[R.O. 2001 § 235.010; CC 1990 § 16-26]
This Chapter shall apply only to property not subject to the
St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District's regulations.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.020; CC 1990 § 16-27;
Code 1977 § 12.060(1)]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
That portion of sewer line required to carry the sewage of
any commercial establishment from the last point of sewage entry on
the premises to a sewer or to carry the discharge from any commercial
pretreatment facility to a sewer.
Any commercial liquid water, garbage or toxic substances
from any commercial process.
Any treatment plant used or intended to be used for the specific
treatment of commercial waste in which other wastes may or may not
be present except that a treatment plant in a public sewage system
shall not be so designated.
The Mayor or City Clerk or other designated officer.
Any water-borne waste, commercial waste, or human excrement
which may exist or accumulate on any premises.
Any works or device for treatment of sewage.
Any public, semi-public or private lateral or main sewer
constructed in any street, alley, place or right of way exclusive
of a building or commercial connection sewer.
Includes any sewage treatment facility, sewer, appurtenance
equipment or any combination thereof used or intended to be used for
the purpose of conveying, treating or disposing of any wastewater,
commercial waste or human excrement accumulating on any premises within
the City.
Any water resulting from precipitation mixed with the accumulation
of dirt, soil, and other debris, precipitation falls or flows.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.030; CC 1990 § 16-28;
Code 1977 § 12.060(2)]
Every person, public utility, public agency, or institution
desiring to install or enter into a contract for the installation
of a public, semi-private or private sewerage system, or commercial
sewer, or to make additions or alterations in any sewage, or commercial
waste treatment plant shall make application to and shall receive
written approval from the Director before proceeding with the proposed
work. The Director shall conduct such inspections as may be necessary
to ensure compliance with the approved plans. The requirements under
this Section are in addition to the requirements under the City Plumbing
Code and not in substitution thereof; in the event that a conflict
shall exist or arise between the City service contract with the County
Health Department, and the County Plumbing and Sewer Inspection Department
and/or the Code provisions enacted for either, the more restrictive
rule shall prevail. Applications on proposed sewer work are and shall
be subject to compliance with the laws and ordinances of the State,
County, and City, and plan, specification and inspection approval
by City Plumbing and Sewer Inspection Department as well as by the
Director is required.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.040; CC 1990 § 16-29;
Code 1977 § 12.060(3)]
Every application referred to in Section 235.030 shall contain three (3) sets of complete plans and specifications fully describing such sewerage system or additions and alterations, or extension contemplated in the application. One (1) set shall be filed with the Director and approval thereof by the Director may contain such terms and conditions as may be reasonable and necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Section; one (1) set shall be filed with the plumbing inspector and one (1) set with the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.050; CC 1990 § 16-30;
Code 1977 § 12.060(4)]
A.
The Director may promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the
purposes and intent of this Section to protect the public health.
Such rules and regulations shall become effective upon approval of
the Board of Aldermen and shall be filed with the City Clerk as a
public record. Such rules and regulations shall provide:
1.
The minimum standards of design for any sewage system or treatment
facility.
2.
The minimum standards for operation and maintenance of any sewerage
system or treatment facility and to provide for the revocation of
any permit for failure to conform with the minimum standards.
3.
For the pretreatment of certain wastes which may injuriously
affect the operation of sewage treatment plants or cause contamination
of surface water or groundwater.
4.
The size of any sewer, velocity or flow for any sewer or sewage
system.
5.
The data to be submitted with application for construction of
any sewerage system and provide the manner and terms upon which application
shall be granted or modified.
6.
The detailed specifications for cars, vehicles, cans, tanks,
or containers and equipment used for the purpose of removing, transporting,
or disposing of any sewage sludge, industrial waste or human excrement
by portable or mobile container.
7.
The minimum standards for soil porosity, ground water levels,
location and area required for installation of an individual home
sewage disposal system; and the minimum standards for construction
of individual sewage disposal systems where special conditions require
higher requirements than contained in the provisions of the County
Plumbing Code.
8.
The minimum standards necessary to prevent:
a.
Injury to the public health from dangerous and unsanitary conditions
resulting from exposed sewage, sludge, effluent or human excreta;
b.
Contamination of drinking water;
c.
Damage to stormwater drains and channels;
d.
