[R.O. 1996 § 715.010; CC 1968 § 22-71; Ord. No. 195 Art. I, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 1888 §§ 1,
2, 11-6-1989]
Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
The owner or their duly authorized representative, such as
builder, developer, or plumber, who applies for a permit to connect
the City's Sewerage System.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Centigrade (20° C.), expressed in parts
per million by weight.
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 outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The City of Blue Springs, Missouri.[1]
The party who has applied for continuing sewerage service
and will be responsible for paying periodic bills. Each service connection
will be considered a separate customer.
The Sewer Department of the City of Blue Springs.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
Any person discharging commercial and/or industrial waste
to the sewage works.
The water-carried wastes from industrial processes as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation,
association, Governmental entity or any other general entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Shall mean:
Each residential dwelling structure;
Each duplex, triplex, fourplex, apartment
building or any other building used for residential purposes;
Each building or section of a building
serving a separate owner;
Each structure separated from other
structures ten (10) feet or more, owned, rented, or leased by one
(1) person and occupied by that person.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharge
of such pollutants into the public sanitary sewer system.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in
any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
The Director of Public Works or their authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
[Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
A sewer carrying the sanitary wastes of a residence or commercial
establishment equipped only with sanitary facilities for the disposal
of human wastes and other domestic wastes discharged through a building
sewer.
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.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
The division of the City under the City Administrator's control
responsible for the operation of the City's sanitary sewer collection
and treatment system.
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.
Industrial user subject to categorical
effluent standards;
Non-categorical industrial user that
contributes more than five (5) percent of average dry weather flow
or average organic load to the treatment plant;
Non-categorical industrial user that
discharges more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day;
Any industry which could cause interference
or pass-through of pollutants from the treatment plant.
Methods of analysis and testing in accordance with the Environmental
Protection Agencies methods as outlined in 40 CFR Part 136.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.[2]
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.
[1]
Editor’s Note: The definition of "combined
sewer," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-3-2015
by Ord. No. 4559 § 1.
[2]
Editor’s Note: The definition of "Superintendent,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 8-3-2015
by Ord. No. 4559 § 1. See now "Public Works Director."
[R.O. 1996 § 715.020; CC 1968 § 22-72; Ord. No. 195 Art. VII, 6-3-1957]
The Superintendent and other duly
authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification
shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purposes of
inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance
with the provisions of this Article.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.030; CC 1968 § 22-73; Ord. No. 195 Art. II § 201, 6-3-1957]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner
upon public or private property within the City or in any area under
the jurisdiction of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage
or other objectionable waste.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.040; CC 1968 § 22-74; Ord. No. 195 Art. II § 202, 6-3-1957]
It shall be unlawful to discharge
to any natural outlet within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City, any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted
waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance
with subsequent provisions of this Article.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.050; CC 1968 § 22-75; Ord. No. 195 Art. II § 203, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
It shall be unlawful to construct
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended
or used for the disposal of sewage.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.060; CC 1968 § 22-76; Ord. No. 195 Art. II § 204, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 4559 § 1, 8-3-2015]
The owner of all houses, buildings
or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation or
other purpose situated within the 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 sewer of the City, is hereby required
at their 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.070; CC 1968 § 22-77; Ord. No. 195 Art. VI § 601, 6-3-1957]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously,
wilfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or
tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part
of the municipal sewage works. Any person violating this provision
shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[R.O. 1996 § 715.080; CC 1968 § 22-78; Ord. No. 195 Art. VII § 803, 6-3-1957; Ord. No. 1888 § 3, 11-6-1989]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 715.070 and except as otherwise stated in Section 705.120 shall be served by the 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.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Article shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss
or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
