[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town (now
City) of Seat Pleasant: Art. I, 12-16-1968 as Ch. 14, §§ 14-7 through
14-11, of the 1968 Code; Art. II, 12-16-1968 as Ch. 14, § 14-22, of the
1968 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-16-1968 as Ch. 14, §§ 14-7 through 14-11, of the
1968 Code]
No privy, vault or cesspool shall be erected, used or maintained
within the corporate limits of the City of Seat Pleasant upon any
premises adjacent to any avenue, street, road or alley in which water
and sewer mains have been installed and are available adjacent to
said premises. Each day such privy, vault or cesspool shall be used
or maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
No privy, vault, cesspool or reservoir shall be constructed,
erected, used or maintained within the corporate limits of the City
of Seat Pleasant unless such privy, vault, cesspool or reservoir shall
be constructed, erected, used and maintained in conformity with the
regulations of the State Board of Health.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or bury the contents
of any privy, vault, cesspool, reservoir or earth closet within the
corporate limits of the City of Seat Pleasant.
No person shall remove or cause to be removed the contents of
any privy, earth closet, privy vault or reservoir between the hours
of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., without first having obtained a permit
from the Mayor and Council so to do.
No vehicle conveying the contents of privies and earth closets
shall be driven through any street, road, lane or alley of the city
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., and each violation
of the provisions hereof shall constitute a separate offense.
Any violation of the provisions of this Article shall be deemed
a misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $1,000 and/or maximum imprisonment
for six months.
[Adopted 12-16-1968 as Ch. 14, § 14-22, of the 1968 Code]
Each lot or subdivisions lot situated on any street in the City
of Seat Pleasant where there is a public sewer and water main shall
be connected with said public sewer and water main in such manner
and under the following conditions: where there is on any such original
lot or subdivisional lot any building used or intended to be used
as a dwelling or in which persons are employed or intended to be employed
in any trade or business or any stable, shed, pen or place where cows,
horses, mules or other animals are kept, then, in that instance, such
original lot or subdivisional lot shall be connected with the public
sewer and water main and the owner or owners of any such lot, building
or other structure, after receiving notice from the Mayor and Council
to connect such lot, building or other structure to the public sewer
and water main, shall within 30 days file the application with the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission to have sewer and water connections
made available, and the owner or owners of any such lot, building
or other structure shall have an additional period of 30 days from
the time that the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission taps the
sewer and brings the same to the property line of said lot or lots.
A.
Each day that said owner or owners shall neglect or refuse to make
such connections with the public sewer and water main after such facilities
have been provided for by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
shall constitute a separate violation of this Article.
B.
If the owner or owners of any such lot, building or other structure,
after being convicted of any such offenses, shall fail or refuse to
connect said lot, building or other structure to the public sewer
and water main, said Mayor and Council may cause such connection to
be made. The expense of said connection and necessary expenses incident
thereto shall be assessed as a tax against such lot, building or other
structure, which tax shall be carried on the regular tax roll of the
Mayor and Council of Seat Pleasant and shall be collected in the manner
provided for the collection of other taxes.
