The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-20

whose purpose Is other than convey
J ing sewage that may lawfully ente
a sewage purifying plant.
} Be it ordained and enacted by tn
City Council of the City of Leon
Iowa:
SECTION /.
That the Sewer Committee on be
ing duly appointed by the Mayor
shall have supervision over all SAM
tary Sewers and appurtenance
thereof and sewage purifying plant
in the City Of Leon, they shall hav,
supervision over all sewage drain
and sewage drain connections ii
the streets, alleys and publ,
grounds, and other grounds, and Sc,
that the provisions of this and al
other ordinances pertaining to thi,
subject are complied with, personal
ly or by city Sewer Inspector I'm
der them; That they shall have &C
cess at any time to any building
which is connected to the Sanitary
Sewer.
i SECTION II.
| That the city clerk shall be made
icontodian of all records, plans, maps
and note books compiled by the city
engineer pertaining to the whole
sewer system of the city, the records
plans, map and note book shall be
kept in a suitably constructed metal
box under lock and key when not in
use; That he be provided with a
suitable record book containing per-
mits for excavating in the streets,
alleys and public grounds and other
DC ho nf q n q
and connecting sewage drains to the
public sanitary sewer, and suitable
stubs for permanent records of each
drain pipe and sewer connection.
SECTION III.
That the city council shall have
authority to appoint City Sewer
Inspector, who shall act under the
instructions of the Sewer Commit
tee; 1t will be his duty to locate the
proper "Y" for the holder of a
drain permit, (to see that all OF the
provisions of the ordinances are
complied with and make a sketch of
all sewer connections.)
SECTION w.
That no person, persons of cor
porations shall open, uncover or in
any manner make connections with
the sanitary sewer mains or lay any
drains or sewer or attach or modify
any appurtenances to sewer cOnnec-
tions in the streets, alleys or public
grounds, or other grounds in the
city of Leon, Iowa, without first OBJ
tanning a permit from the city clerk,
and no person shall cover or con-
ceal any sewer drains or conncc-
ton in the streets, alleys or public
grounds or other grounds until it
has been inspected by the proper city
official.
SECTION v.
When a property owner, who is
lawfully entitled, wishes to connec:
his sewage drain to the city sewer,
he shall first obtain from the city
clerk, permit, upon which is re-
corded the exact location of the ~"
branch placed in the sewer for the
use of said property owners lot,
said "Y" branch will be located by
the city inspector or other authorize
ed person and in no case shall the
drain connections be made other
than with the "Y' so designated
without permission from the sewer
he shall state, and the
city clerk shall record the number
and kind of fixtures to be connected
and the number and kind of base
ment connections to be made.
SECTION W..
In case no "Y'' is found in rea-
sonable distance from the point not
ed in the engineers record as the
place where the "Y" was placed for
The use of an applicants property,
then the tile layer shall obtain per-
mission from the Sewer Committee
to remove one or more joints of the
sewer pipe, and insert "Y' Joint
In place leaving the sewer in as good
shape as he found it. In no case
shall the tile layer make connec-
ton by chipping hole into the body
Of the sewer pipe
SECTION VII.
No water service or other pipe
shall be placed in the same ditch
over. the drain pipe or any nearer
than two (2) feet from perpendic-
ular line over the center of the
drain pipe.
2 SECTION VIII.
No roof water, cistern or well
or surface water shall be
piped or conducted into the sewage
drain or any pipe or drain conduct
ing any unreasonable quantity of
water of any kind or liquid other
than is generally known as sewage
shall be connected to the sewage
sewer.
SECTION TX.
No celler or basement drains
shall be connected to the sewage,
sewer, except in celler or easements
of brick, stone or GEM
ent with good cement floor in
which "P" trap is connected to q
cesspool or catch basin having q
standard strainer or other trap and
catch basin approved by the Sewer
all of which shall be at
tached to sewage drain with water
tight joints.
& SECTION x.
"a The plumbing .of every building
shall separately and independently
connect to the public sewer when
such sewer is accessible, II impracti-
cable, then two or more buildings
CON no commented RI the nuhlic sewer