It is hereby made the duty of the appropriate city officials or any police officer, when directed or required so to do, to notify the owner or occupant of premises upon which a dry closet may stand or exist, to discontinue the use of same, and erect and build in lieu thereof a water closet with sewer and water connections. Such notice shall not go into detail, but shall suffice if it directs the attention of the owner, agent or occupant of such premises to such conditions and the necessity of change thereof. Such notice, which shall be in writing and signed by the officer serving the same, shall be executed by serving same on the owner of such property and if he or she be a nonresident of the city or absent therefrom, then upon the sales or rental agent. A notice shall also be served upon the occupant of such premises by leaving same with some member of the family of the occupant or serving it directly upon him or her. Fifteen days after such notice has been served shall be allowed the owner within which to comply with such notice.
(1964 Code, § 37-7)
Statutory reference:
State law authorizing home rule cities to require sewer connections, see Tex. Local Government Code Ch. 552