[Ord. No. 102,
Art. I §§1-27, 4-4-1983]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days of twenty degrees (20°)C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five (5) feet, (1.5 meters), outside the inner face
of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called house connection.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or
surface water.
The Director of Public Works for the City of Scott City,
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in any approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Is permissive (see "Shall", this Section).
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or
groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogenion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven (7)
and a hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½)
inch, (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions
together with minor quantities of ground, storm, and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater",
in this Section.
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Is mandatory (see "May", this Section).
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5) times
the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal
operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and or
performance of the wastewater treatment works.
(sometimes termed "storm sewer") A drain or sewer for conveying
water, groundwater, subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any
source.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and
that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" and referred
to as nonfilterable residue.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the
sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, and storm water that
may be present.
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste
treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant".
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
[Ord. No. 102,
Art.II §§1-4, 4-4-1983]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be
deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within
the City of Scott City or in any area under the jurisdiction of said
City of Scott City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or objectionable
waste.
B.
It
shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City
of Scott City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City
of Scott City, any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this Chapter.
C.
Except
as hereinafter provided it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of wastewater.
D.
The
owner(s) of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the City
of Scott City and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in
which there is now located or may in the future be located in a public
sanitary or combined sewer of the City of Scott City, is hereby required
at the owner(s) expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein,
and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, within ninety (90)
days after date of official notice to do so, provided that said public
sewer is within one hundred (100) feet, (30.5 meters) of the property
line.
[Ord. No. 102,
Art. III §§1-7, 4-4-1983]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 700.020 (D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private wastewater disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.
B.
Before
commencement of construction of a private wastewater disposal system,
the owner(s) shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Director.
The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the City of Scott City, which applicant shall supplement by any
plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Director. A permit and inspection fee of five dollars ($5.00)
shall be paid to the City of Scott City at the time the application
is filed.
C.
A permit
for a private wastewater disposal system shall not become effective
until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Director.
The Director shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of
construction, and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall
notify the Director when the work is ready for final inspection, and
before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall
be made within seventy-two (72) hours of the receipt of notice by
the Director.
D.
The
type, capacities, location, and layout of a private wastewater disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Public Health of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued
for any private wastewater disposal system employing subsurface soil
absorption facilities where the area of the lot is less than seven
thousand one hundred (7,100) square feet. No septic tank or cesspool
shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private wastewater disposal system, as provided in Subsection (D) of this Section, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within sixty (60) days in compliance with this Section, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private wastewater disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
F.
The
owner(s) shall operate and maintain the private wastewater disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
City of Scott City.
G.
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer.
[Ord. No. 102,
Art. IV §§1-11, 4-4-1983; Ord. No. 551, 3-17-1997; Ord. No. 689 §15, 7-16-2001]
A.
No
unauthorized person(s) 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 Director.
B.
There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1.
For residential and commercial service, and
2.
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
3.
In either case, the owner(s) or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City of Scott City. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director.
A permit and inspection fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for a
residential, commercial or industrial building sewer permit shall
be paid to the City of Scott City at the time the application is filed.
C.
All
costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection of
the building sewer shall be borne by the owner(s).
D.
A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building;
except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another on an
interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway;
the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole
considered as one (1) building sewer, but the City of Scott City does
not and will not assume responsibility for damage caused by or resulting
from any such single connection aforementioned.
E.
Old
building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the Director, to meet
all requirements of this Chapter.
F.
The
size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer,
and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, joining,
testing, and back-filling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements
of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations
of the City of Scott City. In the absence of Code provisions, or in
amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate
specifications of the ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall
apply.
G.
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 sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by
an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
H.
No
person(s) shall make connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains,
areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer unless such connection is
approved by the Director for purposes of disposal of polluted surface
drainage.
I.
The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City of Scott City, or the procedures
set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM and the WPCF Manual
of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and
water-tight and verified by proper testing. Any deviation from the
prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Director
before installation.
J.
The
applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Director
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection and testing shall be made under the
supervision of the Director or his representative.
K.
All
excavations for building 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.
[Ord. No. 102,
Art. V §§1-11, 4-4-1983; Ord. No. 250 §2, 12-19-1988]
A.
No
person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted
waters such as storm water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, or cooling water to any sewer; except stormwater runoff
from limited areas, which stormwater may be polluted at times, may
be discharged to the sanitary sewer by permission of the Director.
B.
Storm water other than that exempted under Subsection (A) hereof, and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the Director and other regulatory agencies. Unpolluted industrial cooling water or process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Director, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
C.
No
person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas.
2.
Any waters containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases
in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other
wastes, to injure or interfere with any waste treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the waste-water treatment plant.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or having any other
corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment, and personnel of the wastewater works.
4.
Solid or vicious substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in size capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation
of the wastewater facilities such as, but not limited to, ashes, bones,
cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers,
tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure,
hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers,
etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
D.
