The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-12-27
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n ORDINANCE TO REPEAL GAN OK
N DINANCET TO AM END ANIJRF- -ORItAlN

n DINANCETO AMEND ANDRE -ORIiAlN
SECTIONS q. 5s, AND %, OF. CHAPTER 81
ASh And hRoR6afN oS shTIoAs htfI Asp I9 aaN a. hNp
90, OF CHAPTER "a OF THE ORDINANCES
OF 1869. Passed December II, lS7l.)
Be 10 ortfdiaed, That AN ordinance to anei.d
and rc-ordain sections 81, IS, and 90, of chapter
"a of the ordinances of 1863" passed August 81 ,
1871, be and the same is Hereby repealed; and
that sections 81, 5, 80, and 81, of chapter "a OF
the ordinances of 1860, be amended and re-
ordained to read as followsa ..sahsl
81. The owners of lots with houses them
which, accordingio the plan of the city, ndion
| u street in which there is u sewerowned by The
city, into which IL is practicable 10 enter or are
distant from s:id street not more than one.half
OF one side of square, shall be assessed annual
iy thirty cents for each front foot of such lots
spcctiveiy, being ten per cent. upon the cost OF
4 tine sewer, estimated ut three dollars: the Own
| ers of lmimproyed lots similarly situated with
reference 10 city sewer, shall be ;issessed annu-
ally fifteen Gents for each front foot of the same
| respectively and whenever such lots are built
upon, the assessment shall be increased to thirty
| cents per foot until Il connection with the sewer
| shall have been made Such owners shall be 80
assessed, notw outstanding there may be on such
\ lots cellar eight feet below the level of the
| sidewalk and not eapabie OF drainage into II.
| The tax so assessed may be coInniilttd at any
lime by The payment 10 the ridifor Of q sun
whereof the assessment is ten Der cent. Upon
such payment the Auditor shall furnish said
owner receipt stating tia the sita tsssinent has
4 been commuted, and that the property on which
! the assessment Is flius commuteu shah have a
| perpetual light of drainage into said sewer
gineer of the city shall from time 10 time retii
to the CITY Assessor list of The :tssessmfprs to
| be made under This ordinance, and the assessor
shall. assess said owners respectively wi the
| alrounts with which they are reported chlrgtt-
BILE, 10 be collected in the mode ifes rbetl for the
collection OF city taxes, said lots shall lesas
sessed for one sewer only and such rs have paid
assessments for sewerage, or complied with tile
requirements under former ordinance of the
city, are exempt under this Bnt when lots as
| sessed under this ordinance shall afierwunIs In
subdyided rs separate lots, and buildings erect
ed thereon with new and uddi tionai fronts, such
new fronts shall be subject to assessment anfl
to all the provisions of this Ordinance in like
manner as though they had bs on fronts ofigi-
nally. y
{ 5S. The said owners Of lots With liousscls Or
them. shall form connection FROM their lots re-
spectiveIy with said sewer or with some other
sewer owned by the city And whenever ;iiy
person has made the conneci ion herein reuuiied
he shall obtain from the City Engineer IL cerif-
cate theIeto stating HAT he lis thereby entitled
TO reduction OF the assessment upon said lot ol
hfteen cents per foot frort And the City tJoier-
tor shall receive such eel tiiicate payment OF
one-half of any uncollected assessments of thirty
cents per front foot of said lot for that fiscal
year. The City Engineer shall return to the
City Assessor on the INST duy OF each month Il
list of all owners who have made tht. connection
herein required during the preceding month.
And the Assessor shall ieduce the annual assess
melt on all such owners from thirty cents to fif
teen cents per front foot of the lots from which
such connection has been made. The owners of
lots not required under this ordinance to form n
CONNECTION with II city sewer may form Il CON
nection from their lots with any accessible sewer
owntd d by The city, upon permission from the F,l-
gineer OF the city. All owners making such con
neetion shall be tssessed fifteen cen g per front
foot of the lots respectively from which The con
nection is made, subject to The provisions OF the
preceding section applicable thereto. sr,.s.A
59 Whenever tho Board of Health shall deem
it important to the health the negblerlfoot,
or the cleanliness of any lot, or the owner there
of shall desire, that sewer or drain-pipe Shall
be run from said lot to .copnect,wiili q public
sewer, the President of said Board shall report
the fact to the City Engineer in writing and the
Engineer shall give the applicant such informa-
tionias will enable him to make snch connection
on the most economical plan consistent with the
requirements OF the ordinances of the city !; and
Ii shall be the dnty of the owner to make Tie
connection as soon as possible after having re-
ceiyed written notification from the Engineer
provided the sewer with which the connection il
TO be made is within half of one side of a square
OF the property to be drained anil capable of
draining the same. Any person falling TO make
such connection within fifty days after receiving
sueh notice, shall be fined one dollar per day for
made. .
60. Connections may be made directly with a.
city sewer, or through private drain or sewer
having a direct connection with city sewer,
upon payment to the owner of said sewer q rata
Bile proportion of the cost thereof, which is 10 be
aseertained by the City Engineer And ali pef4
sons making connections either With public, Or
private sewers or drains Shall first obtain Der
Mission from the City Engineer 10 enter Ahe
street or alley, as the case may be- and shall con-
DIRECT and shall forthwith cover tlie sewer. or
dram with Garth, thoroughly consolidating the
same as 1t was before the connect ction and In ten
days after The connection shall haze such pave
ment on ettiilsioiie as was injured removed in
mahing sad ronneetion so sicp:eired or restored
as 10 ne IN as good order rs il was before; and
any one fuilnlg 10 comply herewith shall pa
bne of not less than 50 nor than 500 aud eve
ry ten days THAI such failure shall conia,ie shall
constitute IL DISTINCT oilsute. And all eon,lcet
lions with sewers shall be made in the most sub
stantial manner, and no brick or stone.box drains
snail be hereafter constructed, but all private
sewers or drains shall be of lTtiuing-uipine or of
brick barrel drains, or sncii otherias shall be an
proved by the Committee OF Streets, with sulii-
Gent siench-taps ut their hettls and any person
VINO snail make or ca,ise TO be made any dnfec-
live private sewer or drain, where the s;lme
passes under public highway, shall be fined not
less than twenty nor more than ifty dollars
upon conviction thereof before the Police jus
lice and the City Engineer shall cause said de-
lectiye sewer to be shut up If any person shall
eithef IN Il STREET or upon u, lot put amy stone,
bfick, or other solid tliins into cuIvert or sewer
or snail in amy Way whatever hturc impair, o.
he shall paya fine of not less than i've nor more.
than twenty dollars From and after the lst,of,
Miiy, 1879, all connections With the public or pri-
Yale sewers dr.lius slali be protected BIZ tr;,,s
10 be approved by the City Engineer ANY per-i
son i;tiiing to introduce traps at the time sneci-
He'd shall be fined dollar per month for the
iirst year, and Two dollars per month tor each
year, and until the requirements are
complied with - a. .Irtfi.ffi .iIlI-
Published by authority
de 2i--5t Il. q. HOWARD, City Clerk
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