OR 49 Requires owners & occupants of bldings within 150 ft of city sanitary sewer main to connect & use sewer main ORDINANCE NO 49
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, REQUIRING
OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF BUILDINGS LOCATED WITHIN 150 FEET OF
THE CITY SANITARY SEWER MAIN TO TIE INTO AND USE S6~ SANITARY
SEWERS; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY OWNER OR OCCUPANT TO OCCUPY
AND USE A BUILDING EQUIPPED WITH A SEPTIC TANK OR PIT TOILET
AFTER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN THAT SUCH PROPERTY IS WITHIN 150
FEET OF THE CITY SANITARY SEWER MAIN; PROVIDING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS
WHERE SPECIAL PERMITS ARE OBTAINED; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
Section 1: "PURPOSE"--The purpose of this Ordinance is
to require owners and occupants of buildings located adjacent to
or within 150 feet of the City Sanitary Sewer Mains to tie onto
and use such sanitary sewers for the protection of the public
health and welfare of the inhabitants of the City.
Section 2: "MANDATORY CONNECTION"--All owners and oc-
cupants of buildings situated in any section of the City where ex-
isting sanitary sewers are within 15n feet of said building, or
where such may hereafter exist, are hereby required to construct,
or cause to be constructed suitable water closets on their property,
and to connect the same with the City Sanitary Sewer, such connection
to be made under the supervision of an inspector of the City in ac-
cordance with the re<tuirements of the building code and other o~di-
nances of the City. It shall be the duty of all such property
owners, or agents of the same, or occupants of such buildings, to
keep and maintain such water closets and connections in suitable
working condition and free from any obstruction.
Section 3: It shall be the duty of the City Secretary to
notify the owner or occupant of every building situated where such
building lies within .1~ feet of a sanitary sewer, to make a
sanitary sewer connection with the City Sanitary Sewer System, and
any such owner or occupant of any buildings so situated who shall
fail to make such connection with the City Sanitary Sewer System
after having been notified to do so by the City Secretary, s hall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be sub-
ject to the penalties provided for in this ordinance.
Section 4: It shall be unlawful and an offense for any
owner or occupant to occupy and use a building equipped with a sep-
tic tank or pit toilet, after having been directed by the City Sec-
retary to make connection with the City Sewer Jysten as provided
for in this ordinance.
Section 5: "EXCEPTIONS WHERE SPECIAL PERMIT IS OBTAINED"
Any person, who by the provisions of this ordinance would otherwise
be required to connect his building to the City Sanitary Sewer Line,
and whose building is equipped with an existing septic tank, or pit
toilet, may in lieu of making such connection apply to the City for
a special permit to continue the use of such septic tank or pit toilet.
Such permit shall be issued only after the existing septic tank or
pit toilet has been found by the City Council to be operating properly
and in compliance with the minimum standards established by the Dallas
County Health Department. Such permit may be revoked at any time by
the City Council upon their finding that such septic tank or pit
toilet has ceased to operate properly or is not in compliance with
the minimum standards established by the Dallas County Health Depart-
ment. Such determination shall be at the sole discretion of the
City Council but shall not be made until a hearing has been afforded
the owner of such permit. Notice of such hearing shall be sufficient
if such notice is sent by mail to the owner of such permit at least
seven (7) days prior to said hearing. Unless authorized by the City
Council no septic tank or lines leading to the same, operating under
such special permit, shall be repaired or altered, it being the in-
tent of this ordinance to phase out such septic tanks as soon as the
same become inoperative and to avoid perpetuating the same by material
repairs and alterations. Upon the revocation of any such special
permit, the owner of such building which was being served under the
provisions of such permit, shall have y~Fcodays in which to comply
with the provisions of this ordinance nnecting to the existing
City Sewer System.
Section 6: SEVERABILITY CLAUSE--IS any article, paragraph
sub-division, clause or phrase or provision of this ordinance shall
be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or pro-
vision thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 7: PENALTY CLAUSE--Any person violating any pro-
vision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred
($200.00) Dollars. Each day such violation shall occur shall con-
stitute a separate offense.
Section S: EMERGENCY CLAUSE--The need of the City of
Coppell, Texas, for an ordinance providing for the mandatory connec-
tions to tile City Sewer System creates an urgency and an emergency
for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, and re-
quires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and
after its passage as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell,
Texa~, on the ~_ day of ~ay , 1969.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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