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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1202 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1972/12/04r., • ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. P 02 NOVEMBER 20, 1972 7C AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING CONNECTION WITH THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM AND PROHIBITING PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM; ADDING SECTIONS 1:700, 1:711 AND 1:712; AMENDING SECTIONS 1:706, 1:757 AND 1:770; REPEALING SECTIONS 1:750, 1:756 AND 5:1006 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Chapter 1 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended by adding Section 1:700 to read: Section 1:700. Connection with Public Sewer System Required. After Oct. 1, 1973, any structures situated on property from which sewage is disposed and abutting a portion of the St. Louis Park public sanitary sewer system shall be connected to the public sanitary sewer system, and any such structures not so connected by Oct. 1, 1973 shall be completely disconnected from the pr=vate sewer system, and such private sewage disposal system shall be filled or otherwise abandoned in a manner approved by the City Manager or his designee. Section 2. Section 1:706 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended to read: Section 1:706. Connections - How Made. All work relating to sewer connections shall comply with the following: a. Permits shall be procured before breaking ground in any street or alley for such work, as required by Section 1:620. b. After the pipe is properly laid the refilling must proceed at once and it must be thoroughly tamped or puddled or both and so done that there shall be no surplus earth left. c. If there is a deficiency of earth to fill the excavation, the plumber doing the work shall supply such deficiency with clean sand or approved material. d. No rock larger than four inches across or thick may be put into any excavation within two feet of cover over pipe. e. Street, sidewalk, or driveway within the public right-of-way removed on this permit must be relaid at the expense of the plumber and to the specifications of the City. f. All work must be done under the supervision of the City, and all drain pipes from public sewers shall be inspected by the City before beim covered up. g. All work performed under this ordinance within the public right-of-way shall be guaranteed by the contractor for one year from the date of final approval by the City. h. No person shall build a fire within any sewer or drain for any purpose whatsoever. Section 3. Chapter 1 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended by adding Section 1:711 to read: Section 1:711. Notice. If the owner of any such property does not connect to the public sewer system on or before Oct. 1, 1973, the City Manager or his designee shall serve a notice on the owner or agent of the owner of such property to connect with the public sewer system within ten days after the service of such notice. Such notice shall also state that, in the event of non-compliance, connection will be done by the City at the owner's expense. When no owner or agent of the owner can be found, notice shall be sent by registered mail to the person who is listed on the records of the county auditor or county treasurer as the owner. Service will be complete upon mailing. Section 4. Chapter 1 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended by adding Section 1:712 to read: Section 1:712. Abatement and Assessment. If such person fails to comply with the notice within ten days after service, the City Manager or his designee shall have such property connected to the public sewer system. A record showing the cost of such work attributable to each separate lot or parcel shall be delivered to the City Clerk. Any such cost and expenses shall be charged and billed to the owner of such property. If payment is not received within ten days after -such billing to either the owner or agent of the owner, the amount so charged against said lot or parcel of land, together with a description of the premises and the name of the owner shall be certified to the County Auditor and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes and special assessments against said premises. The charge shall be a perpetual lien on the premises until paid. No clerical error or informality in such tax bill, or in the proceedings leading up to its issuance, shall invalidate or be a defense thereto. Section 5. Section 1:757 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended to read: Section 1:757. Discharge of Prohibited Substances. No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged, directly or indirectly, into the public sanitary sewer system of the City: a. rain or surface water from roofs, yards, lawns, streets, alleys, sidewalks or driveways. -2- b. water or other fluid used for the operation of air-cooling and air-conditioning equipment in plants or units; c. any gasoline, napths, benzine, kerosene, turpentine, or any spirit gas or fluid, or any material of an explosive or suffocating nature, or that may possibly create combustible or suffocating gases or vapors; d. gravel, sand, dirt or any other heavy material; e. any substances prohibited by the Metropolitan Sewer Board, the City Manager, or his designee. Section 6. Adoption by Reference. a. Metropolitan Sewer Board Regulations. The Sewage and Waste Control Rules and Regulations for the Metropolitan Disposal System, dated December 1, 1971 by the Metropolitan Sewer Board are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference and three marked official copies of said rules and regulations shall be kept on file by the City Clerk. b. State Plumbing Code. The Minnesota State Plumbing Code, dated February 1, 1971, is incorporated herein by reference, and three marked official copies shall be kept on file by the City Clerk. Said Code shall apply to all public sewer connections required by this ordinance. Section 7. Section 1:770 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended to read: Section 1:770. Penalty. 1. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days or both. 2. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Section 8. Sections 1:750, 1:756, and 5:1006 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code are hereby repealed. Section 9. