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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1973-013 ORDINANCE NO. 73-13 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF EVERY BUILDING LOCATED ON ANY LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, THE PROPERTY LINE OF WHICH EXTENDS TO WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET i (100') OF ANY CITY WATER MAIN ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE PROPERTY TO CAUSE ALL WATER SERVICE TO SAID BUILDING TO BE CONNECTED WITH SAID CITY WATER MAIN; REQUIRING THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF EVERY BUILDING LOCATED ON ANY LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, THE PROPERTY LINE OF WHICH EXTENDS TO WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET (100') OF ANY SANITARY SEWER MAIN ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT A WATER CLOSET AND CONNECT THE SAME TO THE SANITARY SEWER MAIN OF THE CITY; PROHIBITING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION �° `� FROM ALLOWING ANY PARTY TO CONNECT WITH EITHER WATER OR SEWER WITHOUT CONNECTING WITH THE OTHER; PROHIBITING PIT TOILETS; PROVIDING THAT EXISTING PIT TOILETS SHALL BE DISCONTINUED WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS; PROVIDING THAT PIT TOILETS EXISTING IN ANNEXED TERRITORY SHALL BE DISCONTINUED WITHIN NINETY (90) DAYS AFTER ANNEXATION; REQUIRING THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT OF BUILDINGS TO CONSTRUCT SEPTIC TANKS WHERE NO SANITARY SEWER LINE IS �.,;, AVAILABLE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the preservation of the public health and welfare within the City of Grapevine, Texas, requires the use of pure water; and WHEREAS, the preservation of the public health and welfare within the City of Grapevine, Texas, requires the control of sanitation; and _ WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine, Texas, desires to preserve the public health and welfare of the inhabitants of said City by supplying purified fresh water and by furnishing sanitary sewer facilities; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVTNE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. For the purpose of this ordinance "BUILDING" shall mean any house, dwelling, place of business, shack, tent, enclosure or structure occupied at any time of the day or night by any person or persons, "" SECTION 2. The owner or occupant of every building located on �� any lot or parcel of land within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, the property line of which extends to within one hundred feet (100') of any City water main adequate both as to size and grade to serve the property, shall cause all water service to said building to be connected with said City water main in accordance with all ordinances of the City of Grapevine regulating such connections. Where a City water main is constructed or extended t� �Nithin one hundred feet (100') of any property line, the owner or occupant of every building � located on said property, shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to make the connection with said City water main. �...� SECTION 3. The owner or occupant of every building located on any �,� lot or parcel of land within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, the property line of which extends to within one hundred feet (100') of any sanitary sewer main adequate both as to size and grade to serve the property, shall construct, or cause to be constructed, a suitable water closet upon such property, and shall connect or cause the same to be connected with such sanitary sewer in accordance with all ordinances of. the City of Grapevine regulating such construction. Where a sanitary sewer main is constructed or extended to within one hundred feet (100') of any property line, the owner or occupant of every building located on said praperty shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to make the connection with said sanitary sewer main. � SECTION 4. The Ci�y Administration is hereby directed not to allow any party to connect with e�thex a City water main or with a City sanitary sewer main without connecting to the other if both meet the requirements as set out above in Section 2 and Section 3. SECTI4N 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to build, construct, use or maintain any pzt toilet, pit privy or dry closet on any lot or tract of land within the carporate limits of the City of Grapevine, the property line of which, at any point, extend� to within a distance of ane hundred feet {104"} of any City of Grape- ` vine san�tary sewer main adequate both as to size and grade to serve the �" ° property. SECTION b, Any pit toilet, pit privy or dry cloSet now existing within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, shall be discontinued within ninety (90) days from ar�d after the passage of this ordinance. SECTION 7. When any territory is hereafter annexed to the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, any pit toilet, pit privy or dry closet existing in the territary annexed shall be discontinued within ninety (90) days from and after the date of passage of the final annexation ord�nance. �_ ° SECTION 8. Where no City of Grapevine sanitary sewer main is �;,� available or cannot be made available to the property, the owner or occupant of the building �ituated thereon shall construct a septic Cank of sufficient size and capacity to serve the property or building in accordance with the specifzcatians and standards for the construction of septic tanks promulgated by the laws of the State of Texas and the Department of Health of the State of Texas, or as required by ordinances of the City of Grapevine. Provided, further, that when a sanitary se�er main is constructed or extended to within one hun��°ed feet (100') of any property line wherein any building is being served by a septic tank as required herein, the owner or occupant of every building located on said praperty shall have ninety (90) days thereafter to make the connection with said sanitary sewer main as required by Section 3 of this ordinance. � , SECTION 9. Any person violating or failing to cpmply with any pravisions of this ordinance sh�ll be fined upon convictian, not less than C}ne Dallar {$l, OQ) nar more than Two Hundred Dollars ($24Q. 0{�} and each day any violation of non-compliance continue� shali constitute a separate offense. SEGTION 1Q. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Gity Council of the City af Grapevine that the �ections, paragraphs, �entence�, clause� and phra�es of thi� ordinance are severable and any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section hereof should be dec3.ared uncanstitutional, such uncon- stitutianality or invalidty shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, - >>�. �entences, paragraphs ar sections of this ardinance, since the �ame would have been enacted by the City Cauncil without the incorporation �n this ordinance of any such unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section, SECTI�N ll. The fact that the present ordinances a� d regulations af the City af Grapevine are inadequate to control sanitation and water supply within the corparate limits af the City of Grapevine, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which reguire� that this ordinance shall become effective from and after th� date of its pa�sage as provided by the Charter af the City of Grapev�ne, and it is accardingly so ordained. ��,.�, �, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, this the 17th day of Apri1 A. D. 1973. �; _ �, � r~,� , ; ,-. ,r. __ _. 1 , MAYOR ATTEST: \ �.� , - ---- ; , � � , . � � � � , �� ; � . , __ �-r�. :__ .. � ,tLk��__,.�... ity cretary � , APPROVED AS TO FORM: ity ttorney ��: ,., �.;. � �