Ordinance No. 66-41 S
CITY OF TIGARD
ORDINANCE No. 66-41
AN ORDINANCE TO PECULATE SEWER CObnIVECTIONS, REQUIRING APPLI-
CATIONS AND PERMITS, PROVIDING FOR CONTRACTORS' BONDS, PROVIDING
FOR WORK BY THE CITY, PRESCRIBING SEWER CONNECTION AND INSPECTION
FEES, AUTHORIZING PAYMINT OF SUPPLEMENTAL CONNECTION CHARGES FOR
SF\GLE LOT ASSESSMENTS ON AN INSTALLMENT PLAN, REPEALING ORDINANCE
No. 62-1, REPEALING ORDINANCE No. 64-2, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
No. 66-39, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
IT IS ORDAINED by the Council of the CITY OF TIGARD
Section 1: No person, firm or corporation shall make any sewer
connection to the sanitary system of the City of Tigard without
making application to the City for a permit. Likewise, no person,
firm or corporation shall remodel any existing building or other
structure then connected to the sanitary sewer system where sewer
outlets are moved or additional outlets are �.dded without making
application and securing a permit therefor.
Section 2: Applications for sewer connection permits shall. be
made in writing in a form prescribed by the City of Tigard, shall
give the location of the property, the number of the buildings to
be connected, the name of the owner, the name of the person or firm
engaged to make the Uewer connection, such other information or
plans as may be required by the City.
Section 3: if the application for a permit is approved by the
_City, the City shall issue a permit which shall specify the loca-
tion of the property, The type of connection and the nature of the
work contemplated and such other information as the City deems
necessary. This permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon
the property designated thereon and shall remain so posted until
the satisfactory completion of the work and its approval by the
City's Superintendent.
Section 4: Reasonable notice shall be given to the Superintend-
ent of the City to inspect all connections before their completion
and while said connections are still. uncovered. Likewise, reason-
able notice shall be given to the City at the time of the comple-
tion of the work. All work shall be done according to the specif-
cations prescribed by and subject to the approval of the City's
Engineer or Superintendent.
Section 5: Applicants for sewer connection permits must also
conform with the provisions of any ordinance regulating or requir-
^.q permits for the making of cuts or excavations under streets or
sidewalks.
Section 6: Owners of property abutting on, adjacent to or along
the line of any sewer being constructed within a distance of 100
feet of said sewer must connect the houses and buildings on such'
property with such sewer. The Clerk of the City shall notify in
writing, any owners of property within said City, to connect to the
public sewer the building or buildings or any part of them situated
on said property within 100 feet of such public sewer and accessible
thereto and it `shall be the duty of such owner or owners to make
application and file plans therefor in the manner in this ordinance
provided and complete said connections within 30 days of date of
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said notice. The Superintendent may extend the time .for completion
for such connections.
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Section 7: No sewer pipe connecting with any sewer line or lat-
eral of the City shall be less than 4" internal diameter and all
sewers shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the property they
are intended to serve. All sewer pipes leading from the City's
system, including those within the structures served, shall be
inspected by the Superintendent or Engineer of the City and shall
be subject to the approval of the Superintendent. All structure
plumbing shall meet State Code or better with cast iron sewer pipe
extended at least 5 feet beyond exterior foundations. Excavations
in streets and alleys shall be made in such manner as to impede
travel as little as possible, and the inspector or superintendent
of the City may determine the limit of time such excavation shall
remain open and when unnecessarily delayed, he may direct that the
number of workmen be increased to hasten the work to such an extent
as he may deem necessary. All trenches shall be refilled in careful
and workmanlike manner with all excavated material and leave the
surface in as good condition as before the commencement of the work.
-section _,on 6: Neither temporary nor permanent drainage of excavation
into sanitary sewer systems shall be permitted. Drainaae from roofs,
storm sewers, storm drains or floor drains, except from toilet rooms,
shall not be permitted into the sanitary sewer system and no such
connections shall be permitted. Garbage disposal facilities shall
not be connected to the sanitary system from commercial buildings
or industrial plants without the express authority of. the City
Council .
