HomeMy WebLinkAbout02611 ORD - 10/25/1949AN ORDINANCE
DECLARING TO BE UNLAWFUL CERTAIN ACTIONS OF
DEPOSITING WASTE PRODUCTS INTO THE SANITARY
OR STORM SEWERS OR PERMITTING SUCH WASTE
PRODUCTS TO PASS INTO THESE SANITARY OR STORM
SEWERS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; DEFINING
TERMS; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES.
WHEREAS, the practice of persons within the City of Corpus Christi
depositing refuse and waste products and, particularly, the practice of auto-
mobile service station operators permitting the draining of grease, oil and
petroleum waste products into the sanitary sewers and storm sewers of the City
of Corpus Christi, has seriously impaired the operation of the storm sewer
system of the City of Corpus Christi, and contributed toward the pollution
of the waters o£ Corpus Christi Bey and contributed to the handicaps to
the operation of the sanitary sewers of the City of Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the efficient operation of the storm
sewer system and the sanitary sewer system of the City of Corpus Christi
that the practice mentioned in the preceding paragraph be eliminated;
NWT, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI:
Section 1. Any person who shall deposit or throw into any sewer,
manhole, catch basin or flush tank or into any private drain connecting with,
or which drains into, any public sewer, any waste or refuse or any other sub-
stance which may cause the sewer or drain to become greasy or become stopped
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less
than Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 2. The terms "waste" or"refuse" shall include oil and
grease and waste petroleum products, earth, straw, hay, shavings, tinners'
scraps, refuse of manufacturers, ashes and rags. This definition is not in-
tended to be exclusive and the practice prohibited herein shall include all
substances which impair the operation of the City?s sewage disposal plant,
the sanitary sewer system or the storm sewer system or any part thereof of
the City of Corpus Christi.
section 3. If any partnership shall own or manage any place of
business wherein any act prohibited by this Ordinance is permitted, each
partner shall be deemed guilty, individually and severally, of such viola-
] tion. If any corporation shall own or manage any business place or building
where any act prohibited by this Ordinance is permitted in violation of this
Ordinance, the President, Vice - President and the Secretary- Treasurer shall,
individually and severally, be deemed guilty of such violation as shall all
of its supervisors, agents and managers directly involved in the management
of said business place or building. Each day of operation in violation of
the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed separate offenses.
section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective and be in .full
force after final passage, adoption and publication as required by law.
The foregoing Ordinance was read the first time and passed to
the second reading on the // ay of ill (•,7LP�RJ L. D. 1949, by
the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
The foregoing Ordinance was read the second time and passed to
the third reading on the PS day of A. D. 1949, by
the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman A L
Jack DeForrest t
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon /
George L. Lawman O
The foregoing Ordinance was read the third time and passed and
ordered approved by the Mayor on the_.2�day 6
A. D. 1949, by the following vote: �1
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. E. Herndon
George L. Lowman"`
APPROVED this 9, day of Q (�"�cl4 lrf :_. s A. D. 1949.
"ST:y
MAYOR
!N� - City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
City Secretary _
APPROVED AS M211
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A,22J Attorney
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