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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances and Municipal Laws, Page 290S90' REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH. Plumbing Rules and Regulations. Sewerage Inspector. Itmoftanks Art. 56. All water -closets shah not be supplied with water.from special tank or cistern, which holds less than 9 gallons of water when up to the level of the overflow pipe for each closet supplies. The flushing pipe of said tanks shall not be of less size than r/ -inches inside diameter. Iron latrines Art. 57. Where latrines are used for schools and other public bildings, they shall be of iron, properly supplied with water, and located in yard at least zo feet from building. Licensed Art. 58. The city Engineer shall have the authority and on Dended power, whenever in his opinion any plumber, or his assistant , is doing any plumbing or house draining, violates any of the provisions of this ordinance�to suspend the license of said plumber or assistant, and report same to Mayor and Com- mon Council for final action. Pipes exposed Art. 59. In all building the drain waste pipes and traps must be exposed to view for ready inspection at all times, and for convenience in repairing when necessarily placed within partitions or in recesses they must be covered with wood work and so fastened as to be readily removed, in no case shall they be inaccessable. Sewerage Inspector. An ordinance creating the office of "Sewerage Inspector" and providing the duties of said office defining compensation and penalties. Be it ordained by the members of the Common Council of of the City of Paducah, Kentucky. oIn •o Section I. That the office of Sewerage Inspector is here- exiaey axed by created. The compensation of said officer shall be $7io, per annum, payable monthly out of the City Treasury. He shall be elected by the Common Council at the first regular mecting,in December of each year or as soon thereafter as convenient or be done at the will of the said Council, the i REVISED ORDINANCES Or PADUCAH. rj -Sewerage Inspector. said sewerage inspector to hold his office for the period of one Tarmof year from his e'ection and office y qualification or until his successor ' is duly elected and qualified. The office herein created, shall be subject to all limitations and restrictions found in the charter pretaining to other offices so created by the Common Council, Sec. a. The duties of said officer shaU be to carefully in- Duties spect all public and private sanitary sewerage as well as all deanod public storm water sewerage now constructed or hereafter to be constructed within the limits of the City of Paducah. He shall have the supervision over and be the inspector of all private .connections with the public sewerage.and he shall be 'required to see that all sewerage as herein referred to, shall be laid and constructed in accordance with ordinances per- taining thereto. He shall also be required to perform each and all the duties that are imposed upon and required of the City Engineer by means of an ordinance entitled "An ordin- ance regulating the sanitary conection with the system of seweragewithin the City of Paducah, and defining the rules to cover plumbing thereunder," and shall be required to as- sume all the responsibilities and be subject to the same penal- ty therein defindd and referred to as a parr of the duties of said City Engineer. Sec. 3. He shall be, required .to give a bond of $t,Soo.00 Bond made payable to the City of Paducah, Kentucky, for the reautrod faithful performance and dischagre of all the duties of his said office now and hereafter ,defined by ordinances. In the event of the inability of said officer, by reason of sickness. absence or otherwise to properly discharge any of the duties of said office, the sewerage comittee shall have the right and % �.,f stunt power to appoint sonic capable person in his stead who shall mar atw hold such office during such inability, sickness or absence, upon the same terms and conditions as said sewerage inspector the compensation of such person so appointed to be prorated as to the. time lie may be so employed afnt to he the same 292 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH. y Sewerage Inspector. Penalty for neglect of duties Amendment passed Jul? IL tYW Sewerage Inspector—Amendment. as that of said sewerage inspector and to be deducted from the regular compensation of the sewerage inspector during such disabilities. He shall be at all times, required to per- form such other duties in connection with any of the sewer- 4 age of the city or other public affairs thereof as may be dir- ected by the Common Council or Mayor. Sec. q. For a failure to properly perform any of the duties herein described or referred to by other ordinances eitti-� cr through neglect or otherwise, he shall be fined npon con- viction thereof, not less than $$.00 nor more than $to.00 for each and every offense. Sec. g. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict 1 with this ordinance is hereby repealed. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. Adopted, December 5, 1898. W. H. PATTERSON, C. C.' P. Approved, December 8, tg98. JAS. M. LANG, MAYOR. Sewerage Inspector—Amendment. An ordinance amending an ordinance nulled an ordin- ance creating the office of sewerage inspector and providing the duties of said office. Defining compensation and penal- ties. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Pa- ducah, Kentucky. Section r. That section 2 of an ordinance entitled an ordinance creating the office of Sewerage Inspector and pro- viding the duties of said officedefining compensation and pen- . allies, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the following is inserted and adopted in lieu thereof, viz: The duty of said officer shall be to carefully inspect al: public and private sanitary sewers now constructed and here. ri 7 REVISED ORDINANCES OF PADUCAH. 293 Sewerage Inspector—Amendment. Sewerage—Natural Drain=. after to be con.Gtructed in the City of Paducah. He shall al so be required to perform such and all of the duties that are imposed upon and required of the city Engineer by reason of an ordinance entitled an an ordinance regulating the sanitary connection with the system of sewerage within the City of Pa- ducah, and defining the rules to govern plumbing thereunder, and he shall be. -required to assume all the reyponsibilites and be subject to the same penalties thereunder, defined and referred to as a part of the duties of the City Engineer. He shall also be required to perform tinder the directions of the city Engineer any other duties in connection with tlic' sewer work which may be ordered by the Mayor of the City of Paducah. Sec. 2. That all �oriinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provis'ons of this ordinance are hereby re- pealed and this. ordinance shall take effect from its passage and approval. Adopted July 17, 18cg• W. H. PATTERSON C. C. P. Approved July 18, t8W, JAS. M. LANG, Mayor. . Sewerage—Natural Drains. An Ordinance Relating to the Sewerage of Any Natural Drain and Prescribing Penalty for Obstruction of the Same. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Paducah: Section i. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- Unlawful sons within the corporate limits of 'the City of Paducah, to act" pipe or in any manner sewer any natural drain without first obtaining a written permit from the City Engineer, a copy written of the same to be repo rded with other records in the office of permit .qu red the City Engineer and such persons applying' for a:iy such permit shall be requ:rcd to•ese such size and dimensions o' :+y C m