[Ord. No. 68 Art. I, 9-9-1985]
Unless the context specifically indicates, otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency
owning land within the municipality applying for a sewer service.
[Ord. No. 68-01 § 1B, 4-14-1986]
The City of Ellsinore, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 68-01 § 1B, 4-14-1986]
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 wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The person or persons duly authorized by the City of Ellsinore
to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their
connection to the public sewer system.
[Ord. No. 68-01 § 1B, 4-14-1986]
The City of Ellsinore, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 68-01 § 1B, 4-14-1986]
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 negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in gram equivalents per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (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 stormwaters, surface
waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwaters, surface waters, 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-hour concentration or flows
during normal operation.
The State Director of the Farm Service Agency for Missouri,
United States Department of Agriculture, or his/her successor.
[Ord. No. 68-01 § 1B, 4-14-1986]
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted
cooling water.
The Superintendent of Utilities of the City of Ellsinore,
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. 68 Art. II, 9-9-1985]
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 Ellsinore, or in any area under the jurisdiction
of said 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 Ellsinore, 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
Chapter.
C.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, 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 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 a primary
settling tank that has a minimum liquid volume of five hundred (500)
U.S. gallons and is properly baffled to prevent the transmission of
solids to the public sewer.
E.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human 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
to a primary settling tank and to connect said settling tank directly
with the public sewer in proper accordance with the provisions of
this Chapter within ninety (90) days after date of official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100)
feet [thirty and five-tenths (30.5) meters] of the property line.
[Ord. No. 68 Art. III, 9-9-1985]
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 Section.
B.
Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal
system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the
Superintendent. The application for such permit shall be made on a
form furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by
any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars
($50.00) 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 Superintendent.
He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction
and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within twenty-four
(24) hours of the receipt of notice by the Superintendent.
D.
The type, capacities, location and layout of a private disposal system
shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Health
and Senior Services of the State of Missouri and the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage
disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities where
the area of the lot is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square
feet [one thousand three hundred three and five-tenths (1303.5) square
meters]. 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 Section 710.020(E), a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this Chapter, and any privy, privy vault, cesspool, or other similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable materials.
F.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
City.
G.
No statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Ellsinore, the Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services, or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
[Ord. No. 68 Art. IV, 9-9-1985]
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.
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 Superintendent.
A permit and inspection fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a residential
and commercial building sewer permit and one hundred dollars ($100.00)
for an 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 shall
indemnify the City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly
be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
D.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building, except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another
on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, 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.
E.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent,
to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
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 or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City. In absence of code provisions or
in amplification thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in
appropriate specifications of the ASTM and 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, interior and
exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface
water 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 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 Superintendent before installation. All connections
to the public sewer shall be made by, and at the expense of, the owner,
or his/her agent.
J.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his/her representative.
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. 68 Art. V, 9-9-1985]
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 water 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 in excess of two (2)
mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five and five-tenths
(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,
feather, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch,
manure, hair or 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 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 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 degrees and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (32°
and 150° F.) [zero degrees 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 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 State, Federal or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
7.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and five-tenths
(9.5).
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues) or
of 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 two
hundred fifty-five (255) mg/l, or containing more than three hundred
thirty (330) mg/l of suspended solids, or having an average daily
flow greater than one percent (1%) 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 two hundred fifty-five
(255) parts per million by weight, or reduce the suspended solids
to three hundred thirty (330) 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.
E.
Superintendent's Decision.
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 which otherwise create a hazard to life to 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 review and approval of the Superintendent, 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 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, lockable
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 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. (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. In
certain cases, the Superintendent may require sampling periods of
up to several weeks.)
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 an 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. 68 Art. VII, 9-9-1985]
A.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this 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 in Subsection (A), above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company 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 710.050(H).
C.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the City
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
[Ord. No. 68 Art. VIII, 9-9-1985]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter shall
be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the
violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory
correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection (A) shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as set forth in Section 100.220 of this Code 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 City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
the City by reason of such violation.
[Ord. No. 68-01 § 1A, 4-14-1986]
The aforesaid rules and regulations are hereby adopted to govern
the sewer services furnished by the municipality in a uniform manner
for the benefit of the municipality and its sewer users. They are
subject to change from time to time. All such changes must be approved
by the State Director of the Farm Service Agency, 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.
