[Ord. No. 470 § 13, 9-11-1951; Ord.
No. 607 § 1, 8-5-1957; Ord. No. 1557 §§ 1,
2, 6-18-1990]
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings assigned to them by this Section:
The persons appointed to such positions according to the
laws governing such appointments, or person deputized or authorized
to act as their agent.
[Ord. No. 2751 §1, 2-18-2014]
The connections with the public or district sewer or with
any private sewer which empties into a public or district sewer, or
which extends from a point three (3) feet outside of the building
walls of the building drained. Building sewer laying shall be a part
of the work of plumbing under this Chapter.
The bowel or kidney discharges of human beings.
The Inspector of Plumbing and Sewers shall be the City Administrator
of the City of Centralia, Missouri, or his designated representative.
Throughout this Chapter the terms "Plumbing and Sewer Inspector",
"Plumbing Inspector", and "Inspector" shall mean the same person as
the Inspector of Plumbing and Sewers.[2]
All work in connection with the construction, reconstruction
or alteration of pipes, fixtures and other appurtenances for the distribution
of water supply and removal of liquid and water carried wastes within
and to a distance of three (3) feet outside of the building wall of
any building, and all pipes and appurtenances used or to be used to
ventilate the drains, fixtures or traps in any building.
The water carried waste products or discharges from human
beings or animals, or chemicals or other wastes from residences, public
or private buildings, swimming pools or industrial establishments,
together with such ground, surface or stormwater as may be present.
[Ord. No. 470 § 13, 9-11-1951; Ord.
No. 1557 § 3, 6-18-1990; Ord. No. 2751 § 2, 2-18-2014]
[Ord. No. 470 § 13, 9-11-1951; Ord.
No. 1356 § 2, 3-30-1987]
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1557 § 4, 6-18-1990]
[Ord. No. 470 § 3, 9-11-1951; Ord.
No. 1557 § 5, 6-18-1990]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Inspector of Plumbing and Sewers to enforce
the provisions of this Chapter and all other laws or ordinances of
the City pertaining to sewers and plumbing, and to inspect and supervise
all work done thereunder. He shall keep an accurate record of all
matters pertaining to the duties of his office.
B.
All plumbing and sewer work shall be inspected by such Inspector
to insure compliance with this Chapter and to insure the installation,
construction and repair of the system in accordance with the approved
plans and permits. The Inspector shall keep in convenient form and
order all plans and statements received by him and made by him under
the provisions of this Chapter, and all such records shall be delivered
to his successor in office and shall remain at all times in such office
as part of the records of this City.
[Ord. No. 470 § 41, 9-11-1951]
The Inspector of Plumbing and Sewers shall at all times have
access to any building, while the same is under construction, alteration
or repair, or which is connected with the City water or sewer, to
properly examine the same.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 23-9, Schedule of Inspections;
Water Supply to Uninspected or Non-Conforming Buildings, as adopted
and amended by Ord. No. 470 § 39, 9-11-1951; Ord. No. 1557
§ 6, 6-18-1990, was repealed 2-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2751
§ 3.
[Ord. No. 470 § 37, 9-11-1951]
In no case will any person make any changes or alteration in
any soil, waste or vent pipe, trap or fixture which has been inspected
and accepted without first notifying the Inspector of Plumbing and
Sewers.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1557 § 4, 6-18-1990]
[Ord. No. 607 § 5, 8-5-1957]
It shall be the duty of the owner of any premises within the
City, where human beings reside, are employed or congregate, to provide
a sanitary method of sewage disposal complying with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 607 § 3, 8-5-1957; Ord.
No. 2751 § 4, 2-18-2014]
For any residence or building with a water carrier sewage system,
the following methods of disposal of sewage, human excreta or other
body wastes shall be required within the City limits:
A.
A public sewer; provided, a public sewer is now or shall hereafter
be located in a street or alley upon which the lot or parcel occupied
by such residence or building abuts, or provided, a public sewer is
otherwise within one hundred (100) feet of such residence or building
and accessible.
