[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. II §§1 —
23, 5-5-1975]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms 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 Centigrade (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 from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
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.
The person or persons duly authorized by the City to inspect
and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection
to the public sewer system.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or ground water.
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 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 ground water 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 storm waters 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 (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 Superintendent of Utilities of the City of California
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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. III §1, 5-5-1975]
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 California, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable
waste.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. III §2, 5-5-1975]
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the City of California, 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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. III §3, 5-5-1975]
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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. III §4, 5-5-1975]
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human
occupancy, 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
one hundred (100) feet (30.5 meters) of the property line.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. IV §§1 —
8, 5-5-1975]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 710.050, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section.
B.
Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the
owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Clerk.
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 Superintendent.
C.
A permit
for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until
the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the 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 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 Superintendent.
D.
The
type, capacities, location and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Division of Health
of the State of Missouri. 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 Subsection (D), 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 Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Superintendent.
H.
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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. V §§1 —
14, 5-5-1975]
A.
No
unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening
into, use, alter or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof
without first obtaining a written permit from the City Clerk. Before
a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any public street,
way or alley, the person applying for such permit shall have executed
unto the City of California, Missouri, and deposited with the City
Clerk a bond in an amount as determined by the Superintendent conditioned
that he/she will perform faithfully all work with due care and skill
and in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations established
under the authority or any ordinance of the City of California, Missouri,
pertaining to plumbing. This bond shall state that the person will
indemnify and save harmless the City of California, Missouri, and
the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays
and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness
or negligence on his/her part in connection with plumbing or excavating
for plumbing as prescribed in this Section. Such bond shall remain
in force and must be executed for a period of one (1) year except
that on such expiration it shall remain in force as to all penalties,
claims and demands that may have accrued thereunder prior to such
expiration.
B.
There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
1.
For residential and commercial service, and
2.
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 Superintendent. A permit
and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) 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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C.
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.
D.
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.
In such case the sewer from the building nearest the main sewer shall
not be less than a six (6) inch line.
E.
Old
building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this Article.
F.
The
building sewer shall be constructed of either vitrified clay sewer
pipe and fittings meeting the current A.S.T.M. Specifications for
Standard or Extra Strength Clay Sewer Pipe or SDR 35 plastic pipe.
G.
Joints And Connections.
1.
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight.
Vitrified clay sewer pipe shall be fitted with factory made resilient
compression joints meeting the A.S.T.M. "Specifications for Vitrified
Clay Pipe Joints Having Resilient Properties" (Designation C425).
2.
Before joining the pipe in the trench, the bell and spigot surfaces
shall be wiped free of dirt or other foreign matter. A lubricant or
sealer as recommended by the pipe manufacturer shall be applied to
the bell and spigot mating surfaces just before they are joined together.
3.
The spigot end shall be positioned into the bell end of the pipe
previously laid and shall then be shoved home to compress the joint
and to assure a tight fit between the interfaces.
H.
The
size and slope of the building sewers shall be subject to the approval
of said inspector, but in no event shall the diameter be less than
four (4) inches. The slope of such four (4) inch pipe shall not be
less than one-fourth (¼) inch per foot. A slope of one-fourth
(¼) inch per foot shall be used wherever practical. If slope
is less than one-quarter (¼) inch per foot a six (6) inch pipe
shall be used with less than one-eighth (⅛) inch per foot fall.
A multiple-dwelling building shall have a six (6) inch or larger line
subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
I.
Whenever
possible the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an
elevation below the basement floor. The depth shall be sufficient
to afford protection from frost. All excavations required for the
installation of a building shall be open trench work unless otherwise
approved by the said inspector. Pipe laying and backfill shall be
performed in accordance with A.S.T.M. specifications (Designated C12)
except that no backfill shall be placed until the work has been inspected
by the inspector or his/her representative.
J.
In
all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity
flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such drains shall
be lifted by approved artificial means and discharged to the building
sewer. No water operated sewage ejector shall be used.
K.
The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made
at the "Y" branch designated for that property, if such branch is
available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the designated
"Y" branch in the main sewer shall be made only as directed by the
said inspector.
L.
The
applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
M.
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.
N.
The
permit issued by the City Clerk to the owner or his/her representative
shall be presented to the said inspector at time of inspection. If
owner or said representative does not have in his/her possession at
the time of inspection the inspection card, the said inspector shall
not permit any connection to the City sewer main.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §1, 5-5-1975]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, ground water, roof runoff, a subsurface drainage, including
interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water
or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §2, 5-5-1975]
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 Superintendent.
Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged,
on approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer
or natural outlet.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §3, 5-5-1975]
A.
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 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, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
5.
Any waters or wastes having:
a.
A five (5) day biochemical oxygen demand greater than three hundred
(300) parts per million by weight,
b.
Containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids, or
c.
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 Superintendent. Where necessary in the opinion of the Superintendent,
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.
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Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the Superintendent and no construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
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[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §4, 5-5-1975]
A.
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 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 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 plan, 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 waste 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 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
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
4.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
Any water 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 Superintendent 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 Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of the 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 Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 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 and
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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §5, 5-5-1975]
A.
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 Section 710.110 of this Article, and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving wastes, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
B.
If
the Superintendent 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 Superintendent and subject
to the requirements of all applicable Codes, ordinances and laws.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §6, 5-5-1975]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the 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; 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 Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §7, 5-5-1975]
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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §8, 5-5-1975]
When required by the 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 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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §9, 5-5-1975]
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 (24) 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 (24) hour composites
of all outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples).
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VI §10, 5-5-1975]
No statement contained in this Article 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 therefore, by the industrial concern.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VII §1, 5-5-1975]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. VIII §§1 —
3, 5-5-1975]
A.
The
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 Article.
The 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.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
C.
The
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 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.
[Ord. No. 5.214 Art. IX §§1 —
3, 5-5-1975]
A.
Any persons found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 710.180 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.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection (A) shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any
person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become
liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the
City by reason of such violation.
