[City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances (207)-363] Page: 6
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master plumber to comply strictly with the provisions of
this ordinance. No plumbing permit shall be issued to any
master plumber unless this bond has been delivered to the
City Secretary and is in full force and effect.
SECTION 6: STREET OPENINGS, All openings made in the public
streets or alleys to install plumbing must be\ made as carefully
as possible- and all materials excavated from the
trenches shall be removed or placed where the least inconvenience
to the public will be caused. All openings-must
be replaced in precisely the same condition as before the
excavation started and all rubbish and materials must be
removed at once, leaving the street or sidewalks clean and
in perfect repair. All openings shall be marked with sufficient
barriers, Flares or red lamps shall be maintained
around the opening at night and all other precautions shall
be taken by the plumber or excavator to protect the public
from damage to person or property,
SECTION 7. CROSS CONNECTIONS--BACK FLOW. The City Water
Department of the City of Clarendon, Texas, and the City
Plumbing Inspector of the City of Clarendon, Texas, be and
they are hereby authorized to discontinue or cause to be
discontinued all water service or services to any and all
premises, lands, buildings, or structures where it is found
that an immediate hazard exists to the purity of potability
of the town water supply. The City Water Department of
the City of Clarendon, Texas, and the Plumbing Inspector be
and they are hereby authorize d and directed to take such
steps as necessary to determine all potential hazards to
the purity or potability of the City Water Supply which
exist. Upon determining said potential hazards it shall
be the duty of said department and said inspector to
immediately cause notice to go the the owner or such other
person responsible for said premises, specifying said
hazards, and notifying said person that in the event that
said hazard is not corrected within thirty (30) days from
the date of said notice, all water services shall be discontinued
thereafter until the requirements of this Code
have been complied with.
SECTION 8: PENALTIES, Any person, firm or corporation found
guilty of violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more
than $200.00 Dollars, together with the costs of such prosecution.
Each day during which violation continues shall
be a separate offense.
SECTION 9: CONFLICTING ORDINANCES REPEALED. All ordinances
or parts of ordinances conflicting with any of the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed. This ordinance being
for the regulation of plumbing and for the protection of the
public and their provisions hereof are declared to be separable,
and the invalidity of -any clause, sentence, paragraph or
section hereof shall not affect the validity of the remainder
of this ordinance.
SECTION 10: SAVING. Nothing in this ordinance or the code
hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or
proceeding now pending in any court, or any rights acquired,
or liability incurred, nor any cause or causes of action
accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed
hereby. Nor shall a right or remedy of any character be
lost, impaired, or affected by this ordinance.
SECTIONll: VALIDITY. The invalidity of any section or
provision of this ordinance or of the code hereby adopted
shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
SECTION 12: PUBLICATION, That the City Secretary is hereby
authorized and directed to order publication of the descriptive
caption of this ordinance together with the penal provision
for time and manner provided by law, as an alternate method
of publication.
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Clarendon (Tex.). [City of Clarendon Ledger: Ordinances (207)-363], legal document, 2006~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38107/m1/17/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting City of Clarendon.