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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2811am' 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 - 2 - 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 - 3 -