1999-020-ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION VIII (F) OF APPENDIX B OF SAID CODE

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ORDINANCE NO. 99-020 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION VIII (F) OF APPENDIX B OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN ALTERNATE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF APRIL 1,1999. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That Section VIII (F) of Appendix B of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: "Section VIII. Design of Improvements. " "F. Sanitary Sewer Collection System. The sanitary sewage collection system shall be based on a design adequate to carry the anticipated flow of sewage from within the subdivision; provided, however, that the minimum size yard or service line shall be four (4) inches in diameter, which shall connect to a lateral or main which shall be a minimum size of eight (8) inches in diameter. "The developer shall be required to provide testing of sewer lines, within his subdivision, to assure that leakage is within the limits established by the City of Paris. "The City of Paris may require larger sewer lines that are necessary to serve the addition in order to provide for future development of the area, but in the event that said larger lines are required, then the subdivider shall be entitled to participating aid from the City on said over-sized lines. "Use of alternative wastewater collection systems for estate-size subdivisions may be considered, on a case-by-case basis, when justified by unusual terrain or geological formations, low population density, difficult construction, or other circumstances where an alternative wastewater collection system would offer an advantage over a conventional gravity system. An alternative wastewater collection system will be considered for approval only when conditions make a conventional gravity collection system impractical. Alternative wastewater collection system types include pressure sewers (septic tank effluent pumping or grinder pump systems), small diameter gravity sewers (minimum grade effluent sewers or variable grade effluent sewers), and vacuum sewers and combinations thereof.