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City of Seymour, MO
Webster County
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[Code 1999 §710.120; CC 1979 §160.241; Ord. No. 381 §1, 10-25-1984]
A. 
All costs and expense incident to the installation of the service line shall be borne as follows:
1. 
Up to twenty-five (25) feet from the sewer main to the owner's property line, the City will furnish both labor and materials.
2. 
Over twenty-five (25) feet, the City will furnish the labor and the property owner will pay for the materials used.
[Code 1999 §710.130; CC 1979 §160.242; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one 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, court, yard, 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.
[Code 1999 §710.140; CC 1979 §160.243; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Sewer Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
[Code 1999 §710.150; CC 1979 §160.244; Ord. No. 118 §6, 3-26-1951; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
A. 
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of 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.
B. 
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.
C. 
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 State Board of Health must be notified in writing and a plan 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 in writing by the State Board of Health.
[Code 1999 §710.160; CC 1979 §160.245; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
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.
[Code 1999 §710.170; CC 1979 §160.246; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, 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.
[Code 1999 §710.180; CC 1979 §160.247; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
All excavations for service line installation and subsequent connection shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard.
[Code 1999 §710.190; CC 1979 §160.248]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Sewer Superintendent when the service line is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. Notification shall be prior to covering any portion of the service line. The connection to the public sewer shall be made by the City.
[Code 1999 §710.200; CC 1979 §§160.250 — 160.252; Ord. No. 232 Art. IV, 4-6-1970]
A. 
Connection Fee. The City shall charge a fee for connection to the public sewer, plus the costs incident for the repair of streets, sidewalks and other public property disturbed in the course of the work. Connection fees are set out in Section 710.340.
B. 
Conformity. The connection of the service line into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City. All such connections shall be made gas-tight and water-tight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the City Sewer Superintendent before connection.