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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 83 X ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR INSTALLATIONS OF SEWER LINES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEWAGE SYSTEM; REQUIRING THE CON- NECTION OF WATER CLOSETS AND ANY OTHER RE- CEPTACLES USED OR TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING SEWAGE MATTER f INTO PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO THE PUBLIC SEWER; PROVID- ING A PENALTY AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. j BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD: Article I. WATER CLOSETS REQUIRED TO CONNECT 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 lateral sewer of the public sewer system is laid and maintained within one hundred and seventy-five feet (175') of the tract whereon such building is located or proposed, shall install within such building or part of building, or upon the premises where the same is situated, a water closet I r a privy and have the same connected with the public sewer system. Every such privy or closet shall be supplied with water and with a water flush tank adequlte to properly flush such privy or closet. Article II. REQUIRED CONNECTION OF ALL RECEPTACLES RECEIVING AND DISCHARGING SEWAGE MATTER. It shall be unlawful for any person, whether as owner, as agent of the owner, or as a lessee, tenant, proprietor or occupant of any building or par of building or premises coming within the provisions of the preceding Article, to construct, use or maintain, or permit to be constructed, used or maintained, upon the lot, lots, parcel of land or premises upon which 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 receptable whatever used or to be used for the purpose of receiving and discharging sewage 11 matter, waste, water or slop of any kind, unless the same shall be con- nected with the public sewer system. Article III. No permit shall be issued for the construction of any building in the City on any lot or any parcel of land where there is a main or a lateral of the public sewer adjoining such lot or parcel of land unless the plans and specifications show connections in compliance with this ordinance. Article IV. CESSPOOLS, SEPTIC TANKS, ETC. , PROHIBITED WHERE SEWER AVAILABLE; 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 building, i or of any lot, lots, parcel of land or premises coming within the provisions of Article One (1) 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, except as herein provided: (1) To uncover the public sewer for any purpose, or to make I , connection therewith, or to uncover the public connection branches thereof, unless by consent, or under the super- vision 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 Friendswood, 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 sub- stance having a tendency to obstruct the flow of sewage, in any manhole, lamphole, flush tank or sewer opening. (7) The City is hereby empowered to stop and prevent from dis- charging into the public sewer through commercial, any private drain or house connection, the discharge of any materials or substances which are liable to injure said sewers or sewage processing system or to bbstruct 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 ggeases into the sewer system which may damage lines, bacteria, 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 pr private connection to a city sewer main exceeds any one or all of the following specified effluent valves. 1. Flow rate - GPM Maximum 2. Total daily integrated flow - gallons 3. Daily average suspended solids - PPM z/o o 4. Daily average BOD - PPM Maximum +o o 5. Peak BOD - PPM Maximum moo Article VI. OBSTRUCTION OF OR DAMAGE 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 belong- ing to or connected with any system of sewerage 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 sewerage owned, used or operated in the City, which may obstruct or injure same. Article VH. Any person violating any of the provisions of any section of this I ordinance shall be deemed guilty of creating and maintaining a public nuisance and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than TEN AND N0/100 ($10. 00) DOLLARS nor more than TWO HUNDRED AND N0/100 ($2.00. 00) DOLLARS. Article VIII. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional 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 18thday of ,JUI,y , A. D. , 1966. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading the 1st day of AUGUST , A. D. , 1966. I PASSED AND APPROVED on third reading the 15th day of AUGUST A. D l 966: / 4 Ralph L' Lowe, Mayor ATTES - L7� - Artha Wright - City Secr, ry