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council Decemb:� 4 1972. /� City Clerk Reviewed for administration: City Manager Mayor Approv City Attorney ality: • • 0 SUN- NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT `OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota ss. County of Hennepin J R RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other blication and is not made up entirely of patents, -plate matter and advertisements (4) Said spaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 0 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class iiatter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park ithe County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington m id county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during suchgregular business hours to the business of the news- paper and business related thereto (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance No. 1202 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein m the English language, once each week, for 011e successive weeks; that it was first so published on Thura flip 7 day of December 1932„ and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including • the day of , 19 and that the following is a printed copy o ,_the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit ' abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz a bode f g h r 1 k I m n opq rs t o vis xvz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7 day of December otarial Seal) M Vest, Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn My Commission Expires April 18th, 1979 19-a (Official Publication, NOVEMBER 20, 1,72 t,k7C ORDINANCE NO. 12 2 ' AN ORDINANCE,'' REQUIRING CONNECTION -WM110'IIB PUBLIC SEER SYSTEM 'ANDsPROHIBITING PRIM TE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYS- TEM, ADDING SECTIONS 1 700, 1 711 AND 1 712, AMENDING SECTIONS t 706, 1 757 AND 1 770, REPEALING SECTIONS 1 750, 1 756 AND 5 IMO OF THE ST LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE - THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 Chapter 1 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended by add- ing Section 1 700 to read Section 1 700 Connection with Pubic Sewer System Required Atter Oct 1 1979, any structures situated on property from which sewage is disposed and abut- ting a portion of the St Louis Park public sanitary sewer system shall be connected to the public sanitary sewer system, and any such strucares not so connected by Oct 1, 1973 shall be completely dtscon-) nected from the private sewer system, and such private sewage disposal system shall be filled or otherwise abandoned in a manner approved by the City Manager or his designee Section 2 Section 1 706 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code Is amended to read Section 1 706 Connections - How Made All work relating to sewer connec- mons shall comply with the following a Permits shall be procured before breaking ground in any street or alley for such work, as required by Section 1 620 b After the pipe is prwerly laid the refiling must proceed at once and It must be thoroughly tamped or _ puddled or both and so done that there shall be no surplus earth lett c U there is a deficiency of earth to Iib the excavation, the plumber doing the work shall supply such defi- ciency with clean sand or approved material d No rock larger than four inches across or thick may be put into any excavation within two feet of cover over pipe e Street, sidewalk, or driveway within the public right-of-way re- moved on this permit must be relaid at the ez�ppeennse of the plumber and to the specifications of the City f All work must be done under the supervision of the City, and all drain pipes from public sewers shall be inspected by the City before being covered up g All work performed under this ordinance within the public right-of- way shall be guaranteed by the con- tractor for one year from the date of final approval by the City h No person shall build a fire with- in any sewer or dram for any purpose whatsoever I Section 3 Chapter 1 of the St Lours Park Ordinance Code is amended by add- ing Section t 711 to read Section l 711 Notice U the owner of any such property does not connect to the ' public sewer system on or before Oct. 1. 1973, the City Manager or his designee ' shall serve a notice on the owner or agent of the owner of such property to connect with the public sewer system within ten days after the service of such notice Such notice shall also state that, in the event of non-compliance, connection will be done by the City at the owner's expense 'When no owner or agent of the owner can be found, notice shall be sent by registered mail 10 the person who is listed on the ' records of the county auditor or county treasurer as the owner Service will be complete upon mailing Section 4 Chapter 1 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended by add- ing Section 1 712 to read Section 1.712 Abatement and Assess- ment. It such person fails to comply with the notice within ten days after service, the City Manager or his designee shall have such property connected to the pub- hc sewer system krecOrd showing the cost oi,sucli Work t ributabld to each separate lot or iparchl,'shali be delivered to the'City Clerk -Mit such cost and ex- penses,ahall be ctharged and billed the of such property . payment received within ten days after such billing to either the owner or agent of the owner, the amount so charged against said tot or parcel of land, together with a description of the premises and the name of the own- er shall be certified to the County Auditor and shall be collected in the same manner as taxes and special assessments against said premises The charge shall be a per- petual hen on the premises until paid No clarion error or informality in such us bill, or in the proceedings leading up to Its Issuance, shall invalidate or be a defense _thereto i i 1 File No. Affidavit of Publication ST. LOUISPARK,, UN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of • AI • • • e • Section 5 Section 1 757 the St s Park Ordinance Code is amended to read Section 1 757 Discharge al Prohibit- ed Substances No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged, directly or indirectly, Into the public sanitary sewer system of the City a ram or surface water from roofs, yards, lawns, streets. alleys, side- walks or driveways b water or other fluid used for the operation of airtroohng and air- conditioning equipment In plants or units, c any gasoline, naptha, benzine. ker- osene, turpentine, or any spirit gas or thud, or any material of an ex- plosive or suffocating nature, or that may possibly create combusti- ble or suffocating gases or vapors, d gravel, sand, dirt or any other heavy material, e any substances prohibited by the Metrpohtan Sewer Board, the City Manager, or his designee Section 0. Adoption by Reference a Metropolitan Sewer Board Regula- tions The Sewage and Waste Con- trol Rules and Regulations for the Metropolitan Disposal System. dated December 1, 1971 by the Metropolitan Sewer Board are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference and three marked official copies of said rules and regulations shall be kept on file by the City Clerk b State Ptmblag Code The Minne- sota State Plumbing Code, dated February 1, 19/1, is incorporated herein by reference, and three marked official copies shall be kept on file by the City Clerk Said Code shall apply to all public sewer connections required by this ordi- nance Section 7 Section 1 770 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code is amended to read Section 1 778 Penalty 1 Any person violating the provi- sions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon comae- lion oovic-lion thereof shall be pumshed by a fine of not more than $300 � by- prisonment not to exceed 90 days or both Y A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues Section 8 Sections 1 750, 1750. and 5 1006 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code are hereby repealed Section 9 Effective Date This ordi- nance shall take effect 15 days after Its publication Adopted by the City Council December 4,1972 s/FRANK J PUCCI Mayor Attest s/ EARL E HANSON City Clerk Approved as to form and legality s/ WAYNE POPHAM City At Reviewed for admimstration CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager (Dec 7, 1972)—SLP