[R.O. 2004 §720.010; CC 1990 §720.010; Ord. No. 445 Art. I, 3-15-1982; Ord. No. 979 §1, 10-18-2001]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
used in this Article shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
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 (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the
building wall.
The extension of piping, also referred to as the "sewer lateral",
that runs from the building drain to the main line of the public sewer
system or other place of disposal. This shall include the actual tapping
saddle, sleeve or other connecting apparatus to the main line of the
public sewer system.
The City of Pevely, Jefferson County, Missouri.
That person designated by the City as its Administrative
Officer in charge of the City wastewater system.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation
of compounds under standard laboratory procedure, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
Organic compounds derived from petroleum, animal or vegetable
sources and either coalesced or emulsified.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
Organic compounds derived from petroleum, animal or vegetable
sources and either floating, emulsified or dissolved.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (½) inch
(1.27 centimeters) in any direction.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
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.
A sewer service line connecting the building to the public
sewer system or other place of disposal generally consisting of piping
as authorized by this Chapter, "P" trap, cleanout with cap and tapping
saddle or other connecting device to the main public sewer system
or other place of disposal such as a "Y" or "T" fitting.
Is mandatory; MAY — Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The City Superintendent of the City of Pevely or his/her
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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.
[R.O. 2004 §720.020; CC 1990 §720.020; Ord. No. 445 Art. II, 3-15-1982]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the City of Pevely, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
[R.O. 2004 §720.030; CC 1990 §720.030; Ord. No. 445 Art. II, 3-15-1982]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the City of Pevely, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions
of this Article.
[R.O. 2004 §720.040; CC 1990 §720.040; Ord. No. 445 Art. II, 3-15-1982]
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
[R.O. 2004 §720.050; CC 1990 §720.050; Ord. No. 445 Art. II, 3-15-1982]
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
employment, recreation or other purposes, situated within the City
of Pevely, Missouri, 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 his/her 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, provided that said public sewer is within
one hundred (100) feet of the property line.
[R.O. 2004 §720.060; CC 1990 §720.060; Ord. No. 445 Art. III, 3-15-1982]
A.Â
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 715.050, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.
B.Â
Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system,
the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Superintendent.
The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished
by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications
and other information as are deemed necessary by the City Superintendent.
A permit and inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
C.Â
A permit
for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until
the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the City Superintendent.
He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the City
Superintendent when the work is ready for final inspection and before
any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made
within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of notice by the City
Superintendent.
D.Â
The
type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Natural Resources of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued
for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption
facilities where the area of the lot is less than twenty thousand
(20,000) square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted
to discharge to any natural outlet.
E.Â
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system as provided in Subsection (D), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Article.
F.Â
The
owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
G.Â
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer.
H.Â
When
a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected
to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal
system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel
or dirt.
[R.O. 2004 §720.070; CC 1990 §720.070; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with
or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City Superintendent.
[R.O. 2004 §720.080; CC 1990 §720.080; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
A.Â
There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1.Â
For residential and commercial service, and
2.Â
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
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In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application
on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall
be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the City Superintendent. A
permit and inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for a residential
or commercial building sewer permit and fifty dollars ($50.00) for
an industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the
time the application is filed.
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[R.O. 2004 §720.090; CC 1990 §720.090; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982; Ord. No. 979 §§2 —
3, 10-18-2001]
A.Â
All
costs and expenses incident to the installation and connection of
the building sewer/sewer lateral shall be borne by the owner. As a
condition for connecting to the public sewer system or other place
of disposal, the owner shall indemnify and hold harmless the City
from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned
by the installation and continuing use of the building sewer/sewer
lateral. The owner's responsibility is further stated as follows:
1.Â
The owner is responsible for and shall maintain the building sewer/sewer
lateral from and including the tapping apparatus at the main public
sewer line or other place of disposal to the building.
