[R.O. 2004 § 710.010; Ord. No. 2.48 § 1, 12-8-1992]
Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.
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. The test procedure shall not utilize nitrification inhibitors.
The designated inspection official of the City or his/her
authorized representative.
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 1/2) 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 City of Mount Vernon, Missouri.
The water discharged from any use such as air-conditioning,
cooling or refrigeration or to which the pollutant added is heat.
The discharge of treated or untreated sewage directly to
the waters of the State of Missouri.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of foods and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time
basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration
of time.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge
or discharges from other sources, both inhibits or disrupts the POTW,
its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use
or disposal; and therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement
of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge
use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions
and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent State
or local regulations). Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred
to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and including State
regulations contained in any State sludge management plan prepared
pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries
Act.
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.
Any dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into sanitary sewers.
Parts per million, the concentration of a material in pounds
per million pounds of water (one (1) ppm = one (1) milligram/liter,
mg/l).
A self-contained system which provides both treatment and
disposal of sewage on an individual lot.
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 [one
and twenty-seven hundredths (1.27) centimeters] in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by control authority.
Any natural watercourse into which water, treatment plant
effluent, combined sewer overflow or stormwater is discharged.
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.
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.
A sewer which carries storm and service waters and drainage,
but excludes wastes or sewage and industrial waste, other than non-contact
cooling water.
The Superintendent of the Wastewater Treatment Plant of the
City of Mount Vernon 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 § 710.020; Ord. No. 2.48 § 2, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 13.85 § 1, 4-12-2011]
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 Mount Vernon, or
in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal
excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any
natural outlet within the City of Mount Vernon, or in any area under
the jurisdiction of the City, any sewage or other polluted wastes,
except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with
subsequent provisions of this Article and upon approval of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources.
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 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 provision 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.
E.
When any lateral line connecting a house,
building or property to the sanitary sewer is replaced, the owner
is required to replace the lateral line to its connection to the sanity
sewer main. For purposes of this Section, a lateral line is replaced
when more than twenty percent (20%) of that line is removed and replaced.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.030; Ord. No. 2.48 § 3, 12-8-1992]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 710.020(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 Building Code Enforcement Officer or his/her
representative. The application shall be supplemented by any plans,
specifications and other information deemed necessary by the Building
Code Enforcement Officer.
[Ord. No. 13.89 § 1, 5-28-2013]
C.
A permit for a private sewage disposal
system shall not become effective until the installation is completed
to the satisfaction of the Building Code Enforcement Officer. 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 Building
Code Enforcement Officer 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 Building
Code Enforcement Officer.
D.
The type, capacities, location and layout
of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with Lawrence County
Health Department regulations and all recommendations of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and any requirements of the
Plumbing Code most recently adopted by the Board of Aldermen. No permit
shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system where the area
of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. No
septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into any natural
outlet.
[Ord. No. 13.89 § 1, 5-28-2013]
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in Section 710.020(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 systems 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 Lawrence County Health Department.
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.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.040; Ord. No. 2.48 § 4, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 2.97 § 4, 5-11-2004]
A.
All lateral taps or alterations thereof
of the sanitary sewer system shall be made by City of Mount Vernon
staff unless otherwise authorized by the Director of Public Works.
[Ord. No. 13.90 § 1, 5-28-2013[1]]
B.
No unauthorized person shall uncover, make
any lateral tap or opening into, use, alter or disturb any public
sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit
from the Building Code Enforcement Officer.
[Ord. No. 13.90 § 1, 5-28-2013]
C.
Classes Of Building Sewers.
[Ord. No. 13.90 § 1, 5-28-2013]
2.
If required, the permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information
requested by the Building Code Enforcement Officer or his/her representative.
A tap fee shall be paid to the City Clerk in the amount set forth
on the Schedule of Fees most recently adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
D.
All costs and expenses 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.
E.
A separate and independent building sewer
shall be provided for every building; except where one 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.
F.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Building Code Enforcement Officer, to meet all requirements
of this Article.
G.
The size, slope and alignment 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. The building sewer shall be ductile
or cast iron or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) having a wall thickness no
less than that of Schedule 40 class pipe.
[Ord. No. 13.90 § 1, 5-28-2013]
H.
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.
I.
No person shall make connection of roof
downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, sump pumps
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 sewer.
J.
The connection of the building sewer into
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building and
Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City.
All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation
from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the
Building Code Enforcement Officer before installation.
K.
The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall notify the Building Code Enforcement Officer when the building
sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer.
