[CC 1984 §9.010(1); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984; Ord. No.
527A §9.010(11 — 15, 18), 10-5-1998]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall these prescribed
meanings:
AVAILABLE SEWER
A sewer declared available by the Board of Alderpersons of
the City of Weatherby Lake, Missouri.
B.O.D. (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions in five (5)
days at two hundred degrees Celsius (200°C), expressed in parts
per million by weight.
GARBAGE
Solid food wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing
of food.
GRINDER PUMP STATION
A package pumping unit consisting of a fiberglass receiver
tank, fiberglass manway, a pump and a grinder mechanism all packaged
as a unit and designed to receive, grind and pump into a sanitary
pressure water system the waste from a building.
INSPECTOR
Any person appointed by the City Mayor or Board of Alderpersons
of Weatherby Lake, Missouri, or such person's authorized deputy, agent
or representative to administer the provisions of this Section.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage which contains not over four hundred (400) parts per million of suspended solids and not over three hundred (300) parts per million of B.O.D. by weight, and which does not contain any of the materials or substances listed in Section
700.090 of this Article in excess of allowable amounts specified in said Section.
PERSON
Any person, individual, firm, partnership, association or
corporation.
pH
The logarithm to the base ten (10) of the reciprocal of the
number of gram ionic hydrogen equivalents per liter of solution.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any privately owned or operated privy, privy vault, septic
tank, cesspool or any other facility or system for the disposal of
sewage which is not a part of the Weatherby Lake public sewer system.
PROPERTY
Residential dwelling, commercial establishment or recreational
property.
PRESSURE SERVICE LINE
The pressure sanitary sewer line receiving the discharge
from the grinder pump station and discharging the waste to the public
pressure sanitary sewer.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garage that has been shredded to such degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in the public sewers with no particle greater than one-half (½)
inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
All or any portion of the Weatherby Lake sanitary sewer system
or Kansas City, Missouri, sewer system.
RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Any single-family dwelling house or any other building or
structure used in whole or in part as a dwelling residence.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Those wastes which are comparable to wastes which originate
in residential units and contain only human excrement and wastes from
kitchen, laundry, bathing and other household facilities.
STANDARD LABORATORY METHODS
Methods of analyses and testing as outlined in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage",
published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American
Waterworks Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by standard
laboratory methods.
[CC 1984 §9.010(2); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
All residential dwellings, commercial establishments and recreational
property containing restrooms or bathhouses within the City of Weatherby
Lake, Missouri, shall be connected to the public sewer. Such connections
shall be made and constructed in conformity and compliance with all
applicable Subsections and laws of the City of Weatherby Lake, Missouri.
[CC 1984 §9.010(3); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
No person shall occupy, nor shall any person permit the occupancy
of any premises owned or controlled by him/her to be occupied for
residence purposes within the City unless such premises are connected
with the public sewer. The properties now being served or upon which
the public sewer is declared available by the Board of Alderpersons
of the City of Weatherby Lake shall be required to hook on to the
said sewer within sixty (60) days of the date the public sewer is
declared available. In the event that public sewers become available
to other properties within the City of Weatherby Lake, Missouri, the
said properties must be connected to the Weatherby Lake public sewer
within sixty (60) days of the date the public sewer is declared available
by the Board of Alderpersons of the City of Weatherby Lake.
[CC 1984 §9.010(4); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
No person shall discharge wastes, except normal sewage as defined in Section
700.030, into the public sewer.
[CC 1984 §9.010(5); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
Stormwaters, surface waters, ground waters, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling waters or other uncontaminated waters shall not
be discharged into the public sewer but shall be discharged to a natural
outlet.
[CC 1984 §9.010(6); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
Suitable interceptors shall be installed and operated at the
expense of the owner of such property when, in the opinion of the
inspector, such are necessary for the removal of excessive amounts
of grease, oils and grit or other solids from a waste before such
waste is discharged into the public sewer. All interceptors shall
be of a type, construction and capacity approved by the inspector
and shall be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for
cleaning and inspection. Intercepted material shall be disposed of
in an approved manner so as not to enter the public sewer.
