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