[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.010, 6-11-2012]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
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 parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste or other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CITY
The City of Hallsville, Boone County, Missouri, or its authorized representative.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air-conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other, but shall be free from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of ten (10) parts per million by weight.
DISSOLVED SOLIDS
Those in solution and those which can be determined by laboratory analysis.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
Waterborne wastes normally discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels, office buildings, factories and institutions) free from storm surface water and industrial wastes.
DRAINAGE DITCH
Any artificially constructed open channel, ditch, swale or flume, whether lined or unlined, for the conveyance of stormwater and groundwater.
GARBAGE
Every refuse accumulation of solid animal, fruit or vegetable matter that attends to the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT
Any treatment plant device or facility used or intended to be used for the specific treatment of industrial wastes in which other wastes may or may not be present.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business, whose strength exceeds that as defined in "normal sewage."
INSPECTOR
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.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet for drainage of stormwater into a watercourse, stream, creek, river, pond, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand not greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight and a concentration of suspended solids not in excess of three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the low conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer owned and maintained by the City of Hallsville, Missouri.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses, hotels and motels, office buildings, factories or institutions) and free from storm and surface water and industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer designed and intended to receive and convey only sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEMI-PUBLIC SEWAGE DISPOSAL OR SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY
A device or facility for treating or disposing of sewage and industrial wastes from a school, public building, institution, church, hotel, motel or other building or structure not classified as private.
SEWAGE
The water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings and institutional and industrial establishments, singularly or in any combination, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as cannot be avoided.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWER
Any public, semi-private or private pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
Shall mean and include any or all of the following:
1. 
Sewerage systems and sewerage treatment plants, with all appurtenances necessary, useful, and convenient for the collection, treatment, purification and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid waste, sewage, and domestic and industrial waste of any such municipality; and
2. 
Shall include combined stormwater and sanitary systems.
3. 
The term shall also mean and include the construction of such stormwater sewers as, in the judgment of the governing body of any such City, town or village or sewer district, may be necessary or desirable in order to relieve sewers carrying sanitary and stormwater loads of undue loads or in order to permit the efficient operation of any such sanitary sewers for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and domestic or industrial waste including combined storms and sanitary sewerage system.
SHALL
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of low exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of lows during normal operations.
STORM SEWER
A sewer designed and intended to receive and convey only storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
SUPERINTENDENT
As used herein, shall mean the Superintendent of the Sewerage Works of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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.
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor in receiving water; toxic poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall contain not more than ten (10) parts per million each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed fifty (50) parts per million.
WATERCOURSE
A natural surface drainage channel for stormwater and groundwater in which a low of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WATERS OF THE STATE
All rivers, streams, lakes and other bodies of surface or subsurface water which are not entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single individual, partnership or corporation.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.020, 6-11-2012]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the City, 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 or deposit into any natural outlet within the City of Hallsville, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sewage, industrial wastes, garbage, polluted water or any other substance which constitutes a nuisance or hazard to the public health or welfare, 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, install 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 or recreation, or other purposes situated within the City and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Article within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.030, 6-11-2012]
A. 
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 710.020(D), the building sewer shall be connected to an approved private or semi-public sewer or sewer disposal system or sewage disposal facility complying with the provisions of this Article.
B. 
Before starting construction of a private or semi-private sewage disposal system or treatment facility, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Superintendent. The application for such a permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications and other information, including the results of soil absorption tests performed for subsoil disposal systems, as required by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed for a private sewage disposal and one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a semi-public disposal.
C. 
A permit for a private or semi-public disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is complete 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 a final inspection and before any underground portions are covered.
D. 
The type, capacities, location of a private, semi-public or industrial sewage disposal system or treatment facility shall comply with all regulations of the Water Pollution Board of the State of Missouri and the City of Hallsville, Missouri.
E. 
At such time as a sanitary sewer becomes available to a property served by a private or semi-public sewage disposal system or treatment facility as provided in Subsection (D) hereof, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Article, and any septic tank, cesspool or similar private or semi-public sewage disposal or treatment facilities shall be abandoned and filled with a suitable material.
