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Section 5: Every person who Shall hereinafter construct a septic tank, shall first secure from the plumbing inspector, upon the payment of the sum of 41.00, a permit to construct such septic tank in accordance with this ordinance. No person shall use any septic tank hereinafter constructed without first securing from the plumbing inspector a certificate of approval, which certificate of approval shall be issued by the plumbing inspector after notice of completion and inspection by the plumbing inspector, provided such installations comply with this ordinance. Section. 6: No new water connection shall be made or permitted by the City of Everett or by its Water Department or by any person to any house or building hereinafter constructed unless evidence of proper sewer connections to a public sanitary sewer is provided, or a certificate of approval of installation of septic tank is presented; and in event a water connection shall have been inadvertently made, the same shall be forthwith discon- nected upon order of the plumbing inspector until such requirements as above set forth have been complied with. Section 7: It shall be the duty of the City Health officer or his agents to assist the plumbing inspector in enforcing this ordinance and to report to the plumbing inspector any evidence of violation. Section 8: The existence of a privy is hereby declared to be a nuisance, dangerous, and a menace to public health, and the City of Everett shall have the power of authority to abate such nuisance in accordance with law. It shall be unlawful to have or maintain or use a privy. Section 9 All septic tanks heretofore constructed which do not meet with the requirements of this ordinance and are found by the plumbing inspector and/or his duly authorized agents, to be dangerous to the public health, shall forthwith upon notice served upon such owners or occupants in writing, be reconstructed to comply with the provisions of this ordinance within thirty days " of service of such notice. Notice required in this section shall be in substantially the following form: TO: , Owner or Occupant. • YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the plumbing inspector of Everett, a municipal corporation, does hereby find septic tank or tanks and appurtenances located on the following described property: (description) to be dangerous to the public health for the reason that such does not meet with the requirements of Ordinance No. of Everett, a municipal corporation. YOU ARE FURTHER HEREBY NOTIFIED to reconstruct said septic tank and appurtenances within thirty days from service of this notice or to disconnect said septic tank and appurtenances such that it shall no longer be used for the elimination of human excreta. Plumbing Inspector City of Everett -3-