[CC 1974 §575.010; Ord. No. 651 §1, 2-1956]
The definitions given herein deal only with certain terms used
in this Article in the sense that they are used herein. These definitions
are not of a general nature and are not generally applicable beyond
the sense used in this Chapter.
A pit for the reception or detention of sewage.
A sewer or other pipe or conduit used for conveying ground
surface or stormwater.
The liquid wastes resulting from the process employed in
industrial establishments.
Water which is safe for drinking or other sanitary purposes
and is also suitable for domestic use.
A conduit for conveying the storm or rainwater from a roof.
Sewage from building used for human habitation or occupancy.
A sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or without
industrial wastes and without the admixture of surface or stormwater.
A tank through which sewage flows and which permits solids
in the sewage to settle in order that portions of such solids may
be disintegrated by biological action.
The conduit or pipe from the sewer line to the building served.
The liquid wastes conducted away from residences, business
buildings or institutions together with those from industrial establishments
and with such ground, surface and stormwater as may be present.
A conduit for carrying off sewage.
The network of sewers, together with sewage lift stations
and all appurtenances necessary for the collection of sewage.
That portion of the rainfall or other precipitation which
runs off over the surface during a storm and for such a short period
following a storm as the flow exceeds the normal or ordinary runoff.
That portion of a rainfall or other precipitation which runs
off over the surface of the ground.
[CC 1974 §575.020; Ord. No. 651 §2, 2-1956]
The Board of Aldermen shall appoint a sewer inspector who shall
be the Superintendent of Sewage Works or other authorized representative
(hereinafter referred to as the City Sewer Inspector) who shall make
such inspections as are necessary to properly carry out the provisions
of this Chapter and shall report all violations thereof to the City
Clerk.
[CC 1974 §575.030; Ord. No. 651 §3, 2-1956]
No connection shall hereafter be made to any sewer or portion
of the sewerage system until a written permit has been obtained from
the City Clerk. A separate permit shall be required for each house
or building and a fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be charged for
each permit.
[CC 1974 §575.040; Ord. No. 651 §4, 2-1956]
A.
The
City Clerk of the City of Versailles is hereby instructed and it shall
be his/her duty to issue permits for connections to the sewerage system.
Such permits shall be issued in numerical order and shall be issued
independently of any other permits issued by the City Clerk.
B.
Before
issuing such a permit, an application shall be filed with the City
Clerk on a blank provided for that purpose. This application shall
show the name and address of the owner, name of the person to whom
permit is issued, number of permit, location of property, type of
building to be served (whether residence or business), number of rooms
and size of sewer to be connected. The application shall be signed
by the owner or his/her authorized representative and shall be accompanied
by a complete and legible set of plans and specifications of the work
to be done or, in lieu thereof, such written description of the type
of materials and methods to be used in the construction as shall be
acceptable to the City Sewer Inspector. The application shall be retained
by the City Clerk as a permanent record of each connection to the
sewerage system.
[CC 1974 §575.050; Ord. No. 651 §5, 2-1956]
It shall be the duty of the City Sewer Inspector to inspect
each service lateral before any connection is made to the sewerage
system and to require that all defects of unsatisfactory construction
features be corrected before permitting the connection to be made.
The City Sewer Inspector shall be present at the time the connection
is made and it shall be the responsibility of the owner or his/her
representatives to notify him/her in advance of the time and place
where the connection will be made.
[CC 1974 §575.060; Ord. No. 651 §6, 2-1956]
A.
It
shall be unlawful to place any pipe or conduit which carries or is
intended to carry sewage in the same trench or ditch with a pipe or
conduit which carries or is intended to carry a potable water supply.
In every case where a water and sewer line are parallel, the water
line shall be at least ten (10) feet horizontally from and at a higher
elevation than the sewer line.
B.
