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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 83-A ORDINANCE NO. 83-A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, GAL- VESTON COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR INSTALLA- TIONS OF SEWER LINES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; REQUIRING THE CONNECTION OF WATER CLOSETS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES USED OR TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING SEWAGE MATTER INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; MAKING UNLAWFUL THE USE OF CESS- POOLS, SEPTIC TANKS, SEPTIC TOILETS OR PIT TOILETS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; PROVIDING OTHER UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO USE OF THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; MAKING UNLAWFUL OBSTRUC- TION OF OR DAMAGE TO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR COMPLAINTS AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, DULY ASSEMBLED: Article I. Water Closets, etc. required; standards for connection with public sewer system. Every owner of a building or part thereof, located within the boundaries of the City of Friendswood and used for human occupancy, any part of the day or night, where a main or lat- eral sewer of the public sewer system of the City of Friends- wood is laid and maintained by the City within One Hundred Seventy Five (175 ' ) feet of the tract whereon such building is located or proposed, shall install within such building or part of such building, or upon the premises where the same is situated, a water closet or a privy and shall have the same connected with the City' s public sewer system. Every such privy or closet shall be supplied with water and with a water flush tank adequate to properly flush such privy or toilet or closet. Article II. Required connection of all rece tacles and discharging sewa e matter. It shall be unlawful for any person, whether as owner, as agent of the owner, or as a lessee, tenant, proprietor or occu- pant of any building or part of building or premises which shall be or is located on a tract of land where a main or Lateral sewer of the public sewer system of the City of Friendswood exists or is laid and maintained by the City within One Hun- dred Seventy-five (175 ' ) feet of such tract; or which build- ing or tract shall otherwise come within the provisions of the preceding Article I, to construct, use or maintain, or permit to be constructed, used or maintained, upon the lot, lots, parcel of land or premises upon wh ich such building or part of building is located, any privy, water closet, urinal, slop drain, bath tub drain, shower bath drain, waste water drain or any other receptacle whatever used or to be used for the purpose of receiving and discharging sewage matter, waste, water or slop of any kind, unless the same shall be connected with the public sewer system of the City of Friendswood. Article III. Permi�s prohibited in violation of Ordinance. No permit shall be issued for the construction of any build- ing in the City of Friendswood on any lot or any parcel of land where there is a main o� la�eral of the public sewer system of the City adjoining such lot or parcel of land or where such lot or parcel of land shall came within One Hundred Seventy-five (175 ' ) feet of such main or lateral sewer of the City unless the plans and specifications show compliance with this Ordinance and other Ordinances of the City of Friendswood. Article IV. Cesspools, septic tanks, etc. , prohibited where sewer avilable; not to be connected with sewer system. It shall be unlawful for any person, as owner, agent of the owner, lessee, tenant, proprietor or occupant of any building, or part of any building, or of any lot, lots, parcel of land or premises coming within the provisions of Article I and II of this Ordinance to construct, use or maintain or permit to be constructed, used or maintained, on such lot, lots, parcel of land, or premises any cesspool, septic toilet, septic tank or pit toilet. No cesspool, septic toilet, septic tank or privy vault shall be connected with the public sewer system. Article V. Other unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful to do any of the following acts, ex- cept as herein provided: (1) To uncover the public sewer for any purpose, or to make connection therewith, or to uncover the public connection branches thereof, unless by consent, or under the supervision of the City, or its duly authorized agents. (2) For the owner or occupant of any building in the City of Friendswood, any portion of which is used for any portion of the day, to fail to have at least one water closet in said building connected with the public sewer, except in case where two or more such buildings are used by one firm, or corporation, which shall require but one connection. (3) For the owner or occupant of any building in the City of Friendswood, in which food is cooked or clothing is washed for the public, to fail to have a suitable sink, slop stone, drain or hopper for the reception of water. (4) To throw or allow to be thrown or deposited on the surface of the ground, or in any hold or vault, in or under the surface of the ground, in the City of Friends- wood, except in the proper and necessary manuring of the soil, any liquid or solid filth, feces or urine. (5) To allow any slops, drainings, wash or waste water of any kind to flow over the pavement or into the street or into open ditches. (6) To deposit any garbage, offal, dead animals, filth or any substance having a tendency to obstruct the flow of sewage, in any manhole, lamphole, flush tank or sewer opening. �7�,,, (7) The City is hereby empowered to stop and prevent fro��1"�� / --7 discharging into the public sewer through commercial, any private drain or house connection, the discharge of any materials or substances which are liable to in- jure said sewers or sewage processing system or to obstruct the flow of sewage, or on which the sewer charges, according to the schedule, have not been paid. It will also be unlawful to discharge acids, caustics, chemicals, fuels or waste oil and greases into the sewer system which may damage lines, bac- teria, or plants. (8) Unless a separate sewage treatment contract has been negotiated with the City, no commercial or business establishments shall discharge sewage effluent into the City sewage system which may tend to create an overload. An overload is defined as that condition where the effluent from any single commercial or pri- vate connection to a city sewer main exceeds any one or all of the following specified effluent values. 1. Flow rate - 50 GPM Maximum 2 . Total daily integrated flow - 10, 000 gallons 3. Daily average suspended solids - 400 PPM 4. Daily average BOD - 400 PPM Maximum 5. Peak BOD - 500 PPM Maximum Article VI. Obstruction of or dama e to Sewer System It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to obstruct, puncture, cut or in any way injure any of the pipes, works or drains or machinery belonging to or connected with any system of sewage owned, used or operated in the City, or to place or drop or throw any substance whatever into the sink, water closet, bathtub, vessel drains, or other receptacles belonging to or connected with any system of sanitary sewage owned, used or operated in the City, which may obstruct or injure same. Article VII. Penalty Provision. Any person, either by himself or agent, and any firm, cor- poration or other entity who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction of any such violation, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed One Hundred ($100. 00) Dollars; and each day during which such violation continues shall constitute a sep- arate and distinct offense. In any case of a violation of any of the terms or provisions of this Ordinance by any cor- poration, the officers and agents actively in charge of the business of such corporation shall be subject to penalty herein provided. Any offense defined herein which has been defined by laws of the State of Texas as an offense and for which penalty has been prescribed shall be punished as pro- vided in said State Law, and nothing herein shall be held as fixing any penalty contrary to a penalty provided by the laws of the State of Texas. Article VIII. Form of Complaints. In any prosecution hereinunder, it shall not be necessary for the complaint to negative any exceptions contained in this Ordinance concerning any prohibited act but any such exception may be urged as a defense by any person charged by such complaint. Article IX. Severability Clause. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or un- constitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion shall be deemed separate, distinct and an independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading the 5th day of November , A.D. , 1970. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading the 15th day of No�ember � A.D. , 1970. PASSED, APPROVED AND FINALLY ADOPTED on third reading this 17th day of December , A.D. , 1970. � �LL�"2--,--�. �2-'--�'�-� �;�,'+��„„�,,,,,��,�;;�.,, Edward Stuart, Mayor - 'l . �. �f �_.� , ., ATT �''�.��4 �..•••.. ;��,. . • v�• � 's t , . ' _�' 1 Cit 's,S�,e�re r v t '� �f• ... • •��•• ,�j� ( t1 � ° ,,_ .�•"• '�'.,r,'''!►'��...y�''r