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AN ORDINANCE TO AID THE OPERATION OF THE SE!'1AGE SYSTE14 OF THE CITY OF F�.YETTEVILLE
AND TO REGULATE SANITARY CONDITIONS OF ALL COM ERCIP.L ESTPBLISHMENTS OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE. ARKANSAS ,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE) ARKANSrS :
Section 1 . That hereafter all commercial establishments in the City of Fayetteville
shall keep and maintain their prert.ses in a sanitary condition as set forth in this
Ordinance and as the health and safety of the citizens of the City of Fayetteville
may demand .
Section 2 . Disposal of ",tastes :
A . Liquid wastes : Proper facilities riust be provided for the collection and
disposal of all liquid wastes including floor washings aid other materials . These
waste's shall not be discharged on the surface of the ground nor into a flowing
stream or body of water that may endanger a public or private water supply or create
a nuisance or a menace to the public health.
Section 3 . No commercial establishment , firm, corporation, or governmental agency
in gayetteville , Arkansas shall deposit , permit , or allow any person or persons in
their employ or under their control, management , or direction to deposit or allow
any waste containing caustic toda or other chcrrecdl_ or deleterious substance or sub-
stances , liable to affect the proper functicning or operation of the sewage dis-
posal plant , or the health of persons , fish or livestock, to enter into any sewer
of the Fayetteville sewer system.
Section 4 . Liquid waste shall have all objectionable solids removed therefrom before
bieng discharged into the sewer system of the City of Fayetteville , By the term
'to>rjectionable solids " is meant substances which tend to create stoppages in the
sewer conduits and/or outfall sewers or which cannot be properly digested, or which
materially interfere tid.th the digestion processes of the sewage disposal plant ,
or which tend to clog or stop the normal flow of sewage at any point or place in the
sewage system either in mains , laterals , outfalls or at the disposal plant .
To the end that this section may be made effective ; all commercial estab...ish-
ments having objectionable solids as a waste product which are liable to be dim - .
charged in the sewage disposal system, shall, before discharging such liquid waste
into said system, install proper removal units as prescribed b*r the City Engineer
and see that such units are functioning properly at all times . If any commercial
establishments are at present discharging objectionable solids as herein defined
into the sewage system, such establishment shall have a reasonable time after the
effective date of this ordinance in which to provide suitable means of removal as
required by the City Engineer . Failure to install such units as herein provided
shall be a violation of this ordinance and punishable as hereinafter provided; and
in addition thereto , such failure shall be full authority for disconnecting from
the sewage system until such time as the required units are installed .
Section 5 . Solid ?tastes : All solid wastes in the City of Fayetteville must be
removed from the premises within forty-eight hours and shall be disposed of out-
side the City, Limits . Such material shall not be deposited at any place where it
is liable to become a menance to the public health .
Section 6 . The provisions of the ordinance are severable , and if any part or pro-
vision hereof shall be held void, the remaining parts of t }�SR8r n,,5nce shall not
be affected or impaired . DATE OCT b 1978
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ORDINANCE 983 ( Cont . )
Section 7 . This ordinaice is cumulative to all other ordinances dealing with the
subject matter herein contained and shall not be construed as repealing other ord-
inances on the same subject .
Section 8. Every person, firm, corporation, or governmental agency, operating a
commercial establishment in the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas , who shall be found
guilty of violating this ordinance , or who shall fail to comply with any of the
provisions thereof, shall , upon conviction, be punished by a fine not less than
$25 . 00 nor more than $ 100 . 00, and each day ' s violation of this Ordinance shall
constitute a separate offense .
Section 9 . This ordinance being necessary for bhe immediate preservation of the
public peace, health , and safety, an emergency is hereby declared, and this ord-
inance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage , approval,
and publication .
PASSED AND APPROVED this 30th day of October, 1950 .
ATTEST : APPROVED :
( a ) J .14. McGehee ( s ) P. M. Rhea
J .1-T. MCGEHEE, CITY CLERK P . M. RHEA, MAYOR