Where
it is not possible to meet the above conditions or where for any reason
unusual circumstances present a potential or actual hazard to a potable
water supply, the City must be notified in writing and plans submitted
showing the precautions which are to be taken to minimize the hazard
to the potable water supply. In no case shall the work proceed until
the plans for protecting the water supply have been approved by the
City.
[CC 1974 §575.070; Ord. No. 651 §7, 2-1956]
It shall be unlawful to make or cause to be made a connection
of any roof drain, areaway, yard or court drain or any drain whatsoever
which will permit, allow or cause any storm or surface water to enter
the sanitary sewerage system.
[CC 1974 §575.080; Ord. No. 651 §8, 2-1956]
It shall be unlawful to connect or to cause to be connected
to the sanitary sewerage system the effluent of any septic tank, cesspool
or sewage tank. Where such tanks exist and it is desired to make a
connection to the sanitary sewerage system, a tile line shall be constructed
around the unit in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of
any sewage flowing into or out of the cesspool or tank and said septic
tank, cesspool or sewage tank shall then be filled with earth, cinders,
ashes or similar material.
[CC 1974 §575.085; Ord. No. 948 §§1 — 2, 9-1974]
A.
The installation or maintenance of septic tanks as defined in Section 705.100 of the Municipal Code is hereby declared to be unlawful at any and all locations which are serviceable by a municipal sanitary sewer within the City limits of Versailles, Missouri.
B.
Any
"septic tank" which is in service at the time a municipal sanitary
sewer is installed, which can serve the improvement served by said
septic tank, may be maintained for a maximum period of ninety (90)
days after the sanitary sewer becomes operable.
[CC 1974 §575.090; Ord. No. 651 §9, 2-1956]
[CC 1974 §575.100; Ord. No. 651 §10, 2-1956]
The City Sewer Inspector shall make an inspection of the method
of disposing of roof and other stormwater drainage from each house
which is connected to the sanitary sewers of the City of Versailles
as frequently as is necessary to secure compliance with this Chapter.
Following each inspection, the City Sewer Inspector shall submit a
list of all property owners whose property or properties have connections
in violation of this Chapter to the City Clerk. Written notification
of any violation of this Chapter shall then be given by said City
Clerk to the owner or owners of the property upon which the violation
occurs. If the provisions of this Chapter have not been complied with
within the period of ten (10) days following date of notice of violation,
the City shall have the right to make or have made such alterations
as are deemed necessary by the City Sewer Inspector to meet the requirements
of the Chapter and all costs thereof shall be provided for and defrayed
by a special tax bill to be assessed in favor of the City against
the property on which said improvements are made and such special
tax bill shall become a lien on said property.
[CC 1974 §575.110; Ord. No. 651 §11, 2-1956]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer
or into any private sewer which is connected to the public sanitary
sewerage system any butcher's offal, dead animals or liquids containing
excessive quantities of silt, hair, fibers, grease, blood, feathers
or other obstructing materials.
[CC 1974 §575.120; Ord. No. 651 §12, 2-1956]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer
or into any private sewer which is connected to the public sanitary
sewerage system any powdered milk, skimmed milk, whole milk, cream
or other milk products or any industrial wastes of any type which
might, in the opinion of the Division of Health, damage or otherwise
cause operational difficulties in the sanitary system or interfere
in any manner whatsoever with the normal operation of any sewage treatment
works or sewage treating devices.
[CC 1974 §575.130; Ord. No. 651 §13, 2-1956]
It shall be permissible to discharge normal quantities of industrial wastes from washing operations and from other normal industrial plant operations into the sanitary sewerage system provided necessary precautions are taken to exclude those materials described in Sections 705.210, 705.220, 705.240 and 705.250 of this Article and further provided that the wastes are of such a nature that, in the opinion of the Division of Health, they will not damage, clog or otherwise interfere with the normal operation of the sewerage system nor with the operation of any sewage treatment plant or sewage treating devices.
