[Prior Code, § 520.010; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning.
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency
owning land within the municipality applying for a sewer service.
The Board of Aldermen of Hawk Point, Missouri.
The quality of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
The 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 feet (1 1/2 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 handling, storage and sale
of produce.
The persons appointed to said positions according to the
laws governing such appointments or person or person authorized to
act as their agent.
The bowel or kidney discharges of human beings.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The person or persons duly authorized by the Board of Aldermen
of Hawk Point, Missouri, to inspect and approve the installation of
building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
Is permissive.
Hawk Point, Missouri.
Any outlet into a watercourse pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, 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 particle greater than one-half inch 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 storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
The water-carried waste products or discharges from human
beings or animals, or chemicals or other wastes from residences, public
or private buildings, swimming pools or industrial establishments,
together with such ground, surface or storm water 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 which
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times
the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal
operation.
The State Director of Rural Development for Missouri, United
States Department of Agriculture, or his successor.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Superintendent of the Municipal Sewer Works of Hawk Point,
Missouri, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface, 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 either continuously or
intermittently.
[Prior Code, § 520.020; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Penalty, see § 51.99]
(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, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the 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, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the 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, 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 sewer
of the City, is hereby required at his or 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 90 days after date of official notice to do so,
provided that said public sewer is within 100 feet of the property
line.
(E)
All owners of unincorporated land who desire to connect into the
City's sanitary sewer system must agree in writing to obey and
abide by the provisions of this chapter before connecting into the
City's sanitary sewers.
[Prior Code, § 520.030; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Penalty, see § 51.99]
(A)
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions
of § 51.02(D), the building sewer shall be connected to
a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of
this chapter.
(B)
Before commencement of construction of a private sewage system the
owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City. The
application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the
City, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications
or other information as are deemed necessary by the City. A permit
and inspection fee of $250 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 or 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 eight hours
of the receipt of the notice by the Superintendent.
(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. 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 5,000 square feet. No septic
tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge into 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 division (D) above
of this section, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer
in compliance with this chapter, 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 facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
(G)
No statement contained in this chapter shall be construed to interfere
with additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer.
(H)
When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be
connected to said sewer within 60 days and the private sewage disposal
system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel
or dirt.
[Prior Code, § 520.040; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Penalty, see § 51.99]
(A)
Connections. 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)
Fees.
(2)
In either case, the owner or his or 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 $10 for a residential or commercial building
sewer permit and $100 for an industrial building sewer permit shall
be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
(3)
The connection fee to connect to such public sewer shall be
$2,500 except the connection fee to connect to such public sewer shall
be $3,000 if the location is outside the City limits.
(C)
Costs. All costs and expenses 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)
Separate sewers. A separate and independent building sewer shall
be provided for every building, except where one 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
building sewer.
(E)
Old sewers. 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)
Construction standards. 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 the
absence of code provisions or in amplification thereof, the materials
and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of the A.S.T.M.
and W.P.C.F., Manual No. 9 or subsequent, shall apply.
(G)
Gravity lines. 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 to 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 into the building sewer.
(H)
Surface water banned. No person shall make connection of roof down
spouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains or other sources
of surface runoff or ground water to a building sewer or building
drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public
sewer.
(I)
Connection standards. The connection of the building sewer into the
public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the Building Code
and Plumbing Code or other applicable rules and regulations of the
City, or the procedures set forth in appropriate specifications of
the A.S.T.M. and the W.P.C.F., Manual of Practice No. 9 or subsequent.
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.
(J)
Inspections. 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 or her representative.
(K)
Excavations safeguarded. 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.
[Prior Code, § 520.050; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Penalty, see § 51.99]
(A)
Surface water. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged,
any storm waters, surface water, ground water, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process
waters to any sanitary sewer.
(B)
Storm sewers. Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as 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, or natural outlet.
(C)
Prohibited substances. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(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 mg/l
as CN in the wastes as discharged into the public sewers;
(3)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than
8.5, 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 obstructions 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 and the like either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
(D)
Prohibited discharges.
(1)
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 or 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 or 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.
