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<br />. .r.._.....'......~..'~....... <br /> <br />--f--:_--~. <br /> <br />----------d---e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. .' <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />1170 <br /> <br />.1. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING SEWER CONNECTIONS TO PROPERTY LOCATED <br />WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF A CI'fY SEWER, PROHIBITING SEWER CON- <br />NECTIONS FOR SURFACE OR RAIN WATER; PROHIBITING PIT TOILETS, <br />DRY CLOSETS, OR PRIVIES, EXCEPT DRY CLOSETS DURING BUILDING <br />CONSTRUCTION, PROHIBl'fING PRIVNfE SEWER SERVICE; PROVIDING THAT <br />ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED <br />GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVIC'fION SHALL BE FINED IN <br />ANY SUM NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00), CONTAINING <br />A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH 'fHE OPEN MEETINGS <br />LAW, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />.\ <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />,'I <br /> <br />Section 1. Required sewer connections. <br /> <br />Any owner, agent or occupant of any property located within two <br /> <br />hundred (200) feet of any street or alley or of any lot or tract <br /> <br />.1, . <br /> <br />of land abutting upon any street or alley along which extends <br /> <br />any sewer or system of sewerage collection previously constructed <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />., <br />or which may be hereafter constructed by the City, who shall <br /> <br />construct, keep, maintain, use or permit to be used upon such <br /> <br />property or premises any water closet, privy, sink, drain or <br /> <br />other receptacle of sewerage not duly connected wi th such Ci ty <br /> <br /> <br />sewer or sewerage collection system so that its contents' are <br /> <br />made to empty into such sewer or system of sewerage collection, <br /> <br />shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. <br /> <br />Section 2. Prohibited sewer connections. <br /> <br />.. I. <br />It' shall be. unlawful for any person to make or have made any <br /> <br />connection with the sewer .system of the City that will permit <br /> <br /> <br />any surface or rain water from the ground or' from the roofs of <br /> <br />houses to enter the sewer, either directly ~r indirectly. <br /> <br />Section 3. pit toilets, dry closets and privies prohibited, <br />exception. <br /> <br />It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or cause to be <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />constructed any pit toilet, dry closet or privy within the City <br /> <br />limitsi provided, however, temporary arrangements may be made <br /> <br />for a dry closet during bona fide construction of a building. <br /> <br />Section 4. No person shall ever engage in the production, <br /> <br />transportation or distribution of sewer service within the City. <br /> <br />.\ <br />