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AN ORDINANCE of'.City of Port Townsend defining and regulating the in-
stallation or modification of individual sewage disposal
systems; setting standards; requiring permits; setting
fees; authorizing the Olympic Health District Health
Officer to promulgate reasonable and necessary regulations
to carry out the purpose and intent of this ordinance
and providing penalties.
WHEREAS, the unregulated design, construction, repair and in-
stallation of individual sewage disposal facilities in the City of
Port Townsend has been observed to create public health and nuisance
problems due to faulty installation of improper location, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the general public that
the installation repair and maintenance of individual sewage disposal
systems be inspected by the health department and approved prior to
use, now, there,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, in regular session
assembled, do ordain as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. The following words and terms
shall apply in the interpretation enforcement of this ordinance, viz:
A. Individual Setaage Disposal Sys
tem shall mean the house sewer,
sep it c tank, absorption system and appurtenances which are
used to conduct sewage in an approved manner from any premise
or building to final disposal.
B. Sewage shall mean any and all wastes emanating from sanitary
fixtures which normally discahrge to a sewerage system and
shall include toilet, shower, sink, and laundry wastes.
C. Premises shall mean any building, structure or location
uti ize as a residence, place of business, place of public
assembly, place of employment, or other place where persons
live, congregate or are employed.
D. Person shall mean any institution, corporation, individual,,
partnership or associaetion.
E. Commercial Installer shall mean any person engaged in the
business of installing and/or repairing individual sewage
disposal systems.
F. Approved shall mean having been approved in writing by the
Health Officer.
G. tIeaall Department shall mean the Olympic Health District as
lega ally
created under the laws of the State of Washington.
H. Permits shall mean a written permit issued by the Health
Officer granting permission for the construction or repair
of an individual sewage disposal system.
I. Fees shall mean those charges made as hereinafter authorized
for the issuing of permits and making inspections as found
necessary.
J. Installers Permit shall mean the written permit issued annually
Sy the Health Officer to a Commercial Installer who has
demonstrated his ability to install individual sewage dis-
posal systems in the manner hereinafter set forth.
K. Privy shall mean a structure located over a fly and rodent
tight pit to be used for receiving human wastes.
L. Cesspool shall mean an excavation into which raw sewage is
introduced for final disposition.
Section 2. health Officer to romul ate re ulations. The
Health Officer of the Olympic Hea t District, in order to protect the
health and safety of the people of Poft Townsdndi,and of: the general
public, is hereby authorized and directed, after public hearing, to
promulgate, and from time to time amend, regulations establishing
minimum standards governing the design, construction, installation,
and operation of individual sewage disposal systems, Such regulations
shall be based on the commonly accepted standards as set forth in
Bulletin E.S. No. 1, "A Septic Tank. System for Your Home," and U. S.
Public Health Service Publication No. 526, "The Manual of Septic Tank
Practices", and shall, in the judgment of the Health officer, insure
that wastes discharged to various individual sewage disposal systems: