[CC 1979 §90.165; Ord. No 72 §90.165, 10-12-87; Ord. No. 599, 5-22-2023]
A.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or
opening into, use, cover and/or disturb any public water line or appurtenance
thereof without first obtaining a written permit to do so from the
Supervisor or the Mayor.
B.
There shall be two (2) classes of water and sewer line permits. Connection
fees for water and sewer service shall be as follows:
1.
For residential and commercial services not included in the
amounts listed below, a minimum connection fee of one hundred dollars
($100.00) plus the costs of any parts used and/or required in connection
therewith.
2.
For water and/or sewer services to establishments producing
industrial wastes, the owner shall pay a minimum connection fee as
listed using the table below and all of the City's actual additional
costs arising out of or in connection with said services.
C.
As of November 28, 2022, the fees for water and sewer taps (including
all parts, systems, tools, and labor, but excluding the additional
costs associated with any road bore requirements) are listed below:
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Service
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Minimum Cost
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3/4-inch; 5/8-inch water tap and meter
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$1,000.00 each
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1-inch water tap and meter
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$1,200.00 each
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2-inch water tap and meter
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$5,800.00 each
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If not listed, contact supervisor
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Contact supervisor
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Sewer tap
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$400.00 each
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In either case, the person doing the actual digging, installing,
and/or connecting or such person's agent shall make their application
on a special form furnished by the City, completed in accordance with
the City's specifications, and accompanied by all applicable
documentation as requested by the City in its sole and absolute discretion.
At a minimum, the permit application shall be accompanied by any plans,
specification, and/or other information considered pertinent to the
City's approval of the application or required by applicable
law. A permit and applicable inspection fee established by the City
shall be paid to the City at the time the application is submitted
to the City for review.
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D.
All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the water and/or sewer line tap (above and beyond the amounts stated
below, if any) shall be borne by the owner and paid to the City Clerk.
The owner shall indemnify, defend, and hold the City harmless from
and against any loss or damage that may be directly or indirectly
caused by the installation of the water and/or sewer line excluding
loss or damage directly caused by the grossly negligent acts of the
City and/or its employees.
[CC 1979 §90.180]
Standards for type of line will be provided by the Public Works
Supervisor and he/she will have the right of approval of waiver for
any variations of standards.
[Ord. No. 431, 2-14-2011]
A.
The
owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human employment,
recreation, residence 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, access to a public
water system within one hundred (100) feet of the property line, is
hereby required to connect to such facilities in accordance with the
provisions of this Chapter, within sixty (60) days after the date
of official notice to do so.
B.
The
size, alignment, material used in construction of new or the replacement
of the existing public water system, 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 most recent
edition of the Department of Natural Resources Public Drinking Water
Branch, Design Guide for Community Public Water Supplies. A permit
to construct issued by the Department of Natural Resources will be
received prior to construction, alteration, or extension of the water
system.
C.
The
Public Works Supervisor and/or 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 Section.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred
to above, the Supervisor 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 such as may be caused by the negligence or failure
of the company to maintain safe conditions.
The Supervisor 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
public water system 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.
[CC 1979 §90.190]
When water is run in any building, a stop and waste valve is
required on every floor so as to shut off the water and drain the
pipes in cold weather. The stop must be placed in some convenient
place in order to cut it off. If necessary a rod and key above the
floor, and the plumber is to instruct the consumer how to shut off
the water, drain the pipes, and to keep them from freezing.
[CC 1979 §90.200]
No water shall be taken or used from private or public hydrants
except as authorized by the Chief of Fire Department or the Supervisor.
[Ord. No. 225, 3-24-1997]
A.
Within
the City limits of Stockton all new water main for providing of fire
protection serving fire hydrants shall be six (6) inches in diameter.
Further, that the minimum residual pressure of these new lines shall
be twenty (20) PSI at ground level at all points in the new distribution
systems.
B.
Water
mains not designed to carry fire flows shall not have fire hydrants
connected to them. Any departure from these minimum requirements shall
be allowed and in such cases as are justified by hydraulic analysis
and future water use.
C.
The
definition of "water main" shall be all pipes and
lines that are used to convey water from the water source to the public,
excluding service connections.
[CC 1979 §90.210; Ord. No. 108 §90.210(7), 12-10-1990]
A.
Fire
Department water requirements shall be as follows:
1.
Source of supply. To be adequate to supply the
maximum domestic consumption demand and to be reliable.
