Arizona republican., 1912-08-29

 in the manner required by said Com mon Council by resolution shall con stitute a misdemeanor and shah be punishable as provided in Section five of this Ordinance. Provided, that nothing in this section shah be con strued to permit any person to tap any pipe, lateral or main belonging to the City of Phoenix.
 Section 2 That for the convenient and best administration of the sewer system of the City of Phoenix and it's operation it is hereby made the duty of the officers of the Water Depart ment of said City, as provided for in Ordinance No. 400 of said City, to perform the same duties with respect to the operation. management and control of said sewer system as is required of them in the operation, management and control of the Water Works System of said City insofar as their duties prescribed in said Ordinance No. 400 are applicable to the best operation. management and control of said sewer system and in solar as their duties under said Or dinance No. 400 are not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance
 Section 3. It shall be- and it is hereby made. unlawful for any per son, firm, company or corporation to tap or cause to be tapped any ser vice pipe connected with the sewer system of the City of Phoenix be- longing to said City, or to connect their property to or with any such tap, but every such person, firm, com pany or corporation desiring or that may be required to connect his, their or its property to sewer system of said City shall first obtain a permit from the Plumbing Inspector of said City so to do and it is hereby made the duty of said Plumbing Inspector, before issuing said permit, to inquire into the sanitary condition of all proposed connections with such sewer system for the purpose of ascertain ing whether or not same have been linstalled in a sanitary condition, and in the event that said Plumbing In- spectOr finds the same in an unsani- taTy condition or in such condition that the same would be unsanitary if connected to the sewer system of said City. to deny the permit until such time as applicant shall put his property in a condition that will be sanitary. Otherwise it shall be the duty of said Plumbing Inspector to | issue said permit on application, and without charge, to each and every 1 applicant for service connection where sewer system of the City is installed and ready for use. Upon the issuance of such permit by the Plumbing In i spector to any such person, firm com pany or corporation, each and every applicant shall present same to the | Superintendent of the Water Works System of the City of Phoenix, whose | duty it shall be, among other things, to make or cause to be made, all taps : of service connections. Said Super
 intendent shall keep record of all | connections made, the purpose for which same are to be used, together with the name of the owner of the
 property, his agent or representative. The fees for making such taps or | connection shall be paid to the Su- perintendent before any such tap or connection shall be made.
 The cost for making any tap or
 connection shall be as follows:
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 Section 4 No rental charge of any kind shall be made to the users of the sewer system.
 Section ,. Every person, firm, com
 pany or corporation who shall in any
 way interfere with the officers of the
 Water Department or Plumbing In Ispector of the City of Phoenix in
 the discharge of their or his duties,
 either in the tapping of any sewer
 pipe, main or lateral belonging to
 said city or the laying and connect
 ing of any such pipe, main or lateral,
 or who shall dig up, or cause to be dug up, any street or alley in the City
 of Phoenix for the purpose of con-
 meeting with the sewer system of the City of Phoenix without first obtaining
 a permit from the Superintendent of
 the Water Works System so to do,
 or WhO having a permit so to do shall
 dig up any portion of any street or
 alley of the City of Phoenix for the purpose of connecting with the sewer
 system of said City, shall fail to re-
 place the said street or alley in it's
 original condition under the supervi-
 sion of said Superintendent, and as required by him. or, who shall violate
 any of the provisions of this ordn-
 ance, shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof fined in sum not less than ten dol lars, nor more than one hundred dol lars, or by imprisonment in the city jail for not less than ten days, nor more than one hundred days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section G. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are here by repealed
 Section '. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and ; after it's passage and publication as
 by law required.
 Passed by the Common council of Phoenix this 26th day of August, 1912