Ordinance 1589 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • said lines , and no connection from any cesspool or privy vault shall be made with any sewer or drain-pipe of a building for the purpose of affording surface drainage for a cellar without proper provisions against the access of sewer air into the building. When connection for sewerage is made with the sewer, any vault or cesspool on the premises so connected shall be cleaned out and filled with dirt. Section 16: No person shall abolish, abandon, or neglect any privy, cesspool or vault containing any excrement, filth, or other offensive matter, or fill up any such privy, cesspool or vault upon any premises owned or occupied by such person or persons without first removing completely therefrom all filth, and then fill- ing up the same with earth. Section 17: No privy, vault, or cesspool, or other reser- voir into which sewage or refuse is drained or deposited, shall be constructed or maintained in such condition or manner as to cause, through leakage or overflow, pollution of the soil near or about any habitation, or of any spring, well , or other source of water used for drinking or culinary purposes; nor shall the overflow from any such receptacle be permitted to discharge into any street, avenue, alley or public place, or upon any private .premises , in such manner as to be dangerous to health. Whenever such privy, vault, or cesspool is so situate as to be liable to be flooded with water upon the occurance of rain storms , the health officer in his discretion may order such privy, vault, or cesspool cleaned out and filled with earth, and the privy or outhouse provided with water-tight boxes or iron pans. Section 18: No person shall construct, without a written permit from the health officer, any privy, vault or cesspool within twenty (20) feet of any house or residence, or building in which perishable food is kept or stored, nor within six feet of the boundary line of the premises on which it is built.