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ORDINANCE N0.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, amending Kent City Code Section
7.05.190 to require all houses, properties, and
buildings, within and without Kent. City lirr.its,
which are located within 200 feet of a City of
Kent public sewer to connect to said sewer
facility.
WHERFAS, RCW 35.67.020 authorizes cities to manage,
regulate, and control systems for sewerage, and to fix, alter,
regulate and control the rates and charges for use thereof, within
and without it's City limits; and
WHEREAS, under the police power of a municipality to
provide for a system of sewers, property owners may be compelled
to connect to such sewer systems, and;
WHEREAS, the action of the ordinance is necessary to
ensure greater protection to life and health cf these persons to
which a City of Kent sewer system has been provided, both within
and without of the City limits; NCW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLCWS:
follows:
Section 1. Kent City Code Section 7.05.190 is amended as
7.05.190. USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS REQUIRED.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
deposit, or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon
public or private property within the City of Kent, or in any area
under the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal
excrement, garbage, or other ebjecticnal waste.
P. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful
to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank,
cesspool, or other facility intender or used for the disposal of
sewage.
C. The owners of all houses, buildings or properties
used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other
purpose, situated within or without the City of Kent and abutting
on any street, alley, or easement in which there is now located or
may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer cf the City
of Kent, are hereby required at their expense to install suitable
toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly
with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provision of
this ordinance, within ninety days after date of official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within two hundred
feet of the building or buildings and specific provisions have
been made to connect such to the public sewer and that no public
health or safety hazards exist as determined by the Director.
D. In all cases where a public health or safety hazard
exists as determined by the Director and the property is available
to the public sewer the City Council shall compell the owners of
such buildings or properties to connect to the public sewer at
their expense within twenty days of such notice.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force five (5) days from and after it's passage, approval and
publication as provided by law.
Section 3. Any act consistent with the authority and
prior to the effective date of this ordinance is hereby ratified
and confirmed.
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
MARIE JENA N, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
S NDRA DRI SCCLL , CITY'ATTCRNEY
PASSED the day of — , 1988.
APPROVED the o day of��'�` , 1988.
PUBLISHED the day of /'ZeY r 1988
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor cf the City of Kent as hereo
indicated.
1 6220-230
(SEAL)
MARIE JEN :N,�CIYCL RK
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