F. 
The owner shall operate and maintain any private, semi-public or industrial sewage disposal or treatment facilities in a satisfactory manner at all times, at no expense to the City. Such facilities shall be subject to inspection by the Superintendent at all times.
[Ord. No. 320 §1, 1-11-2016]
Upon installation, replacement or repair of any private sanitary sewer service line in the City of Hallsville, Missouri, there shall be installed as a part of such service line a flow-seal-type backflow prevention device of approved material and design. Standards and specifications for said backflow prevention devices shall be established by the City's Superintendent of Public Works. These standards and specifications shall be maintained in the office of the Hallsville City Clerk and shall be available to the public in written form during regular business hours.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.040, 6-11-2012; Ord. No. 12-5A §6, 4-8-2013]
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 Superintendent. Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any public street, alley or right-of-way, the person applying for such permit shall have executed unto the City and deposited with the City Clerk a corporate surety or other type of bond satisfactory to the City stipulating 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 of any ordinances of the City pertaining to plumbing and/or street repair. This bond will state that the person will indemnify and save harmless the City 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 Article. 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 there under prior to such expiration.
B. 
Classes Of Building Sewer Permits.
1. 
There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits:
a. 
For residential and commercial service; and
b. 
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
2. 
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 as set forth in the Fee Schedule for a residential or commercial or industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
C. 
All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or the person installing the building sewer 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 or 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.
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 full requirements of this Article.
F. 
The building sewer shall be constructed of materials and pipe and fittings all conforming to the regulations adopted by the Public Works Department and on file with the City Clerk at the time of construction of the sewer.
G. 
All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Joints and jointing shall conform to the regulations adopted by the Public Works Department and in effect and placed with the City Clerk in writing at the time of construction of any such sewer.
H. 
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter of the pipe be less than four (4) inches nor the slope less than one-eighth (1/8) inch per foot. A slope of one-quarter (1/4) inch per foot shall be used whenever practical.
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 shall be by open trench methods unless otherwise authorized by the Superintendent. Rough machine excavation for the pipe trench shall not be carried lower than three (3) inches above the grade of the invert of the pipe and the remainder of the excavation accomplished by hand to shape the bottom of the trench to give full support to the lower third of each pipe. Bell holes shall be dug to provide ample space for making the joint and to relieve the bell of any stresses. All pipe shall be laid true to line and grade with bell ends upstream and with all joints fully completed. No backfill shall be placed over the completed house service line until it has been approved by the Superintendent. Backfill shall be carefully deposited completely under the pipe haunches and around and over the pipe in layers not to exceed six (6) inches in loose depth and carefully tamped until enough fill has been placed to provide a cover of not less than one (1) foot over the top of the pipe. Care shall be taken in this placement and compaction to cause no vertical or lateral displacement of the pipe; the remainder of the depth of the trench may be backfilled as approved by the Superintendent.
J. 
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the wye branch designated for that property, if such branch is available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the designated wye branch in the public sewer shall be made only as directed by the Superintendent.
K. 
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 only under the direction of the Superintendent.
L. 
All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades, lights, etc. so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other public properties disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the Superintendent.
M. 
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, yard drains, yard fountains, ponds, lawn sprays 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.
N. 
No person shall make any connection to the sewer system of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, whatsoever which results in sewage from outside the City limits being put into the sewer without the prior written approval of the Chairman of the Planning Commission, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, and no other officer or employee of the City shall be authorized to grant or approve said connection without such written approval and any such approval granted without the two (2) written approvals herein required is null and void.
O. 
Put In Tap Fees. All persons requesting a sewer lateral shall, prior to any work being performed thereon, pay a fee to the City as posted at City Hall in the "Fee Schedule" from time to time. After payment of the above-stated fee, the person desiring the sewer lateral shall cause the sewer main to be exposed at the location of the desired tap and a ditch therefrom to the location of the proposed sewer lateral upon the property of the applicant to be made, all of which excavation shall be braced and shored to ensure the safety of all persons working within such excavation to the satisfaction of the City. The City will supply one (1) tapping saddle and one (1) tap. Any materials required in addition to the foregoing shall be supplied by the City, but paid for by the applicant. Only City representatives are authorized to install the sewer main taps. The foregoing fee for a sewer tap does not include any excavation or dirt work. The applicant will comply with all requests of the City that may be necessary to safely and promptly complete the sewer line project.