Section 9: wastes to be excluded from sewer system.
(a) Petroleum, coal tar, vegetable and mineral oils and
products, and their derivatives and wastes.
(b) Greases, oils and sludges from service stations, garages,
repair shops, machine shops, cleaning establishments or uther industries
or establishments.
(c) Explosive or inflammable liquids and gases.
(d) Acids, alkalies or other corrosive liquids, gases or
substances of sufficient strength to damage sewers, manholes, pumping
stations or treatment pl.antunits.
(e) Paints or waste products from paint manufacture.
(f) Substances which will form deposits or obstructions in
sewers or which, when mixed with sewage, will precipitate material
and thus form deposits in sewers.
(g) Ashes, cinders, sand, earth, coal, rbbish or metals of
any kind
(h) Live steam, exhaust steam or water having a temperature
above 140- F.
(i) Ground or unground fruit peelings and cores from
canneries or packing plants.
(j) Cull fruits and vegetables.
(k) Fruit and vegetable pits and seeds such as those
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from peaches, apricots, cherries, prunes, pumpkins and squash.
(1) Paunch, stable and barn manure.
(m) Cull walnuts and filberts. :
(n) Offal from slaughterhouses.
(a) Dead animals.
Section 10: There are hereby adopted as reasonable fees to be i
paid for the issuance of permits and for inspection of the permit-
ted work by the Superintendent of the City, the City's Engineer or j
any other inspector named by the City Council, as follows, to-wit:
(a) For the inspection of plans and the issuance of a permit,
the sum of $2.00.
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(b) For inspection of work performed prior to the refilling
of ditches and upon completion of the permitted work, in-
cluding remodeling work for which a permit is required, the sum of [a
$10.00.
(c) Whenever inspections are made on account of inac-
curate or .incorrect installation, failure to make necessary applica-
tions or reports of faulty or imperfect construction, an additional
charge of $3.00 per hour shall be made by the Superintendent to the
permitee for time given in making such additional it rection.
(d) Before any person shall obtain a permit to perform
any work within the City of Tigard on any sewer line to be connected
to the sanitary sewer system, the contractor or plumber employed by
said applicant shall. file with the Clerk of the City a bond with
good,and sufficient sureties in the amount of $1.,000.00, condition-
ed that said contractor and plumber will fully comply with the
ordinances in making connections to the City sewer system and will
immediately,remove all surplus sand, earth, rubbish, and other mat-
erial., and will immediately replace in a condition satisfactory to
the Superintendent, the portion of street so disturbed, dug up or
undermined, and that he will keep such portion of the street in
good repair at his own expense for the period of one year from date
of completion of such work. Contractors and plumbers may file a
yearly bond as determined by the City Council in place of a separate
bond for each job. Any person, firm or company which fails to pro-
vide-such a band as by this ordinance provided, shall be guilty of
a;misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined an amount
not exceeding $200.00-
Section-11:
200.00.Section11: Owners required to connect, pursuant to this ordinance,
may file application with the Clerk of the City to have work per-
formed under the supervision of the Superintendent of the City at
actual cost of labor and materials. Upon receipt of such applica-
tion, the
pplication,-the work shall proceed under direction of Superintendent and
City Engineer. The City way proceed construct _hr same by
contract or otherwise. Upon receipt of application to have the work
performed by the City, the applicant shall deposit with the City the
estimated amount of the proposed improvement and deposit said sum
with the Clerk of the City to cover costs as determined by the Super-
intendant. Upon completion and acceptance thereof, and after the
exact costs of construction have been ascertained, any balance on
hand shall be refunded to the owner and if the cost of construction.
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exceeds the amount of the deposit, the owner shall be billed for
said amount and shall be required to pay forthwith.
Section 12: Except as hereinafter provided in Section 13 of this
ordinance, sewer connection charges for all users within the City
who have not, prior to the effective date of this ordinance, made
application for connection and paid connection fees, shall be com-
puted as follows:
(a) For each single family dwelling, a connection fee in
the amount of $250.
(b) For each living unit or apartment in a multiple fcnily
structure, the sum of $250.00 per living unit.
