HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 17 MIXANCS No. 17
A14 ORDINANCE AMLI,INIDING 81 '9 OF CHM"TEl"I 2,, OF THE
REVISED (N"MMITCES OF THE Cliff' OF FORT WM71i As COMPILED
BY T. J. POW4ZEIL WK. D. 'aLLIA)15,0 RELATING TO SEM�r1iai
CONNECTIONS JAUND rffl`i� YfAJJN1,'k IN WHIG H Sibe SIHALL W", MM)S;
PROHIBITING TM USE ("AF" DRY C; 13, IN ?R0,1114, 171 Iro PUBLIC
SEMS AND PROVIDING FOR WATER-MO,"! 3 IN LIFEZ Tifii,,i1,171120
AND FIXING PENALTIES FOR TIM VIOLATION OF TRIS AGT,
BE IT ORDAINEU), BY' THE BWLRD OF COMMSSIONERS OF THE CITY OF FWT UORTH:
That Section 899 of Chapter 2 of the Revismi Ordinances of the City
of Fort Wrth, as compiled by k,,An. D. Willimas arA Tbos. J. Pf,)Wello be amanied so
as to read as follows:
(a) All owners of real property—situated within the limits of the City
ty
of Fort Abrth uppon which improvaaents are situated,, whers tl,Ko outside line of
any part of said property %1m,to iaf*n an alloy or street in or t1irough which a
public sever extends or is within a distance or radius of 100 feet of a public
sewer, shall be and are hereby required to build, erect and establish a water-
closet with water service,, on said preTuises and connect same with said public
sewer, which said connection shnll be had and made at the expense of said owner.
(b) All owners of real propetty sit uated within the corporate limits
of the City of Fort Wrth having improvements thereon the outside line of shich
said real property or any, part, thereiof abuto upon an alley or street in or
through which as public sewer extends or Is vriMin a distance or radius of 100
feet of such public sewer, and who have attached to said property and used in
connection therewith what in known as as "dry"closet" as a receptacle for human
excrement or urine shall be and are hereby required to discontinue the use of
such dry-closet and instead thereof and in lieu of same build and erect a water-
closet upon said premises andconneat the same at his own expense with said
Public sewer.
A Hereafter it shall be unlawful for as" person, firm or corporation
to erect, build, maintain or use a dry-closet for hums excremtnt or urine upon
r&ny real property within the city limits of the City of Fort Worth where said
promises adjoin, are contiguous to or are wiWin the prescribeddistance of a
public: sewer as hereinbef7ore defined in Articles A and B of this section.
(d) Said water-closet sha2l be so screened, walled and enclosed as
to protect annd hide the auger or occupiinl.', of smae from public view, and to protect
the public from observation of such offensive spectacle.
Q The requiremerts of this ordinance shall and do apply to every
lot or jxrt of lot upon tdUch a dwelling-house or tmsb-kess house now exists
or upon 'which same may be hereafter erected; a separate waAer-closet., With its
proper connections, "being hertuby imade mandatory for eada dwelling or business
house, as the case may be,
(f) It is hI ereby snide the wAtrty of swAtary officers, or any one of
them, or any poliemun when directed ar required ao to do, to notify the owner
or occupant of premises situa,t,,,ed afc)restild upon which a arycloset, may stand
or exist to discontinue the use of same and erect and build in lien thereof a
water-closet with sewer and water connactians as prescribed by the terms of
this ordinance, Provided, that such notice shall not go into detail but shall
suffice if it direct the attention of the owner, agent or occupant of said
premises A such conditions anf.:l the necessity for change thereof, Said notice,
which shall be in uriting and signed by the officer serving the same, shall
be executed by serving same on the owner of said property and if he be a non-
resident of the City or Want therefrom then upon his sales or rental agent.
A notice shall also be served upon the occupant of said premises by leaving
same with some miambirar of NMI of said ,occupant or serving it directly
upon him. Fifteen days after said notice has been servvd shall be allowed said
owner Athin wiaich to ,oriA such notice and conform to the provisions of
this ordinance ard failij;°ig i,vitItirt said 1 ime to comply with smae he shall, upon
conviction, be punished in the any ai,w d manner hereinafter prescribed,
(g) From and after fifteen dayN from the tine said notice has been
delivered as taforesaid it shall be unlawnil for any owner or occupant of said
premises, or any person or pers)ns, to use or perudt to be used said dry closet
as a receptacle for human excrement, and any awner, occupant or person so doing,
or permitting same to be dane, shall be rwiishesd in ttie way and manner herein-
after set out.
(h) Said closet so required to be built and installed ani all cork
in connection, therewith, arKI all materials used., shi.,,,LL1 comply strictly 'with
the requUmmente of the ordixtances of" than City of 7oft Iorth 1,°elattrlg or
pertaining thereto,,
Q) In all cases where a closet is now or may hereafter be connected
with a public sewer the owner or occu�jm_nt controlling the same shall cause such
water-Weet or privy to be supplied with water for flushing, which shall be
delivered Nam a tsuik, 41,iich shall hold not less than four gallons of water, and
shall be so arranged and constructed as to deliver not less than faar gallons of
water at each act of flushing and to refill with water at as pressure of not
less than fifteen pounds to the square inch. The water shall be conducted frorn,
the tank to the bowl of U closet Uwcugh a circular metallic pipe not less
than one and ame-fourth inches in as and when delivered at such bowl the
water shall have an absolute presuuro of not less than three pouads to the square
inch,
(J) paticti ,,,,ind every-person is required whtai.usbig as water closet
to flush the same each tim- said water-closet is used, and failing so to flush,
same after each act of use, ha shall be subject to as fine as hereinafter set
out.
M Persons, firms ar corporaLiot,'is luwing water-closets connected
adth, Iniblic seweis in the City of Fort IOU flushed by water from private
sources, ether than by water funiished by the City, of Fort Wort , ihall. comply
with the of this ani other ordiiwinces rel4tibg to soda matters, save
tl,m,t they shall pay to the City of Fort Worth one-half of the regular schadulle
of vater rates charged far th,.4 use of city water.
(1) Any person violating this ordinance, or sAy part thereof., or
any, subdivition or article of same, sh1Q, u],,,,,)on cfxrvictlono be flned in away sum
not exceeding fifty dollars, and each day$s violation thereof shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense and be punishable as suM.,
(m) This on:,Uniirace shall take effect atri be in force from wsnd
after its passage and pul",)lIcation as required by Law.
I hereby certify tIitit Uie dbove and foregoing cram mace was
presented M unax,a.Izw,,:)usly, passed by-Ahe Board of Gommissloti,,ars of the Oity,
of Fort 4oxth, at a session held June 11th, 1907,
City Secretary