The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-10
Ordinance No. 81.


An ordinance requiring sewer connec-
tions and governing construction and
location of privies.
The Common Council of the City of
Edgerton, County of Rock, State of
Wisconsin, do ordain as follows:
Section /. Whenever any line of
sewer and water is laid along any
street, avenue, lane or public alley, IN
the city of Edgerton, and the same is
ready for use, it shall be the duty OF
the commissioner of health or health
officer to notify, in writing, the owners
or their agents and the occupants Of all
houses, tenements or other buildings
situated on lots AUDITING upon, or &C
cessable to the street, avenue or public
alley, along which said sewer and water
is laid, to connect all closets, privies,
sinks, bath tubs, lavatories and urinals
upon their respective lots with said
sewer lines so that the contents Of the
same will discharge into such sewer IN
a sanitary manner within sixty days
after date of notice of such service.
Section 2. All owners of improved
real estate in the city of Edgerton,
which shall be located upon, near or
accessible to any line Of sewer and
water, maintained by said city, or
abutting any street, avenue, public
alley or way along which the city sew
err and water lines are laid, shall con-
meet with said sewer line all water
closets, bath tubs, lavatorles, sinks,
urinals and out side frost-proof closets,
so that their contents will empty into
such sewer in accordance with the pro-
visions of the State Plumbing Code and
such additional local rules and regula-
tons not inconsistent Herewith.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to build,
erect, construct, keep or maintain, any
privy or surface closet abutting any
street, avenue Or public alley, or way,
along which the city maintains sewer
line and water main, or upon any lot
accessible thereto.
Section A. 1t shall be unlawful to
build, erect, keep or maintain any
building to be occupied by one or more
persons without providing and main
tanning for the use of such occupants,
ADEQUATE water closets connected with
the city sewer so as to empty the con-
tents thereof into said sewer, or with
out providing sanitary surface prlvy
built according to plans and speclfica-
lions approved by the local health Off
Ger or health commissioner.
Section 5. 1t shall be unlawful to
build any surface privy or dry closet,
or cause same to be built or construct
ed, on any lot or premises within the
city limits, without first having OBJ
tanned a permit from the health officer
or health commissioner.
Section g. No permit shall be grant
ed to build or erect, construct, or keep
or maintain, any surface privy or dry
closet on any lot or premises abutting
a street, avenue, public alley or way,
along which the city maintains a sewer
and water main, or on lot accessible
thereto.
Section Z. It shall be the duty of the
commissioner of health or health Off
Ger, to strictly enforce the provisions
of this ordinance and to see that all
violations thereof are promptly abated
and the violators thereof prosecuted; it
shall be the special duty Of the chief of
police, street commissioner, all city
officials in any capacity to promptly re-
port to the health officer or commission
of health, in writing, any and every
violation of this ordinance within SAID
city which shall come to their knowl-
edge.
Section g. Any person, firm or cor
poration violating any of the provis--
ions Of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not less
than ten dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, or imprisonment in the county
Jail not to exceed thirty days for each
and every offense.
Section 9. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage and publication.
Passed by the Common Council of the
City of Edgerton, Wis. May 6, 1918.
Approved May 6, 1918.
JOS. J. LEARY, Mayor
Attest:
H. B. KNAPP, City Clerk.
Published May 10, 1918.