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Section 3. That there is hereby adopted to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris,
<br />Texas, a new Article III to Chapter 34, Sections 34-51 through 34-131, entitled "Wastewater
<br />Discharge and Disposal", to read as follows:
<br />"ARTICLE IIL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
<br />AND DISPOSAL*
<br />"DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
<br />"Sec. 34-51. Purpose, policy, and authority.
<br />"(a) Generally. It is the policy of the City to provide the planning, engineering
<br />and administration necessary to develop and manage the publicly owned treatment
<br />works that are adequate for the transportation, treatment and disposal ofwastes from
<br />within the City and to operate the sewer system in a manner which protects public
<br />health and the environment, and, in addition, to enable the City to comply with any
<br />applicable state and federal laws including, the Texas Water Code, the Clean Water
<br />Act of 1977 as amended and the General Pretreatment Regulations
<br />(40 CFR Part 403).
<br />"(b) Application. This article shall apply to users of the City POTW and to
<br />persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the City, users of the
<br />municipal publicly owned treatment works and those persons who conduct activities
<br />in the City and its jurisdiction under the provisions of this article. All connections
<br />of lateral or other sewer lines to the sewage system of the City of Paris, whether
<br />within or without the City, shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the City
<br />Council of the City of Paris may prescribe.
<br />"(c) Authority. The City of Paris, a home rule city, derives its authority from the
<br />Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Paris to
<br />exercise all the power therein granted together with all of the implied powers
<br />necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted.
<br />(Ord. No. 92-029, § 1, 7-13-92)
<br />*Editor's note-Ord. No. 92-029, 8 1, adopted July 13, 1992, amended Art. III to read as
<br />herein set out in Div. 1, 8§ 34-51-34-56, Div. 2, §8 34-71-34-89, Div. 3, 34-101-34-117
<br />and Div. 4, 8 34-131. Prior to inclusion of said ordinance, Art. III pertained to similar subject
<br />matter and derived from the Code of 1970, 8§ 31-37-31-44, 8§ 31-55-31-65, §8
<br />31-76-31-94; Ord. No. 83-037, § 2(31-37(A)-(D)), (31-38(A)-(K)),
<br />(31-39(A)-(E)), (31-40), (31-41(A)-(C)), (31.42(A)-(I)), (31.43(A), (B)), adopted June 13,
<br />1983; Ord. No. 84-003, 1-12, adopted Jan.9, 1984; Ord. No. 84-046, § 2, adopted June
<br />27, 1984; Ord. No. 85-051, 88 6, 7, adopted Sept. 9, 1985; Ord. No. 87-044, § 9, adopted
<br />Aug. 19, 1987.
<br />Cross reference-Use of built-in mobile home water closets or chemical toilets prohibited
<br />in mobile homes, § 22-4.
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