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ORDINANCE NO. c, li/ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 717 REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS, PRIVATE SEWAGE DIS- POSAL, THE INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION OF BUILDING SEWERS, AND THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEMS: AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF: IN THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, COUNTY OF INDEPENDENCE, STATE OF ARKANSAS. WHEREAS, the cost to the City of Batesville, Arkansas, for handling excessive solids and sludge and for increased facilities to improve biological treatment greatly exceeds the cost for processing normal domestic sewage; and WHEREAS, the City of Batesville, Arkansas, is respon- sible to provide sufficient treatment for all waste waters being released from the City of Batesville Waste Water Treatment Plant into a natural stream; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, deems it necessary to cooperate with the County of Independence, the State of Arkansas, and the Federal Government in the control of pollution in our natural streams and rivers for the safety and welfare of all citizens; and further deems it necessary to establish maximum limits to be considered as normal quantities of suspended solids and BOD which may be discharged into the City's sewer system; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, in regular session assembled as follows: Section: 1. Article III, Private Sewage Disposal, Section 4 of Ordinance 717 of City of Batesville, Arkansas, is amended to read as follows: The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Public Health of the State of Arkansas. The following lot sizes should be provided, but are not mandatory, when septic tank absorption field systems are proposed: a. If an individual water well supply and septic tank system are proposed, the lot size should be -1-