HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 3338RESOLUTION NO. S3 946 RESOLUTION DIRECTING A STUDY OF THE USE OF SEPTIC TANKS AND/OR OTHER PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEMS AND DIRECTING THAT NO BUILDING PER- MITS BE ISSUED PERMITTING THE USE OF SUCH SEWAGE SYSTEMS WHEREAS, the following facts are true: 1. Many septic tanks and private sewage systems are creating a health hazard in the City of San Rafael and there- by endanger the health and safety of the citizens thereof; 2. Many septic tanks and private sewage systems in the City of San Rafael constitute a public nuisance; 3. All new septic tanks and/or private sewage systems that are built or used in the City of San Rafael ag- gravate the situation; 4. That in order to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of San Rafael, the City of San Rafael should enact an ordinance pro- hibiting the use of septic tanks and private sewage systems except in extreme hardship cases where the public health, safety and general welfare are not endangered; 5. That the City of San Rafael should make a study of the use of septic tanks and private sewage systems so that the City of San Rafael can enact an ordinance to control their use; 6. That a reasonable time is required to make said study and to enact said ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 1. That a study of the use of septic tanks and private sewage systems be made with the view of enacting an ordinance controlling their use so as to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of San -' ORIGI'Al': Rafael; 2. That until the adoption by the City of San Rafael of an ordinance controlling septic tanks and private sewage systems, no building -permit be granted or issued which permits any person or building or other structure to use a septic tank and/or private sewage system. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of San Rafael, Marin County, State of California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day of October, 1965, by the following vote, to wit: AYES Councilmen Aby, Baar, Barbier, Jensen and Mayor Bettini NOES None ABSENT None r' p W. C1 f 'ord Cornwe 1 ]. Clerk of the City of �' n Rafael County of Marin, State of California -2-