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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0365 ,t ~'. / r ORDINANCE NO. 365. AN ORDnANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 126 KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS THE PLUMBING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA BY ADDING THERETO SECTIONS 7-A, 7-B AND 7-C AND PROHIBITING CESSPOOLS IN A CERTAIN AREA OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA. THE CI'l'Y' COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Ordinance No. 126 of the City of Arcadia known as the Plumbing Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto Sections 7-A, 7-B and 7-C, to read as follows: SECTION 7-A: That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to build, lay, erect, construct, maintain, use or permit or cause to be maintained any privy, toilet, latrine or cesspool on any premises within the area of land bounded and de- scribed as follows: All that territory within the following described exterior boundary line: Beginning at the intersection of the Easterly line of Michillinda Avenue with the Easterly prolongation of the center line of CalifornJa Street, in the Michillinda Tract, as per map recorded in Book 21, pages 14 and l5 of Maps, records of Los Angeles County, thenc,e Nor1;heaster1y in a direct line to the Northwesterly corner of Lot 5, TI'act No. 949, as per map recorded in Book 17, Page l3 of Maps, Records of said County; thence along a direct line to the intersection of thE. center line of Santa Anita Avenue and Forest Avenue, Tract No. 'i'820, as per map recorded in Book 83, Page 30 of Maps, Records of se.id County, to the intersection of said line with the Southwesterly l.1ne of the right of way of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; thence Northwesterly and Westerly along the, said Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway right of way to the Easterly line of Michillinda Avenue, thence Southerly along the said Easterly line to the place of beginning. SECTION 7-B: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or -1- Cht'/ '5'4'<!::>-- corporation to bulld, lay, construct, use or permit a septic tank in the City of Arc:adia without first obtaining a permit from the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Arcadia. Any person, firm or corporation desiring a permit to put in a septic tank In the City of Arcadia shall first make an appli- cation, to, be in v;'riting, to the Plumbing Inspector of the City of Arcadia. The application shall contain a full description of the septic tank ana le,e.cliing system or any other drainage system, and the Plumbing Inspector shall charge Two Dollars ($2.00) for issuing said permit. SECTION 7-C:, Each septic tank shall have a capacity.of not less than ninety (90) cubic feet for not to exceed two water . , closets discharging into the septic tank and shall have an ad- ditional capacity of not less than ten (lO) cubic feet for each additional water closet in excess of two water closets discharging into the septic tank. Each sep,tic tank shall be constructed of re-inforced con- crete not less than four (4) inches in thickness, or of plain con- crete not less than five (5) inches in thickness for the walls and bottom of any such tank. No septic tank shall be built nearer than four (4) feet to any boundary line of the lot on which it is located or closer than five (5) feet to any building used as a dwelling. All septic tanks shall be constructed of at least two (2) compartments and all compartments and b~Lffle. plates shall be constructed of concrete. In the at'ea described in Section 7-A of this Ordinance, each septic tank shall discharge into a drainage leaching system of sufficient length and capacity to properly take care of the run off for each building served by the septic tank. Leaching and drainage systems sball be at least two (2) feet under the ground. Surface drainage and rainwater leaders will not be permitted. SECTION 2: This Ordinance is declared to be an emer~ gency measure for the preservation of the public health, safety and -2- iM.,~/. .'.5' i 0- convenience and tlm facts constituting such necessity are as follows: That in the area of land described in Section 7-A of this Ordinance, which land lies behind what is known as the Raymond Dyke Basins, the Raymond Dyke constitutes a barrier and the drainage from the San Gabriel Mcmntains percolates under the ground and forms a reservoir behind the Raymond Dyke., In some places near the lake on the Baldwin Ranch and other areas, the water level is high and cess- pools dug to a depth of eighteen (18) feet and less come in contact with the water, QD,d if cesspools are permitted the watsr will be polluted and unfit for human consumption. Building is being held up, permits are not being issued and sanitary engineers have been trying to work out a system of sanitation for this particular area and it is therefore necessary that this Ordinance take effect im- mediately. SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Tribunt~, a daily newspaper published and circulated in said City of Arcadia, and thereafter the same shall take effect and be in force. I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted regularly adjourned meeting at a '."I:)",,1a., ,....,..t..l.'tS, of the Cl ty Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 26th day of October , 1937, by the affirmative vote of at least four councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen, Griffitts, Hoffman, Hudson and McLean NOES: Kone ABSENT: Councilman Corb)r Signed and approved this ,~~ -, 26t 'Y:~11~ :::t/~ ayo ATTEST, . ~ JA{tb. ~~ - C er -3- C/td 3j,6-'