2.Â
As previously stated, the owner hereby indemnifies and holds harmless
the City for any incident occasioned by blockage, collapse, act of
God or any other loss or damage within the building sewer/sewer lateral
from and including the tapping apparatus at the public sewer main
or other place of disposal to the building.
3.Â
In the event of any call out of City personnel after hours to correct
sewage back up that is caused by clogging of the sewer lateral and
not the City sewer main, the owner shall pay the City a fee of fifty
dollars ($50.00).
[R.O. 2004 §720.100; CC 1990 §720.100; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
A.Â
A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building;
except where one (1) 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.
B.Â
Old
building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the City Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this Article.
[R.O. 2004 §720.110; CC 1990 §720.110; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, place of the 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. In the absence of code provisions
or in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth
in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual
of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
[R.O. 2004 §720.120; CC 1990 §720.120; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
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
without cost to the City.
[R.O. 2004 §720.130; CC 1990 §720.130; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
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.
[R.O. 2004 §720.140; CC 1990 §720.140; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other
applicable rules and regulations of the City or the procedures set
forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F.
Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall be made gastight
and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials
must be approved by the City Superintendent before installation.
[R.O. 2004 §720.150; CC 1990 §720.150; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the
City Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection
and connection shall be made under the supervision of the City Superintendent
or his/her representative.
[R.O. 2004 §720.160; CC 1990 §720.160; Ord. No. 445 Art. IV, 3-15-1982]
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately
guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from
hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public property disturbed
in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory
to the City.
[R.O. 2004 §720.170; CC 1990 §720.170; Ord. No. 445 Art. V, 3-15-1982]
A.Â
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface
water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior
and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted
industrial process water to any sanitary sewer.
B.Â
Stormwater
and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers
as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet
approved by the City Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted
process waters may be discharged on approval of the City Superintendent.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged
on approval of the City Superintendent to a storm sewer with approval
of the Department of Natural Resources, to a natural outlet.
C.Â
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.Â
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
2.Â
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singularly or by interaction
with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public
nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage
treatment plant including, but not limited to, cyanides in excess
of two (2) mg/l as in CN in the wastes as discharged to the public
sewer.
3.Â
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and one-half (5.5)
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
4.Â
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
5.Â
Any waters or wastes in excess of the following limits shall be subject
to review by the City Superintendent.
a.Â
BOD no more than two hundred fifty (250) milligrams per liter.
b.Â
Suspended solids no more than three hundred (300) milligrams.
c.Â
COD no more than four hundred fifty (450) milligrams per liter.
d.Â
Average daily flow greater than ten percent (10%) of the average
sewage flow of the City.
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Where the City Superintendent deems necessary, the owner shall
provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary treatment as may be
necessary to meet the aforesaid limits for BOD, suspended solids or
COD and to provide uniformity of discharge flow rate consistent with
the City's treatment process.
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D.Â
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely in the
opinion of the City Superintendent that such wastes can harm either
the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse
effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb,
public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his/her opinion
as to the acceptability of these wastes, the City Superintendent will
give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes
in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction
of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of
the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the
sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors. The substances
prohibited are:
1.Â
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) sixty-five degrees Centigrade
(65°C)).
2.Â
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or dissolved or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l
or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures
between thirty-two degree Fahrenheit (32°F) and one hundred fifty
degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) zero and sixty-five degrees Centigrade
(0 and 65°C)) or which may cause excessive scum in the treatment
process.
3.Â
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the City Superintendent.
4.Â
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.Â
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and
similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits established by the City Superintendent for such materials.
6.Â
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the City Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of State, Federal or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
7.Â
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the City Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.Â
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and one-half (9.5).
9.Â
Materials which exert or cause:
a.Â
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not
limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or of
dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride or
sodium sulfate).
b.Â
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.Â
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such
quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment
works.
d.Â
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs"
as defined herein.
10.Â
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amendable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed
or are amendable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies
having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
E.Â
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection (D) of this Section and which in the judgment of the City Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public nuisance, the City Superintendent may:
1.Â
Reject the wastes,
2.Â
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the public sewers,
3.Â
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge, and/or
4.Â
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of Subsection (J) of this Section.
