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ORDINANCE REGULATING THE CLEANING OF SEPTIC TANKS
AND CESSPOOLS AND THE DISCHARGE OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF
BY REWIRING PERMITS ArD LICENSES THEREFOR
TEE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
1. No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter engage in the
business of cleaning or pumping cesspools or septic tanks within the Village
of Brooklyn Center unless they shall be licensed by the Village Counc1
which license shall be granted to an applicant therefor on compliance with
the following:
(a) The applicant shall pay a $25,30 license fee, and licenses
shall run from May 1 to April 30 of the following year.
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(b) The applicant sha.L. fi le ile a bond in the amount of y lOQu w ith the
village clerk conditioned upon observance and compliance with all of the
ordinances of the Village of Brooklyn Center governing the cleaning and pumping
of septic tanks and cesspools.
(c) The applicant shall demonstrate that he has sufficient knowledge
and experience to properk perform the functions of a scavenger.
(d) The applicant shall demonstrate that he has adequate equipment to
perform the foregoing.
2. Before commencing any cleaning or pumping operations of any cesspool
or septic tank within the Village of Brooklyn Center, a permit shall first be
obtained from the village offices. A permit fee of $3.uo shall be paid, and the
permit shall state the premises at which the septic tank or cesspool is located
and the estimatedEallonage required to be discharged from said
cleaning or pumping operations. The permit holder shall thereupon be authorized
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to discharge the contents from the pumping operations at a designated place
lying within the City of Minneapolis.
3. Every person engaged in scavenger operations in accordance
with the foregoing shall provide sealed tanks for the transportation of any
waste matter through the Village of Brooklyn Center and shall also provide
with said equipment a discharge hose which can be dropped into the discharge
manhole.
4. Any violation of any of the foregoing provisions by any person,
firm or corporation shall be a misdemeanor and may be punishable by a fine
of not more than $10C; or by not more than thirty days imprisonment. Any person
who shall, in the course of carrying out any of the operations regulated in
this ordinance, commit a private or public nuisance shall also be guilty of
a misdemeanor and subject to the same penalties as set forth above.
5. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its publication.
Passed by the Village Council of the Village of Brooklyn Center
this ; day of ,
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Mayor
Attest:
Clerk
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