2003-027-ORD AMENDING SECTION X OF ORDINANCE NO 1315 IN EXTENSION OF ALTERNATE SEWER COLLECTORS

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That Section X, entitled Water and/or Sewage Utilities Not Available, to Ordinance No. 1315, as amended, the Subdivision Ordinance of the City of Paris, shall be and is hereafter amended to retain the existing provisions therein as Subsection A and adopt thereto a new Subsection B dealing with the extension of alternative sewer collectors to structures located within Historic Districts, said amended Section X to Ordinance No. 1315, as amended, to read as follows: "Section X. Water and/or Sewage Utilities Not Available. A. Generally. If a proposed subdivision is located beyond the drainage area of the sewage collection system or beyond the area of the water distribution system the subdivider shall be required to furnish, with his final plat, satisfactory evidence, including (but without limitation) the results of soil tests and borings, and statements from local and state health authorities, water engineers, and other proper officials, that water satisfactory for human consumption may be obtained from surface or subsurface water sources on the land and that soil conditions are such that satisfactory sewage disposal can be provided by the use of approved septic tanks or similar devices. B. Structures located in Historic Districts. (1) This Subsection B shall apply only to the extension of sewer service to certain structures located in Historic Districts at the time said District was created and designated in accordance with Article VII to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, the Paris Historical Preservation Ordinance. (2) In those instances where the private sewer service line leading from an existing structure to a City sewer collector has collapsed or is no longer functioning, through no fault of the owner, and, because of its location adjacent to other structures, repair or replacement of said private sewer line is no longer engineeringly feasible and is financially impracticable, as certified by the City Engineer, then the City may extend an alternative sewer collector to the structure, subject to the conditions stated in this subsection. (3) For the City to extend said collector, the owner of the structure must file a request in writing on a form or forms satisfactory to the City requesting such extension. The City Engineer shall review the request and if he so finds, shall certify in writing to the City Council that the conditions stated in paragraph (2) with regard to the private service line for said structure or structures exist. The