O61-02KENNEDAL7 ORDINANCE NO, 61-2
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE RUT,78 AND
REGULATIONS FOR CONNECTING PROPERTY AND
PREMISES TO THE KENNEDAT,7 SEWER SYSTEM;
REQUIRING A PERMIT FOR CONNECTION TO SAID
SEWER SYSTEM; PRESCRT7)ING QUALIFICATIONS
AND BONDING OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DO
PLUMBING WORK FOR CONNECTION TO AND TAPPING
OF SAID SEWER SYSTEM MAINS; REQUIRING
INSPECTIONS THEREOF; PRESCRTRING RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR TER USE OF SAID
SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; AND CONTAINING A SAVING CMA.USE.
WHEREAS, the City of Kennedale,. Texas, is engaged
in the installation of a municipal sewer system, which system
will soon be placed in operation; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary for the City to
make certain requirements concerning the connection of premises
to and the use of said municipal sewer system; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful to connect any
property or premises to the Kennedale Municipal Sewer System
without the person making such connection first having obtained
a written permit therefor from the City of Kennedale, application
for said permit to be made to the City Secretary. All connections
to the Municipal Sewer System shall be made by and at the cost of
the applicant for service, but under the superividbn and subject
to the inspection of the City Water and. Sewer Superintendent, or
his duly authorized agent, and no such connection shall be concealed
until same has been inspected by the City. No permit shall be issued
until an installation or tap fee has been paid in accordance with
the provisiaas of Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-1, together with an
inspection fee of $1.00 payable at the time application for a permit
is made.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation, other than a property owner making connection of
his own premises, to install any sewer lines for connection to the
Municipal Sewer System unless such person, firm or corporation has
on deposit with the City of Kennedale an approved surety bond payable
to the City and the public jointly in the sum of $1,000.00, condi-
tioned on compliance with the applicable regulations of the City
and performance in a workmanlike manner of his contractsfor
plumbing work, and indemnifying the City against any damage or
liability by reason of any defective work, failure to comply with
the applicable regulations of the City, or failure to restore the
street surface, or any negligence in the prosecution of such
plumbing work. The filing and approval of such bond shall entitle
the obligor to perform plumbing work in the City for a period of
one year thereafter and shall be renewed annually.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation, other than a property owner making connection of his
own premises, to install any sewer lines for connection to the Muni-
cipal Sewer System unless such person, firm or corporation has in
force and effect with an insurance company authorized to do busi-
ness in the State of Texas a mechanic's and contractor's liability
policy indemnifying such person against claims for negligence in
the prosecution of this work in at least the sum of $5,000.00 for
property damage and $5,000.00 per perSon and $10,000.00 per accident
for bodily injury. Such policy shall be sufficient to cover negli-
gence of the insured with respect to excavations and underground
work, as well as all other work and a certificate of such insurance
shall be filed with the City Secretary.
Section 4. All connections to the Municipal Sewer
System shall be made at the applicant's entire expense, as herein -
above provided, but no actual tap of a municipal sewer main shall
be made except in the presence and under the direction and super-
vision of the City Water and Sewer Superintendent or his duly
authorized agent. No person, property owner or otherwise, shall
make a tap into a city sewer main unless he shall have on deposit
with the City the bond required in the second preceding section
of this ordinance, and no saddle connection on the sewer main
shall be cemented until same has been inspected by the City.
Said applicant shall restore, at his own expense, the street
surface, in the event it is necessary to make a street cut
in connecting to the sewer system. Any such street repairs
shall likewise be subject to inspection by the City, and in all
events said street surface shall be restored to the condition
that it was prior to making the cut therein. Any person making a
connection to the City sewer main shall indemnify the City for any
damage to such main.
Section 5. Connections to the Kennedale Municipal
Sewer System, and sewer installations from the builaIng to the
sewer main shall be in conformity with the following rules:
(a) All work shall be done in accordance with good
plumbing practices and shall conform with all applicable ordin-
ances of the City of Kennedale and all applicable rules of the
Texas State Health Department.
(b) Sewer lines may be of concrete pipe, clay pipe
or fibre pipe. If concrete pipe is used, the joints shall be
cemented using a mixture of two parts screened sand and one
part Portland cement.
(c) Sewer lines from the building to the sewer main
shall be not less than four (4) inches in diameter.
(d) Connections to sewer•mains shall be made with
wyes and 1/8 bends or approved cast iron saddle cemented to
the sewer main at a 45° angle to the horizontal; .90° turns
shall be made with two 45° bends.
(e) Sewer lines shall be laid in a trench of smooth
uniform grade with excavated bell holes and with 1/4 inch fall
to the foot, if at all possible.
(f) Sewer lines shall not be laid on filled ground
or where trenches are dug too deep and have to be back -filled
under the sewer line, unless such back -fill be gravel; rock
shall not be used in back -filling or bedding.
