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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Section 129 of Ordinance 542 (Disposal of Sanitary Sewage) ORDINANCE NO. 684 All ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 542., PARTICULARY SECTION 129 OF ARTICLE XI OF ORDINANCE NO. 542. BE IT ORDAIN BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APES, IOWA: Section 1. That Section 129 of Article XI of Ordinance No. 542 of the City Ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, is hereby specifically repealed and that the following shall hereinafter be known as Section 129 of Ordinance No. 542. Section 129. Disposal of Sanitary Sewage and Wastes to Other Than a Sanitary- Sewer. No private sewage disposal works shall be constructed where a public sewer is available to the first floor of a building nor operated or maintained thereafter when a blic sewer is available. When a sanitary sewer is not available, the sanitary sewage and wastes from buildings shall be disposed of in the following manner: The drain pipes from buildings shall be connected with a private sewage disposal works designed and constructed in accordance with Ap- pendix 73, State Plumbing Cre (1941). The septic tank shall 'e the single compartment type and construc- ted of eonerete, corrosion- esisting metal, or other impervisous material. Metal tanks shall have a minimum wall thickness of 1J+ gauge. ll Each compartment shall lihave a minirrnum effective (liquid) capacity of 125 gallons, but in no c se shall the total capacity of the unit below the waterline be less than 500 gallons. The subsurface filter (or disposal field) to be provided for all septic tank effluents shall be based on the following minimum capaci- ties and requirements: TABLE OF SIZES , S bsurface Filter Sandy 3s Clay Soil*** Number Tsandy Soil ,Loam Soil Loam Soil of teptic Tank I Total Total Total Total i Total Persons ;Capacity i Length Length Length ( Length Length ;Gallons Distributor istributor istributor Distributor .C.ollector 1 to 7 500 70 100 140 ' 70 70 8 or 9 500 90 125 180 90 90 10 or 11 550 110 150 220 110 110 12 to 15* 800 150 225 300 150 150 A dosing tank should be installed ahead of filter when more than 15 persons are to be served. The design should be submitted to the Iowa State Department of Health for approval. # Lay distributor tile on bed of coarse sand or gravel 6 inches deep. In clay or other similar formations, a double line of tile consisting of both distributor and collector should be installed. The following distances shall be maintained between potential sources of pollution and any well used for drinking or culinary purposes: Open jointed sewers, drains, disposal fields, subsurface filters, absorption fields, cesspools, leaching pits, or other source of pollution - 75 feet. Septic Tanks ------ 50 feet. I Sewers or drains of any kind, including _________ 10 feet. basement floor drains ----- Where local conditions permit, greater distances may be required. Sewers and drains farther -than 10 feet but within 50 feet shall be extra heavy cast iron calked lead joints. Sewers and drains farther than 50 feet but within 75 feet may be cast iron pipe with lead joints or vitrified clay pipe with joints of calked hemp and cement or other approved jointing material. Subsurface filters or absorption fields shall not be located within 25 feet of any stream or open ditch, unless a collector the is installed, nor within 10 feet of any dwelling or building intended for human occupancy. A plan showing the location and design of the proposed septic tank and secondary treatment and the location of any and all wells within 75 feet of the site shall be filed with the application for a plumbing permit. Toilets shall not be installed in basements of dwellings served by private sewage disposal systems where it would be necessary to lay the subsurface filter tile more than 2 feet deep. Under these conditions, laundry wastes or basement drainage shall discharge into a leaching pit, located and constructed as herein described, or into a sump equipped with an approved type pump for lifting into the house sewer. Cesspools, dry wells, earth pit toilets, or leaching pits shall not be permitted for bathroom wastes. Kitchen and laundry wastes may be discharged into a leaching pit containing not less than 3 cubic yards of crushed rock below the inlet. The pit shall be covered with not less than 12 inches nor more than 24 inches of loose filled earth. In areas where no satisfactory disposal of septic tank effluent is available, impervious vault toilets may be installed and used. Impervious vault toilets shall not be located within 50 feet of any well or dwelling. The vault shall be constructed of impervious concrete not less than 6 inches in thickness and provided with a cleanout opening fitted with a fly-tight cover. The vault shall have a capacity of not less than 50 cubic feet. All impervious vault toilets shall be thoroughly cleaned and dis- infected at least once each year and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at all times. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this amendment are hereby repealed. Section 3. This amendment to Ordinance No. 542 of the city ordinances of he City of Ames, Iowa shall be in force and effect from and after its passage d publication as provided by law. Dated this 27th day of February 1950. Mayor ity Clerk - 2 - r Moved by MacDonald, seconded by Bauge, that Ordinance No. 684 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, IVicCormick, Molleston, IV acDonald, Moore Voting Nay: None Moved by Moore, seconded by Griffith, that the rules be suspended, the second and third readings omitted, and Ordinance No. 684 placed on final passage. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, McCormick, Molleston, ML cDonald, Moore Voting Nay: None Moved by Molleston, seconded by McCormick, that Ordinance No. 684 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, McCormick, Molleston, MacDonald, Moore Voting Nay: None Mayor declared Ordinance No. 684 passed. I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 684 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 27th day of February, 1950, and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 4th day of March, 1950. . Pr er, City Clerk