HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 102The City of gotumbia
xe_~s ~oes ordain.
3eation i. Ce. ssp. oo!.s~. PeNait to build. -- ilo cesspool
or septic tank conszructed for the deposit of sewage shall
be constructed hereafter v;ithout the owner of the premises
first hr~ving applied for and received a perxzit therefor.
Application for such !permit shall be made th the City clerk
and shall be in such form as the council shall require from
tiP, e to time.
Section 2. Conditions and Recuirements. -- Cesspools ~:aad
septic tanks or any type of soil absorption system erected
hereunder shall be located and ' '-~'
main u~.ined in ac0ordance
with the fo!lo~¥ing rules: (a) m-,~ne tanks, cessDoo!s,~ or
overflew soil absorption pipes extending therefrom shall nos
be toc,xted within fifty fact of any ~'~e!i or spring from which
water is obtained for drinking or cu!inar} purposes. In no
case shall a cesspool, septic tank or any outlet therefrom
be so lo~ated and co~as~ructed that tl~e liquid wL!l be discharg-
ed into a limestone fromatio~ except ~-;ith the written consent
of the health officer.
(b) ',/hen sludoe accum'~uiates in the tank in suffici=nt quantity
to in~erfere with its efficient operation, it shall be removed
ander the direction of the nec!th officer and buried so as to
be inaccessible to hu~an beings or animals and so as not to
endanger any domestic or public wuter su~pty.
(a) %'hen the soil around any ces~s~}ooi ar drain tile absortion
system becomes so clogged that it will no longer ai~sorb the
liquids placed therein, additional s~l absorption facilities
shall be provided, and any abandoned eessvoots shall be con-
de~med by the health officer and filled with earth to the
level of the aurrounding ground.
(d) ivery cesspool and septic tank shall be so constructed
as to be easily .~cceasibie for ciehniu~f and inspection.
No cessvool shall be more than four feet square. Every cess-
pool and._ge~tia tank shall bare a cover w~zci~ slall be made
of solid retnfoz'ced concrete at least six inches in thickness
mnd which shall extend at least one foot over each edge of
said cessooo! or sevtic tank. The cover to any cesspool or
seotic tank may be provided with a clean out opening not to
exceed six inches in dimr~eter w, hich may be connected to the
ce~:~e~l o iron
surface of the ground with a pipe of tile, ~ ~ or ,
of not exceeding six inches inside di~te~and sh~_I! be
covered wzt~ a s~aitabte cover securell/ ra~';ened. Ail
in the cover to any ec~ssp~ool or seu~tic tank shall be ~rovided
with a collar arotu~d said opening not !ess than two ~, ~e~ in
height to encircle the con~ect._r~f ~ige to said opening.
Ventilation s..aii be provided through the main mouse drain
and stack. The main drain to t::e septic tank or cesspool
shall ce laid without a trap.
(e) It shall be t~e duty of every person constructing a sevtic
tank or cesspool to file a record of the exact location of the
of the tank and ail aspurtenances thereof 8n the office of
the city clerk. The clerk shall ~eep the record of all such
instailatio.,~s in a securely bound book.
(f) Plans for any structure hereunder shall be submittea with
th~ application for a permit. 0onstruction shall Le in accord-
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anae with the approved ~lans. :,:o portioq of the conszrua~ ~
work shall be covered with earth ~'r any other covering u.ltil
it has been ins:,ected by the city mana{.er to see ~at it is
properly constructed.
Section 4. Unused Cess~oa!s to be ~i!!ed~ -- ~my cessnooi ~
septic tank no lon6er in use and abandoned ~ecause of being
conde~ed or because or the ~remises being connected with a
se~er shall be promptly filled with earth up to t~e level
of the surrounding ground, ang such fill shall mot be ~is-
turbed for a perio~ of three ~onths thereafter. ~ny existing
vaults coming within the provisions of thSs section shall be
filte~ within ninety days a~ter the a~option of this ordinance.
Any such abandoned cesspol! or septic tank not 9roperiy filled
is hereby declared a '~ubiic nuisance and shall be preceeded
against as such.
Section 5. 7emarabiiiZy. -- Each section, Dart and pro-
vision of this ordinance is declared separae!e from every other,
section, part or vrovision; and if any section, part or
hereDf shall be held invalid it shall not affect any other
section, part or provisio:~.
Section ~. Penalty. -- Any ~erson guilty of vioiating any
provision of this ordinance shall be ~ulity of a ~£is~emeanor
and upon convicti~n thereof shall be au~lished by a fine of not
to e~ceed $~100;Q0 or by im~risonn;ent in the county jail not
to exceed ninety days, or by boti~.
~ection 7. Effect. -~- 'z'his ordinance shall take effect and
be in force 30 da~s from2and~'after~2~s ~aSsa~ and~u~lication.
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Mayor
Secretary to She aounoil
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