The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-09-18
CHAPTER 10,

CHAPTER 1871
An Ordinance Concerning Sewer Con
nections.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE Town OF MONTE
VISTA:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to open or un-
cover any public or district or private
sewer, or lay, or caused to be laid, any
sewer or other connection with any
public or district or private sewer. eX-
cept in strict pursuance with permit
from the Town Recorder, which permit
must be kept on the grounds during the
time OF construction and exhibited to
any policeman, marshal or other officer
oil the town or person who may ask to
see it.
Section q Permits can be issued for
the construction of private sewers to
those persons only, who are duly
licensed to lay sewers as herein pro.
vlded. The phrase "Private Sewer"
mentioned in this ordinance, means and
is hereby defined, as all that section and
line OF sewer pipe necessary to an extern
sion and connection of any house drain
through private property to the street
or alley line, and connecting the said
house with the main sewer or district
sewer, located in the street or alley.
The size of such private sewer shall not
be less than inches nor more than 6
inches in diameter inside of the pipe
and shall be formed Of good hard
sound, wcll-glaZcd stoncwarc or cement
pipes.
Section 3. All applications for per
mits for the construction of private sew
crs must be made in writing and be
signed by the owner of the property to
be drained or his authorized agent, and
must be accompanied by a plan showing
the whole course Of the sewer which is
to be constructed and show the size of
the same. Said plan or a copy thereof
shall be left with the application in the
Office OF the Town Recorder.
Section 1. For each permit issued
for the construction and connection of a
private sewer to drain any building
into public or district sewer, the
Town Recorder shall charge and collect
the sum Of One Dollar and Fifty Cents
tSl.5O), Fifty Cents (JOc) Of which shall
he his fee for issuing such permit and
One Dollar(sl .0W shall be the inspectors
fee to be paid to the inspector OF sewers.
Section D. All connections ON one line
OF sewer pipe with another shall bc
made with ~" branches and eighth
bends. All private sewers shall be laid
with fall Of not less than Onc-cighth
| Ca OF an inch to one foot, the pipe to
be carefully put together. The interior
Of each length OF pipe and the last
joint inside are to be made perfectly
clean before the next length is laid; the
back filling to bc first hand packed with
care and to be carefully tampcd to pre-
to bc set in first class hydraulic cement
No back filling shall be done before the
inspector Of sewers shall have examined
the work and given his consent thereto.
Section 6. No surface water or under
flow shall be allowed to flow in the sew
or during the construction.
Section I. No permit shall bc issued
for the construction Of any private sew.
or to connect with any public or district
sewer any building unless the applica-
ton Tor such permit shall be accompan-
led by the proper fee and "a certificate
from the inspector Of plumbing stating
that all plumbing, traps, flushing appar-
atus, fixtures, inside and outside drains
are complete in place, in accordance
with the ordinances governing the
plumbing Of buildings.
Section 3. Any person holding per.
nit 70 lay . private sewer must, before
making connection with any public or
district sewer, give at Toast - hours
notice, exclusive OF Sundays and legal
holidays. to the inspector Of sewers,
stating the time hc will bc ready to be.
gin such work and he shall not proceed
with the work Of making such connec.
tion until such inspector is on the
ground. Any work done without notice
70 tbs Inspector Of sewers or without his
inspection shall be treated IN defective
work and may he re- constructed by the
inspector Of sewers II tho sxpcnss OF the
person to whom the permit was granted
for the work. The right Of free On.
trance into aud upon the property and
prcmisrs drained into any scwer shall
not bc denied u any officer Of the town
Tor the purpose of inspection during
reasonable hours Of the dny.