P. 
Removal Of Buildings. When building is removed, demolished, etc., it shall be the responsibility of the owner to expose the sewer line. The Superintendent of Public Works will then inspect for approval method of sealing line.
1. 
A gastight and watertight cap.
2. 
The line has been extended above ground a minimum of one (1) foot with gastight and watertight joints and capped.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.050, 6-11-2012]
A. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer. Any connection, drain or arrangement which will permit any such waters to enter any sanitary sewer shall be deemed to be a violation of this Section and this Chapter.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person constructing a sewer or house or building connection or an industrial connection to a sanitary sewer to leave such connection open, unsealed or incomplete in such a manner that will permit storm or surface water to enter into any sanitary sewer within the City. All such openings shall be tightly sealed at all points whenever work is not in progress on such sewer or connection.
C. 
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a drainage channel or natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, drainage channel or natural outlet.
D. 
No person shall deposit or throw into any sewer, sewer inlet or private drain connecting to a public sewer any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, hay, shavings, tinners' scraps, waste, produce or material of manufacture, rags or garbage which has not been properly shredded or any substance which may cause an obstruction or cause a nuisance. No dam or other obstruction shall be placed in any sewers unless permission to do so is expressly granted by the Superintendent.
E. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
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) milligrams per liter as CN in the wastes discharged to the public sewer.
3. 
Any waters or waste having a pH lower than five point five (5.5) or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment and personnel of the sewerage works.
4. 
Solids 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, lime slurry, lime residues, chemical residues, paint residues and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
F. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to the public sewers the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes, if in the opinion of the Superintendent, such wastes can harm the sewer, sewage treatment process or equipment, have 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 lows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors. Prohibited substances 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) milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become discernibly 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-quarter (3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
4. 
Any waters or wastes containing acid iron pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
5. 
Any noxious or malodorous substance which can form a gas, which either singly or by interaction with other wastes is capable of causing objectionable odors; or hazard to life or form solids in concentrations exceeding limits established herein; or creates any other condition deleterious to structures, treatment processes or equipment; or requires unusual provisions, attention or expense to handle such materials.
6. 
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oil, from animal or vegetable sources, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32° F.) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.). Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oil, of mineral origin or from petroleum sources, whether emulsified or not, in excess of twenty (20) mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit (32° F.) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.).
7. 
Unusual biochemical oxygen demand in excess of three hundred (300) parts per million and chemical oxygen demand in excess of four hundred fifty (450) parts per million that will constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
8. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of ten point five (10.5).
9. 
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 the State, Federal or other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to receiving waters.
G. 
Except in quantities or concentrations or with provisions as stipulated herein, it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged waters or wastes to the public sewers containing:
1. 
Free or emulsified oil and grease exceeding on analysis an average of one hundred (100) parts per million (eight hundred thirty-three [833] pounds per million gallons) of either or both or combinations thereof, if in the opinion of the Superintendent it appears probable that such wastes can deposit grease or oil in the sewer lines in such a manner as to produce clogging or can have deleterious effects on the treatment process due to the excessive quantities.
2. 
Salts of heavy metals in solution or suspension in concentrations exceeding the following, or similar objectionable or toxic substances or wastes exerting excessive chlorine requirement to such a 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:
Chromium (Hexavalent)
5 parts per million
Chromium (Trivalent)
10 parts per million
Copper as Cu
3 parts per million
Iron
15 parts per million
Zinc as Zn
3 parts per million
Nickel as Ni
3 parts per million
Cadmium as Cd
3 parts per million
Lead
0.1 parts per million
3. 
Cyanides or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic gas on acidification in excess of two (2) parts per million by weight as CN in the wastes from any outlet into the public sewers.
4. 
Materials which would exert or cause:
a. 
