[Ord. No. 676 §§1 —
2, 7-22-1992]
That a certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Winchester, being marked and designated as "The Design Criteria for the Preparation of Improvement Plans" and "The St. Louis County Standard Specifications for Highway Construction" as published by St. Louis County, Missouri, be and is hereby adopted as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said design criteria and standard specifications are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 510.020 of this Article.
[Ord. No. 676 §4, 7-22-1992]
A.
The
following Sections of "The Design Criteria for the Preparation of
Improvement Plans" is hereby revised as follows:
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 6 (page 3)
change "The Planning Commission of St. Louis County" to "The Planning
and Zoning Board of the City of Winchester".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 7 (page 3)
delete Committee.
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 9 (page 3)
change paragraph to "Comprehensive Plan — A plan or any portion
thereof for the coordinated development of the City of Winchester".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 13 (page 3)
change paragraph to "City Engineer of Winchester".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 15 (page 3)
change paragraph to "City Engineer of Winchester".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 20 (page 4)
change paragraph to "Flood Plain — A geographic area susceptible
to periodic inundation from overflow of natural waterways and determined
as to extent on the Flood Insurance Floodway and Rate maps as issued
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any future revisions
thereto".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 34 (page 5)
change "Single Lot Development" to "Refer to the Zoning Ordinance".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 40 (page 5)
change "Street, Major (Arterial)" to "A street so designated on the
Major Highway Plan adopted by the St. Louis County Planning Commission
or otherwise designated by the St. Louis County Highway Department
of Highways and Traffic and utilized primarily for heavy volume of
traffic on a continuous route".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 45 (page 6) change "Title Page" to "Refer to Subdivision Regulations Section 410.020 "Improvement Plans".
Section 0.400: Definitions. Item 47 (page 6)
change "Zoning Ordinance" to "The Ordinance, as amended, as from time
to time amended, which controls and regulates zoning for the City
of Winchester".
Section 2.300: Sanitary Sewer Plan and Profile Sheets. (page 8) change first (1st) paragraph to "All construction details
pertaining to the sewer improvements shall be prepared in accordance
with the requirements of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
and shown in plan and profile".
Section 2.300: Sanitary Sewer Plan and Profile Sheets. Item e (page 8) change to "Contact the City of Winchester regarding
all major utility conflicts within road rights-of-way".
Section 2.500: Improvement Plan Review Chart. (page 9) delete.
Section 3.000: Permits. Item (e) (page 11)
Permits — No person, firm or corporation shall develop, alter
or modify any tract of land or roadway within the City of Winchester
without first securing the approval of the improvement plans as required
by the department, nor shall any person, firm or corporation undertake
such work or cause the same to be undertaken without first obtaining
the required permits from the agency having jurisdiction over the
proposed construction.
Section 3.300: Plans and Fees. Item 1 (page
11) change "Plans" to "Four (4) sets of plans shall accompany all
applications for permits. Submit directly to City of Winchester, 109
Lindy Boulevard, Winchester, MO 63021. Phone number (636) 391-0600".
Section 3.300: Plans and Fees. Item 2 (page
11) change to "Permits shall cover all construction activities with
the right-of-way of all public roads with the City of Winchester".
Section 3.300: Plans and Fees. Item 3 (page
11) change "Special use permit fee is one hundred twenty-five dollars
($125.00) per unit".
Section 3.400: Other Permits. Item 1 (page
11) add "St. Louis County Department of Highways and Traffic".
Section 3.500: Delete "Chart".
Section 4.000: Street Improvements. (page 15)
change to "All construction, details and specifications pertaining
to roadway improvements within the City of Winchester shall be done
under the observation and inspection of the Street Commissioner of
the City of Winchester and shall be subject to his/her approval".
Section 4.200: Entrances. (page 15) change
to "All entrance construction within the City of Winchester roadway
rights-of-way shall be constructed in accordance with the City of
Winchester specifications and Entrance Standards, Exhibits 14 through
21. All entrance construction within St. Louis County roadway rights-of-way
shall be constructed in accordance with the St. Louis County Specifications
and Entrance Standards".
Section 4.210: Residential Entrances. (page
15, lines 12 and 15) change "existing County roads" to "existing City
roads".
Section 4.210: Residential Entrances. (page
15) add "Entrances on existing County arterial roads shall meet the
requirements of St. Louis County".
Section 4.220: Commercial Entrances. (page
15) change "Department of Highways and Traffic" to "City of Winchester".
Section 4.300: Parking Area. (page 16) change
"within St. Louis County" to "within the City of Winchester".
Section 4.400: Sidewalks. (page 16) change
"within St. Louis County" to "within the City of Winchester".
Section 4.400: Sidewalks. (page 16) add "Sidewalks
on St. Louis County arterial road rights-of-way shall meet with the
requirements of St. Louis County".
Section 4.420: Sidewalk Variances. Refer to
Zoning Ordinance.
Section 5.000: Drainage. (page 17) The intent of this Section is to require all construction, details, specification and design be in accordance with the Specifications and Rules and Regulations and Engineering Design Requirements for Sanitary Sewerage and Stormwater Drainage Facilities of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. Where conflicts exist between the requirements of this Section and the above-referenced agency, MSD requirements shall govern. In addition, for tracts or parcels within designated flood plains, all requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating to development within flood plains and Section 500.050 of the City of Winchester shall be met.
Section 5.100: Design Criteria. (page 17) delete
and replace with "All stormwater design is to be in accordance with
the Rules and Regulations and Engineering Design Requirements for
Sanitary Sewerage and Stormwater Drainage Facilities of the Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District".