The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Building
Code Enforcement Officer or his/her representative.
L.
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 § 710.045; Ord. No. 13.100 § 1, 3-10-2015]
A.
No person or entity shall demolish or remove a structure connected to the sanitary sewer system without first obtaining a written permit from the Building Code Enforcement Officer. In the event demolition is to be followed immediately by construction of a new structure, a permit under Section 710.040 is required. Where no structure will be immediately built upon the premises, a demolition permit must be acquired first from the Building Code Enforcement Officer.
B.
The fee for the demolition permit will
be in the amount set forth on the Schedule of Fees approved by the
Board of Aldermen and on file with the City Clerk during normal business
hours. That deposit will be returned to the person or entity after
the sewer line to the demolished structure has been capped or sealed
to the satisfaction of the Building Code Enforcement Officer.
C.
The applicant shall notify the Building
Code Enforcement Officer when the structure's lines will be disconnected
from the sanitary sewer system for purposes of capping or sealing
the connection to the sewer. The capping or sealing off of the connection
to the sanitary sewer system shall be under the supervision of the
Building Code Enforcement Officer or his/her representative.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.050; Ord. No. 2.48 § 5, 12-8-1992; Ord. No. 2.116 § 1, 9-26-2006]
A.
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 waters
to any public sewer.
B.
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 Building Code
Enforcement Officer and MDNR. Industrial cooling water of unpolluted
process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent
and MDNR, to a storm 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 liquids, solids or gases which
by reason of their nature or quantity are or may be sufficient either
alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion
or be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of
the POTW, including, but not limited to, waste streams with a closed
cup flashpoint of less than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (140°F)
or sixty degrees Centigrade (60°C) using the test methods specified
in 40 CFR 261.21. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited
to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, zylene, ethers,
alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates,
bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic
or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in quantities sufficient to
exceed limitation(s) set forth in a pretreatment standard, including,
but not limited to, cyanides in excess of two (2) mg/l as CN in the
wastes as discharged to the public sewer. A toxic pollutant shall
include, but not be limited to, any pollutant identified pursuant
to Section 307(a) of the Act.
3.
Any pollutant in a quantity which
either singularly or by interaction with other wastes may cause acute
worker health and safety problems, create a public nuisance or hazard
to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the sewers for maintenance
and repair.
4.
Any waters or wastes having a pH
lower than five point five (5.5) or exceeding nine point five (9.5)
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
5.
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.
6.
Any waters or wastes having a five-day
BOD greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight,
or containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids, or 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 reduce
the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts per million
by weight, or reduce the suspended solids to three hundred (300) parts
per million by weight, or 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 Superintendent and no construction
of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained
in writing.
[Ord. No. 13.91 § 1, 5-28-2013]
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 Superintendent that
such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment plant or
equipment, cause the City to violate its NPDES permit, 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 factor 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) [sixty-five
degrees Centigrade (65°C)] at the point before entering the public
sewer or any sewage having a temperature which will result in a waste
with a temperature at the introduction into the sewage works which
exceeds one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit (104°F) [forty degrees
Centigrade (40°C)] or which would cause interference at the sewage
treatment plant.
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 and one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit (32° and 150°F) [zero degrees and sixty-five degrees
Centigrade (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 (3/4) horsepower [seventy-six hundredths
(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 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 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.
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.
9.
Waters or wastes containing substances
which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment
plant 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, such as NPDES permit requirements.
10.
Any wastewater containing petroleum
oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil or products of mineral oil origin
in amounts that will cause interference or pass through.
11.
Any trucked or hauled pollutants,
except at discharge points designated by the Superintendent.
E.
If any waters or wastes are discharged
or are proposed to be discharged into the City's sewers which contain
any quantity of substance having the characteristics described in
this Section and/or are in violation of the standards of pretreatment
provided in Chapter 1, EPA Rules and Regulations, Subchapter D, Water
Programs Part 403, Pretreatment Standards, Federal Register Volume
46, No. 18, Wednesday, January 26, 1981, and any amendments thereto
and which, in the judgment of the Superintendent, may have a deleterious
effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters
or which otherwise may create hazard to life or constitute a public
nuisance, the Superintendent may:
1.
Reject the wastes, or
2.
Require, at the owner's expense, pretreatment facilities to reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in Subsection (D) of this Section and/or Federal or State pretreatment standards, and/or
3.
Require control over the quantities
and rates of discharge by developing discharge limitations, 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.
