City of Melrose, MA
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2023-05-15
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 228 Water, Sewers, and Drains
- The Charter and Administrative Code
- Ch C Charter
- Ch A Administrative Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessments
- Ch 15 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 24 Departments
- Ch 30 Emergency Management
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Mayor and Council
- Ch 56 Officers and Employees
- Ch 67 Seal and Flag
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Alarm Devices
- Ch 93 Animals
- Ch 98 Buildings, Vacant
- Ch 102 Cemetery
- Ch 106 Coal and Other Public Commodities
- Ch 119 Fire Prevention
- Ch 127 Hawkers, Peddlers and Transient Vendors
- Ch 131 Historic Districts
- Ch 137 Inflammables and Explosives
- Ch 143 Junk, Secondhand and Precious Metals Dealers
- Ch 152 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 164 Noise
- Ch 173 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 177 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 182 Poles and Wires
- Ch 183 Small Wireless Facilities in the Public Rights-of-Way
- Ch 194 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 198 Solid Waste
- Ch 202 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 205 Swimming Pools
- Ch 212 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 222 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 228 Water, Sewers, and Drains
- Ch 228 Art I General Provisions
- § 228-1 Applicability; when effective; repealer; severability.
- § 228-2 Commitment of charges for collection.
- § 228-3 Billing period; place of payment; delinquent payments; abatement procedure.
- Ch 228 Art II Water
- § 228-4 Definitions.
- § 228-5 Right of entry.
- § 228-6 Laying of service pipes.
- § 228-7 Size and material of service pipes and meters.
- § 228-8 Separate service pipes required; protection and maintenance.
- § 228-9 Additional service pipes.
- § 228-10 Laying mains in public and private ways; assessments.
- § 228-11 Laying mains in private property.
- § 228-12 Turning on and shutting off water; charges.
- § 228-13 Water to be supplied to customers.
- § 228-14 Water meters.
- § 228-15 Rates set by Mayor and Council; Water Rate Review Committee.
- § 228-16 Water used for building purposes.
- § 228-17 Application for use of water or other work; emergencies.
- § 228-18 Minimum charges in case of vacancy.
- § 228-19 Opening or interfering with fire hydrants.
- § 228-20 Discount program.
- Ch 228 Art III Backflow and Cross-Connections
- § 228-21 Authority.
- § 228-22 Purpose.
- § 228-23 Responsibility of Water Division and customers.
- § 228-24 (Reserved)
- § 228-25 Requirements and responsibilities.
- § 228-26 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- § 228-27 Procedure policy.
- Ch 228 Art IV Sewer Use
- § 228-28 Purpose.
- § 228-29 Definitions.
- § 228-30 Sewer service rates; minimum charges.
- § 228-31 Discount program.
- § 228-32 Damaging or tampering with facilities, right of entry.
- § 228-33 Connections to be regulated.
- § 228-34 Separation of surface waters and wastewater required.
- § 228-35 Unlawful deposit of waste.
- § 228-36 Untreated discharge to natural outlet prohibited.
- § 228-37 Septic tank use restricted.
- § 228-38 Connection to public sewer required.
- § 228-39 Contributions by industrial users.
- § 228-40 Pretreatment requirements.
- § 228-41 Time frame for compliance with standards.
- § 228-42 Traps required for flammable wastes.
- § 228-43 Maintenance of pretreatment equipment.
- § 228-44 Meters and measuring devices for industrial wastes.
- § 228-45 Protection from discharges; notice of accidental discharge.
- § 228-46 Information for employees.
- § 228-47 Penalties imposable by City.
- § 228-48 Penalties imposable by MWRA.
- § 228-49 Disposal of septage.
- § 228-50 Precedence of more stringent regulations.
- § 228-51 Recourse for violations.
- § 228-52 Implementation and enforcement.
- § 228-53 Publication of list of industrial users.
- § 228-54 Calculation of sewer cost; collection of assessment.
- § 228-55 Permits for industrial users.
- § 228-56 Minimum discharge requirements.
- § 228-57 Types of substances prohibited from discharge.
- § 228-58 Enumeration of prohibited substances.
- § 228-59 Discharge of unpolluted waters.
- § 228-60 Dilution prohibited.
- § 228-61 Wastes of unusual strength or character.
- § 228-62 Permit required for sewer hookup; fee.
- § 228-63 Classes of sewer service permits; application form; supplemental information.
- § 228-64 (Reserved)
- § 228-65 Installation of private sewer services.
- § 228-66 Maintenance responsibilities.
- § 228-67 Disposition of assessment for betterment.
- § 228-68 (Reserved)
- § 228-69 Responsibility for plumbing.
- § 228-70 Individual sewer service required for every building; exception.
- § 228-71 Use of old sewers.
- § 228-72 Establishment of specifications.
- § 228-73 Specifications to apply in absence or amplification of code provisions.
- § 228-74 Gravity flow or means of lifting required.
- § 228-75 (Reserved)
- § 228-76 Private sewer services.
- § 228-77 (Reserved)
- § 228-78 Infiltration and inflow mitigation fees.
- Ch 228 Art V Stormwater
- § 228-79 Purpose.
- § 228-80 Authority.
- § 228-81 Enforcement.
- § 228-82 Definitions.
- § 228-83 Applicability.
- § 228-84 Exemptions.
- § 228-85 Discharge of unpolluted waters to sanitary sewers
- § 228-86 Untreated discharge to natural outlet or MS4.
- § 228-87 Catch basins and traps.
- § 228-88 Private drains.
- § 228-89 Stormwater permits.
- Ch 231 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A250 Acceptances of General Laws, Special Acts and Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition Lists
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch VTDL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City of
Melrose as Rev. Ords. 1976, §§ 20-46 to 20-65 (Rev.
Ords. 1989, §§ 16-1 to 16-4 and 16-16 to 16-32); by
the City Council of the City of Melrose 9-20-2021 by Ord. No. 2022-21. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
