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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 24-1922ORDINANCE NO.24 An Ordinance Concerning Plumbers,Plunborst Licenses ?limibing Work,Sewers,Privies,Vaults and Cess Pools within the Town of Estes Park. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of .1stes Park,Colorado: Section 1.Vithin thirty days from the taking effect of this ordinance all buildings and establishments now connected with the public sewers of Eotes Park and not already having grease traps or sand traps as required in Section 4 of this ordinance shall install said grease or sand traps in accordance with the specifications of said Section 4. Section 2.Any person desiring to connect his or her premises with the sewerage system of the Town of Estes Pan:shall make application in writing to the Town Clerk for a pexnit therefor, which application shall set forth the location of said preuises and shall state the purpose for which said sewer is to be used. Upon filing said application and the payment to the Town Clerk of the tapping fee of .l5.O’D,the Clerk may issue a permit to tap the sewer as contemplated in the application Then said pextit is issued said tap may be made only by a licensed plunber. Provided,however,no downspout,roof or surface drainage shall be connected with the sewers. Section 3.All garages,public or private,or other establishments where automobile or otner vehicles are washed and the water therefrom drained into the sewer shall be provided with a sand trep constructed as follows:All sand traps shall be at least twenty—four inches in diaetor by thirty inches deep,or with an equivalent capacity,and shall be so constructed that no sand,dirt or other solid material can pass through the same into —l — 1o -: the sewer.Said sand traps shall be cleaned as often as it is necessary to prevent sand or other solid material from passing through the same into the sewer. Section 4.All waste pipes from kitchen or culinary sinks,which connect to the town sewers,shall run to a grease trap made of concrete,stone or brick and shall have iron, concrete or stone covers.Grease traps for small buildings or ordinary dwelling houses shall be not less than twenty—four inches in diameter and thirty inches in depth,or with an equiva lent capacity.Hotels,resturants or other cooking establishments must have a grease trap not less than forty inches in ismeter and thirty—six inches in depth,or with an equivalent capacity. All grease and sand traps are required to be cleaned each year between October first and Decebei’first.The Town Board may order the grease and sand traps cleaned oftener if it is found necessary,in their opinion. Section 5.All )luribin work to be constructed,includ— .ng soil pipes,waste and vent pipes,shall be installed according to the State Plumbing Laws of the State of Colorado,unless the rules governing the same have been expressly provided for herein— before in this ordinance. Section 6.The Town Board is hereby authorized to re quire any person owning property abutting on the public sewer to discontinue the use of any privy,vault or cess pool and to con nect their pre:iises with the public sewer by giving thirty days writtei notice;and no privy,vault or cess pool shall hereafter be built or constructed within the Town of Estes Park without written pennission therefor having been granted by the Town Board upon a written application thereof,which application and perr.üt sh]2.describe the location,use and manner of construct:on of said privy,vault or cess pool. -2— Section 7.lb person shall do any plumbing work vith— in the corporate limits of the Town of Estee Park unJess said person holds a State Laster Plumber’s license,or a journeyman plumber’s license and working under the imiediate direction and suervision of a licensed master plumber.All raster plumbers shall in addition to the state license obtain a license from the Town of stes Park.ny person viho holds a master plumber’s license from the State of Colorado may obtain a license from the Town of Estee Park by applicaUon to the Town 3oard and upon paying to the Town Clerk the sum of Fifteen dollars for a license for a poriod of one year.flo plumber’s license shall be issued for any shorter time than one year.Provided,however,that the Town Board may i:its discretion refuse any pcrson a plumber’s license. Section 8.Any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance,shall,upon conviction thereof,be fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor r;ore than nc liuidred dollars and costs of suit,anti in default of payment of such fine end costs,such person may be iL1pr son— cd until such fine and costs arc’paid,but not to exceed ninety days inprisonment for each offense. Introduced,read,passed and adopted this 2th day of June,A.D.1922. Attest: l.ayor.,“ ci erk&rder. I,Chas.F.Hix,Clerk and Recorder of the To of Estes Park,Colorado,do hereby certify that the above end foregoing ordinance was duly published in The Estee Far’t:Trail, —3— - eIeri i(i fleorder. 0 S I a netn3pcper pub1ilied and in eiiera1 circulation within the corporate 1imit of the Town of Esteo Park,on the 30th day of June,A.D.1922. Given under my hand and the ea3.of said Town,June 30th,1922.