[CC 1984 §9.010(7); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
A. The
following materials, substances and wastes shall not be discharged
into the sewers:
1. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one thousand
five hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1,500°F) where the volume of
discharge represents a significant portion of the flow through a particular
sewer, a lower maximum temperature may be prescribed by the inspector
to prevent odor nuisances.
2. Wastes having a pH less than six (6.0) or greater than ten (10.0)
or otherwise having chemical properties which are hazardous or are
capable of causing damage to the public sewer, personnel or any system
or facility into or through which such waste may be discharged.
3. Garbage that has not been properly shredded.
4. Insoluble oils, fats and greases. So-called soluble oils may be admitted
to the extent of one hundred (100) p.pm., provided subsequent dilution
in the sewers or treatment plant does not result in separation.
5. Any solid, liquid or gas which by reason of its nature and/or quantity
could cause fire or explosion.
6. Any solid or viscous material which could cause an obstruction to
flow in the sewers or in any way interfere with the treatment process.
Examples of such materials include, but are not limited to, ashes,
wax, paraffin, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass,
rags, lint, feathers, tars, plastics, wood and sawdust, paunch manure,
hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurries, beer and distillery slops,
grain processing wastes, grinding compounds, acetylene generation
sludge, chemical residues, acid residues and good processing bulk
solids.
7. Waste containing phenolic compounds over ten (10) p.pm. expressed
as phenol.
8. Wastes containing cyanides or compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic
acid gas over two (2) p.pm. expressed as hydrogen cyanide.
9. Wastes containing sulfides over ten (10) p.pm. expressed as hydrogen
sulfide.
10. Wastes containing solutions of metals or such a concentration as
to have an adverse effect upon public sewer, any sewage works, treatment
process or receiving stream.
13. Any corrosive, noxious or malodorous material or substance which,
either singly or by reaction with other wastes, is capable of causing
damage to the public sewer, any sewage works or creating a public
nuisance or hazard or prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance
and repair.
14. Concentrated dye wastes or other wastes which are either highly colored
or could become highly colored by reacting with other wastes.
15. Any material or substance not specifically mentioned in this Section
which is in itself corrosive, irritating to human beings and animals,
toxic or noxious or which by interaction with other wastes could produce
undesirable effects, including deleterious action on the public sewer
or any sewage works, adversely affect any treatment process, constitute
a hazard to human or animals or have an adverse effect upon the receiving
stream.
[CC 1984 §9.010(8); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
Wastes which are unusual in composition, i.e., contain an extremely
large amount of suspended solids or B.O.D., are high in dissolved
solids such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride or sodium sulfate,
contain substances conducive to creating tastes or odors in drinking
water supplies or otherwise making such waters unpalatable even after
conventional water purification treatment or are in any other way
unusual, shall be reviewed by the inspector who will determine whether
such wastes shall be prohibited from or may be admitted to the public
sewer or shall be modified or treated before being admitted.
[CC 1984 §9.010(9); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
All duly authorized employees, possessing proper credentials
and identification, shall be permitted to enter all properties at
reasonable times for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
[CC 1984 §9.010(10); Ord. No. 267, 7-17-1984]
It shall be unlawful to construct, maintain or use any private
sewage disposal system for the disposal of sewage from any property
after the times provided in this Section unless written permission
to do so shall first be obtained from the Board of Alderpersons of
the City of Weatherby Lake, Missouri.
[CC 1984 §9.010(11 — 12); Ord.
No. 267, 7-17-1984]
A. Any
person who shall refuse or neglect to connect any property to the
Weatherby Lake public sewer within the times herein provided shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. Any such violation shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00)
or by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
B. The
owner of any property found to be violating any provisions of this
Article shall be notified in writing by the inspector, by sending
said notice registered mail to the last known address of the owner,
stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time
limit for the correction thereof. The owner of such property shall
permanently cease all violations within the period of time stated
in the notice and shall certify to the inspector that the corrections
have been accomplished.
C. The owner of any property found to be violating any provisions of this Article who shall continue such violation beyond the time limit provided in the above Subsection
(B) shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation.
D. Any
person violating any of the provisions of this Subsection shall become
liable to the City for any expense incurred as a result of such violation.
E. Each
day that any violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense
punishable as herein provided.