2.
Capacity of supply works (includes pumps, ground and elevated
storage). Total capacity to be sufficient to deliver fire
flows, in excess of the maximum domestic consumptive demand, of not
less than four hundred (400) gallon per minute for three (3) hours.
3.
The flow specified under "Capacity of supply works" is to be maintained for the designated duration at not less than
fifty (50) pounds residual (not static) pressure from fire hydrants
in business and manufacturing sections in City. In residential sections
of single-family dwellings, at least half the above flows are to be
maintained at not less than fifty (50) pounds residual pressure. Where
a fire engine pumper is provided in the Fire Department of at least
three hundred (300) gallons per minute capacity, the residual pressure
at which the required flow is delivered may be reduced to not less
than twenty (20) pounds in all cases. Fire engine pumper to be subject
to test and approval by the Missouri Inspection Bureau.
4.
Power to be adequate to operate all pumps at all times; transformers
serving pump motors to be equal to total combined motor capacities
and serve pump motors only.
5.
Pump house to be brick, tile or equivalent construction with fire-resistive
roof covering.
6.
Pipe distribution system. The water mains are to
be of adequate size to deliver the flows at pressures specified above,
but must be at least six (6) inches to supply fire hydrants in business
and manufacturing sections and preferably six (6) inches, but no less
than four (4) inches to supply fire hydrants in residential sections.
In general, in residential sections four (4) inch dead-end mains should
not exceed six hundred (600) feet in length, or four (4) inch single
loops two thousand (2,000) feet in length. If lengths of loops and
dead-ends exceed this, or if pressures are low in some sections due
to high elevation, a fire engine pumper of at least three hundred
(300) gallons per minute capacity must be provided in the Fire Department.
Provide adequate gate valves to sectionalize the system.
7.
Fire hydrants. Provide all fire hydrants as required
by, and deemed necessary by, the Advisory Board (if active) or the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Stockton, spaced not to exceed three
hundred (300) feet apart with at least one (1) within three hundred
(300) feet of existing fire hydrants in business and manufacturing
sections, and not to exceed six hundred (600) feet apart with at least
one (1) with six hundred (600) feet of existing fire hydrants in dwelling
sections. This spacing is measured by street to fire hydrants. All
must have at least two (2) two and one-half (2½) inch outlets
and one (1) four and one-half (4½) inch pumper outlets threaded
"National Standard", at least four and one-half (4½) inch foot
valves and five (5) inch inside diameter barrels; automatic drain
valves and six (6) inch pipe connections to six (6) inches or larger
water mains and four (4) inch pipe connections to four (4) inch water
mains. Connections should be gated to permit repair of hydrants without
shutting off system.
[CC 1979 §90.220]
A.
The
City reserves the right at any time and without notice to shut off
the water in any main for the purpose of making repairs or extension
or for any other purpose. Provided however, it shall be the duty of
the Supervisor to notify all persons using boilers for steam purposes,
to which the supply of water is direct, of the intention of the City
to so shut off the water for any such purpose.
B.
The
use of water from private hydrants during a fire in the City is hereby
prohibited, and all water takers are hereby required immediately upon
an alarm of fire to close their hydrants and to keep the same closed
until the fire is extinguished.
C.
Any
person who shall ride or drive over any fire hose of the City in any
vehicle of any kind or in any other manner shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not less than twenty dollars
($20.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
[Ord. No. 280 §90.229, 12-11-2000]
A.
It
is the intent and purpose of the City of Stockton to protect the safety,
welfare and health of its citizens and the public. It is, therefore,
provided that no person or entity, except the City, shall hereafter
drill, dig, bore or otherwise construct, enlarge or deepen a well,
cistern, hole, pit, pond or other similar structure for the purpose
of furnishing potable water to persons, premises or operations within
the City. Further, to protect the quality of the supply of City water
and the integrity of the City water system, no entry into the water
strata or aquifer supplying City water and its system is allowed within
the City by persons or entities, except the City, at any time or place.
B.
Every
abandoned, depleted or contaminated well, cistern, hole, pit, pond
or similar structure shall be filled and sealed in accordance with
the recommendations of the State of Missouri Department of Natural
Resources groundwater geologist. This Subsection is not intended to
apply to pilings, construction holes or excavations that are filled
with an impervious or solid substance or to mines, pits, tipples or
similar operations that are actively supervised and used in a safe
manner.