Unusual concentration of inert suspended solid (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 biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine demand in excess of thirty (30) parts per million that will constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
d. 
High hydrogen sulfide content.
H. 
Pretreatment Required.
1. 
Unusual volume of low or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs," as deemed herein, shall be pretreated to a concentration acceptable to the City if such wastes can:
a. 
Cause damage to collection facilities;
b. 
Impair the process;
c. 
Incur treatment cost exceeding those of normal sewage; or
d. 
Render the water unit for stream disposal or industrial use.
2. 
Where discharge of such wastes to a public sewer is not properly pretreated or otherwise corrected, the Superintendent may:
a. 
Reject the wastes or terminate the sewer service; or
b. 
Require control of the quantities and rates of the discharge of such wastes.
3. 
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 subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.060, 6-11-2012]
A. 
Persons discharging or causing to be discharged industrial wastes which exhibit any of the prohibited wastes set out hereinbefore shall pretreat or otherwise dispose of such industrial waste to make the remaining waste acceptable to the Superintendent.
B. 
No gasoline filling station, garage, refining plant, chemical plant, packing house, slaughterhouse, lard-rendering establishment, dairy, or any other establishment from which any substance would be discharged into the sewers that would tend to obstruct or damage the sewers or cause a nuisance or endanger the public health or safety or endanger persons who might be in such sewers shall be connected with any public sewer, except through grease, oil or sand interceptions. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent, shall be located as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection and shall be maintained and operated in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent.
C. 
Persons discharging or causing to be discharged industrial wastes which exhibit none of the characteristics of wastes prohibited in Section 710.050 above and which in the opinion of the Superintendent constitutes excessive contribution of flow quantity to the treatment facilities shall be required to pretreat the industrial wastes and discharge an effluent of acceptable quality to other than the public sanitary sewer system if such separate sewer is available.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.070, 6-11-2012]
A. 
In order to control the admission of industrial wastes into the public sewer, any person, firm or corporation desiring to deposit or discharge an industrial waste mixture into the sewer or sewerage works of the City, or any sewer connected therewith, or who is now so doing, shall make application to the Superintendent within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of passage of this Article for a permit therefor, upon application forms to be obtained from the Superintendent.
B. 
The owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall provide and maintain in a suitable accessible location on his/her premises, or such premises occupied by him/her, an inspection chamber or manhole into which all wastes from drain, pipe channel or connection which communicates with any sewer or sewerage works of the City shall discharge unless specifically exempt in writing by the Superintendent. Such manhole or inspection chamber shall be of such design and construction which will facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes and will prevent infiltration by ground and surface waters. Such manholes shall be accessibly and safely located, shall be constructed by the owner at his/her expense in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent and shall be maintained by the owner at his/her expense.
C. 
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 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 by the Superintendent, 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.
D. 
Sampling of the effluent or waste discharges may be accomplished manually or by use of mechanical equipment to obtain a composite sample which would be representative of the total effluent. Samples shall be taken at intervals determined by the Superintendent as necessary to maintain a control over the discharge from the establishment. The City shall have the right to enter and set up on company property such devices or equipment necessary to conduct a gauging and sampling operation and to begin such operation upon presentation of proper identification on arrival without advance notice to the company.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.080, 6-11-2012]
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 sewerage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 12-5 §710.090, 6-11-2012]
A. 
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees or representatives of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. 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 above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees or representatives 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 or representatives and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees or representatives 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 710.070(B) above.
C. 
The Superintendent or duly authorized employees or representatives of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the sewerage 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. 12-5 §710.100, 6-11-2012]
A. 
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section 710.080 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 violation.
B. 
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be summarily disconnected from the sanitary sewer, such disconnection and reconnection to be at the total expense to the customer, or shall be fined in the amount not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day for each violation, or both. Each day in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense. Where acids or chemicals damaging to sewer lines, structures or treatment processes are released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures or interfering with proper treatment of sewage, the Superintendent is authorized to immediately terminate service by such measures as are necessary to protect the facilities.
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.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original §710.110, Hearing Board, was repealed 4-8-2013 by Ord. No. 12-5A §7.