0067 (Requiring Connection to Sewer)&-tit-vvitt,c,t 71-0 .67
AN ORMENANCE REQUIRING A EL PERSONS WITHIN THE BUSINESS
DISTRICT TO CONNECT WITH SEWERAGE LINE AND DLS CONTINUE SURFACE
TOILETS; AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF SURFACE TOIL IN THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE AND RE,UIRING ALL PERSONS THEREIN TO ERECT
TOILETS WHICH COMPLY It TH TEE STATE REGULATIONS; TIME LIMIT
WITHIN WHICH PERSONS MAY COMPLY AND TIE PENALTY' FOR NON COMPLISIOE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, COUNTY- OF OKEECHOBEE, STATE OF FLORIDA.:
Section I. That the use of sarface toilets, un.scifened privies
and other such outhouses used, for latrine purposes, within the
Citr of Okeechobee, County of Okeechobee, State of Florida, are
detrimental to the public health of the City, and a nuisance•
as•P
That it is unlawful for any person within they City of Okeechobee
to have and use any such outhouse or privy, except as hereinafter
provided.; and the owner or owners, agent, or person having charge
of any business building or residence within the City limits of
the City of Okeechobee are hereby required to discontinue such use,
within ninetr days from the passage of this ordinanoe.
Section II. All owners, agents or persons having charge of any
business building or residence within one hundred and fifty feet
of any finished sewerage line are hereby required to connect with
said sewerage line , and to install on their premises such indoor
toilets as shall be prescribed by the City Health Officer.
SectionIII . .11 owne rs , agent s or persons having charge of any
business building or residence of more distance than one hundred .
and. fifty feet from any finished sewerage line, are hereby required,
to build. and install a sanitary screened. outhouse or privy, the same
to comply with the specifications that shall be prescribed. by the the
City Health Officer.
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Section IV. Any person who shall erect any business building or
.deuce within the City of Okeechobee is hereby required,within
sixty days from the date of completion or occupancy of said build -
ing or = residence, to erect such proper toilet or privy as has
heretofore been set out in the previous sections of this ordinance
dependant upon the location of said building or residence.
Any person affected by any of the sections of this ordinance,
except section four,shall have ninety days within which to
to comply with the provisions thereof.
Any person who shall fail to comply with the provisions of
any section of this ordinance shall be liable to pay a fine not
to exceed five hundred ( $ 500.00 ) dollars, or to imprisonment
not to exceed sixty days, or both.
Read a first and second. time, by unanimous consent , and on
third reading passed. in open session, this
A. D. 1923.
Att es t
Cle
(SEAL)
Approved this
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