[R.O. 2004 § 705.010; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. I §§ 1 — 22, 3-9-1999]
Unless the context specifically indicated otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter 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 [one and one-half (1.5) meters] outside the
inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
The Weldon Spring Code Enforcement Officer or his/her authorized
deputy, agent or designee.
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.
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 water or groundwater.
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 (1/2) inch (1.27
centimeters) in any dimension.
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 groundwaters 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.
Is mandatory; MAY — Is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than
five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows
during normal operation.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
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 § 705.020; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. II §§ 1 — 4, 3-9-1999]
A.
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 Weldon Spring any human excrement, garbage or other
objectionable waste. Animal excrement shall not be allowed to run
onto adjoining property.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
City of Weldon Spring any sewage or other polluted waters, except
where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this Article.
C.
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.
D.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human employment,
recreation or other purposes 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 or combined 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 two hundred (200)
feet (61 meters) of the property line.
[R.O. 2004 § 705.030; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. III §§ 1 — 8, 3-9-1999]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 705.020(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Article.
B.
Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal
system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the
City Code Enforcement Officer or designee. 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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee.
A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid
to the City at the time the application is filed. For those permits
filed during the initial ninety-day connection period, the fifty-dollar
permit and inspection fee shall be waived.
C.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective
until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the City
Code Enforcement Officer or designee. 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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee
when the work is ready for final inspection and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within twelve (12)
hours of the receipt of notice by the City Code Enforcement Officer
or designee.
D.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Public Health of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued
for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption
facilities. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge
to any natural outlet.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served
by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in this Section,
a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance
with this Article, and any septic tanks, cesspools and similar private
sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable
material.
F.
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.
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the City Code
Enforcement Officer or designee.
H.
When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be
connected to said sewer within ninety (90) days, and the private sewage
disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run
gravel or dirt.
[R.O. 2004 § 705.040; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. IV §§ 1 — 10, 3-9-1999]
A.
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 Code
Enforcement Officer or designee.
B.
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
C.
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, courtyard 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.
D.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the City Code
Enforcement Officer or designee, to meet all requirements of this
Article.
E.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer and the methods to be used in excavating, placing 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 ASTM and WPCF Manual of Practice
No. 9 shall apply.
F.
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.
G.
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.
H.
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 ASTM and the WPCF 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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee
before installation.
I.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the City
Code Enforcement Officer or designee when the building sewer is ready
for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection
shall be made under the supervision of the City Code Enforcement Officer
or designee.
J.
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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee.
[R.O. 2004 § 705.050; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. V §§ 1 — 10, 3-9-1999]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including
interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water
or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or
storm sewers or to a natural outlet approved by the City Code Enforcement
Officer or designee. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged on approval of the City Code Enforcement
Officer or designee to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly 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 CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
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.
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, mild
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
D.
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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee 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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee 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.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.) (65° C.).
2.
Any water or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32° F.) and one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit (150° F.) (0° C. and 65° C.).
3.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the
review and approval of the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee.
4.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee
for such materials.
6.
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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee 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.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the City Code Enforcement Officer
or designee in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and five-tenths
(9.5).
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
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.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed
or are amenable 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.
11.
Any waters or wastes having: (1) a five-day BOD greater than
three hundred (300) parts per million by weight; or (2) containing
more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight or
suspended solids; or (3) having an average daily flow greater than
two percent (2%) of the average sewage flow of the City shall be subject
to the review of the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee. Where
necessary in the opinion of the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee,
the owner shall provide, at his/her expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to: (1) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to
three hundred (300) parts per million by weight; or (2) reduce the
suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by
weight; or (3) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such
waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted
for the approval of the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee,
and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said
approvals are obtained in writing.
E.
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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee 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 Code Enforcement Officer or designee may:
1.
Reject the wastes;
2.
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge
to the public sewers;
3.
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge;
and/or
4.
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.
If the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee permits the
pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation
of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval
of the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee and subject to the
requirements of all applicable Codes, ordinances and laws.
F.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee, they are
necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease
in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful
ingredients; except that such interceptors shall not be required for
private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by the City Code Enforcement Officer
or designee and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible
for cleaning and inspection.
G.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided
for any water or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
H.
When required by the City Code Enforcement Officer or designee, 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, 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
Code Enforcement Officer or designee. 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.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this Article 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-hour composite of all
outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or
samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all
outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.).
J.
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 § 705.060; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. VI § 1, 3-9-1999]
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 § 705.070; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. VII §§ 1 — 3, 3-9-1999]
A.
The City Code Enforcement Officer 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,
observations, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with
the provisions of this Article. The City Code Enforcement Officer
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.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the City Code Enforcement Officer 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 705.050(H).
C.
The City Code Enforcement Officer 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, observations, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance
of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All
entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done
in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement
pertaining to the private property involved.
[R.O. 2004 § 705.080; Ord. No.
99-09 Art. VIII §§ 1 — 3, 3-9-1999]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter except Section 705.060 shall be served by the City of Weldon Spring, Missouri, 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 Chapter shall
become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the City by reason of such violation.
