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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1979-1170 . . 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. . e Ordinance No. 1170 , Page 2. . . Section 5. This Ordinance shall be effective on November 1, 1979, which is more than fourteen (14) days after its passage and approval. The City Clerk shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing the caption hereof to be published in the official news~aper in the City of La Porte at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance. Section 6. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ord inance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Commission to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sen- tence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid. Section 7. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of this ordi- nance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Each day any violation of this ordinance shall con- tinue shall constitute a separate violation. Section 8. The City Commission officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Commission was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Commission further e . . . Ordinance No. 1170 , Page 3. . ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3rd day of October 1979. CITY OF LA PORTE B- ~~ Y J. J. Meza, M'ayoi . ATTEST: ~~~ lty Cler . APPROVED: ~1JL Clty Attorney .