B.
A private sewage treatment plant constructed in accordance with plans
approved by the State Division of Health.
[Ord. No. 607 § 6, 8-5-1957; Ord.
No. 2751 § 5, 2-18-2014]
It shall be the duty of the occupants of each premises to maintain
in a sanitary condition at all times the sewage disposal system serving
such premises.
[Ord. No. 607 § 4, 8-5-1957; Ord.
No. 2751 § 6, 2-18-2014]
It shall be the duty of the Board of Aldermen to appoint the
City Physician or City Administrator, or their authorized representatives,
to make an inspection of the methods of disposal of sewage within
the City as frequently as is necessary to secure compliance with this
Chapter. Written notification of any violation of this Chapter shall
be given by the City Physician or City Administrator, or their authorized
representatives, to the owner and occupant of the property upon which
the violation occurs. If the provisions of this Chapter have not been
complied with within the period of thirty (30) days following the
date of notice of violation, the City shall have the right to make
or have made such alterations in the method of disposal of sewage
within the City as are deemed necessary by the City Physician or City
Administrator to meet the requirements of this Chapter. All the costs
thereof shall be provided for and defrayed by a special tax bill,
to be assesseed in favor of the City agent against the property on
which such improvements are made, and such special tax bill shall
become a lien on such property.
[Ord. No. 470 § 30, 9-11-1951; Ord.
No. 1557 § 7, 6-18-1990]
No packing house, slaughterhouse, lard rendering establishment,
dairy, steam engine, steam boiler, gas works, hotel or boardinghouse
or any establishments by which, in the opinion of the City Administrator,
anything would be drained into a public, district or private sewer
which would tend to obstruct or injure the same or cause a nuisance
shall be connected with any public, district or private sewer; except,
through one (1) or more catch basins and grease traps, as may be prescribed
by the City Administrator; provided that in the event the matter of
discharge by an establishment cannot, in the opinion of the City Administrator,
be rendered harmless to such sewer or sewer system or to the public
health, such establishments shall be prohibited from connecting with
any public, district or private sewer.
[Ord. No. 470 § 21, 9-11-1951]
Each building sewer and drainage system shall be separate and
independent of that of any other building; except, that where one
(1) building stands in the rear of another building located on an
interior lot, a lot surrounded by other property and not abutting
on any public street or alley, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
(1) building sewer.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1356 § 4, 3-30-1987]
[Ord. No. 470 § 24, 9-11-1951]
No person shall connect with the City sewer system any privy
vault, cesspool, septic tank or sewer pipe used as a privy. Outside
water closets connected to such sewer shall be anti-freezing water
closets with cast iron bowl, soil pipe and trap, and properly ventilated
and flushed with water through the flush tank connected to the City
water system. Traps shall be placed three (3) feet below the surface
of the ground. Buildings in which anti-freezing closets are placed
shall be not less than five (5) feet from any other building that
is used for dwelling or business purposes.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1356 § 4, 3-30-1987]
[Ord. No. 470 § 38, 9-11-1951; Ord.
No. 1557 § 8, 6-18-1990]
Whenever the Plumbing and Sewer Inspector finds defects in any
plumbing or drainage work being done in violation of the requirements
of this Code or any ordinance of this City, he shall order the same
taken out or corrected and made to conform thereto. The Plumbing Inspector
shall investigate any cause of complaint as to the unsanitary condition
of the plumbing in or about any building, and if on such investigation
the plumbing is found in an unsanitary condition, the City Administrator
shall serve written notice on the owner, agent or tenant of such premises
to proceed within five (5) days following the reception of such notice
to have plumbing corrected and placed in a sanitary condition. Any
person notified who fails to comply with such order or neglects to
file an appeal with the Board of Aldermen within five (5) days, or
fails to comply with an order of the Board of Aldermen approving the
action of the City Administrator, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1557 § 4, 6-18-1990]
