[Ord. No. 773 Art. I §§1
— 22, 8-1-1985]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (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.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
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 sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage
Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste 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.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of Sewage Works and/or of Water Pollution
Control of the City of Mound City or his/her authorized deputy, agent
or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[Ord. No. Art. II §§1
— 4, 8-1-1985]
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 Mound City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said
Mound City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
B.
It shall
be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of
Mound City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said Mound City,
any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
Article.
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 sewage.
D.
The owner
of all houses, buildings or properties used for human employment,
recreation or other purposes situated within the City of Mound City
and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is
now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or combined
sewer of the City of Mound City is hereby required at his/her 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 Article 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. The private
sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with
clean bank-run gravel or dirt.
[Ord. No. 773 Art. III §§1
— 8, 8-1-1985]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 710.020(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of Sections 701.025 to 701.059, RSMo.
B.
Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system,
the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent.
The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the City of Mound City, which the applicant shall supplement by
any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of ten dollars
($10.00) shall be paid to the City of Mound City at the time the application
is filed, provided however, that the fee paid for a building permit
shall be offset dollar for dollar.
C.
A permit
for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until
the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent
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 Superintendent.
D.
The type,
capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal system
shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Public
Health of the State of Missouri. No septic tank or cesspool shall
be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
E.
The owner
shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City of Mound
City.
[Ord. No. 773 Art. IV §§1
— 11, 8-1-1985]
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 Superintendent.
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.
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In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City of Mound City. The permit
application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or
other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent.
A permit and inspection fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) for a residential
or commercial building sewer permit and thirty dollars ($30.00) for
an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City of Mound
City at the time the application is filed and all sums paid hereunder
shall be credited upon any tapping charge.
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C.
All costs
and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building
sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City
of Mound City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
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, 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.
E.
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 this Article.
F.
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 of Mound City. In the absence of code provisions or in
amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate
specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. 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
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.
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 Mound City or the procedures set forth in appropriate
specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.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.
J.
The applicant
for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when
the building 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.
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 of Mound
City.
[Ord. No. 773 Art. V §§1
— 10, 8-1-1985]
A.
No person
shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface
water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior
and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted
industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater
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 Superintendent. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval
of the Superintendent to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural
outlet.
C.
No person
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 or wastes 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 sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two (2)
mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any
waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5) or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
4.
Solid
or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing
obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper
operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited to, ashes,
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, cup, milk containers,
etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
D.
No person
shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the
opinion of the Superintendent that such wastes can harm either the
sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect
on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public
property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his/her opinion as to
the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give consideration
to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to
flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the
sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage
treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment
plant and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
1.
Any
liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty
degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (sixty-five degrees Celsius (65°C)).
2.
Any
water or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified
or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two
degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit
(150°F) (zero degrees Celsius (0°C) and sixty-five degree
Celsius (65°C)).
3.
Any
garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and
operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
4.
Any
waters or wastes containing strong acid from pickling wastes or concentrated
plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
Any
waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar
objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
6.
Any
waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Superintendent as necessary after treatment of the composite
sewage to meet the requirements of State, Federal or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
7.
Any
radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any
waters or wastes having pH in excess of nine and one-half (9.5).
9.
Materials
which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual
concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited
to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of dissolved
solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride or sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive
discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable
tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual
BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities
as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
d.
Unusual
volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as
defined herein.
10.
Waters
or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment
or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed or are amenable
to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent
cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction
over discharge to the receiving waters.
11.
Any
waters or wastes having:
a.
A
five (5) day BOD greater than three hundred (300) parts per million
by weight;
b.
Containing
more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight of
suspended solids; or
c.
Having
an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the average
sewage flow of the City of Mound City, shall be subject to the review
of the Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent,
the owner shall provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to:
(1)
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts
per million by weight;
(2)
Reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts per
million by weight; or
(3)
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
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) of this Section and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent 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 the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of Subsection (J) of the Section.
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If the Superintendent 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 Superintendent
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
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F.
Grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of
the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of
liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients; except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent
and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
G.
Where
preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for
any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
H.
When
required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
at his/her expense and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be
safe and accessible at all times.
I.
All measurements,
tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to
which reference is made in this Article 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
and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable
samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special
manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered
to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point
at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried
out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents
upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to
life, limb and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine
whether a twenty-four (24) hours composite of all outfalls of a premise
is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken.
Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained
from twenty-four (24) hour composites of all outfalls whereas pHs
are determined from periodic grab samples.)
J.
No statement
contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special
agreement or arrangement between the City of Mound City and any industrial
concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the City of Mound City for treatment, subject to
payment therefore, by the industrial concern.
[Ord. No. 773 Art. VI §1, 8-1-1985]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 773 Art. VII §§1
— 3, 8-1-1985]
A.
The Superintendent
and other duly authorized employees of the City of Mound City bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
The Superintendent or his/her representatives shall have no authority
to inquire into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical,
oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries, beyond that point
having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the
sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City of Mound 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 of Mound City employees and the City of Mound City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by the City of Mound 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 710.050(H).
C.
The Superintendent
and other duly authorized employees of the City of Mound City bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter
all private properties through which the City of Mound 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 sewage works 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.
[Ord. No. 773 Art. VIII §§1
— 3, 8-1-1985]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 710.060 shall be served by the City of Mound 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
violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become liable
to the City of Mound City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the City of Mound City by reason of such violation.
