Ordinance 4074 - Laserfiche WebLink

safety, and welfare is not thereby endangered and suit- able and reasonable grounds are shown for such extension. The Commissioner of Public Works, the City Engineer or such other person as the Commissioner shall appoint , are hereby empowered, and it is hereby made their duty, to compel the owners or the occupant of any lot or parcel of real property, the property line of which is located within 300 feet of a public sewer, to cause to be con- nected to such public sewer a sufficient sewer or drain pipe from all buildings and structures located thereon used for human occupancy or for use for any other purpose , provided further, that said officers are hereby empowered and it is hereby made their duty, to compel the' owners or occupants of any lot or parcel of real property upon which pools , ditches, water courses or waste water pipes are located, which are used as a receptacle or for drainage purposes, the property line of which is located with 300 feet of a combined or storm sewer, to cause to be con- nected a sufficient sewer or drain pipe from said pools, ditches, water course or waste water pipes to said sewer. Provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any per- son or persons or corporations to make or attempt to make more than one (1 ) connection to one "Y" or to make more than one ( 1 ) such connection to any one standpipe and no "Y" or standpipe which already has one such connection shall be considered as an accessible point in such sewer as the term is herein used, and provided further, that no connection shall be made through the top of any stand- pipe. Any person who shall fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioner of Public Works or his duly authorized representative as provided in this Section, shall be guilty of a violation of this Chapter. If any such connection herein required shall not be made within thirty (30) days , or such extension of time as may be granted by the City Engineer, after written notice from the Commissioner of Public Works or his duly authoriz- ed representative to the occupant or owner of such build- ing, structure, lot or parcel of real property, the Commissioner of Public Works or his duly authorized repre- sentative shall cause such aonnectionto be made by a licensed contractor and file a statement of the cost there- of with the City Clerk-Comptroller and thereupon a warrant against the Sewer Fund in the amount of such coxt shall be issued by the City Treasurer under the direction of the City Commissioners , payable to the licensed contractor em- ployed to make such connection. The amount of such warrant , together with a penalty of ten per cent (10%) thereof , and together with the amount of any connection charge fixed by ordinance of the city, plus interest at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum upon the total amount of such cost , charge and penalty, shall be assessed against the property upon which the said building , structure, pools, ditches, water courses, or waste water pipes are situated, and shall - 7 -