(c) For each:
Non-residential premises (excluding trailer parks)
Office building
Business or commercial building
Industrial building
School building
Church building
Lodge building
Other place of assembly
Other non-residential building
a minimum connection fee of $250.00 for the first toilet (water
closet) plus the sum of $75.00 for each additional individual toilet
connected to or discharging into the City sewerage system.
(d) For each trailer park consisting of two (2) or more
trailers and included trailer ark house, wash rooms and common
latrines, a connection fee of 1,000.00 plus $250:00 for each im-
proved trailer house space in excess of two (2).
For each occupied trailer house located within the City
but outside the boundary of a trailer park a connection fee of
$250.00, and the trailerhouse shall be connected to the City of
Tigard sewerage system within five (5) days after issuance of writ-
ten notice by the City.
Seetion 13' Sewer connection charges against every lot, tract and
parcel of-land from which it proposed to discharge industrial
wastes, including industrial plants manufacturing plants la%indries,
food processing plants, and other similar installations, or which
a sewer connectionleharge is not hereinabove prescribed shall be
fixed by resolution of the City Council after the filing of an appli-
cation for a sewer connection for such use or uses in a form pre-
scribed by the City Council.
Section 14: The owner or occupant in possession or control of any
tragal property through which a City owned sewer line, inter-
ceutor or trunk passes, or of any tract of real property which abuts
uppon a public way in which its located a City wed sewer line, and
which tract has not heretofore been assessed by the City for any
sewer line to serve said property, shall pay, in addition to those
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connection charges set forth in Section 12 hereinabove stated, the
following supplemental connection fees as applicable:
(a) A supplemental connection charge computed at the rete
of $8.50 per lineal foot for all lineal footage of a City occ-red
sewer line occurring within the bhuadaries of any tract which abuts
both sides of such sewer line,
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(b) A supplemental connection charge computed at the
rata of 94.25 per lineal foot for all frontage of any tract of
real property abutting upon a public street, road or highway
within which is located the City sewer line to which said tract
" is to be connected for sewer service.
_ Section 15: That upon compliance with the procedural requirements
of ect ons 223.210, 223,215 and 223.225, Oregon Revised Statutes,
any owner of property subjected to a supplemental sewer connection
charge as hereinabove in Section 14 provided shall be entitled to
pay such supplemental sewer service charge in the same manner as
provided by Sections 223.210, 223.215 and 223.225, Oregon Revised
Statutes, with respect to assessments as in said sections stated,
and for such purpose the supplemental sewer connection charges
shall be considered as if they were assessments.
The Cit corder shall record all applications filed pur-
suant to Section 223.210 Oregon Revised Statutes, in the mauner
prescribed by Section 223.225, Oregon Revised Statutes, and such
docket so Compiled shall stand thereafter as a Lien Docket for the
amounts of such unpaid supplemental connection charges or the in-
stallgents thereof, with interest on the unpaid installments at the
rate of six (6) per cent per annum, against each lot or parcel of
land or other property until such supplemental connection charge
and interest are paid. All unpaid supplemental sewer connection
charges and interest are hereby declared to be a lien on each lot
or parcel of land or other property respectively in favor of the
City, and such liens shall have priority over all other liens and
e ncumbrances whatsoever.
Section 16. That Ordinances No. 62-1, No. 64-2 and No. 66-39 be,
and the same are hereby, repealed concurrently with the approval
of this ordinance.
Section 17: That inasmuch as it necessary for the immediate
preservation of the peace, health and safety of the people of the
City of Tigard, Oregon, that provision be made for the administra-
tion of the sewer matters hereinabove set forth,in order to provide
continuity of sewer services, insure public revenues, the proper
use of public property within the City, it is declared that an
emergency exists, and this ordinance shah be in full force and
effect upon its passage by the Council and its approval by the
Mayor.
PASSED: By unanimous vote of all Council members present,
after being read first in full and then by title,
this 30th day of October, 1966.
Recorder, City or Tigard
APPROVED: Ey the Mayor, this lottday of October, 1966.
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