Section 5.110: Drainage Structures. (page 17)
delete and replace with "All drainage structures shall be designed
in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Engineering Design
Requirements for Sanitary Sewerage and Stormwater Drainage Facilities
of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District".
Section 5.120: Erosion Control. (page 17) add
"Siltation barriers shall be provided along all public rights-of-way
to prevent sheet flow from crossing public sidewalks or pavements
until permanent vegetation is established."
Section 5.130: Stormwater Retention. (page
17) change "County Council" to "City Board of Aldermen".
Section 5.200: Plans and Calculations. (page
17) delete and replace with "All plans and calculations shall be in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Engineering Design Requirements
for Sanitary Sewerage and Stormwater Drainage Facilities of the Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District".
Exhibit 11: Standard Typical Section, Minor Rural or
Urban. Type 1 pavement add "four (4) inches rolled stone
base under slab, extend one (1) foot beyond edge".
Exhibit 11: Standard Typical Section, Minor Rural or
Urban. General notes add "Provide transverse under drain
(four (4) inch minimum) at all low points under Type 1 pavements.
Connect to inlet".
Exhibit 11: Standard Typical Section, Minor Rural or
Urban. General notes add "For designated subdivision collector
streets, increase pavement width to thirty-two (32) feet back of curb
to back of curb".
Exhibit 13: Integral Curb and Concrete Pavement, Plan
of Joint Locations. Change "transverse construction joint
spacing to thirteen (13) feet maximum for six (6) inch pavements".
Exhibit 13: Integral Curb and Concrete Pavement. General notes add "7. Joint sealant for sawed joints shall conform
to Section 1057.1.4 of the St. Louis County Standard Specifications
for Highway Construction".
All Exhibits. Change references to Department
of Highways and Traffic to Street Department.
B.
St. Louis County Standard Specification For Highway Construction. That the following Sections of the St. Louis County Standard Specification
for Highway Construction are hereby revised as follows:
[Ord. No. 676 §5, 7-22-1992]
That nothing in this Article or in the design criteria for the
preparation of improvement plans or the standard specifications hereby
adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending
in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any
cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance
hereby repealed nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any
character be lost, impaired or affected by this Article.
[Ord. No. 676 §6, 7-22-1992]
Any person who violates any provisions of this Article shall
upon conviction be penalized by a fine of not less than one dollar
($1.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and no less
than one (1) day incarceration nor more than ninety (90) days incarceration,
or by both such fine and period of incarceration.
[CC 1981 §530.010; Ord. No. 161 §2, 5-8-1963]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
Any hole dug in the ground to a depth of more than one and
one-half (1½) feet.
An enclosure substantially constructed of steel, wire, chain
or other metallic material completely surrounding an excavation which
may contain a gate having a lock or other fastening not susceptible
to being opened without a key or other device.
Construction of an excavation, the ownership of property
on which an excavation is located, the possession of property on which
an excavation is located.
[CC 1981 §530.020; Ord. No. 76 §§1 — 2, 7-1-1959; Ord. No. 665 §1, 2-26-1992]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or co-partnership
to excavate in or upon, construct in or upon or make any change in
the surface of any public street, road, highway, alley, sidewalk or
avenue, or any surface adjacent to or adjoining same, located in the
City of Winchester, St. Louis County, Missouri, without having first
obtained a permit so to do from the Building Commissioner of the City.
B.
The
Building Commissioner of the City of Winchester is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue permits for the excavations, constructions,
additions to or changes in the surface of the public streets, roads,
highways, alleys, sidewalks or avenues of the City of Winchester,
St. Louis County, Missouri, upon application accompanied by a written
description of the work contemplated and such permits shall be issued
when in the discretion of the Building Commissioner such work is reasonable
and consistent with the general construction of the streets, roads,
highways, alleys, sidewalks or avenues in question.
C.
Excavation Permit Fee. For excavation permits, the City
shall collect a non-refundable deposit of forty dollars ($40.00) which
is applied towards a fifty dollar ($50.00) permit fee.
D.
Validity. Permits are valid for thirty (30) days unless
extended by the Building Commissioner.
[CC 1981 §530.030; Ord. No. 161 §1, 5-8-1963]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or co-partnership
to maintain any artificial excavation having an opening at the mouth
thereof greater than two (2) feet in diameter without having such
excavation surrounded by a fence having a height from the ground of
not less than forty-eight (48) inches and it shall further be unlawful
for any person, firm, corporation or co-partnership to maintain any
such artificial excavation in such a manner as to collect water, debris,
dirt or other substances constituting a hazard or nuisance.
[CC 1981 §530.050; Ord. No. 161 §4, 5-8-1963]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or co-partnership
to maintain an excavation whether fenced or unfenced in such a condition
that it collects water, filth, debris, dirt or other material or to
maintain such excavation in an unsightly and unclean condition.
[CC 1981 §530.060; Ord. No. 161 §5, 5-8-1963]
Upon the determination of the City Engineer of the City of Winchester
that a violation of this Article exists and after giving five (5)
days' notice in writing to the owner of record of the property on
which any violation exists or, in the event the address of such owner
cannot be determined, by the posting for five (5) days of a notice
of violation on the property in question, the City Engineer may, at
the expense of the City, construct or have constructed a fence around
such excavation, which constitutes a violation of this Article, or
may by contract or by the use of City employees and equipment fill
and level such excavation and the reasonable and necessary cost of
such fencing or filling and grading, or both such fencing and filling
and grading, shall constitute a lien against the lot.
