ORDINANCE 112ORDINANCE 2; 0. 112.
AN CFDMAN CE OF TIM CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFCF.NIA, ALIENDING C-RDINANCE NO. 78
OF TEE SAID CITY BY A1,1EI DING SECTION
34 TI3EREOF.
The Board of Trustees of the City of El
Segundo, California, do ordain as follows:
SECTICIT Oil:: That Section 34 of Ordinance
No. 78 of the City of E1 Segundo, California, which
said ordinance is entitled "An Ordinance of the City
of El Segundo, California, regulating the construction
and installation of plumbing and house drainage and the
installation of gas piping and fitting within said city,
providing for the issuing of permits therefor, and
repealing Ordinance Number 26 of said city, and all
ordinances amending said Ordinance Number 26 ", and
which said ordinance was passed and adopted on the 29th
day of June, 1921, be and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as folly rs :
"SECTICIT 34. Cesspools and septic tents.
No cesspool or septic tank shall be constructed
or maintained nearer than four feet to any
boundary line of the lot on which it is locat-
ed, or closer than five feet to any building
used as a dwelling. In case such distance
can: -ot be obtained from the lot line, build-
ing or structure, such cesspool or septic
tank shall be located where directed by the
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Plumbing Inspector. Every cesspool shall
be cylindrical in form and the walls of such
cesspool shall be constructed of brick or
of cement or concrete blocks. If constructed
of brick, all such brick shall be laid flat
and the two rows at the bottom shall be laid
solid. Lvery sixth course of such brick shall
be laid solid and all open courses shall have
not to exceed a one -half inch opening between
the bricks in the same course. The tops of
all cesspools shall be arched or drawn in jug
shape and all brick or cement or concrete
blocks used in arching said tops shall be
laid in cement mortar. The proportions of
such mortar shall consist of one part cement
to two parts of clean, sharp sand. If concrete
or cement blocks are used in the construction
of any cesspool, the proportions of the cement
at least
and the aggregates shall be /one part of cement
to eight _ parts of sand, rock or gravel .
the style, aggregates, mix, proportions, form
and general design and dimensions of such blocks
must first be approved by the Board of Trustees
of said city, by submitting a completed sample
block of the same to said Board, and by leav-
ing such sample at the City Hall for the
purposes of future comparison. No cement or
eonoret a blocks which have not f first been so
approved as to style, aggregates, mix, propor-
tions, form and general design and dimensions, shall
be used for the construction of any cesspool within
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said city. The minir:7um internal diameter
of any cesspool shall be not less than three
feet four inches, and the bottom of said
cesspool shall be not less than ten feet
below the inlet of said oesspooi.. The top
of the arch of any cesspool shall not be
nearer the surface of the ground than two
feet. The arch shall be started at not to
exceed three feet measured vertically
from the crown. Cesspools of greater
internal diameter than five feet shall
have walls and the top not less than eight
inches in thicraiess constructed as herein -
above provided. No standpipe or vent
pipes opening to the outer air shall be
connected directly to any cesspool, but every
cesspool shall be vented through the waste
pipe leading thereto. In all other particulars
said cesspools shall be constructed in accord-
ance with the directions of the Plumbing Inspector
of the City of El Segundo, and shall be placed
at locations to be designated by him.
Septic tanks may be constructed and used
within said city in lieu of cesspools, provided,
however, that all septic tanks constructed for
use within the said City of El Segundo shall
be constructed of brick masonry or concrete. The
total capacity of every septic tank shall be at
least ninety -six cubic feet for every ten persons
or fraction thereof served thereby. All septic
tanks shall be of impervious construction and
shall have ,watertight joints. The overflow for
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the effluent of every septic tank shall be
connected to a system of agricultural drain tile,
said tile to be laid not less than one foot or
more than three feet below the surface of the
ground, and there shall be a sufficient amount
of such drain tile t o take care of the
ef-`'luent at all times without causing a
nuisance. In all other particulars said
septic tanks shall be cofistruoted in accord-
ance with the directions of the Plumbing
Inspector of the City of E1 Segundo and shall
be placed at locations to be designated by
him. "
SECTION T O: That said Ordinance No. 78 is
hereby amended as hereinabove in Section One provided.
SECTIO2y Ti RZ!: : That the City Clerk shall
certify to the pas:�age and adoption of this ordinance,
and shall cause the same to be published once in the El
Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation
printed, published and circulated within the said city
and which is hereby designated for that purpose.
This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after the final passage and adoption thereof.
Pas --ed, approved and adopted this 20th day
of February, D. 1921-
President of the Board of 'Trustees
of the City of El S e�-und o, California.
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I, Victor D. McCarthy City Clerk
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the Board of Trustees
of the said city is five; that the foregoing ordinance,
(being Ordinance No. 112) , is a full, true
and correct original of Ordinance ITO. 112
of the said City of 7-:1 Segundo, entitled: "An Ordinance
of the City of E1 Segundo, California, amending Crdinance
Igo. 78 of the said city by amending Section 34 thereof"
which was du-.y pasjed and adopted by the said Board of
Trustees, a_- ),proved and u g-ned by the President of said
Board, and attested by the City Clerri of said City, all
at a r e ~u l ar me et in;: of the said Board held on the 20th
day of February , 192-', and that the same
was so pasjed and adopted by the following vote:
That u,..-)on completion of the publication of said
ordinance, according to 1.avr and the order of aa.id Board
of Trustees, the unde-r.:igned will cause a sup; lementary
certificate, showing the fact of such pub: iewtion, to be
executed and entered ir:_:.:ediLtoly lollo•, in:� this certificate
and the said su .plementary certi �'icate when so executed and
entered, shall for all - ourposes be, become and remain a
part hereof.
wIT_'T ) rT,T -,.and ana ti_e seal of said city this
20th day o f
�C i ,l C l e ric o f t in e� T
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(SI,) '-1 Segundo, California.
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Trustees
Anderson,
Cannon, Gerow, Love and Binder ;
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Trustees
None
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Trustees
Toone
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That u,..-)on completion of the publication of said
ordinance, according to 1.avr and the order of aa.id Board
of Trustees, the unde-r.:igned will cause a sup; lementary
certificate, showing the fact of such pub: iewtion, to be
executed and entered ir:_:.:ediLtoly lollo•, in:� this certificate
and the said su .plementary certi �'icate when so executed and
entered, shall for all - ourposes be, become and remain a
part hereof.
wIT_'T ) rT,T -,.and ana ti_e seal of said city this
20th day o f
�C i ,l C l e ric o f t in e� T
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(SI,) '-1 Segundo, California.
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SUPPLEI. =tTA Y C�BTIi'ICs;T -:.
Pursuant to the nrovisions of Section 878 of
Act 5233 of the C•eneral Laws of the State of California
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(Deering 1923 Edition), I do l -oreby further certify that
the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance Ito. 112, was
duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the Board of Trustees of the City of El
Segundo, California, in the yl Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation printed, published
and circulated within the said City, and that the
sane was so published therein on the following date!,
to-wit:- February 27th, 1925 --v
This supplementary certificate shall im:iediately
upon the execution thereof be, become and remain for all
pur- poseti., a part of the fore -oing Clerk's Certificate,
to said Ordinance Ito. 112.
WIT :BS my rand and the seal of the said City
this 28th day of February 1925.
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