Smyrna times., 1945-09-27

Connection of Properties There
with.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE MAYOR
AND THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
SMYRNA, THE MAYOR AND ALL MEN,
BERS OF COUNCIL CoNCURRING
THEREIN:
have supervision of the water and sewer
system of The Town of Smyrna and the
Mayor, all members of Council, the Town
Manager and other Town employees and
agents shall have power and authority to
enter upon any and all premises in the
Town of Smyrna necessary for the proper
discharge of their duties to insure SAN
itary conditions in the Town of Smyrna.
and including the inspection of the SAN
itary facilities of any and all properties
within said Town, and no person shall
prohibit or Interfere with the carrying out
of any duties or inspection under this Sec
tion.
SECTION 2.-No cesspool, septic tank,
privy or any other kind of toilet not flush
ed into the Town sewer system by water
from the Town water system shall be used
or maintained by the owner or occupant of
any building or land abutting on any
street or alley in the Town of Smyrna in
which there is Town sewer and Town
water main, after the First day of July,
sewer and water main are available in an
abutting street or alley by the First day
of May, A. D. 1916 but became available
thereafter. no cesspool. septic tank, privy
or any other kind of toilet not flushed into
the Town sewer system by water from the
Town water system shall be used or main
tanned by the owner or occupant of any
building or land longer than two t2)
months after such Town sewer and water
main are available in an abutting street
or alley.
SECTION 3.-No person shall tap or
make any connection with the Town sewer
and or water system or break ground
upon any street, public alley or other pub
lie thoroughfare in the Town of Smyrna
for either of the aforesaid purposes until
a permit therefor has been issued by the
Town Manager. No such permit shall be
issued until deposit, for restoring the
street surface. in the amount of Ten Dol
lars (slO) for each such opening, has been
paid to the Town Manager for the benefit
of the Town of Smyrna.
All expenses of connecting with the
Town sewer and or water system shall
be paid by the person to whom such per
init is issued, including the proper refilling
of the excavation, but the replacing of the
street foundation and or surface shall be
done by the Town and the expense thereof
paid from said Ten Dollars (S10) deposit,
any surplus therefrom to be refunded to
the person to whom the said permit was
issued.
The Town Manager shall inspect and
have control over the tapping of the sewer
and or water systems, to insure proper
methods thereof.
SECTION 4.-The service charges to be
paid The Town of Smyrna for water and
sewer services and the time of the payment
of the same shall be the same as now in
effect. and as such rates may hereafter be
sod apd oil hu resolution
ton of the Mayor and Council from time
to time.
SECTION 5.-No person shall damage,
obstruct or in any manner Interfere with
any part of the sewer system of the Town
of Smyrna nor permit any refuse or any
other substance tending to obstruct or
damage any part of the said sewer system,
to get into the Town sewer system.
SECTION 6.-For all purposes of this
Ordinance the word person" shall be
deemed to include any and all persons,
firms, associations and or corporations.
Any person, firm, association or corpora
ton violating any one or more of Sections
/. 2, 8 or 5 hereof shall upon conviction
before the Town Alderman be guilty of a
common nuisance and shall forfeit and pay
to The Town of Smyrna fine of not less
than Twenty-Five Dollars (S25), nor more
than One Hundred Dollars (S100), exclu-
sive of costs. to be collected as provided by
Neither second nor any subsequent
action for violation of any part of Sections
l. and or shall be brought sooner
than thirty days after the date of the de-
cision of the Alderman in the last previous
action brought for similar violation of any
of the said Sections, and neither a second
nor any subsequent action for violation of
Section shall be brought sooner than six
months after the date of the decision of
the Alderman in the last previous action
brought for violation of said Section 2.
SECTION Amy and all previous
ordinances of The Town of Smyrna, or sec
tons or parts thereof, contradictory to.
supplied by or in conflict with any provi-
sion of any Section of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
SECTION "a copy of this Ordinance
shall be published in The Smyrna Times in
its issues of September 27, 1945 and Oc-
tober A. 1945.
Ordinance Adopted September Ia, 1945.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
TOWN OF SMYRNA.