(g) House drains shall be extended at least three (3)
feet outside of the building with cast iron pipe; house sewer
connections shall not be made to any City sewer manhole or clean -
out.
(h) When any building is constructed over an existing
sewer line, such line shall be replaced with cast iron pipe.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful to discharge any storm
water, surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface
drainage, cooling water, rain or flood waters, or unpolluted
industrial process waters into the Kennedale Municipal Sewer
System.
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Section 7. It shall be unlawful to discharge or cause
to be discharged into the Kennedale Municipal Sewer System any
of the following: any gasoline, benzine, naptha, fuel oil or
other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas; any water or
waste containing excessive fat, oil or grease, and greater fat,
oil or grease content than 100 parts per million shall be deemed
excessive; any garbage that has not been properly shredded; any
ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood or any other solid or viscous
substance capable of causing constriction to the flow in sewers
or otherwise interfere with the proper operation of the sewage
works; any waters or wastes having corrosive properties capable_
of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel
of the sewage works; any waters or wastes containing a toxic or
poisonous substance in a sufficient quantity to injure or interfere
with the sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to humans
or animals; any waters or wastes containing suspended solids or
other substances, or of any temperature higher than 1500
Farenheit, or that for any other reason shall constitute an
unusual burden or expense upon the sewage treatment plant or
constitute a nuisance.
Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to discharge water from any car washing
rack into the Municipal Sewer System unless such water is first
passed through a sand trap approved by the City Water and Sewer
Superintendent, City Plumbing Inspector or their duly authorized
agents.
Section 9, No unauthorized person shall uncover, make
any connection with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any
public sewer or appurtenances thereof.
Section 10. No person shall maliciously, willfully
or negligently, break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper
with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of
the municipal sewage works or municipal sewage system. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to iiiunedbe arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct, in addition to the penalties
hereinafter prescribed.
Section 11. Any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum not less than $10.00 nor more than $200.00, and each
day that any violation continues shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense.
Section 12. Every section of this ordinance, and every
provision of each section is hereby declared to be an individual
section or provision, and the holding of any section or provision
of any section to be void, ineffective or unconstitutional for
any cause whatsoever shall not be deemed to affect any other
section or provision hereof.
Section 13. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as by law
provided.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of January, A.D. 1961.
ATTEST:
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT:
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day per-
sonally appeared Alfred W. White , known to
me, who, being by me duly sworn, on his oath deposes and says,
that he is the publisher of The Mansfield. News Mirror, a
weekly newspaper of general circulation published in Tarrant
County, Texas; that a copy of the attached notice concerning
the passage of Kennedale Ordinance No. 61-2, of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, was published in one issue of said paper,
said publication being on the following date, to -wit: February
9th, 1961
, a newspaper copy of such publication notice
being hereto attached.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 9th day of
February, A.D. 1961.
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Tarrant County,
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THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF TARRANT,
CITY OF KENNEDALE.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS:
I, Suzie A. Langford, City Sec-
retary of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, do hereby certify that the
City Council of the City of Kenne
dale, Texas, at a regular meeting
held on the 5th day of January,
1961, adopted Kennedale Ordinance
No. 61-2, the caption of said ordi-
nance being as follows: "An Ordi-
nance Prescribing the Rules and
Regulations for Connecting Prop-
erty and Premises to the Kenne-
dale , Sewer System; Requiring a
Permit For Connection to Said
Sewer System; Prescribing Quali-
fications and Bonding of Persons
Authorized to do Plumbing Work
for Connection to and Tapping of
Said Sewer System Mains; Re-
quiring Inspections Thereof; Pre-
scribing Rules and Regulations for
the Use of Said Sewer System;
Providing a Penalty for the Vio-
lation Hereof, and an Effective,
Date; and Containing a Saving
Clause." The purpose of the ordi-
naryceyis to set forth rules and reg-
or plumbing work which
Kennedale
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ponsibility of persons s
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giiig
1ection to
cipal Sewer
Systexm. Theordinance requires a
permit andinspection as a.condi-
tion, precedent to connecting any
premises to the Municipal Sewer
System, and requires the posting
of bond and carrying of liability
insurance by any person doing
plumbing: work for another for
connection to said sewer system.
The City Council has authorized
publication notice of the ordinance
by publishing this notice only, con-
taining the ordinance caption, pur-
pose and penalty provisions. Penal-
ties for violations of the ordinance
are set forth;jn Section 11 thereof
as follows: "Any person, firm or
corporation violating any of the
provisions of, this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not less than
$10.00 nor more than $200.00, and.
and each day that any violation
continues shall constitute a sep-
arate and distinct offense." The
ordinance is declared to be effec-
tive immediately after its passage
and publication of this notice.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I
have hereunto subscribed my name
officially under the corporate seal
of the City of Kennedale, Texas,
this 2 day of February, 1961.
(s) Susie A. Langford
City. Secretary
City of Kennedale, Texas
(SEAL)