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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Ordinance with detailed passage information ORDINANCE N0. 309. AN ORDINANCE, relating to sanitary sewer connections and abatement of outdoor toilets. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA. Section 1. That all owners of business and residence property located within a sewer district of the City of Ames, shall connect with the sanitary sewer. Section 2. No outdoor toilets, privy, vault, cesspool or reservoir into which a privy, water closet or sink is drained, shall be established or permitted upon any property so situated as to be accessable to the sanitary sewers of the city of Ames. Section 3. All outdoor toilets, privies, vaults, cesspools and reservoirs now in use and located upon property accessable to the sanitary sewers are hereby declared a nuisance and a menace to the public health and the use of the same shall be abolished and discontinued. Section 4. All ordinances cr parts of ordinances inconsistant or in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. Any person by himself or by his agent , who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100. 00 or by . imprison- went not exceeding thirty days. Section 6. This ordinance shall be published as provided by law, and be in full force and effect from and after its public- ation. City Auditor & Clerk. Mayor. The above ordinance No. 309 was presented and received its first reading. Moved by Brindley: That the rules be suspended, second and third read- ings omitted, and Ordinance No. 309 be placed upon its final passage. Yeas: Brindley. Cupps. Morris. Moravets. Spinney. Nays: None. (carried) Moved by Moravet s: That Ordinance No. 309 do now pass and be adopted. Yeas: Brindley. Cupps. Morris. Moravets. , Spinney. Nays: None. (carried) The Mayor appointed S. A. Knapp as member of the Hospital Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of C. L. Siverly. Moved by, Spinney: That the Mayor' s appointment be confirmed. (carried) The Mayor made the appointment of Mr. Cure as motor policeman of the City of Ames. Moved by Brindley: That the Mayor ' s appointment be confirmed. (carried)