Ordinance No. 341•
ORDINANCE NO. 343
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ANY PERSON, - FIMI , ASSOCIATION OR
CORPORATION FROM DISCHARGING ANY PETROLEUM AND /OR VOLATILE
MATTER �MTSOEVM? INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN; PROVIDING FOR PRESCRIBED TRAPS SO AS TO
PREVENT SUCH PRODUCTS FROM ENTERING INTO SAM SL71M MAINS;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TIV HUN -
DRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION
AND EFFECTIVE HATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TZXAS:
Section 1: That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, asso-
ciation or corporation to place, discharge or allow to escape into, any petro-
leum and /or volatile me"tter into the sanitary sewer system of the City of Bay-
town, Texas.
Section 2: That no automobile dealer, service station or garage owner,
their agents or employees, shall wash vehicles and allow waste water to enter
the sanitary sewer system of the City of Baytown, Texas, unless and until such
automobile dealer, service station or garage owner, their agents and employees,
have installed a sand trap for the purpose of preventing any petroleum and /or
volatile matter from entering into said sanitary sewer system. The trap to be
used for this purpose must be approved by the Director of Public forks; provided,_
that a sand trap constructed as set forth in the diagram attached hereto and
made a part hereof for all intents and purposes shall be deemed to be a satis-
factory trap when operated as directed by the Director of Public Works.
Section 3: Repealing Clause. All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon-
sistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however,
that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all
other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating
and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 4: Savings Clause.. If any provision, exception, section, sub-
section paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the applica-
tion of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any reason be held
unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity
of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other per-
sons or sets of circumstances and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 5: PenaitX. Any violation of any of the terms of this ordinance,
whether herein denominated as unlawful or not, shall be deemed as misdemeanor;
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0 and any person convicted of any such violation shall be fined in a sum not
exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. Each day of the continuance of such
violation shall be considered a separate offense and be punished separately;
and any person, agent or employee engaged in any such violation shall on con-
viction be so punished.therefor.
Section 6: Effective Date. This ordinance shall take-effect from and
after ten (10) days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is
hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice
within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance.
• INTRODUCED, READ and PASSIM by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, on this the 28th day of June, A.D.,
1956.
ATTEST:
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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R. H. Pruett, Mayor