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O 089 2 3 4 5 6. 7 8 J-~ ~.§ ~.? ~8 $! AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE REGULATING THE NAKING OF CONNECTIONS WITH PUBL~ SEWERS, PROVID- ING TEE METHOD OF DETERMINgNG FEES TO PAID THEREFOR, PROHIBITING THE USE OF SEPTIC TANKS OR CESSPOOLS IN AREAS SERVICED BY SE~R FACILITIES, PROVIDING FOR A FEE TO BE CHARGED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WATER-~TERS, PROVIDING FOR THE ~HOD OF DETERMINING THE FEES TO BE PAID THEREFOR, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID. ORDINANCE. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Arroyo follows, to-wit: SECTION 1. a) No person, firm or corporation shall connect ?operty with a public sewer?in the City of Arroyo Brande without first obtaining a permit so to do from.~the City Building Inspector and paying the charge therefor as may be provided by law ~ b) The City Cpuncil of the City of arroyo Grande m from time to time, by resolution prescribe and fix the charges to b made for the granting of ~ permit to connect property with a public sewer. Such charges may be based upon any and all factors which.in the opi~i6n of s&id City Council are in the public interest, tng the securing of additional revenue to said City. SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation who connects or cau to be connected any property directly or indirectly to any public sewer, whether the same be'presently existing or hereafter construc ed without first paying the'charge required for the issuance of the permit required in such cases or without first securing the permit required in such cases shAll',be )unished in accordance with the )rdinance. guilty of a misdemeanor and provisions of section 9 of this SECTION 3. Whenever any area in the City of Arroyo Grande is )eovided with a sewerage system, the City Council may, by resolutio~ declare the further maintainance or use of cesspools, septic tanks )rlvies, vaults or other local means of sewer disposal to be a~publ ~isance, and may require ~all places inhabited or used by human beings to be connected with the public sewerage system. SECTION 4. Anything done~ maintained, or suffered in violation S 4 6 7 8 lO l? ~J.8 ~.0 ~.? ~8 30 RICHARD F'o HARRIJ of' any provision of this ordinance is hereby declared to be a publ nuisance, dangerous to health, and may be summarily abated as such. SECTION 5. The continued existence of any violation of this ordinance or of any order of the City of Arroyo Grande issued here- of ' under or/any dut~ authorized agent of said City, for each and eve~ day beyond the time stipulated, for compliance with any of the pro- visions thereof, constttute~ a separate and distinct offense. SECTION 6. There shall be a charge made for t he installation of each and every water meter installed by the City of Arroyo SECTION 7. No person, firm or corporation shall install or ~ause to be installed any water meter for use in connection with the municipal water system of the City of Arroyo Grande without charge set by law for the installation of such first paying the water meter. SECTION 8. The City Council may, from time to time, by reso- lution determine the fee.to be charged for t he installation of all water meters used in connection with the municipal water system. SECTION 9. Violation of any of the provisions of this ordinanc is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for.a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION~9. If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause,phras or word of this ordinance be.for any reason by any Court of com- petent Jurisdiq$ion declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid the City CS~c:~i[o~ the City of Arroyo Grande hereby declares its intent and purpose to enact this ordinance excluding therefrom any such unconStitUtional or otherwise invalid provision or provisions and that all provisions hereof not unconstitutional or otherwise invalid shall be enacted as law notwithstanding any such partial unconstitutionality or inval, idlty. SECTION l~. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency ordinance for the i~ediate preservation of the public peace, heal1 and safety for the following reasons: There are presently no 4 § 6 7 8 lO l! l§ 20 2i, 22 25:~' 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S1 32 regulationa concerning the making of connections with public sewers nor are there any regulations concerning the fees to be charged therefor, nor are there any satisfactory regulations prohibiting the use and malntalnance of septic tanks, privies, vaults or other local means of sewerage disposal in those areas being serviced or ~o be hereafter serviced by sewerage systems provided by the City of Arroyo Grande,i~nor are there any regulations permitting the 0ity Council~et charEes to be made for the installation of water meters by the Ci.ty, that the cost of making sewer connections has become so great as to make it necessary that those seeking such connections pay the expense ~he~'efo~,that it is necessary and de- sirable that the system of sewerage disposal in the City of Arroyo Grande be made uniform as quickly as is possible, that it is nec- ~essary to prohibit the maintainance of other types of sewerage ~disposal systems throughout those areas to be serviced by such a ~uniform sewerage system as may be provided by said City, and · the' City Council be able to regulate the charges to be made ~for installation of all water meters in said ,City so as to make possib~ ~the maximum financial return from the operation of its water systen ~o the City. SECTION l~. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its final pasaage and within fifteen days thereafter shall be pub- lished once in the Arroyo Grande Herald Recorder, a newspaper, of.. general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Arroyo 'Grande, together with the names of the members of hbo City Council voting for and against it. On Notion of Councilman--, and seconded by Councilman--, and on the following rollcall vote the foregoing ordinance is adopted this ~day of ~,1948 ATTEST Nfs. Edna N. Schilling City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande.