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1! • ORDINANCE NO. 3192 . AN ORDINANCE providing for the sanitary disposal of human excreta; requiring public sewer connections or septic tanks ; prohibiting use of privy; regulating the installation and maintenance of septic tanks; providing for permit for installation; providing for certificate of approval; providing for inspection; prohibiting water connections unless certificate of approval or evidence of proper sewer connection is presented to Water Department; providing for penalties for violation thereof, and repealing Ordinance No. 2848; and declaring an emergency. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: That from and after the effective date of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful to maintain or use any residence, place of business, or other business or place where persons reside, congregate or are employed, which is not provided with means for disposal of human excreta, either by a flush toilet connected with a public sanitary sewer system, or with a septic tank if permitted, meeting the requirements of construction and maintenance hereinafter described. The use of a privy is hereby prohibited. Section 2: It shall be unlawful to use or maintain a privy or any other means of disposal of human excreta except as above provided in Section 1. Section 3: Every building where persons reside, congregate or are employed, which abuts a street or alley in which there is a public sanitary sewer, or which is within 150 feet of a public sanitary sewer, shell be connected to such sewer ; each connection and each fixture emptying through the connection shall be installed in the manner described by the plumbing ordinance of the City of Everett, Washington, and shall be maintained at all times in a sanitary condition. Section 4: Every residence, place of business or other building or place where persons congregate, reside or are employed, which does not abut upon treet or alley in which there is a public sanitary sewer or i7located within 150 feet of a public sanitary sewer, shall be provided with a private flush toilet or toilets connected to a septic tank and appurtenances as hereinafter described and as hereinafter required to be constructed and maintained until such time as a public sanitary sewer shall be constructed at which time such connection shall be made to such public sanitary sewer. (a) SEPTIC TANK - The size of septic tanks shall be as follows: Minimum size - 65 cu. ft. - 500 gallons Serving 10 to 15 persons - 80 cu. ft. - 600 gallons Serving 15 or more persons - 90 cu. ft. -1000 gallons (b) Septic tanks shall be of concrete, metal or other impervious material and shall have a covered manhole of sufficient size to allow the cleaning of the tank. -1-