Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power of Commissioner to require the owner to make provision for drainage,--- Where any premises have no drain communicating with a public sewer, or a drain insufficient for the effectual drainage of the premises, or a drain not adopted to the general sewerage system of the City, or a drain which is in the opinion of the Commissioner otherwise objectionable, the Commissioner, may by notice, require the owner of the premises to make satisfactory provisions for the drainage of the premises or to do such other work within such time as may, in the opinion of Commissioner, be necessary for remedying the cause of complaint or to construct a closed cesspool of such material, size and description in such position, at such level, and with allowance for such fall as the Commissioner thinks necessary and drain or drains emptying into such cesspool.