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ORDINANCE N0. 19190 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SANITARY SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 6.010 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971y AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6.010 of the Eugene Code, 1911, is amended to pro- vide: 6.010 Sani tar Sewers and Sewa a Di s osal Re ul ati ons -Connections Re u i red . ~1} Except as provided in subsections fi.010~3} and fi.010~4}, within the city or within a local improvement district for sanitary sewers created by the council, all structures in which plumbing fixtures are in- stalled or which discharge domestic sewage, industrial waste or trade waste and are 1 ocated within 160 feet of a publ i c sanitary sewer or of a publ i c right-of-way containing a public sanitary sewer shall be connected t0 the public sanitary sewer system i n a manner prescribed by this code and shat l discharge all sewage into such system. ~ 2} No private sewage disposal system shal 1 be allowed wi thi n the city unless the requirement in subsection ~1} above cannot be met and approval and a permit is obtained from the Lane County Health Department. ~3} When a structure has been serviced by an apprOVed private sewage disposal system and a public sanitary sewer becomes available as des- cribed in subsection 6.0101}, the city may allow an 18 month grace period from the date the property owner or person in charge of property receives actual notice of the public sanitary sewers' avai 1 obi 1 i ty within which to connect the structure to the public sanitary sewer. If allowed, the 18 month grace period terminates when work is done on the affected property that requires a plumbing permit or when conditions exist on the affected property which are described in subpart fi.010~g} or section 6.075. ~4} Except for actions enforcing subpart 6.010~g} or section 6.015, at 1 east 90 days before initiating 1 egal action al 1 egi ng a vi al ati on of section 6.0101} the property owner ar person in charge of property shall be sent written notice advising that legal proceedings will be filed against them for violation of section 6.070 if they have not completed the required sewer connection within 90 days. ~ 5 } The notice required by subsection 6.070 ~ 4 } shat 1 be delivered by personal service or sent by certified mai 1 to the property Owner or per- son i n charge of property and shall describe the premises required to be connected to the public sanitary sewer, the date after which legal proceed- i ngs may be initiated far violation of section 6.010, and the city office where information and required permits may be obtained. A copy of the notice shall be sent by first class mai 1 to the occupant of the property i f other than those receiving the required notice. ~fi} No person shal 1 sever a sewer connection or disconnect without first obtaining permission from the responsible city official. Ordinance - 1