[CC 1979 §68.500; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.500), 12-17-1996]
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or others within the City limits of the City desiring to connect with the sewage treatment or water system of the City shall be connected with said treatment or water system upon compliance with the following provisions of this Article.
[CC 1979 §68.510; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.510), 12-17-1996]
The City will not construct or reimburse any landowner for any sewerage treatment or water system, except as otherwise provided in this Article.
[CC 1979 §68.520; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.520), 12-17-1996]
A. 
The City shall construct or cause to be constructed said water service line from the existing water mains to water meters established and maintained on the premises designated for such usage based upon plans and specifications approved by the City of Sullivan. All excavation and restoration for said installation shall be provided and paid for at the sole cost and expense of the property owner or user under the supervision of a licensed plumber having first obtained a street excavation permit as provided in Section 515.045 of the Municipal Code.
B. 
There shall be two (2) classes of water service permit:
1. 
Class A. Three-fourths (¾) inch water meter set, and
2. 
Class B. Water meter sets in excess of three-fourths (¾) inch.
In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City Engineering Department. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and construction fee as set out in Section 160.310 of this Code, for a Class A water connection or a Class B water connection, as determined from time to time by the Superintendent, shall be paid to the City Collector at the time the application is filed.
C. 
A protective enclosure and tracer wire, purchased from the City of Sullivan Water Department, shall be required for any replacement or new water service lateral for the portion within public right-of-way to comply with locating requirements of Chapter 319, General Safety Requirements, Section 319.033, RSMo., within the public right-of-way. A fee as set out in Section 160.310 of this Code shall be paid to the City Collector at the time the application is filed for the connection.
[Ord. No. 3736 §1, 6-21-2016]
[CC 1979 §68.530, Ord. No. 2581 §1(68.530), 7-6-1999; Ord. No. 3111 §1, 10-17-2006; Ord. No. 3134 §1, 4-3-2007]
A. 
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City of Sullivan.
B. 
There shall be two (2) types for user fees on connection of sewer permits:
[Ord. No. 3623 §1, 2-18-2014]
1. 
Type A. A four-inch sewer tap; and
2. 
Type B. A sewer tap in excess of four (4) inches.
A permit and inspection fee, as set out in Section 160.320 of this Code, shall be paid to the City Collector at the time the application is filed to cover the material and equipment cost required to make said tap.
C. 
The owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City Engineering Department. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
D. 
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the sewer.
E. 
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on any interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
F. 
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found on examination and test by the Superintendent to meet all requirements of the City of Sullivan codes.
G. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe jointing, testing and backfilling the trench shall all conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. In the absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in Practice No. 9 shall apply.
H. 
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewer carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
I. 
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
J. 
The connection of the building sewer into a sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the S.P.C.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before installation.
K. 
The applicant for the sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
L. 
All excavations for sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City.
M. 
All work done in reference to this Section will be done by a plumber or drain layer licensed by the City of Sullivan. However, nothing in this Section will preclude a homeowner from installing said sewer service across his/her own property.
N. 
Any developer that divides land in accordance with Chapter 400 Unified Land Use Regulations and is required to install public sewers throughout the development at no cost to the City, the developer shall not be required to pay connection fees for the connection of new mains to the existing system. Upon dedication of the developer's new public sewers and acceptance by the City, subsequent connections will be deemed a Class One connection and a connection fee charged when the building owner applies for sewer service from the City. However, no connection fees will be charged for lots platted and recorded in accordance with the original subdivision while subsequent land divisions or resubdivisions will require a Class One connection fee. By way of example, a developer plats and records a twenty (20) lot subdivision and installs the supporting sewer collection system. If the developer has installed taps to the new sewer main, he will not be charged a connection fee, but the eventual purchasers of the individual lots shall be charged a connection fee. However, in the event additional lots are created from the original plat and a tap not planned or accommodated, a connection fee will be charged.
O. 
A protective enclosure and tracer wire, purchased from the City of Sullivan Sewer Department, shall be required for any replacement or new sewer service lateral for the portion within the public right-of-way to comply with locating requirements of Chapter 319, General Safety Requirements, Section 319.033, RSMo., within the public right-of-way. A fee as set out in Section 160.320 of this Code shall be paid to the City Collector at the time the application is filed for the connection.
[Ord. No. 3736 §1, 6-21-2016]
[CC 1979 §68.540; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.540), 12-17-1996]
Nothing in this Article will preclude employees of the City Water and Sewer Department from performing the installation, extension and repair of said water and sewerage systems.
[CC 1979 §68.600; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.600), 12-17-1996]
All persons, firms, partnerships, associations, corporations or others within the City limits desiring to connect with the sewerage treatment or water system to the City shall construct at the sole cost of said person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or others all necessary lines, equipment, installations and appurtenances thereto belonging for the completion of said extension of the sewerage treatment or water system, or connection thereto, upon such plans and specifications as shall be required by all Federal and State agencies and by the City acting through its City Water Department Commissioner.
