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Show MILFORD CITY ORDINANCES (EDITOR'S XOTE:) The Beaver County News is printing, in book form, the Revised Ordinances of the City of Milford. As a public service we will publish these Revised Ordinances, as space allows, so the residents of Milford may be better informed as to the laws of the community.) CHAPTER XVII SEWER SYSTEM Sec. 17-1. SEWER SYSTEM UNDER CHARGE OF SUPERVISOR. The sewer system of Milford City shall be under the care, supervision and control of the City Watermaster as supervisor, subject to the order and direction of the Mavor and Citv Council. Sec. 17-2. UNLAWFUL TO CONNECT ONTO SEWER WITHOUT PERMIT. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence or carry on the work of laying, repairing, altering or connecting any sewer pipe with any part of the Milford City sewer system without with-out first having paid the sewer connection fee hereinafter herein-after provided for, and having a permit to do so from the said watermaster. v i; Ive or other frfjurious liquids. No boiler acids, alkalY' ,t shall be directly connected to the sani-or sani-or heating piai J flow from boilers or heating plants, tary sewer ne .ature not to exceed 120 degrees .vhencooka to t(j nm into a gump) Fahrenheit tQ fhe gewer. The discharge Qf sump to be conn f f . tllG ee imi4 or vacuum or dry cleaner, garage gmes, a compic. warehouscs containing inflam- maMe Stances, shall not be made into or connected with a samtary pEALTY. Any person who violates, v i nr fn'ils or refuses to comply with any of the disobeys Jdt)is chaptor shau be deemed guilty of a proMsioi conviction, shall be fined in any misdemcanoi and, U. th&n mm or misonment m the City jail for a period not exceeding f . , -, or by both such fine and imprisonment. t?vp rv day's continuation of the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. CHAPTER XVIII STREETS AND SIDEWALKS Sec 18-1. CURB LINE. That a line to be known as the curb line be and the same is hereby established upon all the established streets within the corporate limits of Milford City, on both sides thereof, parallel with and eight feet distant from the side lines thereof. Sec 18-2. SIDEWALKS. That any and all sidewalks side-walks to be hereafter constructed on either side of Main Street between 100 North Street on the north and 600 I South 'Street on the south (Note: Formerly known as First Avenue on the north and Sixth Avenue on the ; south), shall be eight feet in width filling the entire j space between said curb line and the side lines of the ! street; that any and all sidewalks hereafter constructed on either side of the remaining portion of Main Street or any other street within the corporate limits of Milford Mil-ford City shall be four feet in width and shall be placed j midway between said curb line and the side line of said i streets. Sec.18-3. SIDEWALKS GRADE. That any and ! all sidewalks to be hereafter constructed on any street in Milford City shall be built upon a grade to be established, estab-lished, or upon a grade already established by the City Council or the City Engineer, in the event such an office is created and filled, upon application to such Council j ! or Engineer, and no sidewalks shall be hereafter con- ! ' structed until such application has been made and said 't grade established by said Board or Engineer. Sec. 18-4. MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUC- TION. That any and all sidewalks hereafter construct- c od shall be of concrete. f Sec. 18-5. TREES. No trees shall be hereafter planted in or on Main Street between 100 North Street a and 500 South Street; but permission is hereby given all owners of property to plant trees in remaining portions por-tions of Main Street and all other street or streets lying directly in front of and adjoining their property, pro- 1 viding said trees are planted just inside said curbliiie j and equi-distant between said curb line and the side- e walks, hereinbefore provided. Sec. 18-6. GASOLINE PUMPS, ETC., NOT TO I BE CONSTRUCTED UPON STREETS AND SIDE- j WALKS. It shall be unlawful for any person to hv ! stall, maintain, construct or operate any gasoline dispensing dis-pensing pump or machine for the vending of inflammable inflam-mable petroleum products, or any underground storage tanks for gasoline or other inflammable petroleum products, prod-ucts, upon any sidewalk, curb, or street in Milford Citv. Sec. 17-3. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT, PLANS. Application for permit for sewer connections must be made in writing by the owner of the premises or his authorized agent, and must be accompanied by a plan, together with a fee of $1.00, showing the cause for making mak-ing the connection, its size, and the size and location of all branches to be connected with it. The application shall be deposited with the City Recorder, which plan shall be examined by the Supervisor, and, if in his judgment, judg-ment, the carrying out of such plan will cause no injury to the street in which the sewer sought to be connected with is laid, or the carrying out of such improvements projected, or which may thereafter be connected with said sewer and that said plan in all things shall conform to the ordinances of the City, and when the sewer connecting con-necting fee hereinafter provided for has been paid, the application to connect with the sewer shall be granted, subject to the provisions of this chapter. All sewer connections con-nections shall be put into line and grades designated by the Supervisor and under his guidance. All house connections con-nections to the sewer shall be inspected by the said Supervisor. Su-pervisor. Any