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If the 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 Superintendent and subject to the requirements of all applicable
codes, ordinances and laws.
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F.
Grease, Oil And Sand Interceptors.
1.
All businesses or activities where
oils, greases or fats are cleaned from eating and food preparation
utensils and equipment shall be required to install a grease separator
before the discharge enters the City's sanitary sewer system. Any
business or activity that produces discharge containing sand or similar
materials must have a separator or interceptor installed. Such separators
shall not be required for dwellings or private living quarters.
2.
All required interceptors/separators
shall have a sampling tee or manhole installed on the discharge side
of a design to be submitted by the engineer or contractor and approved
by the Director of Public Works.
4.
Garbage disposals shall not be routed
through a grease separator and may not receive grease or oil-laden
materials.
5.
Minimum capacities of separators
for food preparation activities shall be based o the calculated seating
capacity as follows in accordance with the currently adopted International
Building Code:
6.
Should installation of the prescribed
separator be technically infeasible, an above ground separator of
not less than seventy (70) pounds capacity shall be installed for
every one hundred (100) seating capacity or fraction thereof.
7.
For non-food-preparation establishments
such as commercial repair garages, car washes, bottling plants, laundries
and slaughterhouses that produce discharge containing oils, dissolved
greases, sand or other heavy solid waste shall install appropriate
interceptors in accordance with the International Plumbing Code as
adopted by the City of Mount Vernon.
8.
Where a food service establishment can document to the satisfaction of the City's Public Works Department that all food preparation occurs off premises or in establishments such as a church, senior center, or other similar organizations where food preparation does not exceed but once per month, the establishment shall install a grease separator in accordance with the International Plumbing Code currently adopted by the City and Subsection (H) of this Section. The minimum separator size shall be no less than seventy (70) pounds capacity.
G.
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.
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 accessible 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.
I.
All measurements, tests and analyses of
the characteristics of water 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 jointly by the American, Public Health Association, the
American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation
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 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, therefor, by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.060; Ord. No. 2.48 § 6, 12-8-1992]
Users shall provide necessary wastewater
treatment as required to comply with all Federal categorical pretreatment
standards within the time limitations as specified by the Federal
pretreatment regulations. Any State requirements and limitations on
discharges shall apply to any case where they are more stringent than
Federal requirements and limitations. Any facilities required to pretreat
wastewater to a level acceptable to the City shall be provided, operated
and maintained at the user's expense. Detailed plans showing the pretreatment
facilities and operating procedures shall be submitted to the City
for review and shall be acceptable to the City before construction
of the facility. The review of such plans and operating procedures
will in no way relieve the user from the responsibility of modifying
the facility as necessary to produce an effluent meeting Federal categorical
pretreatment standards. Any subsequent changes in the pretreatment
facilities or method of operation shall be reported to and be acceptable
to the City prior to the user's initiation of the changes.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.070; Ord. No. 2.48 § 7, 12-8-1992]
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 damaging public property.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.080; Ord. No. 2.48 § 8, 12-8-1992]
A.
The Superintendent, Building 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, observation, measurement, sampling
and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The
Superintendent, Building Code Enforcement Officer or their 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 water treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Superintendent, Building 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 City employees. 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 710.050(H).
C.
The Superintendent, Building 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 purpose 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.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.090; Ord. No. 2.48 § 9, 12-8-1992]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 710.070 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) above, 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 violations 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.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.100; Ord. No. 2.48 § 10, 12-8-1992]
This Article shall apply to the City
of Mount Vernon, Missouri, and to persons outside the City who are,
by contract or agreement with the City, users of the City's sewage
works. Except as otherwise provided within this Article, the Superintendent
shall administer, implement and enforce the provisions of this Article.
[R.O. 2004 § 710.120; Ord. No. 13.54 § 1, 12-10-1991; Ord. No. 13.64 §§ 1 —
2, 8-12-2003; Ord. No.
13.71 §§ 1 — 2, 6-28-2005; Ord. No. 13.76 § 5, 7-11-2006; Ord. No. 13.79 § 5, 7-26-2007; Ord. No. 13.96 § 1, 9-10-2013; Ord. No. 13.99 § 1, 11-11-2014; Ord. No. 13.105 § 1, 12-8-2015; Ord. No. 13.108, 12-12-2017]
Sewer rates for residential, commercial
and industrial services within the corporate limits of the City of
Mount Vernon, Missouri, shall be as follows:
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Minimum monthly charge
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$10.00
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Volumetric charge
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$6.55 per 1,000 gallons of water
usage
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