The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-04-07
AN ORDINANCE

Prescribing the Time for Making Gas,
Water and Sewer Connections.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of the City of PalatKa:
SECTION /. Each and every person
company or corporation who owns real
estate in the City of Palatka, fronting
or abutting upon any street through
which public sewer may be construct
ed by authority of the City ofmSR atka,
shall make all requisite connections with
such pub ic sewer while same may be
under construction by authority OF the
CITY of Palatka and such connection shall
be made as soon as such sewer shall
have been built or extended to or oppo-
site the property of such person, COM
plny or corporation.
Such connection shall extend from
such sewers to the curbing at the edge
of the street or to the sidewalk along
such street; which said connections and
extensions or sewers, running from the
mains to the curbing, as aforesaid, shall
be constructed of such material and in
said manner as may be authorized by
the street committee or civil engineer OF
the city.
SECTION 2. Any person or persons
whose duty it may be to make such con-
nectiocs or extensions, as aforesaid, who
fails to make such connections or extern
sions, as aforesaid, within thirty days
after it becomes their duty to make such
connections, shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars OF
Imprisonment not exceeding thirty days,
or both such fine and Imprisonment in
the discretion of the municipal judge.
SECTION 3. Whenever provision shall
be made by ordinance for the paving OF
repairing of any street or part of street
the owners of property abutting on such
designated street or part OF street, OF
any other person, comT any or corpor,
alton who may have the right and
whose duty it may be, shall make
all requisite connections with the
gas and water mains in front of theil
respective premises, within thirty days
after the publication of the ordinance SC
requiring such street or part of street, tC
be paved or re-paved.
Such connection shall extend from
said mains to the curbing at the edge OF
the street or to the edge of the sidewalk,
so that after such street shall have been
paved, there may be no necessity for
interfering wi h such pavement, il any
manner, in order to make such connec
ton.
SECTION 4. After any pavement shall
have been laid, under the provision OF
an ordinance heretofore passed, or that
may hereafter be passed, no person shall
be allowed to dig up or disturb such
pavement for the purpose of making
any such connections with sewers, gas
or water mains, or for any other pur-
pose, provided, however, that in case OF
accident or any other contingency rem
dering it necessary to disturb said
pavement, any such person, company or
corporation may make application to the
City Council of the City of Palatka to
have the necessary work done and shall
deposit with said City Council such sum
Of money, as in the estimation of the
said City Council, shall be deemed suf-
flcient to pay the expense to be incurred
and the City Council may then have the
necessary work done, including the re-
laying of the pavement, at the expense
of such applicant.
Any person digging up or disturbing
such pavement contrary to the provis-
ions hereof, shall upon conviction th"re-
of, be punished by fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars or by Imprisonment