[CC 1979 §68.610; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.610), 12-17-1996]
A. 
All sewer mains and main extensions shall be installed by a qualified plumber or drain layer so licensed by the City of Sullivan.
B. 
All water mains and extensions to water mains shall be installed by a licensed plumber or contractor with proven experience in water main installation. Firms shall provide the following credential acceptable to the Water Commissioner and City Engineer in determining qualifications:
1. 
Active certified backflow or water operator license as issued by the State of Missouri (required on the job during all phases of construction).
2. 
Certificate of commercial liability with completed operations Insurance (minimum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) per occurrence/five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) aggregate).
C. 
The contractor/developer shall submit a surety bond, cash bond, irrevocable letter of credit or other acceptable bond to the City of Sullivan for the full cost of said water and/or sewer main extension prior to commencing said construction.
[CC 1979 §68.620; Ord. No. 2353 §1 (68.620), 12-17-1996]
The location of all extensions shall be either in established streets, roadways, easements or right-of-ways or in such streets, roadways, easements or right-of-ways platted and to be dedicated to the City pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Missouri and ordinances of the City. Easements and right-of-ways, shall have a minimum width of twenty (20) feet and where located along interior lot lines, one-half (½) of the width shall be taken from each lot. Before determining the location of easements or right-of-ways consideration of the location of other utility services should be considered. For hillside areas, where a cut or fill slope extends beyond the right-of-way, a slope easement should be provided with sufficient width to permit necessary maintenance of the slope. All right-of-ways and easements shall be furnished without cost to the City.
[CC 1979 §68.630; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.630), 12-17-1996]
All facilities for extension of the sewerage treatment or water systems of the City shall be inspected during the course of construction by the City Water Superintendent of the City or his/her designated representative to determine that the ordinances, rules and regulations in effect are pertinent to the construction of said extensions.
[CC 1979 §68.640; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.640), 12-17-1996]
When a landowner or subdivider can show that a provision of this Chapter or the requirements in effect for construction of the extension would cause unnecessary hardship if strictly adhered to, a departure may be made without destroying the intent of such provisions upon an application in writing for each such variance or modification being submitted to the Board of Aldermen of the City setting forth in detail the variance or modification requested. The Board of Aldermen reserves the right to waive any fees or charges for said water or sewer service for industrial development purposes. Only such variances or modifications shall be allowed as shall not be in conflict with the laws of the State of Missouri, the rules and regulations promulgated by agencies of the State of Missouri and the ordinances of the City.
[CC 1979 §68.650; Ord. No. 2353 §1(68.650), 12-17-1996]
A. 
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B. 
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Section 705.150(A) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. Each twenty-four (24) hour period in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
[CC 1979 §68.660; Ord. No. 2386 §1(68.660), 3-18-1997; Ord. No. 2408 §1 (68.660(7, 8)), 8-5-1997; Ord. No. 2556 §1(68.660(1)), 3-2-1999; Ord. No. 2924 §1(68.660), 4-20-2004]
A. 
It is the intent of this Section that property lying within the City shall be given first and foremost consideration for connections and use of the water or sanitary sewer system provided by the City. Access to basic City services for those properties lying outside the City limits will be limited to areas identified for potential annexation.
B. 
All connections into the water or sewer system, whether made directly or indirectly, from property located outside the City limits, shall be made by an irrevocable petition or by contact with another political subdivision in accordance with the following:
1. 
Irrevocable petition.
a. 
The owners of the land shall submit an irrevocable petition and consent to annexation of the land into the City signed by all fee-interest owners of record on a Petition for Voluntary Annexation prescribed by the City.
b. 
The parcel of property shall be developed and used in accordance with the plans for its land-use adopted by the Board of Aldermen. If plans for its land-use have not been adopted and approved at the time the Petition is submitted, then service shall not be permitted until the plans have been adopted and approved.
c. 
Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Aldermen, the parcel shall be developed in accordance with City specifications and standards as though the property were within the City's limits.
d. 
All fees and charges shall be paid before final approval is given by the Water & Sewer Commissioner for connections to the water or sanitary sewer system.
e. 
The City reserves the right to disconnect any water or sewer connection herein provided for lack of payment or faulty construction or maintenance.
f. 
The City shall not expend its own funds on any project undertaken pursuant to this Section.
g. 
The water and sewer rate to be charged for water and sewer purchased outside of the city limits of the City of Sullivan, Missouri, shall be two (2) times the rate established by ordinance for water and sewer sold within the City limits, subject to the provisions of Subsection (B)(2) hereof.
2. 
The City of Sullivan may, from time to time, negotiate such water and sewer rate contracts with political subdivisions for water and sewer services outside the City limits as are required for continuing growth of City services. This Section in no way nullifies such contracts as may have already been approved.