Ordinance No. 6,948940310 -3
ORDINANCE NO. 6948
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 "HEALTH AND SANITATION,"
ARTICLE IV "PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES," SECTION 15 -25(b)
"MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE SEWER LINES," OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 15 "Health and Sanitation," Article
IV "Public Health Nuisances," Section 15 -25(b) "Maintenance of
Private Sewer Lines," of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV. PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCES
Sec. 15 -25. Maintenance of private sewer lines.
(b) If a property owner's sewer line becomes damaged,
defective or deteriorated to the extent that it admits
earth and /or surface or subsurface water and /or permits
escape of effluents, the owner shall be notified by the
City of the line's condition, and that repairs must be
made within ninety (90) days after receipt of such
notice. Notices shall be sent certified mail. However,
if a property owner's sewer line becomes damaged,
defective or deteriorated to the extent that it
constitutes a public nuisance, as defined in Section 15-
20, and prompt abatement is of public necessity, this
section, along with the notice provisions contained
herein, shall not apply.
(c) Sewer line repairs must follow the City's plumbing code
(Chapter 24 - Code of Ordinances) and are subject to
approval by the City's inspection department.
(d) Maintenance repairs to all portions of a property owner's
sewer line shall be the responsibility of the property
owner, and shall be made in compliance with City codes.
(e) If the property owner dos not repair the sewer line
within the specified ninety (90) day period, the City may
terminate water service to the property and /or may
disconnect the sewer service from the City main line.
(f) In the event that the sewer service has been disconnected
from the City main line as a result of failure to repair
the sewer line as requested by the City, and thereafter
the City determines that the owner's sewer line has been
• repaired satisfactorily, the owner's line shall be
reconnected to the City main line, subject to section
31 -67, "Sewer tapping fees," of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas.
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(g) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or
knowingly fails or refuses to repair his sewer line
within ninety (90) days after notice from the City.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
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 3: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application 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 persons
or sets of circumstances and to this end all provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown this the 10th day of March,
1994.
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PETE C. AL O, Mayor
ATTEST:
FILE P. A LL, City Clerk
ACID RAMIREZ, , City Attorney
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