2000F11- Revising Ch. 19 Sewer Connections
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to build or use any permanent privy
vault above or below the ground in the City on any lot parcel of land, the property
line of which, at any point extends to within a distance of five hundred (500)
(a) Atl owners or occupants of buildings or agents for such owners, situated
in any section of the City where sanitary sewer facilities now exist, or where they
may hereafter exist, and where the property line of the land on which any such
building is situated approaches or extends to within five hundred (500) feet of a
residential structure or fifteen hundred (1500) feet of a commercial business of
such sewer facility, are hereby required to construct or cause to be constructed
suitable water closets on their property, and connect the same with the City
sewer. It shall be the duty of any such property owner or occupant to keep and
maintain such water closets and connections thereof in good working condition
and free from any obstruction.
"Section 19-69, Required sewer connections and fixtures and unlawful disposal
of wastewater.
THAT, Section 19-69 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Schertz,
Texas be amended as follows:
SECTION 1
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS:
AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED BY
REVISING CHAPTER 19, WATER, WASTEWATER AND
WASTE DISPOSAL, ARTICLE It WATER SERVICE,
SECTION 19-69, REQUIRED SEWER CONNECTIONS
AND FIXTURES AND UNLAWFUL DISPOSAL OF
WASTEWATER; AND PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE.
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ORDINANCE NO.
THAT, all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 2
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to connect all wash
stands or slop stands in his house, if the same are within five hundred (500) feet
of a residential structure or fifteen hundred (1500) feet of a commercial business
of any sanitary sewer facility of the City, or to allow any slops, wash or waste
waters of any kind to flow over the pavement or into any open gutter or into the
street. "
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, or allow any person under
his control to throw, or deposit on the surface of the ground, or any lot reaching
within five hundred (500) feet of a residential structure or fifteen hundred (1500)
feet of a commercial business of any City sanitary sewer facility, except in the
proper and necessary manuring of the soil, any water which has been used for
domestic purposes, any human or animal wastes or any other liquid or solid
wastes.
(d) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building, situated
within five hundred (500) feet of a residential structure or fifteen hundred (1500)
feet of a commercial business of any sanitary sewer facility, in which food is
cooked or clothing is washed, to fail to have a suitable sink or hopper for the
reception of wastewater; provided, however, that if the water closet is of the kind
suited to such use, it may receive the wastewater, and the sink or hopper may be
dispensed with.
(c) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building situated on
a lot extending within five hundred (500) feet of a residential structure or fifteen
hundred (1500) feet of a commercial business of any sewer facility of the City,
any portion of which building is used for a residence or where persons are
required to be on the premises, for extended periods of time, during any portion
of the day, to fail to have at least one water closet suitably arranged for use as a
urinal, unless a separate urinal is provided.
feet for residential and fifteen hundred (1500) feet for commercial of a City
sanitary sewer facility.
(SEAL OF CITY)
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City Secretary, City of Schertz
ATTEST:
Mayor, City of Schertz, Texas
Approved on first reading the $!iday of April, 2000.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the //tiIJay of ..April, 2000.
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