[Ord. No. 2000-02 Art. I § 1, 2-2-2000]
The following rules and regulations are hereby adopted to govern
the sewer services furnished by the municipality in an uniform manner
for the benefit of the municipality and its sewer users. They are
approved by the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration,
United States Department of Agriculture, or his/her successor, so
long as the municipality has unpaid obligations which are held by
or insured by the United States of America. If any portion of these
rules shall be declared invalid by competent authority, such voidance
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions.
[Ord. No. 2000-02 Art. II §§ 1
— 27, 2-2-2000]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency
owning land within the municipality applying for a sewer service.
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Maysville, Missouri.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five (5) feet [one and five-tenths (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 waste from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The person or persons duly authorized by the City of Maysville
to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their
connection to the public sewer system.
Is permissive.
The City of Maysville, Missouri.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of foods 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 particles 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 public authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water, and stormwater 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.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste 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.
The State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for
Missouri, United States Department of Agriculture, or his/her successor.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excluding sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
The Superintendent of the Municipal Sewer Works of the City
of Maysville, Missouri, 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. 2000-02 Art. III §§ 1—4, 2-2-2000]
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 Maysville, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectional
waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
City of Maysville, 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.
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 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 seventy-five (175) feet of the property line.
[Ord. No. 2000-02 Art. IV §§ 1
— 8, 2-2-2000]
A.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 705.030(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
Inspector. 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 Inspector. A permit and inspection fee of ten dollars ($10.00)
shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
C.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective
until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Inspector.
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 Inspector
when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within four (4)
hours of the receipt of notice by the Inspector if received in the
forenoon and within eighteen (18) hours of receipt of notice if received
in the afternoon.
D.
The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Public Health of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued
for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption
facilities where area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000)
square feet. 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) of this Section, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Article, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material.
F.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
City.
G.
No statement contained in this Section shall be constructed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer of the State or County.
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. 2000-02 Art. V §§ 1
— 11, 2-2-2000]
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 Inspector.
B.
There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: for residential
and commercial service, and for service to establishments producing
industrial wastes. 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 Inspector.
A permit and inspection fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00)
for a residential or commercial building sewer permit and five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for an industrial building sewer permit shall be
paid to the City at the time of the application.
C.
All cost and expense incident to the installation and connection
of the building sewer shall be borne to the owner. The owner shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may be 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.
E.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and tested by the Inspector,
to meet all requirements of this Article.
F.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe,
jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to
the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code[1] or other applicable rules and regulations of the City.
In the absence of code provisions or in amplifications thereof, the
materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the ASTM and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9 shall apply.
G.
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.
H.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly
or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
I.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code[2] or other applicable rules and regulations of the City
or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the ASTM
and the WPCF Manual of Practice No. 9. All such connections shall
be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Inspector before
installation.
J.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Inspector
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Inspector or his/her representative.
K.
All excavations for building sewer installations 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.
[Ord. No. 2000-02 Art. VI §§ 1—10, 2-2-2000]
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including
interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water,
or unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or
storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Inspector. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process water may be discharged, on approval
of the Inspector, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
2.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two (2)
mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having 1) a five-day biochemical oxygen
demand greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight,
or 2) containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids, or 3) having an average daily flow
greater than two percent (2%) of the average sewage flow of the City,
shall be subject to the review of the 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
a) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300) parts
per million by weight, or b) reduce the suspended solids to three
hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight, or c) control the
quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans,
specifications, and any other pertinent information relations 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.
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.
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 Inspector 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 Inspector will give consideration
to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to
flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the
sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage
treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment
plant, and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150° F.) [sixty-five degrees Celsius
(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.) [zero degree Celsius (0° C.) and sixty-five
degrees Celsius (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 [zero and seventy-six hundredths (0.76) hp metric]
or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Inspector.
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 Inspector 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 Inspector 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 Inspector in compliance with
applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine point five
(9.5).
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentration of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, Fullers earth, 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 discharges to the receiving waters.
E.
Discharges; Inspector's Responsibilities.
1.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection (D) of this Section, and which in the judgment of the Inspector may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Inspector may:
2.
If the Inspector 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 Inspector, and
subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and
laws.
