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ORDINANCE NO. 84-2559
AN ORDINAI[~TCE ANIE'NDING THE WATER AND SI~GJER EXTENSION
ORDINANCE, (ORDINANCE NO. 73-1383, ORD:aVANCE NO. 77-2109,
AND ORDINANCE NO. 78-2261) OF THE CIT!Z OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
REQUIRING THAT ANY RESIDENCE OR BUSINI~SS WITHIN THE
INCORPORATED CITY LIMITS AND LOCATED ti+lITHIN 150 FEET OF
THE CITY'~5 SANITARY SEWER 'SYSTEM TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER
SYSTEM AN]D BE SERVED, DIRECTING PUBLI()ATION OF THE
DESCRIPTIIDN CAP'T'ION OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH PENALTY.
PROVISION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHE,REA.S, Section 161 of the Plainview. City Charter states-that the
City Council will provide for and shall require-the compulsory
connection to the sewage system of the City of all pr~nises abutting on
and. which are witTnin the drainage area of such sewage systems; and
WHET2EAS, for the benefit, health, welfare, and safety of the
citizenery of Plainview is .been determined to bE, in the best interest
that septic tanks and cesspool systems be eliminated whenever possible;
and
NOW', THEREFORE BE IT ORDAlTTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLATNVIE~W, TEXAS `.PRAT:
SECTION l: That Ordinance 84-2559 amend aAl previous water, sewer
extension ordi~zances, to wit:
That any residence or business within 150 feet of the City's
sanitary sewer system will be required to connect to and be served.
by the sanitary sewer system and discontinue the use of a septic
tank or cesspa)1 system.
SECTION 2: AleL ordinances and parts of orc~.inances .that conflict
with the .provisions of this ordinance will be hereby. repealed.
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SECTION 3: Any person that violates or fails to comply with the
.provisions of ibis ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor upon conviction thereby will bE~ punished by a fine of
not less than $1.OO or more than $200.00 each day and considered
separate offense.
SECTION. 4: That the City Secretary be instructed to publish in the
Plainview Daily Herald, a newspaper of general circulation, the
caption- head_-ind of this ordinance prior to its second and final
reading.
SECTION 5: ThiLS ordinance shall become effective on final passage.
PAS~SID AND APPROVED on First. Reading this the 10th day of July,
1984.
PASiSED AND: APPROVED on Second Reading this the 24th day of July,
1984.
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ORDINANCE N0. 84-~!55~9
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E.V. RID]~~HIJBER, lvlayor
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TER S,. DODSON, City Clerk