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If the City Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization
of waste flows, the design and installation of the plans and equipment
shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Superintendent
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
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F.Â
Grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of
the City Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the City Superintendent and
shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
G.Â
Where
preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for
any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
H.Â
When
required by the City Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement
of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and
safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved
by the City Superintendent. The manhole shall be installed by the
owner at his/her expense and shall be maintained by him/her so as
to be safe and accessible at all times.
I.Â
All
measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this Chapter shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by the American Public
Health Association and shall be determined at the control manhole
provided or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In
the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole
shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public
sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling
shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the
effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the
existence of hazards to life, limb and property. (The particular analyses
involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite
of all sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four (24)
composites of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic
grab samples.)
J.Â
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial
concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor
by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 2004 §720.180; CC 1990 §720.180; Ord. No. 445 Art. VI, 3-15-1982]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
charge of disorderly conduct.
[R.O. 2004 §720.190; CC 1990 §720.190; Ord. No. 445 Art. VII, 3-15-1982]
A.Â
The
City Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter. The City Superintendent or his/her representatives
shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical,
chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper or other industries beyond
that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge
to the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste treatment.
B.Â
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the City Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 715.170(H).
C.Â
The
City Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
sewage work, if any, on said easement and shall be done in full accordance
with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
[R.O. 2004 §720.200; CC 1990 §720.200; Ord. No. 445 Art. VIII, 3-15-1982]
A.Â
Any person found to be violating any provisions of this Article except Section 715.180 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.
B.Â
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection (A) above shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished in accordance with Section 100.220 of this Code. Each twenty-four (24) hour period in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.Â
Any
person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become
liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the
City by reason of such violation.
[R.O. 2004 §720.210; CC 1990 §720.210; Ord. No. 54 §§1 — 2, 4-15-1967]
A.Â
If
any property immediately adjacent to the City of Pevely at the present
time is casting sewerage into the City of Pevely and said action is
deemed by the Health Department of Jefferson County to be a serious
health hazard to the citizens of Pevely, said property may be permitted
to connect onto the City sewers upon their application, upon the owners
entering into a contract agreeing to the payment of all sewer service
charges plus the amount said property would have to pay the City in
taxes if they were within the City, plus all other needed charges
as determined by the Board.
B.Â
The
public and parochial schools and churches near the City of Pevely,
which are tax exempt, may connect on if they pay the entire cost of
connection and agree to pay a sewer service charge in an amount to
be approved by the Board.
[R.O. 2004 §735.010; CC 1990 §735.010; Ord. No. 91 §1, 10-8-1969]
The definitions given herein deal only with certain terms used
in this Article, in the sense that they are used herein. These definitions
are not of a general nature and are not generally applicable beyond
the sense used in this Article.
A pit for the reception or detention of sewerage.
A sewer or other pipe or conduit used for conveying ground,
surface or stormwater.
The liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in
industrial establishments.
Water which is safe for drinking or other sanitary purposes
and is also suitable for domestic use.
A conduit for conveying the storm or rainwater from a roof.
Sewage from a building used for human habitation or occupancy.
A sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or without
industrial wastes and without the admixture of surface or stormwater.
A tank through which sewage flows and which permits solids
in the sewage to settle in order that portions of such solids may
be disintegrated by biological action.
A conduit or pipe from the sewer line to the building served.
The liquid wastes conducted away from residences, business
buildings or institutions, together with those from industrial establishments
and with such ground, surface and stormwater as may be present.
A conduit for carrying off sewage.
The network of sewers, together with sewage lift stations
and all appurtenances necessary for the collection of sewage.
That portion of the rainfall or other precipitation which
runs off over the surface during a storm and for such a short period
following a storm as the flow exceeds the normal or ordinary runoff.
That portion of a rainfall or other precipitation which runs
off over the surface of the ground.
