HomeMy WebLinkAbout1941-0055 - Ordinance - 01/23/1941ORDINANCE REGULATING CONNECTIONS TO THE SEWER SYSTEM.,No. 55:.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of College 6tation,
Texas:
Section 1. Every owner of a building or part thereof occupied by
people for any purpose, any part of the day or night, situated on
any city block in the city, where a public sewer is laid and maintained
within 150 feet from the nearest lot line on which said building is
located is required to install within said building or part of building
a water closet or water closets and have them connected to the sewer.
Owners of buildings conning within the terms of this ordinance and loc-
ated on acreage tracts shall be required to install a water closet
or water closets and connect same to the sewer if the said building
at its nearest point is within 250 feet from the sewer.) Said water
closets shall, when required, discharge into a septic tank which shall
in turn discharge into the sewer.
Section 2. All workmanship and materials used in installing water
closets required under this ordinance shall comply with the require-
ments of the City Plumbing Ordinance.
Section 3. Written notice shall be given by the plumbing inspector
to property owners violating Section 1 of this ordinance, said notice
to inform the property owner the,t the water closet shall be installed
and sewer connection made not later than sixty days after date of the
notice.
Section 4, Contractors and others who employ workmen outside of
buildings shall provide wvt er closet facilities acceptable to the
plumbing inspector, within twenty-four hours of time of notice of
such requirement. Said facilities shall be maintained in sanitary
condition.
Section 5. Any person, firm, or corporation who^shall fail to comply
with, or shall vi&late any of' the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding fifty dollars ( 9$ 50.00) for each offense, and
any day that any person, firm or corporation shall maintain a condition
that is in violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed
a separate offense.
Section 6. It shell be the duty of the plumbing inspector to file
complaints in the city court against all violators of this ordinance
as the expiration of periods set forth in the notices mentioned in
Sections 3 and 4.
Passed and approved this 23rd_ day of January, 1941.
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Mayor
ORDINANCE REGULATING CONNECTIONS TO THE SEWER SYSTEM, NO. 55.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of College Station,
Texas:
Section 1. Every owner of a building or part thereof occupied by
people for any purpose, any part of the day or night, situated on
any city block in the city, where a public sewer is laid and maintained
within 150 feet from the nearest lot line on which said building is
located is required to install within said building or part of building
a water closet or water closets and have them connected to the sewer.
Owners of buildings coming within the terms of this ordinance and lo-
cated on acreage tracts shall be required to install a water closet
or water closets and connect same to the sewer if the said building
at its nearest point is within 250 feet from the sewer. Said water
closets shall, when required,Ldischarge into a septic tank which shall
in turn discharge into the sewer.
Section 2. All workmanship and materials used in installing water
closets required under this ordinance shall comply with the require-
ments of the City Plumbing Ordinance.
Section 3. Written notice shall be given by the plumbing inspector
to property owners violating Section 1 of this ordinance, said notice
to inform the property owner that the water closet shall be installed
and sewer connection made not later than sixty days after date of the
notice.
Section 4. Contractors and others who employ workmen outside of
buildings shall provide water closet facilities acceptable to the
plumbing inspector, within twenty-four hours of time of notice of
such requirement. Said facilities shall be maintained in sanitary
condition.
Section 5. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall fail to comply
with, or shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in
any sum not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense,and
any day that any person, firm or corporation shall maintain a condition
that is in violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed
a separate offense.
Section 6. It shall be the duty of the plumbing inspector to file
complaints in the city court against all violators of this ordinance
as the expiration of periods set forth in the notices mentioned in
Sections 3 and 4.
Passed and approved this 23rd. day of January, 1941.
s/ Lucy L. Sneed
Asst. City Secretary
s/ Frank G. Anderson
Mayor
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