemed guilty of a <br />misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than $25.00 or more than $100.00. <br />Each day that such violation occurs, it shall be deemed a separate violation. <br /> <br />SECTION.3: All ordinanoe or parts of ordinanoes in conflict herewith are <br />hereby repealed. <br /> <br />Passed and effective this ..5:tl1- day of Februal7 , 1954. <br /> <br />mfA, ~~ ' <br />~Mayor, City of La P e, TeJGe,S <br /> <br /> <br />......-- <br /> <br />__ _..-- .-.. -- .....- . l <br />