[R.O. 2004 §735.020; CC 1990 §735.020; Ord. No. 91 §2, 10-8-1969]
After this Article has been passed and approved, the Board of
Aldermen shall appoint a sewer inspector who shall be the City Marshal,
Superintendent of Sewage Works or other authorized representative
(hereinafter referred to as the City Sewer Inspector) who shall make
such inspections as are necessary to properly carry out the provisions
of this Chapter and shall report all violations thereof to the City
Clerk.
[R.O. 2004 §735.030; CC 1990 §735.030; Ord. No. 91 §3, 10-8-1969]
No connection shall hereafter be made to any sewer or portion
of the sewerage system until a written permit has been obtained from
the City Clerk. A separate permit shall be required for each house
or building and a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be charged
for each permit. No other tap-on charges shall be made.
[R.O. 2004 §735.040; CC 1990 §735.040; Ord. No. 91 §4, 10-8-1969]
A.Â
The
City Clerk of Pevely, Missouri, is hereby instructed and it shall
be his/her duty to issue permits for connections to the sewerage system.
Such permits shall be issued in numerical order and shall be issued
independently of any other permits issued by the City Clerk.
B.Â
Before
issuing such a permit, an application shall be filed with the City
Clerk on a blank provided for that purpose. This application shall
show the name and address of the owner, name of the person to whom
permit is issued, number of permit, location of property, type of
building to be served (whether residence or business), number of rooms
and size of sewer to be connected. The application shall be signed
by the owner or his/her authorized representative and shall be accompanied
by a complete and legible set of plans and specifications of the work
to be done or, in lieu thereof, such written description of the type
of materials and methods to be used in the construction as shall be
acceptable to the City Sewer Inspector. The application shall be retained
by the City Clerk as a permanent record of each connection to the
sewerage system.
[R.O. 2004 §735.050; CC 1990 §735.050; Ord. No. 91 §5, 10-8-1969]
It shall be the duty of the City Sewer Inspector to inspect
each service lateral before any connection is made to the sewerage
system and to require that all defects or unsatisfactory construction
features be corrected before permitting the connection to be made.
The City Sewer Inspector shall be present at the time the connection
is made and it shall be the responsibility of the owner or his/her
representatives to notify him/her in advance of the time and place
where the connection will be made.
[R.O. 2004 §735.060; CC 1990 §735.060; Ord. No. 91 §6, 10-8-1969]
A.Â
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.
B.Â
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 Division of Health must be notified in writing and
plans 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 Division of Health.
[R.O. 2004 §735.070; CC 1990 §735.070; Ord. No. 91 §7, 10-8-1969]
It shall be unlawful to make or cause to be made a connection
of any roof drain, areaway drain, yard or court drain or any drain
whatsoever which will permit, allow or cause any storm or surface
water to enter the sanitary sewerage system.
[R.O. 2004 §735.080; CC 1990 §735.080; Ord. No. 91 §8, 10-8-1969]
It shall be unlawful to connect or to cause to be connected
to the sanitary sewerage system the effluent of any septic tank, cesspool
or sewage tank. Where such tanks exist and it is desired to make a
connection to the sanitary sewerage system, a tile line shall be constructed
around the unit in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of
any sewage flowing into or out of the cesspool or tank and said septic
tank, cesspool or sewage tank shall then be filled with earth, cinders,
ashes or similar material.
[R.O. 2004 §735.090; CC 1990 §735.090; Ord. No. 91 §9, 10-8-1969]
Where any unlawful connection as defined in Sections 715.280 and 715.290 of this Article is known to exist, such connection shall be broken within ten (10) days after the passage of this Article or where such connections are found to exist, such unlawful connections shall be broken and their use discontinued within ten (10) days after date of notification to break such connection as provided in Section 715.310 of this Article.
