Each residence and building in the city in which human beings
reside or are employed or congregate shall have a sanitary means for
the disposal of human excreta, namely, either a sanitary water closet
or sanitary privy.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 6; 1957
Code, sec. 8-5)
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, maintain or operate
in the city a pit or a surface privy or dry closet for the reception
of human excreta.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 7; 1957
Code, sec. 8-6)
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or permit the
deposit of any human excreta in any place in or adjacent to the city
in an unsanitary manner so as to cause potentially dangerous pollution
of the soil with such matter, or to permit the spread of such matter
by flies or other insects.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 8; 1957
Code, sec. 8-7)
Every building or other place in the city where human beings
live, are employed or congregate shall be provided with an adequate
sewage disposal system for the catchment or reception of all human
discharges and for the sanitary storage and ultimate disposal of such
matter. The adequacy of such sewage disposal systems, where controverted,
shall be determined by the city director of utilities and chief sanitarian
of the Odessa-Ector County health department.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 9; Ordinance 72-83, sec. 1, adopted 12/12/72; 1957 Code, sec. 8-8)
Any sewage disposal system not connected to the city sanitary
sewer system which does not conform to the provisions of this article
or the regulations of the director of utilities and the chief sanitarian
of the Odessa-Ector County health department issued under this article
shall be and is hereby declared to be a nuisance and a violation of
this article.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 10; Ordinance 72-83, sec. 2, adopted 12/12/72; 1957 Code, sec. 8-9)
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the property
on which there exists any sewage disposal system not connected to
the city sanitary sewer system to clean and remove the contents thereof.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 12; Ordinance 72-83, sec. 4, adopted 12/12/72; 1957 Code, sec. 8-11)