The
following described substances, materials, waters, or waste shall
be limited in discharges to municipal systems to concentrations or
quantities which will not harm either the sewers, wastewater treatment
process or equipment, will not have an adverse effect on the receiving
stream, or will not otherwise endanger lives, limb, public property
or constitute a nuisance. The Director may set limitations lower than
the limitations established in the regulations below if in his opinion
such more severe limitations are necessary to meet the above objectives.
In forming his opinion as to the acceptability, the Director will
give consideration to such factors as the quantity of subject waste
in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, the wastewater treatment process employed, capacity
of the wastewater treatment plant, degree of treatability of the waste
in the wastewater treatment plant, and other pertinent factors. The
limitations or restrictions on materials or characteristics of waste
or wastewaters discharged to the sanitary sewer which shall not be
violated without approval of the Director are as follows:
1.
Wastewater having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit (150°F), sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C).
2.
Wastewater containing more than twenty-five (25) milligrams per liter
of petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oils, or product of mineral
oil origin.
3.
Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils, fat,
or grease.
4.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded (see Section 700.010, "Properly Shredded Garbage"). Garbage grinders may be connected to sanitary sewers from homes, hotels, institutions, restaurants, hospitals, catering establishments, or similar places where garbage originates from the preparation of food in kitchens for the purpose of consumption on the premises or when served by caterers.
5.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and
similar objectionable or toxic substances to such degree that any
such material received in the composite wastewater at the wastewater
treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Director for
such materials.
6.
Any waters or wastes containing odor-producing substances exceeding
limits which may be established by the Director.
7.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Director in compliance with
applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Quantities of flow, concentration, or both which constitutes a "slug"
as defined herein.
9.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies
having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
10.
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or wastes
in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, from suspended
solids which interfere with the collection system, or create a condition
deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
E.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection (D) hereof, and which in the judgment of the Director, may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Director may:
1.
Reject the wastes,
2.
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the public sewers,
3.
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and or
4.
Require payment to cover added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer changes under the provisions of Subsection (J) of this Section.
When considering the above alternatives, the Director shall
give consideration to the economic impact of each alternative on the
discharger. If the Director permits the pretreatment or equalization
of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the Director.
F.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Director, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in Subsection D (3) hereof, or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Director and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates, and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Director. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by owner(s) personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
G.
Where
pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided or required
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner(s) at his expense.
H.
When
required by the Director, the owner of any property serviced by a
building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
structure together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement
of the wastes. Such structure, when required, shall be accessibly
and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans
approved by the Director. The structure shall be installed by the
owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe
and accessible at all times.
I.
The
Director may require a user of sewer services to provide information
needed to determine compliance with this Chapter. These requirements
may include:
1.
Wastewaters discharge peak rate and volume over a specified time
period.
2.
Chemical analyses of wastewaters.
3.
Information on raw materials, processes, and products affecting wastewater
volume and quality.
4.
Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent,
or other materials important to sewer use control.
5.
A plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and pretreatment
facility location.
6.
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
7.
Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials
through spills to the municipal sewer.
J.
All
measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this Chapter shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public
Health Association. Sampling methods, location, times, durations,
and frequencies are to be determined on an individual basis subject
to approval by the Director.
K.
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial
concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the City for treatment.
L.
The
City of Scott City shall be responsible for maintaining all public
sewer mains and manholes, excluding all risers on Y's coupled to the
sewer main. The installation, maintenance, and location of all sewer
lines from private property to the City's sewer main shall be the
responsibility of the owner wishing to run City sewer lines from the
City main to his or her property. Said property owner's duty to maintain
the sewer line includes the duty to maintain the riser located on
the Y coupled to the sewer main and to remove all obstructions located
in the sewer line and riser, connected to the sewer main.
[Ord. No. 1167, 12-2-2019]
A.
The Public Works Department may periodically smoke sewer lines to insure there is no infiltration of water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, or cooling water to any sewer line, including lateral lines as prohibited by Section 700.050. The Public Works Department shall provide written notice to the owner of the premises ten (10) days prior to the procedure.
B.
If the procedure detects any discharge, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or cooling water to any lateral line servicing a customer, in violation of Section 700.050(A), the director shall mark the area of infiltration and notify the owner corrective action must be taken in ten (10) days to bring the premises into compliance. The time may be extended, in writing, by the director in the event the owner is unable to correct the infiltration within ten (10) days due to inclement weather or other factors beyond the owner's control.
C.
If
the owner fails to comply within the time frame, the City may:
1.
File a municipal ordinance charge against the owner in municipal court in violation of Section 700.050; and
2.
Terminate water and sewer services to the premises. In the event water and sewer services are terminated to the premises, they shall not be restored until the owner corrects the infiltration so as to bring the premises into compliance with Section 700.050 and the owner has paid any fees required for reconnection of the water and sewer services.
[Ord. No. 102,
Art. VI §1, 4-4-1983]
No person(s) shall maliciously, willfully, intentionally break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenances
or equipment which is a part of the wastewater facilities. Any person(s)
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
charge of property damage.
[Ord. No. 597 §1, 2-2-1998]
Under the authority set forth in Section 70.837, RSMo., the
Scott City Public Works Department is hereby authorized to respond
and provide assistance as requested in any mutual aid or emergency
aid request.
