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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 176Old.AgE NO. ~L76 AN ORD/~h%NCE TO P~OTECT AND PRESERVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH BY REGULATING THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM~ FOR THE DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. ~Se=~i. on .1.. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or ~or~ora~ion to construct, operate or maintain any soil absorption system for the disposal,of human excreta or to cause or permit the same to be ~one on any premises owned, occupied or controlled by h~m, wi~/tin the City of Columbia Heights, except in conformity with ~he provisions of ~his ordinance. Section 2. The ~erm "soil absorption system" shall be construed to include a~i-methods of disposing of human excreta except through a general sewer system, flushed by water and installed under the supervision and direc~ion of the City of co~lumbia Heights. .Section 3; No privies shall hereafter be constructed on any premises in the City of Columbia Heights which is adjacent or abuts on any street or alley wherein sewer or water mains have been installed. SectiOn 4. From and after 12 months after this ordinance shall have ~en effe~c all privies heretofore constructed and now maintained on any premises in the City of Columbia Heights which is adjacent Or abuts on any s~reet or alley wherein sewers have been installed shall be removed and their use discontinued; and no building located thereon shall thereafter be occupied either as a dwelling or for business purposes, un~il a wa~er closet has been installed therein and prop- erly connected with said sewer. And provided further in any c~se where sewer lines are ex~ended ~he use of all privies maintained on premises adjacent to or abuting on any street or alley wherein such new sewer lines are installed, shall be discon~nued from and after six months after the completing of such sewer lines, and the serving of written notice on the occupant of such premises by the City Manager, that such sewer line has been completed. Thereafter no building on any such premises shall be occupied for such dwelling or business purpose until a water closet has been installed therein properly connected with said sewer. secti~n~ _5~ All buil~ings hereafter constructed in the City of Columbia Heights, to be used for dwelling or business purposes, on any premises adjacent to or abutting on any street or alley ~erein water mains have been installed, but wherein sewers have not been installed, shall be equipped wi~h a water closet properly connected to a septic ~ o~f cesspool installed on said premises in accordance with Ordinance No. 10 2. ~. From and after ~/~e passage of this ordinance no human eu~reta shall be disposed of within the City of Columbia Heights except in water closets properly connected with a sewer, septic tank or uesspool, or in privies where not prohibited by this ordinance. Section... 7. All privies heretofore or hereafter constructed and maintained as authorize~ by the provisions of this ordinance shall be constructed and also maintained in accordance with the following regula~ons ~ (a) They shall not, where feasible, be located closer than twen~j (20) £ee2 to any place of human hab~tation, nor closer than fifty (50) feet to any well or spring from whi~/~ water is obtained for drinking or ~ulinary purposes, and so that seepage from the privy vault will not drain into any such well or s~ring. ~b) Ail privy vaults must be dug to a depth of at least five (5) feet. (c) They shall be located and constructed so that no surface water will drain into the privy vault. (d) The roof shall be tight. ~%e door shall be tight and self-closing. The privy and privy vault shall be fly-tight. Adequate ventilations shall be provided. (e) The privy seat shall be kept clean. Thee building shall be kept painted on the outside and in good repair. (f) When the vault has become filled with excreta within One (1) foot of the surface of the ground, the privy shal be moved if possible, over a new vault. ~ne Excreta in the old vault shall be covered with earth to the level of the surrounding ground and the fill shall be pro- tected from disturbance for a period of three' months. If it is not practical to move the privy, when the vault if filled within one (1) foot of the surface of the ground, and e~creta shall be treated with a s~rong disinfectant and may be removed only by the permission and under the direction of tl%e health department of the City of Columbia Heights. Section 8. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,. and upon conviction ~-hereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred and No/!00 (8100.00) Dollar~, or imprisonment not ex- ceeding ninety (90) days. Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect a~d be in force from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First reading: August 26, 1941 Second reading: September 17, 1941 Date Passed: . September 17, 1941 Offered by: Jackson Seconded by: Spekulant Roi1 Call - Bentzen, Spekulant, Jackson, Bassett - Ayes Nygaard - Nay. Mary Edwards, Secretarym~o the Council LOUIS W. BASSET,Mayor