[Ord. No. 5.604 §§ 1 — 6, 3-7-1983]
A. 
The terms of this Section shall pertain to all Pressure Sewer Systems utilizing privately owned septic tanks for the temporary storage of solid wastes.
B. 
Each property owner owning property served by or connected to a Pressure Sewer System shall, (after March 7, 1983) install a device to permit periodic monitoring of the level of sludge contained within any septic tank used for temporary storage of solid wastes and connected to the Pressure Sewer System. Such device shall consist of a riser pipe with a removable cap.
C. 
This City shall cause each septic tank connected to the Pressure Sewer System and used for the storage of solid wastes to be inspected no less than once per year in order to monitor the level of sludge and to prevent damage to the Pressure Sewer System.
[Ord. No. 2014-2878 § 1, 10-28-2014]
D. 
At any such time as the City shall determine that the sludge level in any septic tank connected to the Pressure Sewer System has reached a level exceeding one-third (1/3) of the capacity of such tank, the City shall notify the owner of the property upon which such tank is located. Within fifteen (15) days thereafter the notified property owner shall cause such tank to be pumped, removing the sludge from such tank, and shall notify the City that such removal has in fact been accomplished.
[Ord. No. 2014-2878 § 1, 10-28-2014]
E. 
In the event that any such property owner should fail to have the tank pumped within the above prescribed period the City shall have the right to disconnect such property from the Pressure Sewer System in order to protect the health and welfare of the remaining property owners served by such system and in order to protect the general health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Greenwood, Missouri. In the event of such a disconnection the property so disconnected shall not be re-connected until such time as the septic tank has been pumped and the property owner has provided proof to the City that such action has been done. Such re-connection shall be at the expense of the property owner.
[Ord. No. 2014-2878 § 1, 10-28-2014]
F. 
Penalty. Any violation of this Section shall be construed and is hereby deemed to be a misdemeanor, and anyone violating same shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).