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City of Eureka, MO
St. Louis County
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[Ord. No. 201, §2]
The existing waterworks of the city and the existing sanitary sewerage system and all future improvements and extensions thereto, whether to the waterworks or to the sewerage system or to both, shall be and the same are combined and it is hereby declared that the waterworks and the sewerage systems, and all future improvements and extensions thereto as aforesaid, thenceforth shall be operated and maintained as a combined waterworks and sewerage system.
[Ord. No. 117, §2]
Where a public sewer is accessible in a street, alley or easement to a building or premises abutting thereon, the liquid wastes from any plumbing system in the building shall discharge into the public sewer, unless otherwise authorized by the board of aldermen.
Under no conditions shall surface drains, ground water, roof leaders or storm water drains be permitted to connect to the sanitary sewer.
[Ord. No. 132, §1-3]
The board of aldermen is hereby authorized to enter into contract with property owners of the city who own property which is not presently within an established sewer district, to protect the property owners from a duplicate charge in the event that they provide sewage disposal for themselves by hooking onto an existing approved private sewer line.
In the agreement with the property owners, the city shall agree to reimburse to the property owners the expenses of hooking into the private sewer line in the event that a public sewer district is established in which their property would be included and then subsequently that they will tax the property owner his pro rata share of the cost of the improvement, the cost of his pay off being a part of the total cost of the improvement.
The mayor and the city clerk are hereby authorized to execute a contract with the individual property owners who may desire to hook into the private sanitary sewage sewer line on the terms, covenants and conditions as is provided within this section after the approval of the board of aldermen is had with regard to each individual contract.