The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-22
Sewer Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. 161.

the ventilation and drainage of
buildings. regulating the connection
with the General Sewerage of the
Village of Kendrick, Idaho, and
providing a penalty for the viola
tion of any of the provisions of
this ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Chairman
and Board of Trustees of the Will
age of Kendrick, Idaho:
Section l. The Village Marshal
of the Village of Kendrick, Idaho,
is hereby designated and constitut-
ed the Superintendent of Sewers of
the Village of Kendrick, Idaho, and
any act in this ordinance authorized
to be done by the Superintendent
of Sewers may be done on behalf of
such Superintendent of Sewers by
any authorized employee of said
Village; and when the term 1.-The
Superintendent" is used in this or
dinance, it means the Superinten-
dent of Sewers. and when the term
the Committee is used in this
ordinance, it means the Sewer Com
mittee.
Section 2. The Superintendent
of Sewers of the Village of Kend-
rick, Idaho, under the direction of
the Sewer Committee, is hereby en-
powered and it is hereby made his
duty in all cases where there is a
public sewer in any street, highway
or alley, in the Village of Kendrick,
Idaho, to compel every owner or oc.
cupant of lands, buildings or prem
ises, fronting or abutting on streets,
highways or alleys, or within Three
Hundred 5000 feet of the same in
case of unplatted land, and every
owner or occupant of lands, build
ings or premises, fronting or abut-
ting on streets, highways or alleys,
or within Three Hundred 1900
feet of the same in case of unplat-
ted land, is compelled to construct
or cause to be constructed a flush
sewer or drain pipe in the manner
hereinafter described, which shall
connect such lands, building or
premises, and all vaults, water
closets, and pipes therein or there
OH, used as receptacle or conductor
of filth, with the nearest accessible
public sewer, unless such connec-
lions be impracticable by reason of
the topography of the ground) and
the material used in the construc-
ton of such private sewers or drain
pipes, shall be substantially like
that used in the general public
sewers with which the connection is
to be made, and the said Superin-
tendent shall have power and au-
thority, under the direction of the
Sewer Committee, to examine all
buildings, as to plumbing, drainage
and ventilation thereof, and when,
in his judgment, the plumbing fix
lures or the sewerage connection
fixtures are found to be defective
or unsanitary he shall have the
power to order their removal, re-
pair or substitution of such plumb
ing or sewerage fixtures and require
the ventilation and drainage of such
building to be placed in sanitary
condition, and he shall thereupon
give the owner, agent, or tenant, or
any person occupying any building
or premises, notice in writing, spec
flying the time when any defective
drainage, sewerage connection or
unsanitary fixture must be complet-
ed or corrected, he shall make a
copy of such notice which shall be
kept in the Office of the Village
Clerk and open to the inspection OF
the public during the office hours
of said Clerk After the time fixed
by the said Superintendent for the
completion of said connection and
repairs, the owners, agent or ten.
ant, and each of them, shall be
held responsible for the refusal tt
comply with such notice, and shall
be liable for arrest and like fine fol
each day thereafter, during which
they shall fail to comply with sale
notice. Provided, the private
dwelling houses within the corpor
ate limits of the Village of Kend
rick. Idaho, shall have six month.
from and after the passage of thi
ordinance in which to comply with
the provisions of this Section anC
the sections of this ordinance here
after contained.
That the term private dwelling
house," shall mean and constitut,
all houses occupied by persons O.
. owners for the use of themselve
5 and families, and this shall not b.
5 construed to mean the houses uset
: or occupied as private or publ
5 boarding, lodging or roomin,
r houses.
Section 9 Every nerson firm