[CC 1974 §575.140; Ord. No. 651 §14, 2-1956]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sewer or into
any private sewer which is connected to the public sanitary sewerage
system any oil, gasoline, petroleum, coal, oil, grease, inflammable
matters or oil wastes. Cleaning establishments, buildings used for
housing or repairing automobiles, gasoline and oil service stations
and other buildings or establishments where gasoline, oils, calcium
carbide or other explosive or inflammable matters are stored, sold
or handled, the drains from which are connected to the public sewers,
must be provided with an approved trap so constructed, located and
maintained as to prevent the entrance into the sewer of such explosive
or inflammable matter. Such trap shall be located on the sewer, before
its function with any other pipe or receptacle containing sewage.
The passage of human or fresh animal excrement through such trap is
prohibited.
[CC 1974 §575.150; Ord. No. 651 §15, 2-1956]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or to cause
to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer or into any private
sewer which is connected to the public sanitary sewerage system any
wastes ox waters which have been used for industrial or private cooling
or air-conditioning purposes. Such wastes shall be kept separate from
sanitary or other industrial wastes and shall be discharged into the
nearest storm sewer or open watercourse.
[CC 1974 §575.160; Ord. No. 651 §16, 2-1956]
In the event that satisfactory compliance of the various Sections
of this Chapter cannot be obtained within a period of sixty (60) days
following receipt of notification of such violation by the offender,
the Board of Aldermen may order the offending person, firm, partnership
or corporation to disconnect from the municipal sewerage system or
may order the connection broken by municipal employees. Provided however,
that the offending party must be notified at least sixty (60) days
in advance of the date the connection must be broken.
[CC 1974 §575.180; Ord. No. 764 §§1 — 3, 4-1967; Ord. No. 883 §§2 —3, 3-1971]
A.
All
sewers shall be laid in an aggregate base of gravel of not more than
one (1) inch in diameter.
B.
All
sewers laid a depth of less than three (3) feet from the surface of
any stream, waterway or road ditch shall be encased in not less than
six (6) inches of concrete unless approved by the Public Works Department.
C.
No
sewer connections on City property between City sewer lines and private
property lines shall be made with any pipe or materials other than
PVC pipe with an SDR of thirty-five (35) or heavier having a minimum
inside diameter of four (4) inches. The use of any other type of sewer
tile or pipe, including "orangeburg" tile, is expressly prohibited.
Sewer service may be disconnected by the proper City Officials, at
the order of the Mayor, to any sewer hookups hereafter constructed
in violation of this Section and shall remain disconnected until this
Section is complied with.
[CC 1974 §575.190; Ord. No. 657 §§1 — 2, 8-1956; Ord. No. 1752 §4, 2-12-2008; Ord. No. 1814 §2, 12-13-2011; Ord.
No. 22-012, 8-9-2022; Ord. No. 22-021, 9-13-2022; Ord. No. 24-001, 3-12-2024]
A.
Any
patrons living outside the City limits of the City of Versailles shall
have the right to apply for permission to connect to the City sanitary
sewer system on the following conditions:
1.
The patron shall make an application to the Board of Aldermen and
supply plans and specifications prepared by a competent engineer and
said application to contain the consent of the grantee of the easement
for City to use the ground covered by the easement and for the City
employees to have access for maintaining or going on ground to stop
use of sanitary sewer system by stopping use of lateral.
2.
Property owner asking for permission must procure own right-of-way
for his/her private sewer lateral and said patron is liable for the
expense of construction and maintenance, of own sewer lateral, but
same must be built and maintained by plans approved by the City.
3.
Before any private sewer connection is made, the City Plumbing Inspector
must inspect and approve the private plumbing of the patron and approve
the same according to the Plumbing Code of the City of Versailles.
4.
All applications shall be required to connect to the City Water system.
B.
All
patrons living outside the City limits of the City of Versailles who
apply for permission to connect to the City sanitary sewer system
after August 9, 2022 shall also be required to connect to the City
water system.
