HomeMy WebLinkAbout3908 ORDINANCE NO. A%O
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2654, ~ ~%%%~%
Section 1 and Ordinance No. 1673.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1:
Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2654 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC SEWER REQUIRED: Any premises where
sewage originates and which is within three hundred feet (300')
of a public sewer system or any premises which is determined by
the health officer to require connection in order to protect
public health and safety shall be connected to the public sewer
system, provided that:
1. The public sewer system has the capacity
to handle additional sewage;
2. The public sewer lines are designed to
accomodate the connection of building sewers;
3. The connection is consistent with the
County and Municipal Comprehensive Sewerage Plans;
and
4. Such connection is permitted by the
Wastewater Facility.
Such connection shall be made and use of the on-site sewage
disposal system discontinued within two (2) years after public
sewer service becomes available or earlier, as directed by the
City Engineer, if repairs or replacement of the on-site sewage
system necessitating excavation or structural renovation is
required to restore its functional adequacy.
The distances set forth in this Section shall be calculated
along the shortest route in road rights-of-way and then current
easements existing at the time connection is directed, from the
existing sewer to a properly selected point of connection for the
side sewer of the premises to be served.
If the distance between a premise and an adequate public
sewer is greater than three hundred feet (300'), but the
anticipated or denominated sewage flow is greater than 1,000
gallons per day, connection shall be made thereto if the City
Engineer determines that a connection is feasible and such
connection is permitted by the Wastewater Facility.
Where connection to public sewer is required, the same shall
be made in accordance with rules, regulations and resolutions
then in effect. Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in
this Section, no person shall be required to connect to the
public sewer if the City Engineer determines that such connection
is not technically feasible.
SECTION 2:
Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1673 is hereby amended to read as
follows:
CITY MAY CONNECT AND ASSESS COST: Whenever the public
health or public safety requires that any lands, buildings or
premises be connected with the public sewer or otherwise drained
in the manner provided in Section 1, the health officer shall
serve upon the owner, agent or occupant of said premises a notice
in writing, specifying the time within which such connection must
be made, which time shall not be more than sixty (60) days from
the date of service of such notice. Likewise, in those
situations not involving the health officer, when the City
Engineer has made the determination that a connection is
required, feasible and permitted by the Wastewater Utility, he
shall serve upon the owner, agent or occupant of said premises a
notice in writing, specifying the time within which such
connection must be made, which time shall not be more than one
hundred eighty (180) days from the date of service of such notice.
If such owner, agent or occupant shall fail, neglect or refuse to
connect said lands, buildings or premises with the public sewer
within the time specified in such notice, the Superintendent of
the Wastewater Facility may make such connection and the cost of
the connection as made shall be assessed against the property so
connected and the amount thereof shall become a lien upon the
premises so connected. The City Attorney is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to collect the amount of such cost, either
by the foreclosure of said lien or by a suit against the owner or
occupant of said premises, which suit shall be maintained in the
name of the City, as Plaintiff, in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The City Treasurer is hereby authorized and
directed to begin billing and collecting for all sewer service
charges beginning sixty-one (61) days after written notice is
served by the health officer or one hundred eighty-one (181) days
when served by the City Engineer, whether or not the owner, agent
or occupant has completed connection to the public sewer.
SECTION 3:
Ordinance No. 1673 is amended to add the following section:
ABANDONMENT OF ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEM: Every cesspool,
septic tank, seepage pit or other receptacle for sewage which has
been abandoned or has been discontinued otherwise from further
use or to which no waste or soil pipe from a plumbing fixture is
connected shall have the sewage removed therefrom and be
completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other
approved material.
1. The top cover or arch over the cesspool,
septic tank, seepage pit, or other receptacle for
sewage shall be removed before filling and the
filling shall not extend above the top of the vertical
portions nor the sidewalls or above the level of any
outlet pipe until inspection has been called for.
After inspection and approval by the health officer,
the cesspool, septic tank, seepage pit or other
receptacle for sewage shall be filled to the level
of the top of the ground.
2. Where disposal facilities are abandoned
consequent to connecting any premises with the public
sewer, the permittee making the connection shall fill
all abandoned facilities as required by the health
officer within thirty (30) days from the time of
connecting to the public sewer.
APPEAL: A citizen who considers an adminisstrative decision
to be unjust has the right to appeal the decision to the City
Council within ten (10) working days of receiving written notice
of the requirement to hook up.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this ~o~
day of ~-~ , 19 84.
PASSED b e City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication
°f such passage this ~day of ~~,~.. '~~.1984'
~R~IE DAWKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk