Ordinance 3735 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 22. CITY ENGINEER TO COMPEL CONNECTION AND LIEN FOR COSTS. 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 connected 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 within 300 feet of a combined or storm sewer, to cause to be connected a sufficient sewer or drain pipe from said pools, ditches, water courses or waste water pipes to said sewer. Provided, however, that it shall be unlawful for any person or persons or corporation 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 arid 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 standpipe. 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 ordinance. If any such connection herein required shall not be made within thirty (30) days after written notice from the Commissioner of Public Works or his duly authorized representative to the occupant 15.