Contamination of streams and their beds and margins, underground
water, bodies of water, stormwater or surface water or process or
cooling water in sanitary sewers;
e.
Greases, chemicals, oils, sludge, and other materials which
may clog or interfere with the operation of sewers and commercial
wastes in stormwater sewers by passing around its treatment plant;
f.
Contamination of the surface of the ground with sewage; and
g.
Interference with the proper treatment of sewage in treatment
plants.
9.
Any such rule or regulation shall meet the minimum standards
of the State Division of Health; provided, nothing herein shall be
construed to prevent the County Health Commissioner from requiring
compliance with higher requirements than those contained herein where
such higher requirements are essential to maintain a sanitary condition.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.060; CC 1990 § 16-31;
Code 1977 § 12.060(5)]
Prior to presentation of any rule or regulation for approval
to the Board of Aldermen, the Director shall publish ten (10) days'
notice of the proposed regulations, setting the time and place at
any regular public meeting of the Board to discuss the proposed rule
or regulation prior to its adoption by the Board. Any such rule or
regulation may be amended or repealed in the same manner as provided
for approval.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.070; CC 1990 § 16-32;
Code 1977 § 12.060(6)]
A.
The following acts, or the results thereof, in the City are prohibited:
1.
No sewage, human excrement or commercial waste may be discharged,
deposited, or permitted to flow on, in, or under the surface of the
ground or into any surface water or groundwater flowing through, in,
or bordering the City, unless such disposal or condition of sewage,
human excrement or commercial waste meets the standards and requirements
of this Chapter or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder.
2.
No person shall remove, transport, or dispose of any sewage
sludge, commercial waste or human excrement by any portable or mobile
container unless he/she shall possesses an unrevoked permit for that
purpose from the Director.
3.
No sewage, human excrement, commercial waste or other material
shall be discharged into any sewer, stormwater sewer, or drain, unless
the class of material and/or the said conduit shall conform to the
standards and requirements of this Chapter and any rule or regulation
adopted hereunder.
4.
No person shall injure or cause to be injured any portion of
any sewer system or natural or constructed drainway.
5.
No person shall open or enter, or cause to be opened or entered,
any manhole in any sewer to dispose of garbage or other deleterious
substance or stormwater or surface water, or for any other like purpose
not provided for by permits issued under the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.080; CC 1990 § 16-33;
Code 1977 § 12.060(7)]
Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed, and
every premises having drain piping thereon, shall connect to a public
sewer, if available. A sewer shall be deemed available when a sewer
line is in place within any street, alley, right-of-way, or easement
that adjoins or abuts such premises. When connection is not made to
a sewer, the building or premises shall be provided with a sewage
disposal system approved by the Director. Such sewage disposal system
shall comply with the provisions of the City Plumbing Code and the
provisions of this Chapter and any rule or regulation adopted hereunder.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.090; CC 1990 § 16-34;
Code 1977 § 12.060(8)]
No building or plumbing permit providing for the construction,
alteration of or addition to any structure on a premises where the
premises is not served by an approved sewer, or where the alteration
or addition may affect the volume of sewage, shall be issued by the
City Plumbing or Building Inspector without the prior approval of
the sewage disposal plans by the Director, pursuant to this authority
granted by the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.100; CC 1990 § 16-35;
Code 1977 § 12.060(9)]
It shall be the duty of every person, public utility, or institution
holding a permit to operate a sewage system or sewage treatment plant
to furnish records for ascertaining compliance with this Chapter as
may be required by the Director.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.110; CC 1990 § 16-36;
Code 1977 § 12.060(10)]
The Director shall cause to be made such surveys, investigations
and studies of sewage, sewerage systems and streams receiving sewage
as may be necessary to determine that all sewerage systems are installed,
operated and maintained in compliance with the provisions of this
Chapter and any rule or regulation adopted hereunder.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.120; CC 1990 § 16-37;
Code 1977 § 12.060(11)]
A.
Every person who owns, maintains, or operates any sewage treatment
plant or sewerage system, except an individual home disposal system,
or who removes, disposes, or intends to remove, transport or dispose
of any sewage sludge, commercial waste or human excrement by portable
or mobile container shall hold an unrevoked permit for that purpose
from the Director. Such permit shall be issued by the Director upon
application to the City Department of Health and Sanitation, and compliance
with the provisions of this Chapter and any rule or regulation adopted
hereunder, and payment of the annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
payable to the City Treasurer for deposit by him/her in the general
revenue fund. In addition to the above requirements, the City shall
be furnished cash or corporate bond in the amount of one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) to ensure the faithful performance of the conditions
under which such permit is issued, to-wit:
1.
