[Ord. No. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees 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 registered professional engineer licensed in the State
of Missouri specializing in sanitary sewage treatment facilities.
Solid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The equipment used to serve the individual dwelling, to include
the gravity main, force main and electrical power connections.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water 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 food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be tamed 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 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.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposal
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 that fifteen (15) minutes,
more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration
or flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of Sewage Works of the Sewer District
and/or his/her authorized deputy, agent, or Village Engineer.
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. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
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 Village of Oak Grove or in
any area under the jurisdiction of said Village of Oak Grove any human
or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any
natural outlet within the Village of Oak Grove or in any area under
the jurisdiction of said Village of Oak Grove any sewage or other
polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided
in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Chapter.
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 employment, recreation, or other purposes
situated within the Village of Oak Grove 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 Village
of Oak Grove 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 Chapter within ninety (90) days after works in operation, provided
that said public sewer is within three hundred (300) feet [ninety-one
and one-half (91.5) meters] of the property line.
[Ord. No. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
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 permission from
the Superintendent.
B.
All costs and expenses incident to the
installation and connection of the building sewer and grinder pump
station shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the
Village of Oak Grove from any loss or damage that may directly or
indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
C.
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, courtyard, 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.
D.
Old building sewers may be used in connection
with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test
by the Superintendent, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
E.
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 BOCA Building and Plumbing
Code, latest editions, and other applicable rules and regulations
of the Village of Oak Grove, Franklin County, and the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
F.
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, such as a grinder
pump station, and discharged to the building sewer.
G.
No person shall make connection of roof
downspouts, interior or exterior foundation drains, areaway drains,
or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer
or building drain which is connected directly or indirectly to a public
sanitary sewer.
H.
The connection of the building sewer into
the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the BOCA Building
and Plumbing Code, latest editions, and other applicable rules and
regulations of the Village of Oak Grave, Franklin County, and the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources. All such connections shall
be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed
procedures and materials must be approved by the Superintendent before
installation.
I.
The applicant for the building sewer permit
shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for
inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall
be made under the supervision of the Superintendent or his/her representatives.
J.
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 Village of Oak Grove.
[Ord. No. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
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 process 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 Superintendent. Industrial cooling waters or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, 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 as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer as
limited by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH
lower than 5.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of
the sewage works.
4.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities
or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers
or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works,
such as, but not limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage,
whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper
dishes, cups, mild 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 Superintendent
that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process,
or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream, or can
otherwise endanger life, limb, public property, or constitute a nuisance.
In forming his/her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes,
the Superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the
quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in
the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the
sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment 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 wastes 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 and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit
(32° and 150° F.) [zero and sixty-five degrees Celsius (0°
and 65° C.)].
3.
Any garbage that has not been properly
shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipment
with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower [seventy-six hundredths
(0.76) metric horsepower] 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 planting solutions as defined
by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 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 Village of Oak
Grove or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources 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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 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 Village of Oak Grove or the Missouri Department of Natural
Resources in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH
in excess of 9.5.
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended
solids (such as, but not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries,
and lime residues) or other dissolved solids (such as, but not limited
to, sodium chloride or sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive discoloration (such as,
but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand,
or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant
load on the sewage treatment works.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration
of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances
which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment
processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such degree
that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements
of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving
waters.
11.
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 Village of
Oak Grove 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
fifty (350) parts per million by weight, or control the quantities
and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications
and other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment
facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent
and District Engineer, and no construction of such facilities shall
be commenced until approvals are obtained in writing.
E.
Superintendent's Responsibility Concerning
Discharge Of Certain Wastes.
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 Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
2.
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 Village Engineer 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 Superintendent, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients,
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to
be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
G.
Where preliminary treatment of 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 accessibly and safely located and
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent.
The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his/her own 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 Chapter 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.
J.
No statement contained in this Section
shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement
between the Village of Oak Grove and any industrial concern whereby
an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted
by the Village of Oak Grove for treatment, subject to payment therefor
by the industrial concern.
[Ord. No. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously,
willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface,
or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is
part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall
be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
A.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized
employees of the Village of Oak Grove 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 Chapter. The Superintendent
or representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any process,
including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining, ceramic, paper,
or other industries beyond that point having a direct bearing on the
kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways or facilities
for waste treatment.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in Subsection (A) above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the Village of Oak Grove 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 Village of Oak Grove employees, and the Village of Oak Grove shall indemnify the company against loss or damage to its property by Village of Oak Grove employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury to property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in Section 710.040(H).
C.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized
employees of the Village of Oak Grove bearing proper credentials and
identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties
through which the Village of Oak Grove holds a duly negotiated easement
for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
sewage works lying with said easement. All entry and subsequent work,
if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with the
terns of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property
involved.
[Ord. No. 17-05, 11-13-2017]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter, except Section 710.050, shall be served by the Village of Oak Grove 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) of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. Each twenty-four-hour period in which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions
of this Chapter shall become liable to the Village of Oak Grove for
any expense, loss or damage occasioned the Village of Oak Grove by
reason of such violation.
