ORD 2051 ORDINANCE N0 . a051
AN ORDINANCE adding a section to Chapter 13 . 62
of the Camas Municipal Code pertaining to exposure
of STEP or STE riser lids .
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
It is hereby added to Chapter 13 . 62 . 080 of the Camas Municipal
Code a new section to provide as follows :
Section I
Section 13 . 62 . 080 Landscaping over STEP or STE tanks . Under
no circumstances will STEP or STE users be permitted to cover any
portion of the riser lids to the access chambers of the septic
tanks associated with the sewer system . The riser lid to the access
chamber shall be accessible at all times to insure proper and timely
emergency and/ or maintenance response to the system . Accessible
shall mean visible to the naked eye and with a minimum distance
of one - inch ( 1 " ) separation from the top of the riser lid to the
adjacent ground surface .
The owner of any property having a system found not to be
in compliance with this requirement shall be notified by mail and
shall have four ( 4 ) weeks to correct the noted deficiency . Any
corrective measures not completed within the specified time shall be
completed by the City , and any costs associated with such corrections
shall be billed to the property owner .
Section II
This ordinance shall take force and be in effect five ( 5 )
days from and after its publication according to law .
PASSED by the Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this o( �(
day of January , 1996 .
SIGNED :
Mayor
ATTEST • L f
Jerk
APPROU D f rm •
C ty Attorne
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
COUNTY OF CLARK )
1, Michael Gallagher being first
duly sworn, depose and say that I am the owner, editor, publisher
of The Post-Record, a weekly newspaper. That said newspaper is
a legal newspaper and has been approved as a legal newspaper by
order of the superior court in the county in which it is published and
it is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of
the publication hereinafter to, published in the English language
continuously as a weekly newspaper in Camas, Clark County, ORDINANCE NO, 2051
Washington, and it is now and during all of said time was printed AN ORDINANCE adding a section to
Chapter 13.62 of the Camas Municipal Code
in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of publication pertaining to exposure of STEP or STE riser
lids.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAMAS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
of said newspaper, that the ORDINANCE NO . 2051 It is hereby added to Chapter 13.62.080
of the Camas Municipal Code a new section
to provide as follows:
Section I
Section 13.62.080. Landscaping over
STEP orSTE tanks. Underno circumstances
will STEP or STE users be permitted to
cover any portion of the riser lids to the
a printed co of which is hereto annexed, was published in the access chambers of the septic tanks associ-
P copy p ted with the sewer system. The riser lid to
entire issue of said newspaper for One the access chamber shall be accessible at all
successive and consecutive weeks in the following issues; times toinsureproperand timely emergency
and/or maintenance response to the system.
Issue date Jan . 30 , 1996 Accessible shall mean visible to the naked
eye and with a minimum distance of one.
inch (111) separation from the top of the riser
Issue date lid tothe
¢ adjacent owner of gamy pro dace.
y property having a
system found not to be in compliance with
this requirement shall be notified by mail
and shall have four (4) weeks to correct the
Issue date noted deficiency. Any correct measures not
completed within the specified time shall be
completed by the City, and any costs associ.
Issue date ated with such corrections shall be billed to
the properly owner.
Section H
This ordinance shall take force and be in
Issue date effect five (5) days from and after its publica.
tion according to law.
PASSED by the Council and AP-
Issue date - PROVED by the Mayor this 22nd day of
January, 1996.
The fee charged for the above publication was : SIGNED: Dean Dossett, Mayor
ATTEST: /s/Joan M. Durgin, Clerk
APPROVED as to form:
$ 3 2 . 17 +this �
/s/Roger D. Knapp, City Attorney
No. 3867—Jan. 30, 1996
Subscribed and sworn to before m
day of C , 194
Notary Public in and for the
Slate of Washington,
Residing at Camas, Washington