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
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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
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W. C1 f 'ord Cornwe 1 ].
Clerk of the City of �' n Rafael
County of Marin, State of California
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