The permittee, his/her agents and servants shall comply with
all of the terms, conditions, provisions, requirements and specifications
of this Chapter and the rules and regulations adopted hereunder.
2.
Before acceptance, all bonds shall be approved by the Board
of Aldermen. If a corporate bond is offered, it shall be executed
by a surety or guaranty company qualified to transact business in
the State. If a cash bond is offered, it shall be deposited with the
City Treasurer, who shall give his/her official receipt therefor,
reciting that the cash has been deposited in compliance with and subject
to the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations adopted
hereunder.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.130; CC 1990 § 16-38;
Code 1977 § 12.060(12)]
In the event that a sewage system plan for a single-family residence
is submitted to the Director by any individual and the system will
not conform to the established rules, regulations and this Code, the
Director, or the plumbing inspector, and their respective departments,
shall aid in devising some sewage system which shall comply, and the
recommendations shall be submitted to the Board of Aldermen and the
individual by the Director.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.140; CC 1990 § 16-39;
Code 1977 § 12.060(13)]
Any person aggrieved by any application of this Chapter or any
decision of the Director may appeal, in writing, setting forth the
reasons for the appeal, to the Board of Aldermen. The Board shall
consider such appeal and shall require a four-fifths (4/5) vote of
the Board of Aldermen to override any decision of the Director. If
the Board of Aldermen so desires to override such officials, the Board
shall issue a special permit to the appellant to allow him/her a variance
from this Chapter; a variance may be granted only in a case where
strict compliance would result in an unreasonable economic expenditure
and the alternative will sufficiently protect the public health.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.150; CC 1990 § 16-40;
Code 1977 § 12.060(14)]
The act of removing, transporting or disposing of any sewage,
sludge, commercial waste, human excrement or liquid putrescible material,
or liquid toxic material in a manner that is contrary to the provisions
of this Chapter, or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder, shall
be deemed to be an offense, and a violation of this Chapter and as
a nuisance and danger to the health of the members of the community.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.160; CC 1990 § 16-41;
Code 1977 § 12.060(15)]
A violation of any rule or regulation adopted under this Chapter shall constitute a violation of this Chapter, and any person violating any provision of this Chapter or any rule or regulation of the Director as herein provided, shall upon conviction be subject to punishment as provided in Section 100.220 of this Code.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.170; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
As used in this Section, the following specific definitions
apply unless otherwise specifically provided:
A sink, soap and paper towels.
That person(s) or entity who is the owner of record of the
land on which the temporary non-sewered sanitation system is to be
installed.
A toilet facility where the waste is deposited directly into
a container holding a solution of water and chemical housed in a portable
structure.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.180; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
It shall be unlawful for any person, group or entity to place
a temporary non-sewered sanitation system in the City of Clarkson
Valley without having first obtained a sanitation permit from the
City Clerk after approval of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.190; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
A.
Each application for a sanitation permit shall be signed by the lot
owner of the property on which a temporary non-sewered sanitation
system is to be placed or the owner's designated representative, shall
be accompanied by a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) application fee and
shall contain the following information:
1.
The name, address, and telephone number of the lot owner of
the property on which the temporary non-sewered sanitation system
facility is to be placed;
2.
The location, date(s) and time(s) of the proposed use of the
temporary non-sewered sanitation system;
3.
The number and location of sewered toilets and handwashing facilities
readily available and accessible to the site at which the temporary
non-sewered sanitation system is to be used;
4.
The number and location of temporary non-sewered sanitation
systems items and handwashing facilities to be provided by the lot
owner, and the name and address of the temporary non-sewered sanitation
system operator by whom any temporary non-sewered sanitation system
will be provided;
5.
A description of the provisions which have been made for installation,
securing, servicing and maintenance of any temporary non-sewered sanitation
systems to be used;
6.
Certification of the operator of the temporary non-sewered sanitation
system that the requirements of Title III of the Americans With Disabilities
Act of 1990 (ADA), if applicable, will be met, as well as certification
of compliance with all applicable Federal laws, State of Missouri
Statutes and St. Louis County Ordinances;
7.