[Ord. No. 102,
Art. VII §§1-6, 4-4-1983]
A.
The
Director and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper
credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties
for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling,
and testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance
with the provisions of this Chapter.
B.
The
Director or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain
information concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing
on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system.
The industry may withhold information considered confidential. The
industry must establish that the revelation to the public of the information
in question might result in an advantage to competitors.
C.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) hereof, above the Director or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees, and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 700.050 (H).
D.
The
Director and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper
credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private
properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement
for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the
wastewater facilities lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
E.
If
any person shall violate the provisions of this Article, he shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined
not less than one dollar ($1.00), nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each violation.
[Ord. No. 403 §1, 6-21-1993; Ord.
No. 647 §1, 12-20-1999]
A.
In
the event a landowner or developer requests the extension of water
and/or sewer lines from the City's existing mains to the property
line of the owner or developer closest to the City's water and/or
sewer main, and in the further event the property to be serviced is
within the City limits of Scott City, Missouri, the City shall pay
the actual cost of installing the water and/or sewer lines from the
City's existing mains to the owner or developer's premises, provided
said cost is under the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) and
the length of line extended from the City's existing main is under
one thousand (1,000) feet. Said cost shall include, but shall not
be limited to, the following:
1.
The construction cost of any lift station required by the City's
Public Works Director.
2.
The cost of any fire hydrants required to be installed by the City's
Fire Chief.
3.
Any engineering study required by the City's Public Works Director.
4.
All labor and materials required for the installation of the water
and sewer lines.
5.
The cost of procuring the necessary easements from all third parties
who own property across which the water and/or sewer lines will run.
B.
In
the event the cost of the extension of the water and/or sewer lines
exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) or the length
of the line to be extended is more than one thousand (1,000) feet,
then the City Council may, in its discretion, elect to pay the additional
costs of extending the water and/or sewer lines if said extension
would benefit the City. In making such a determination the Council
shall consider all relevant factors including, but not limited to,
the following:
1.
The number of consumers the extension of the water and/or sewer line
will service.
2.
The likelihood that the water and/or sewer line extension will promote
additional development on the land abutting the proposed location
of the lines.
3.
The extent of anticipated usage of water and sewer by the developer
or owner of the property requesting the extension.
4.
The value of the property to be serviced by the extension of the
water and/or sewer line.
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If the City elects to bear the full costs of the extension of
a water and/or sewer line exceeding eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00)
or extending over one thousand (1,000) feet from the City's existing
main, the City Council minutes shall reflect the specific findings
of the Council justifying said expenditure for the benefit of the
City.
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C.
If
the City elects not to extend water and/or sewer lines to an owner
or developer because the cost exceeds eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00)
or the distance of line to be extended is in excess of one thousand
(1,000) feet, the City may permit the developer or owner, at the developer
or owner's expense, to install the water and/or sewer line, with the
owner and/or developer assuming all costs as set forth in paragraph
(A) above.
After acquiring any easements from third parties to install
the water and/or sewer lines, the owner/developer shall upon completion
of the water and/or sewer lines execute appropriate documents transferring
his right, title and interest in the easements to the City.
The construction of extensions of water and/or sewer lines from
the City's existing main to the property of the owner or developer
shall be under the direct supervision of the City's Public Works Director.
If, in the opinion of the Public Works Director, the developer or
any of his agents, servants or employees fail to comply with the requirements
of this Section or the specifications of the Public Works Director,
any permit issued to the owner or developer shall be suspended until
such time as, in the opinion of the Public Works Director, the owner
or developer has cured his failure to comply with this Section or
the specifications.
In the event an owner or developer extends his water and/or
sewer mains to his premises at his costs, the City may enter into
such appropriate contracts as will reimburse the owner or developer
for his expense, at such time as third parties are allowed to connect
to the water and/or sewer line installed by the owner or developer.
[Ord. No. 990 §1, 1-21-2014]
A.
Except in the event of an emergency as hereinafter provided, before
any contractor or owner attempts to remove any blockage or obstruction
in a private sewer line which is connected to the City's sewer main,
he must first notify the City's Public Works Department or Police
Department twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the work, specifying
the location, expected time of repair, and the work to be done. If
the Public Works personnel are unavailable, he shall notify the Police
Department, who shall contact the Public Works Department.
B.
In the event of an emergency, which requires immediate repair to
the sewer line to avoid damage to property or injury to persons, the
contractor/owner may commence the work, but shall notify the Public
Works Department as soon as possible.
C.
The Public Works Department shall be given an opportunity to inspect
the job site to insure all obstructions and blockage are properly
cleared from the line and the private line is properly reconnected
to the City's sewer main.
D.
All contractors or owners shall dispose of all debris causing the
blockage or obstruction in a sanitary manner, such as placing the
same in a closed trash receptacle.
E.
Any contractor or owner who violates any provisions of this Section may be prosecuted in City Court and subject to the general penalties as set forth in Section 110.010 of the City Code, and any contractor violating this Section may also have his license suspended or revoked depending upon the frequency and severity of the violation.
