It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of cleaning any septic
tank system, until such person has registered with the codes compliance administrator,
has obtained a license pursuant to Chapter 23 of this Code and has given a bond acceptable to the city, in the penalty of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) issued by a bonding company licensed to do business in the state
and payable to the city. The conditions of such bond shall be to indemnify and save
harmless the city from all loss, damage, expense or cost by reason of any claim, suit
or action instituted against the city or its agents or employees on account or in
consequence of neglect on the part of the principal obligor in carrying out the act
of cleaning a septic tank system. Such bond shall further be conditioned that any
and all sludge and material removed from such system shall be disposed of in accordance
with section 33-92 and that all registered septic tank system cleaners shall notify the department of
public health, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, of the addresses of the
systems pumped during the preceding month.
(Ord. No. 1890, § 1; Code 1961, § 10-126; Ord. No. 4965-96)