Such additional or supplemental information as may be required
by the City Clerk or Board of Aldermen of the City of Clarkson Valley.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.200; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
The City Clerk may issue a sanitation permit after approval
by the Board of Aldermen to an applicant who pays the twenty-five
dollar ($25.00) application fee and whose application shows compliance
by the lot owner and temporary non-sewered sanitation system operator
with the requirements of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.210; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
A.
At least one (1) handwashing facility, consisting of a stand alone
sink, soap and paper towels, shall be provided for every two (2) temporary
non-sewered sanitation systems placed in use.
B.
Each handwashing facility shall have a sufficient amount of potable
water storage area to accommodate the need for service and shall have
a separate holding tank for waste water. Sink waste drains within
a temporary non-sewered sanitation system may be connected to the
toilet sewage tank.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.220; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
A.
All temporary non-sewered sanitation systems and handwashing facilities
which are provided shall be of solid, non-porous plastic, metal or
fiberglass construction. Each toilet room shall provide shelter and
privacy, including an internal latch to prevent inadvertent entry.
Each toilet room shall be ventilated to the outside and all ventilation
openings shall be covered with No. 16 mesh screen.
B.
Waste containers shall be fabricated from solid, impervious materials.
Containers shall be water-tight and capable of holding the waste in
a sanitary manner. Container shall be adequate in size to be used
by the number of persons anticipated to use the temporary non-sewered
sanitation system. The container must be recharged with a minimum
six-inch depth of chemical charge at the time of service.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.230; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
A.
Lot owners shall ensure that all temporary non-sewered sanitation
systems are clean and sanitary throughout the time of use. All temporary
non-sewered sanitation systems shall be serviced and maintained in
a clean, sanitary, and functional condition in the following prescribed
manner:
1.
Service Period. Service shall be performed as often as necessary
so that the container does not fill to more than thirty-five percent
(35%) of its volume and to avoid sepsis. In no case may a temporary
non-sewered sanitation system be used if its container is filled to
fifty percent (50%) or more of its volume.
2.
Servicing Of Systems. Servicing of temporary non-severed sanitation
systems shall include the use of a cleaning and sanitizing solution
for cleaning urinals and seats, removal of waste from containers,
recharging of containers with a minimum of six (6) inches of depth
of volume with an odor-controlling solution which keeps waste covered
and emulsifies and assists in waste treatment and installation of
an adequate supply of toilet tissue. Servicing of non-severed handwashing
facilities shall include filling each sink's water-holding tank with
clean potable water, scrubbing the sink and bowl, filling the soap
and paper towel dispensers, and emptying the waste water tank and
properly disposing it.
3.
Defective System. Any defective or inadequate temporary non-sewered
sanitation system shall be immediately repaired or withdrawn from
service and replaced after removal of waste.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.240; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
Providers of temporary non-severed sanitation systems shall
conduct the removal of waste from temporary non-sewered sanitation
system in a clean and sanitary manner by connection of a vacuum hose
to a leak-proof tank truck with all ports properly valved and capped.
Providers of temporary non-sewered sanitation systems shall dispose
of all waste from tank trucks in accordance with the Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District requirements.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.250; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
If the Director of the St. Louis County Department of Health
determines, after the issuance of a sanitation permit, that this Chapter
or the rules, regulations and standards established herein or St.
Louis County Ordinance 17,461, "Temporary Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems,"
are being violated, the City Clerk may revoke the sanitation permit.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.260; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to provide or
assist in providing temporary non-sewered sanitation systems unless
the provider is licensed by the applicable State and local licensing
authority.
[R.O. 2001 § 235.270; Ord. No.
00-01 § 1, 2-1-2000]
A.
Each application for a license to provide temporary non-sewered sanitation
systems shall be signed by the owner of the service and shall contain
the following information:
1.
The name, address and telephone number of the owner of the temporary
non-sewered sanitation systems service;
2.
The name, address and telephone number of the owner of the waste
transportation vehicle(s) to be used for waste removal and disposal,
which vehicle(s) shall be licensed under Section 607.150 et seq. SLCRO
1974, as amended.
B.
The City Clerk may issue a one-year license to any applicant who
provides the above information.
