ORDINANCE 99-5

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 97-1 OF THE PELL LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT NO. 1, TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD, WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN.

 

The Commission of Pell Lake Sanitary District No. 1, Town of Bloomfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin, does hereby ordain as follows:

Ordinance No. 97-1 creating 3.7 C. of the Code of General Ordinances of the Pell Lake Sanitary District No. 1 is amended as follows:

    1. The owner of any house, building or property used for human habitation, occupancy or employment or for carrying on any trade or business on a continuing basis situated within the District and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which a public sewer is located, or in which the extension of the public sewer may be deemed feasible by the Commission, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable wastewater facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, within nine (9) months after date of official notice to do so. Absent any extraordinary conditions, any building which may be connected to the sewer line with a lateral up to 300 feet long shall be declared a feasible connection.
    2. Ordinance No. 97-1 creating 3.7 D. of the Code of General Ordinances of the Pell Lake Sanitary District No. 1 is amended as follows:

    3. The maintenance and use of outhouses, vault privies, septic systems, holding tanks and other private waste water collection systems are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and a health hazard. Any such systems not in conformity with the requirements of this ordinance, shall be abandoned, caved in, holes must be punched in the bottoms of septic tanks for drainage and filled with sand, gravel or a like material, or abandon such system consistent with procedure approved by the Pell Lake Sanitary District No. 1, within (30) days of connection to public sanitary sewers as provided in Sec. 3.7 C.

Ordinance No. 97-1 creating Sec. 10.3 PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS of the Code of General Ordinances of the Pell Lake Sanitary District No. 1 is amended as follows:

Any person, partnership, or corporation, or any office, agent or employee thereof, who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance, except Sections 5, 6, and 7, shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit the amounts as set forth in Ordinance No. 99-4 of the Code of General Ordinances of the Pell Lake Sanitary District No. 1 relating to a BOND SCHEDULE FOR DISTRICT ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. In default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, said violator shall be imprisoned in the Walworth County Jail for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. Each day in which any violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

All other provisions of Ordinance 97-1, not inconsistent with the above, shall remain in full force and effect.

These provisions shall take effect and be in force upon their passage and publication.

Adopted this 19th day of June, 2000.

PELL LAKE SANITARY DISTRICT NO. 1

By:

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Bill Markut, President

 

ATTEST:

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John Derks, Secretary