[R.O. 2004 §735.100; CC 1990 §735.100; Ord. No. 91 §10, 10-8-1969]
The City Sewer Inspector shall make an inspection of the method
of disposing of roof and other stormwater drainage from each house
which is connected to the sanitary sewers of the City of Pevely within
ninety (90) days after the passage and approval of this Article and
as frequently thereafter as is necessary to secure compliance with
this Article. Following each inspection, the City Sewer Inspector
shall submit a list of all property owners whose property or properties
have connections in violation of this Article to the City Clerk. Written
notification of any violation of this Article shall then be given
by said City Clerk to the owner or owners of the property upon which
the violation occurs. If the provisions of this Article have not been
complied with within the period of ten (10) days following date of
notice of violation, the City shall have the right to make or have
made such alterations as are deemed necessary by the City Sewer Inspector
to meet the requirements of this Article and all costs thereof shall
be provided for and defrayed by a special tax bill to be assessed
in favor of the City against the property on which said improvements
are made and such special tax bill shall become a lien on said property.
[R.O. 2004 §735.110; CC 1990 §735.110; Ord. No. 91 §11, 10-8-1969]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer
or into any private sewer which is connected to the public sanitary
sewerage system any butcher's offal, dead animals or liquids containing
excessive quantities of salt, hair, fibers, grease, blood, feathers
or other obstructing materials.
[R.O. 2004 §735.120; CC 1990 §735.120; Ord. No. 91 §12, 10-8-1969]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer
or into any private sewer which is connected to the public sanitary
sewerage system any powdered milk, whey, skimmed milk, whole milk,
cream or other milk products or any industrial wastes of any type
which might damage or otherwise cause operational difficulties in
the sanitary system or interfere in any manner whatsoever with the
normal operation of any sewage treatment works or sewage treatment
devices.
[R.O. 2004 §735.130; CC 1990 §735.130; Ord. No. 91 §13, 10-8-1969]
It shall be permissible to discharge normal quantities of industrial wastes from washing operations and from other normal industrial plant operations into the sanitary sewerage system provided necessary precautions are taken to exclude those materials described in Sections 715.320, 715.330, 715.350 and 715.360 of this Article and, further provided, that the wastes are of such a nature that they will not damage, clog or otherwise interfere with the normal operation of the sewerage system nor with the operation of any sewage treatment plant or sewage treating devices.
[R.O. 2004 §735.140; CC 1990 §735.140; Ord. No. 91 §14, 10-8-1969]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation
to discharge or cause to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer
or into any private sewer which is connected to the public sanitary
sewerage system any oil, gasoline, petroleum, coal oil, grease, explosives,
inflammable matter or oil wastes. Cleaning establishments, buildings
used for housing or repairing automobiles, gasoline and oil service
stations and other buildings or establishments where gasoline, oil,
calcium carbide or other explosive or inflammable mattes are stored,
sold or handled, the drains from which are connected to the public
sewers must be provided with an approved trap, so constructed, located
and maintained as to prevent the entrance into the sewer of such explosive
of inflammable matter. Such trap shall be located on the sewer before
its junction with any other pipe or receptacle containing sewage.
The passage of human or fresh animal excrement through such trap is
prohibited.
[R.O. 2004 §735.150; CC 1990 §735.150; Ord. No. 91 §15, 10-8-1969]
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or to cause
to be discharged into any public sanitary sewer or into any private
sewer which is connected to the public sanitary sewerage system any
wastes or waters which have been used for industrial or private cooling
or air-conditioning purposes. Such wastes shall be kept separate from
sanitary or other industrial wastes and shall be discharged into the
nearest storm sewer or open watercourse.
[R.O. 2004 §735.160; CC 1990 §735.160; Ord. No. 91 §16, 10-8-1969]
In the event that satisfactory compliance of the various Sections
of this Article cannot be obtained within a period of sixty (60) days
following receipt of notification of such violation by the offender,
the Board of Aldermen may order the offending person, firm, partnership
or corporation to disconnect from the municipal sewerage system or
may order the connection broken by municipal employees, provided however,
that the offending party must be notified at least sixty (60) days
in advance of the date the connection must be broken.
