Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-10-20
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| An ORDINANCE to amend and re-0rdain al
ordinance approved November II, 1901, en-
titled AN ordinance tOamend and re-or
dain an ordinance entitled AN ordinanct
10 provide for the construction of public
sewers and to regulate the use thereof" ap
proved March %, 1897"
Be it ordained by the City Council of Alex
andria, Virginia, That an ordinance approx
ed November H. 1901, entitled IAN ordinance
to amend and re-ordan an ordinance entitled
IAN ordinance to provide for the construction
Of public sewers and to regulate the use there
of, " approved March %, 1897, be amended
and re-ordained so as 70 read as follows
Section |. That all public sewers shall be
constructed by and at the cost Of the City
Council of Alexandria, and the City Council
shall lay proper connection to the curb line
whenever any property owner desires to make
connection TO any sewer now built OF that
may hereafter be built.
Section 2. That any person, firm or corpora
ton desiring to tap any public sewer by di-
rect connection or by an indirect connection
through any private sewer of some other per
son leading into public sewer shall apply,
before doing so, to the City Engineer for per-
mission to make connection with the said
sewer, and the City Engineer, upon such APP
plication, shall, by and with the consent Of
the Committee on Streets, issue permit for
such connection, when such person shall have
paid into the City Treasury, for said privi-
iege, the sum of one dollar for each front foot
of the lot upon which the house or houses are
situated with which connection is desired to
be made. and ten dollars additional for each
connection from the sewer to the curb line Of
or in the alley adjoining any house or lot, to
cover the extra costs of making the aforesaid
connection or alley sewer before the issuance
of a permit to connect with the sewer for any
house or lot for which such connection has
been laid to the curb line or alley.
Section 3. 1T shall be the duty of the plumb
er or person making any sewer connection, to
notify the City Engineer when the trench Is
open and ready for the connection, and no con-
nection is to be made with any main or lateral
sewer except under the immediate supervision
of the City Engineer or his authorized in
spector.
Section A. 1t shall be the duty of any per-
son or persons who may have tapped any pub
lie sewer, either by direct or indirect connec-
ton, before any regulations for such tapping
existed, to pay into the City Treasury the
sums of money required by this ordinance,
and in case any person or persons shall not
comply with the provisions of this ordinance,
it shall be the duty of the City Engineer to
prohibit such person or persons from the use
Of public sewers by disconnecting amy such
taps.
Section 5. All persons through whose prop
erty public sewers pass shall be allowed TO
connect said property with said sewers with
out the payment of fees required by section 2
Of this ordinance.
Section g. IL shall be unlawful for any per-
son to fill up or in any manner inju'e or OBJ
struct any public sewer, man-holes or catch
basins.
Section 7. Amy person violating any proyi-
sion Of this ordinance shall be fined not less
than twenty-five nor more than seventy-iye
dollars, said fine to be collected by the Mayor
Of the city of Alexandria, as other fines are
and to be paid into the City Treas
nry.
Section s. This ordinance shall be In force
from its passage.
Passed the Common Council Aug. 81, 1903.
+. J. PAFF, President,
Passed the Board Of Aldermen, Oct. Is, 1903.
J. Il. SWEENEY, President.
Approved Oct. IL, 1903;
GEO. L. SIMPSON, Mayor.
Teste J. F. PEYTON, Clerk pro tenn.