[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §1, 11-15-1960]
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to cause a general sewer system to be established, which shall be composed of three (3) classes of sewers, to wit: Public, district and private sewers. Public sewers shall be established along the principal courses of drainage at such points, to such extent, of such dimensions and under such regulations as may be provided by ordinance, and these may be extensions or branches of sewers already constructed, or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed expedient. The Board of Aldermen may levy a tax on all property made taxable for State purposes over the whole City, to pay for the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of such work, which tax shall be called "Special Public Sewer Tax," and shall be such amount as may be required for the sewer provided by ordinance to be built; and the fund arising from said tax shall be appropriated solely to the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of said sewer.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §2, 11-15-1960]
The establishment, construction, maintenance and issuance or levying of special taxes for such purposes shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §3, 11-15-1960]
No one but a person skilled in, or having a practical knowledge of, sewer building, shall be permitted to construct any sewer, or to make connections with public or district sewers.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 9 §8, 11-15-1960; Ord. No. 809 §5(8), 3-21-1975]
A. 
The minimum sewer size to be installed in the City shall be eight (8) inches and any sewer installation over twelve and one-half (12½) feet deep shall be equipped with a riser extending the same within eight (8) feet with the ground surface.
B. 
Sewer materials in City-owned right of ways will meet the specifications of ABS schedule 40 plastic, vitrified clay tile or equivalent.
C. 
Representative of the City shall locate and install "Y" taps on said line.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §5, 11-15-1960]
No person, firm or corporation shall injure, break or remove any portion of any manhole, flushtank or any part of the sewer system, or throw any deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited in any sewer opening or receptacle connected with the sewer system, any garbage, offal, dead animal or birds, vegetable parings or refuse, ashes, cinders, hair, rags or any other matter or thing whatsoever, except feces, urine, the necessary closet paper, liquid waste, wash water, or liquid house or mill slops, if free of solids having tendency to clog the sewer. No person, firm or corporation, shall cause or allow any surface water, or roof water, or the overflow of any cistern, well or cess pool, to enter the sewer system of Albany, in any manner, either by way of public sewer, or any lateral or public or private sewer, or by any connection. Proper connections may, however, be made with said public sewer system on private drains or sewers connecting therewith, so as to permit of the drainage therein of such water as shall seep into cellars or basements, provided such drain from cellar or basement has its opening or intake from such cellar or basement properly screened, and trapped, so that no foreign substance except such seepage water may enter said sewer; but no surface water, or overflow from any well, cistern or cess pool, or roof water, shall be directly or indirectly added to such seepage water.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §6, 11-15-1960]
A. 
Every residence and building within the City of Albany, Missouri, in which human beings reside, are employed or congregate, shall be provided with an approved method for disposal of human excreta as required herein, and only the following methods for disposal of human excreta, shall be permitted within the City limits:
Whenever a residence or building is provided with one (1) or more flush toilets, the connections from said toilets shall be discharged into one (1) of the following:
1. 
A public sewer, provided a public sewer is now or shall hereafter be located in a street or alley upon which the lot occupied by said residence or buildings, fronts or abuts, or provided a public sewer is otherwise within one hundred (100) feet of said residence or building and is accessible and useable.
2. 
A private sewage treatment plant constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Missouri State Board of Health.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §7, 11-15-1960]
It shall be the duty of the Board of Aldermen to appoint the City Administrator, City Police Officer or any other qualified person, to make an inspection of the methods of disposal of sewage within the City of Albany as frequently as is necessary to secure compliance with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §8, 11-15-1960]
If any person, company, corporation or association shall own, occupy or control any building wherein the conditions of Section 700.190 of this Chapter are being violated and the City Administrator or any Police Officer of the City shall deem it advisable, they shall notify the owner or occupant of the property upon which the violation occurs by delivering to the owner or occupant or person in charge of said building or buildings, a written notice advising them of the conditions complained of, that they are in violation of said Section and further notifying them to appear before the Board of Health of the City of Albany, Missouri, at the City Hall, on a day therein specified which said day shall be at least three (3) days after the service of said notice, there to show cause, if any they have, why such condition should not be discontinued, removed or corrected, at said meeting of the Board of Health at the time and place given in the notice. If the person or persons notified fail to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the conditions complained about should not be corrected, the Board of Health shall make such inquiry as it may deem proper and if in the opinion of the Board the conditions so justify, they may then serve said owner or occupants of said building, a further written notice commanding the abatement of said conditions within a time therein specified which shall be not less than three (3) days after the giving of said notice for the party so notified to so abate or remove the condition. The notices above referred to may be served by the City Administrator or any City Police Officer by delivering to the person or persons so notified said written notice, or by leaving a copy thereof with some member of the family over fifteen (15) years of age, at the usual place of abode of the person to be notified; provided however, that if the owner of said property does not reside within the City of Albany, Missouri, and notice cannot be served upon such owner as herein stated then said notice may be served by publication in some weekly newspaper published in the City of Albany, Missouri, by inserting the same for three (3) consecutive weeks, the last publication not to be less than ten (10) days before the time for appearance specified in said notice.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §9, 11-15-1960]
If the provisions of Sections 700.190 and 700.210 of this Chapter have not been complied with within the period of thirty (30) days following the date of notice of violation as hereinbefore set forth, the City shall have the right to make or have made, such alterations in the method of disposal of sewage in the property mentioned that are deemed necessary by the Board of Health to meet the requirements of said Sections and all the cost of such alteration or installation shall be provided for and paid by a special property tax bill to be issued in favor of the City and against the property upon which improvements are made and such special tax bill shall become a lien on said property for the payment thereof; provided however, that unless notice is served upon the owner individually or by publication as hereinabove set out no special tax bill or lien shall be allowed but nothing in this Chapter contained shall be construed to prevent the City of Albany, Missouri, from requiring the owner or occupant or person in control of said buildings to comply with the terms of said Section 710.190 of this Chapter as herein set forth even if the owner of said building is not notified in the manner above stated.
[Ord. No. 650 Ch. 8 §10, 11-15-1960]
Any person, or persons, who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article, or shall fail to comply with its rules and regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 840 §11, 5-17-1977]
A. 
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
B. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
C. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any water not provided by the City water utility into any sanitary sewer.
D. 
Existing connections of roof downspouts, interior and exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other surface runoff or groundwater drains to the sanitary sewer shall be disconnected.
E. 
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to storm sewers, sewers specifically designated as combined sewers, or to a natural outlet, as approved by the City.
F. 
Any person in violation of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 01-02 §1, 2-6-2001]
The City shall engage in the providing of wireless internet service to consumers as a utility service. This service shall be provided through the Electric Department. This service is declared to be a utility subject to all applicable provisions of Chapter 700.
[Ord. No. 01-02 §1, 2-6-2001]
The Board of Aldermen shall approve and may from time to time amend a wireless internet service agreement, with terms of service and set rates, policies and procedures to govern such services, including but not limited to installation, billing, maintenance and termination of such service. Any consumer must execute and abide by this agreement to receive service.