[CC 1979 §46.500; Ord. No. 2157 §1, 11-1-1994]
Culvert pipe or tiles shall be installed in the ditches abutting
public streets within the City of Sullivan, Missouri, at such points
where private entrances and driveways cross said ditches for access
to the public streets. Such culvert pipes or tiles shall be installed
according to the rules and regulations of the City Engineer or the
City Street Department and such rules and regulations shall be prepared
in such form as to insure that culvert pipes and tiles are installed
at sufficient places and at sufficient depths so that the drainage
of surface water through the ditches abutting public streets is not
impaired.
[CC 1979 §46.505; Ord. No. 2157 §1, 11-1-1994]
A. The City
of Sullivan does hereby establish a cost-sharing program for installation
of storm sewers in existing developments with the following guidelines:
1. The
City will install storm sewer lines in existing developed neighborhoods.
2. The responsibility for the cost of the storm sewer lines shall be as designated in Section
515.165. The City will install all lines and be responsible for junction boxes and street inlets.
3. Storm
sewers will only be installed on easements dedicated to the City of
Sullivan.
4. All
storm sewers shall be installed as designed by the City Engineer.
5. Storm
sewers shall be installed based on priority of need considering the
following factors: property damage, protection of the environment,
impact on other public infrastructure, desire for improvements by
property owners, and any other factors which could influence the need
for the improvement. The storm sewer projects will be prioritized
according to the factors by the Engineering Department.
6. The
program shall be limited to the available funding and manpower as
approved by the City's budget and the Street Department's workload.
7. Undeveloped
property will not be eligible for the storm sewer cost-sharing program.
[CC 1979 §46.510; Ord. No. 2157 §1, 11-1-1994]
The minimum size of all culvert pipes or storm sewers shall
be no less than twelve (12) inches in diameter and twenty (20) feet
in length. All metal culvert pipe shall be constructed of fourteen
(14) gauge metal pipe and all storm sewers shall be constructed of
such materials as is approved by the City Engineer or the City Street
Department. The City Engineer and the supervisor of the City Street
Department shall have authority to require the installation of culverts
greater than twelve (12) inches in diameter when, in their judgment,
culverts in excess of twelve (12) inches in diameter are necessary
for the free flow of drainage water in the ditches abutting public
streets. Any culvert pipe over forty (40) feet in length will have
a drop inlet installed with a grate over it to collect water from
the surface and also serve as a clean out.
[CC 1979 §46.520; Ord. No. 2157 §1, 11-1-1994]
The cost of all culverts or storm sewer pipes shall be the responsibility
of the property owner under whose driveway, roadway, access point
or drainageway the culvert or storm sewer is constructed. The City
of Sullivan, Missouri, will install the culvert pipes, storm sewers
and inlet boxes. The City will not install any pipe on State roads
without approval of the State Highway Department or for commercial
driveways. When such pipe installation is requested for drainage ditches
bordering private property where there is no driveway, roadway or
access point, the property owner shall purchase said pipe at his/her
own expense. However, the City shall install said pipe. The City may
purchase and install such pipe without the property owner's request
when the Board of Aldermen deem necessary to preserve the physical
integrity of public thoroughfares.