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