Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-22
BILL NO. 13a-
ORDINANCE. NO. =

AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SEWERS AND REGULATING THE
SIZE, KIND, CONSTRUCTION,
METHOD OF LAYING. USE AND
INSPECTION OF MAIN AND SIDE
| SEWERS, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OE
| INSTALLING SIDE SEWERS IN
| THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
HONOLULU; AND PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA
TIoNS OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ORDINANCE.
Be 1t ordained by the People of the
City and County of Honolulu that:
! SECTION 1. Definitions. l.
(A) Manager. The term man
ager'' as herein used shall designate
| the Manager of the Water and Sewer
Works departments or his properly
auth orized agents, representatives or
employees. -.@, - -. -:
(B) Main Sewer. The term Main
Sewer" as herein used shall desig-
nate any sewer line in any highway,
street, alleyway or other public place
to which side sewers or laterals are
connected. ',r.~' .~+.. % - +
tCl Side Sewer. The term Side
Sewer" as herein used shall designate
that part Of the sewer line from the
"Clean-ont" at or near the property
line, to main sewer line of the
sewer system Of the City and County
Of Honolulu. --..-- =. ~ 49,.
SECTION 2. Size, kind and method
Of laying main and side sewers. Main
and side sewers shall be not less than
six l6) inches in diameter and shall
he salt glazed vitrified pipe and shall
be laid to grade of not less than
one-quarter inch to the foot; the
joints sEhall be mado Of mortar COM
po.ed Of equal parts of Portland or
other good standard cement and clean
be covered with cloth in laying.
A disc entirely filling the main or
side sewer shall be kept in the pipe
and drawn forward as each length is
laid. When main or side sewers are
laid in tide or surface water, the
joints shall be caulked with oakum
and the pipe entirely encased in con.
crete at least four az inches in thick
Eess. - :. = -. /.
SECTION g.. Manager only to have
the right 20 lay main or side sewers.
It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons, partnership Or corpora
ton, except the Manager, to. break up,
dig up. disturb, undermine, or dig I'M
der any public highway, street, thor
oughfare, alley or sidewalk or other
public place In the City and County
Of Honolulu for the purpose Of laying
main or side sewers; provided, how
ever, that nothing In this section con-
tanned shall conflict with the proYi-
sions of Ordinance No. IS Of the City
and County OF Honolulu or prevent
the said City and County of Homo
lAiu from awarding contracts for lay.
ing main or side sewers.
SECTION e.. Removing or ,tamper-
Inc with sewer rnanhcIe covers, pro
hibited. II shall be unlawful for any
person or persons, partnership or cor
poration to taInper with or remove
any sewer manhole cover except Ia
the presence or by authority Of the
Manager.
SECTION 5. Application necessary
TO connect TO the sewer system. 1t i
shall be unlawful for any person or
persons, partnership or corporation to |
connect, or to aid in connecting, or to
cause connection to be made or to |
make use of the public sewer system
Of the City and County OF Honolulu |
without. first having filed written
application and obtained the writtenl
approval Of the Manager. Application
for q connection to the public sewer |
system shall be made in writing upon
a printed form to be supplied by the-l
Manager and signed by the owner or |
by someone on his behalf thereuntoi
duly authorized. The applicant shall
upon such form answer truthfdIly |
without concealment all pertinent |
questions put to him by authority Of |
this or any other ordinance of the
City and County Of Honolulu, or the |
sanitary code of the territorial board |
Of health or general orders govern
ing the use of the public sewer sys-
tenn Of the City and County of Homo
lulu. = h i
When the application properly
signed shall be. approved in. writing, |
the applicant shall be entitled to the
privilege described in the approved
application.
SECTION 6. Installation and pay.
ment Of the cost OF laying Of side |
sewers, upon request made by q prop.
erty owner. The Manager shall upon |
a written request by a property owner
or his agent estimate the quantity of |
material, and the cost OF laying of
said side sewer, including therein the
cost of putting such public highway,
street, thoroughfare, alley or side
walk, or other public place in as good
repair and condition in every respect |
and particular as the same was before
such breaking up, digging up, disturb.
ing. undermining or digging under.
On the deposit with the Manager,
by the property owner or his agent,
of the sum so estimated the said Man
ager shall cause the work to be done
and shall charge the cost of such work
so performed against such deposit.
and the balance Of such deposit, IL
any, shall be refunded.
QEfNTTON HaSA~ft~Sia. Il