HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2231
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ORDINANCE 140. ,'2 2a'.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZU SA DECLARING THU USE OR
MAINTENANCE OF WATER CLOSET° VII7HOUT FMUSH EaUIPh1ENT A PUBLIC
NUISANCE AND PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR '.LHE
ABATEISENT OF THE NUISANCE CAUSED BY THE CONTINUED USE OF THE SAP:+fE
AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE.
follows;
The Board of Trustees of the City of Azusa -do ordain. -as- ..,4
Section 1. That the use or maintenance of any water
closet whether the same be located within a building or elsewhere
which said water closet is not capable of being flushed through a
flush pipe of not less than one and one-fourth inches inside mea-
surement, and is used in connection with a tank containing not
less than four gallons of water be and is hereby declared to con-
stitute a• public nuisance; and it shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation to use the same or maintain the same for
carrying sewage or house drainage or waste drainage on and after
the first day of November, 1923.
Section 2. No water c loset shall be put into or upon an
property, house or building unless such water closet be flushed
through a flush pipe of not less than one end one-fourth (14)
inches inside diamete-r, and is used in connection with a tank
containing not less than four (4) gallons of water. The instal-
ling of Latrines or range closets is prohibited in all cases. All
earthenware traps where set on tile or cement floors or walls shal
have heavy brass floor plates bolted on the floors or walls with
at lease four (4) brass expansion bolts and soldered to the lead
bend or stub. No water closet shall discharge into a pipe of less
than four (4) inches diameter. There shall be a lead connection at
least six (6) inches in length between water closets and soil
pipes. All closet bowls shall be of the vitreous type with trap
in bowl.
Section 3. That it shall be the daty of the City Clerk
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Of the City of Azusa, immediately upon the passage of iris Ordi-
nance to mail, postage prepaid, a written copy of this Ordinance
to any person, firm or corporation using any such water closet,
as defined in Section 1, of this Ordinance, for any purpose so
far as known to the said City Clerk; provided, however, that any
failure of the City Clerk so to do, or the non -receipt of such
copy by any such person, firm or corporation, shall not constitute
any defence for the violation of this ordinance.
Section 4. That it shall be the duty of the Street Super -
intendant of the City of Azusa, after the 1st day of November,
1923, to notify in writing any person, fizm or corporation using
any such water closet, as defined in Section 1 of this Ordinance,
for carrying sewage, house drainage or waste drainage, that such
use is a nuisance and to immediately cesiee to use the same and th
if such use be not immediately discontinued the nuisance caused
thereby will be abated at the expense of the person, firm or cor-
poration ceasing the same; and if any person, firm or corporation
after being so notified shall continue such use after November
let, 1923, it shall thereupon be the duty of the said Street
Superintendent to abate the nuisance caused by such continued use
by taking out and removing all such water closets from the premis
where the same is located.
He shall, after the abatement of such nuisance, file with
the Board of Trustees an itemized statement of the expense of the
abatement of such nuisance, and the amount of such expense shall
be deemed a debt due to said City of Azusa, and such person,
firm or corporation c ausirg such nuisance, so abated, shall be
liable to an action in the name of the City of Azusa in any Court
of competent jurisdiction for such amount with costs of suit, and
in addition thereto a penalty of Twenty-five (25.00) Dollars must
be added to the judgment as costs to be collected from the defen-
dant or defendants in said action.
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Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation who shall
violate, neglect or refuse to corPly with any of the provisions
Of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than One Hundred
(100.00) Dollars, or be imprisoned in the City Jail of the City
of Azusa for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days or be pun-
ished by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 6. This Ordinatce is urgently required for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety
and the following is a specific statement showing the urgency of
this Ordinance.
That all such water closets described in Section 1 of this
Ordinance constitute a serious menace to the health of the entire
community and to the inhabitants of the City of Azuaa; and this
Ordinance is therefore urgently required to prevent the continuance
of such nuisance and to provide for the abatement of the nuisance
caused by the use of such water closets.
Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to make any sewer connection, or to do any plumbing
otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this ordinance.
Section 8. All Ordinances or Sections or portions of or-
dinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this Ordinance by a vote of four fifths of all the members
of the Board of Trustees of said Ci*y of Azusa and its approval
by the President of said Board, and shall cause the same to be
published by one insertion in the Pomotropic, a weekly newspaper
published and circulated in the said City of Azusa, and thereupon
and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
Adopted and approved this qday of ' 1923.
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"ity Clerk
City of `Azusa.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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City of ;Azusa
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I, J. 0.. Durrell, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereb
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certify that the whole number of the Board of Trustees of said
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City is five, and the foregoing Ordinance was passed by a vote of
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four-fifths of all its members, and approved by the President
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of said Board, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the _
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day of 1923, and that the same was passed
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by the followirg vote.
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Aye a:
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Noes:
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Absent:
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In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
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the' official seal of the City of Azusa, this day of
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