work not approved by him shall be rectified rec-tified without delay before the backfilling shall be done. Sec. 17-4. FEE TO BE PAID. The connection fee shall be $150.00, payable in advance and before any work looking toward such connection shall be commenced. Each residence and each business building shall be connected con-nected to the sewer system by a separate and independent indepen-dent pipe or connection. Sec. 17-5. REVOCATION OF PERMIT. The Supervisor Su-pervisor may at any time revoke any permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, at any stage of the work, if in his opinion the work being done, or materials employed, or any part thereof, is defective or insufficient in any particular. Sec. 17-6. SEWER CONNECTIONS BY PLUMBER. PLUMB-ER. EXCEPTION. It shall be unlawful for any person per-son to connect any drain or sewer pipe with the public sewer, unless such person is a duly licensed plumber or some competent person approved by the Supervisor. Sec. 17-7. INSPECTION. The inspection of sewer connections between the main sewer and three feet outside out-side of the building line shall be made under the direction direc-tion of the Supervisor. He shall be notified at least four hours in advance by the plumber or the acting plumber that the connection is complete and ready for inspection. The entire length of the sewer connection, including the Y at the main sewer, shall be fully exposed and no back filling shall be done until the inspection is made and the work accepted. If any portion of the work is not done in accordance with the ordinance and the instruction of Sec. 18-7. UNLAWFUL TO CONDUCT BUSINESS BUSI-NESS ON STREET. It shall be unlawful for any person per-son to engage in or carry on any business, profession, trade, vocation, or avocation on any street or sidewalk, or m or from any autombile, vehicle, stand or structure located m or upon the streets or sidewalks of the City, except upon permission from the City Council. QaJVri8-8- DEpOSITING RUBBISH, ETC, ON STREETS PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally or carelessly to throw, cast, put nito drop or leave in any street, gutter, sidewalk or public, place any ashes, offal, stones, gravel, sand, coal , dirt, manure, garbage, leaves or rubbish of anv kind. n,m;f. S;?' UNLAWFUL TO USE STREETS OR hi i t 10R DISPIY PURPOSES. It shall f "n any porson t0 sc any part of the streets o dewahes wUlnn Milford City for the purpose of dis-plajmg dis-plajmg any goods, wares or merchandise for sale, or f nose nf aTt0r or oth vehicle thereon for the pur- j e, t tmS-V dislff the same for sale, ok- cept upon pernnssiou of the City Council. AND stpS, 2?ST1?UCTI0N 0F SIDEWALKS or nv t I S nITED. It shall be unlawful as hein i , ' Wllh?Ut the cont the Citv Council o ob - inn PrVldcd f01'' t0 C;U1SC - encroachment J C tf t 01 "iiT n,,y 8trect' allov or snlk of this utL td1 L. 1 f 38 0N SIDEWALKS. It shall j al property to . occuPa"t or agent of any on the Swall in 7 g t 1 CUt nnd r'rao ie weeds notice from tlm n-Vr lus Poises after three days Sec To Vi iv, Marsllll so to do WALK." It sh.,11? VI,N0 01i BIMNO ON SIDE- a sclf-pvopelie 1 : vP hV for ,mv Person to drive any animal upon n ! tfnm' or lea,1 drive or rld ' at established o n! Sulcwalk. except across a sidewalk i g 1 tossings. ! It baTbfnntwfun'LUlU, T 1KPLACK STREET, eavation in any sir f il"y 1)orson naving made an ex-wie, ex-wie, to fail ne4J ' Uwv ilor a permit or other-after other-after notice' teT 11 V ro,Us for period of three days ditiou. ' Store street to its normal con- the Supervisor, it shall be rectified promptly. No permit per-mit shall be issued to any plumber or other person authorized to make the connection during the time that he shall fail to remedy any defective work, after he has been notified that he has been held responsible therefor under these regulations. Sec. 17-8. INJURING SEWER PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any reason to injure, break, or remove re-move any part or portion of any sewer, or of any sewer appliance or appurtenance, or to discharge into a sewer any inflammable gas, gasoline or oil, or any calcium carbide or residue therefrom, or any liquid or other material ma-terial or substance which will evolve an inflammable gas when in contact with water, sewage or fire. Oil separators sep-arators installed in awj building where volatile fluids are used must not be connected directly or indirectly with a sewer. Sec. 17-9. OBSTRUCTION PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to empty or discharge into a public sanitary sewer any garbage, refuse, night-soil, night-soil, or other similar matter, or any substance or thing likely to obstruct the sewer, or any substance, solid or liquid, other than the waste products for which said sewer is provdide. Sec. 17-10. PRIVY VAULTS AND CESSPOOLS NOT TO BE CONSTRUCTED. It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any property within this Citv or his or her or their agent or agents, or other person or persons having charge of or occupying such property, said property being located upon any street, alley, court' passageway or area within 250 feet of any sewer, alon' any street or alley of this City, to erect, dig or construct5, or install or maintain, or cause to be dug, erected, constructed con-structed or installed or maintained, any privy, vault or cesspool on such property within 250 feet" of any sewer. Sec. 17-11. DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN MATER IALS INTO SEWER SYSTEM PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful for any person to connect with a public pub-lic sanitary sewer any drain or pipe which discharges |