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ORDINANCE NID. 374
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THE STATE OF TEAAS I
COUi~TY OF HARRIS I
CITY OF LA PORTE ~
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AN ORDINAlJCE RE<;;.ULUNG '.m:!!: OUJEftS OF CITY PROPilltTY TO KEEP CLOSED ALL GREASE
TRAPS, SEPTIC TANKG AND OTHER APERTURES THAT ARE CO~1\l!CTED ~.ITH OR IN lJ1TY
iifu~NER OPEN II~TO ~'IIE SETJ'AGE LIKES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; AUT-.:ORIZING
THE R.E;;..W AL OF ALL GRE~Sl!; TRAPS, SEPTIC TANKS lliJ:> OTHER APERTURES BY THE CITY
OF LA PORT~ UPOl~ '.eH:;!; F~ULU.RE OF Al\ry PROPERTY O'.JNlR TO COioiPLy,nTH THE PROVI-
SIOl~S OF THIS ORDIl'!JI.NCi!: AND FURTH.t:Ji PR:ti:SCRIBING A };t'INE NOT TO &Cl!:i:D TliEl,TTY-
.I."IVE lJOLLARS U;25.oo) FOR THE FAILURE OR REli'USAL TO COMPLY VjJTH THIS a.'mn!Ai'~CE
AFTER NOTIC:!!:.
BE IT ORDAI!~ED BY 'lH:t5 CITY COill.i:Iti3ION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
SBCTIQ:r.! 1: TiLl\.T, the mmers of all lots, parts of lots, blocks or other parcels
'or tracts of land in this city are hereby required to keep closed all grease
4' traps, septic tanks and other apertures that are connected with or in any manner
open into the sewage lines of the City of La Porte, Texas.
SECTION 2: l'Hil.T, TJhenever any such grease trap, septic tank or other aperture
shall be left open, 'c'he City Engineer shall notify the person owning or con-
trolling the propert.y upon which such grease trap, septic tank or other aper-
ture is found, to il,mnediately close the same or to re.'11ove it from the property.
It shall be the dut:r of such person to immediately comply with said notification,
and upon his failure or refusal to so comply therewith, the liayor or the City
::Iealth Officer appointed by him, shall have the authority, and is hereby au-
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thorized, to order i,he removal of such grease trap, septic tank or other aper-
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'~ure.
SECTIOR 3: THAT, ~henever any person or persons described under Section 2 hereof
flhall fail to keep closed such grease trap, septic tank or other aperture, or
shall fail to comply with the order of the liayor, or the Health Officer appointed
'by him, he shall be charged with the conunission of a misdemeanor and upon being
found guilt:r as charged, shall be fined not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars (t~2i).OO);
and, each day the said grease trap, septic tank, or other aperture shall remain
open or each day such person or persons shall fail or refuse to comply r.ith such
order, shall cor.stitute a distinct ar.a separate offense;
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S:I!:C~IOl~ 4: TH.4.T man~'r grease traps, septic tanks, and othEr apertures vii. thin
the city are now conducting the flow of surface and sub-surface water into the
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sewage lines. of the city to such an extent that such lines are or). many occasions
being flooded; that such condition has caused much sewage to back-up in the lines
and overflow into the open; that the aforesaid conditions have created a great
danger to the health of the citizens of the Ci t:,/ of La Porte and other persons in
this vicinity] and, thet, an emereency is declared to exist and it is further
declared imperative because of public necessity that this Ordinance become
effective llru~ediately upon the passage thereof, except as to the provisions
hereof which impose a forfeiture of property or a fine for the violation of any
provisions of this Ordinance;
SECTlm~ 5: THAT, the City Clerk of the City of La Porte, in accordance with the
provisions contained in Section 25 of the Charter of said city shall give notice
of the passage of t!1is Ordinance by causing the title of such Ordinance to be
pubLished in the official ne'~paper in the City of La Porte at least tuice rdthin
ten (10) days after the passage hereof and shall note on this Ordinance and the
record thereof, the ract that same has been published as required by said Charter;
and the date or such publication and promulgation of this Ordinance.
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PASSED, this the 11th day or May, A. D., 1949, on first e.nd final
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reading, by a vote of thee (3') AYES and no (0) NOES. APPROVED by the Gayor
and attested by the City Clerk on said date.
ATTl!:ST :
J. E. Uuldoon, ~lerk,
City of La Porte.
H. J. Pfeiffer, ]layor,
City of La Porte.
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