F.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of the Inspector, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, 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 Inspector and shall be located as to be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection.
G.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided
for any 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 Inspector, 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 Inspector. The manhole shall be installed by the owner
at his/her expense, and shall be maintained by him/her so as to be
safe and accessible at all times.
I.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this Article shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public
Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole
provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control
manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in
the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect
the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine
the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite
of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken.) Normally, but not always, BOD and suspend
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all
outfalls whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
J.
No statement contained in this Section shall be construed as preventing
any special agreement or arrangement between the City and any industrial
concern whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefor
by the industrial concern.
[Ord. No. 2000-02 Art. VII § 1, 2-2-2000]
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. 2000-02 Art. VIII §§ 1—3, 2-2-2000]
A.
The Inspector 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 Inspector 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 Inspector or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees, and the City shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 705.060(H).
C.
The Inspector 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 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 be private
property involved.
[Ord. No. 2000-02 Art. IX §§ 1—3, 2-2-2000]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance except Section 705.070 shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory corrections 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) of this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) 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 City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the
City by reason of such violation.
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 1, 1-12-1998]
A.
From and after the first day of the month following the delivery
of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00), principal amount
of sewerage system revenue bonds of the City of Maysville, Missouri,
dated __________ in the year 1998, the initial monthly rates required
and which shall be charged and collected by the City of Maysville,
Missouri, for sewerage service furnished by the sewerage system of
said City shall be as follows:
1.
The charge for sewerage service shall be based upon the total
water users of the individual customer according to the following
rates:
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 2, 1-12-1998]
The governing body of the City of Maysville, Missouri hereby
finds and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use
and services of the sewerage system of the City, necessary and adequate
at this time to meet the requirements of Sections 250.010 to 250.250,
inclusive, RSMo., 1959 are as hereinbefore specified.
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 3, 1-12-1998]
All water and meter readings shall be obtained from the City,
and bills for sewerage services shall be rendered monthly as such
services accrue. The City Clerk or other officer or representative
of the City designated to prepare and render bills for sewerage services
shall calculate monthly the amount of each bill and shall render monthly
to each customer a bill for such sewerage services. All such bills
shall be due and payable at City Hall during the regular hours of
business from and after the date of the rendition thereof.
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 4, 1-12-1998]
Application for sewerage services shall be made to the City
Clerk or other person designated by the City by the owner or occupant
of the property to be served, and upon the approval of such application,
such applicant shall have the right to connect with the City sewerage
system, all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant.
The City may hereafter prescribe a connection charge to be paid by
any such applicant at the time of his/her application.
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 5, 1-12-1998]
No free sewerage service shall be furnished to any premises
or the owner or occupant thereof, except to the City and local churches,
and in the event that the revenues derived by the City from the sewerage
system shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the interest on
and principal of the sewerage system revenue bonds of the City issued
to construct, extend or improve such system or any parts thereof,
and to establish and maintain reasonable reserves as provided in the
ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds, then the City and
the churches will thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for
all sewerage services furnished the churches or City or any of its
departments by the sewerage system, and such payments will continue
so long as the same may be necessary in order to prevent any default
in the payment of the interest on or principal of the sewerage system
revenue bonds of the City or while any cash default shall exist.
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 6, 1-12-1998]
It shall be an ordinance violation for any person to tamper
with any sewer line, or make any connection to the sewerage system
for the City without written permission from the City, or to reconnect
service when service has been discontinued for non-payment of a bill
for service until such bill, including the reconnection charge, has
been paid in full. Upon conviction, there shall be imposed a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00).
[Ord. No. 1998-01 § 7, 1-12-1998]
The user of each premises receiving sewer service from the sewerage
system shall be held responsible for the proper use thereof. Plumbing
facilities that are to be connected to the sewerage system shall be
installed in accordance with BOCA[1] by the applicant or a licensed plumber and shall be inspected
for compliance with said code by a designated representative of the
City before any such connection is made. No grease, petroleum products,
milk, whey, paints, acids, chemicals, metals, animal wastes, food
products or other materials detrimental to the sanitary sewer facilities
or sewage treatment processes shall be discharged into the sanitary
sewer.