(2)
The substances prohibited are:
(a)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150°
F.;
(b)
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and
150° F.;
(c)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval
of the Superintendent;
(d)
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not;
(e)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc
and similar objectionable or toxic substances, or wastes exerting
a chlorine requirement, to such a degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceed the limits
established by the Superintendent for such materials;
(f)
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 state, federal
or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the
receiving waters;
(g)
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;
(h)
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5;
(i)
Materials which exert or cause:
1.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues)
or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate);
2.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions);
3.
Any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical demand greater
than 300 parts per million by weight or containing more than 350 parts
per million by weight of suspended solids, or having an average daily
flow greater than 2% of the average sewage flow of the City; and
4.
Unusual volume or flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
(j)
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)
Superintendent's decisions. If any waters or wastes are discharged,
or are proposed to be discharged into the public sewers, which waters
contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in
division (D) above of this section, and which in the judgment of the
Superintendent may have deleterious effect upon the sewage works,
processes, equipment or receiving water, or which otherwise create
a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent
may:
(1)
Reject the wastes;
(2)
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for the discharge
into the public sewers;
(3)
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge;
and/or
(4)
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating
wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions
of division (J) below of this section. 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 Superintendent, and subject to the requirements of all applicable
codes, ordinances and laws.
(F)
Interceptors for greases and oils. 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)
Preliminary treatment. Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalization
facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained
continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner
at his or her expense.
(H)
Access manhole. 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 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 or her expense,
and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and accessible
at all times.
(I)
Measurements. All measurements, tests and analysis 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)
Agreements for special treatment. No statement contained in this
chapter 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.
[Prior Code, § 520.060; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Penalty, see § 51.99]
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.
[Prior Code, § 520.070; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Penalty, see § 51.99]
(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 or her representatives
shall not have 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 division (A) above of this section, the Superintendent or his
or her duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety
rules applicable to the premises established by the company. 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 § 51.05(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 purpose of, but not limited to: inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair or 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.
[Prior Code, § 520.090; Ord. 0402, passed 6-7-2004; Ord.
520.090.1, passed 1-3-2012; Ord. 05022016(A), passed 5-2-2016; Ord. 51.08.01, passed 7-5-2016]
(A)
A sewer use fee is established and created for the purpose of construction,
maintenance, and improvement of public sewers within the City limits
and areas nearby. The charge for sewer service shall be based upon
the total water usage of the customer according to the following rates:
[Amended by Ord. 51.08.01, passed 7-18-2018]
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Sewer
(gallons)
|
Proposed Rate
| |
|---|---|---|
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City limits
| ||
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0 to 1,000 (minimum)
|
$29
| |
|
Every 1,000 thereafter
|
$4.25
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|
Drunert Estates/Hill Crest Estates
| ||
|
0 to 1,000 (minimum)
|
$43.50
| |
|
Every 1,000 thereafter
|
$6.38
| |
|
The Timbers/Highway 47
| ||
|
0 to 1,000
|
$43.50
| |
|
Every 1,000 thereafter
|
$6.38
| |
|
Highway D/Sewer only
| ||
|
Flat rate
|
$54
|
(B)
All water and meter readings shall be obtained from Hawk Point, Missouri,
and bills for sewer 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 sewer services, shall calculate
monthly the amount of each bill and shall render monthly to each customer
a bill for such sewer services. All such bills shall be due and payable
at the office of Hawk Point, Missouri, during the regular hours of
business from and after the date of the rendition thereof.
(C)
If any bill for sewerage services shall remain due and unpaid after
the fifth day of the following month days from the date of the rendition
thereof, an additional charge of 10% shall be added thereto.
(D)
If any bill for sewer service shall be and remain past due and unpaid
after the 15th day of the following month, service to such customer
shall be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all past
due bills are paid in full, together with a reconnection charge of
$50.
(E)
Application for sewer services shall be made to the City Clerk, or
other person designated by the Board of Aldermen 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 sewer system,
all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant. The Board
of Aldermen may hereafter prescribe a connection charge to be paid
by any such applicant at the time of his application.
(F)
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewer service and
the owner of said premises shall be jointly and severally liable to
pay for such services rendered on said premises. The City shall have
power to sue the occupant or the owner, or both, of such real estate
in a civil action to receive any sums due for such services, plus
a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court.
(G)
No free sewerage service shall be furnished to any premises, or the
owner or occupant thereof, except to the City itself, and in the event
that the revenues derived by the City from the sewer system shall
at any time prove insufficient to pay the interest on and principal
of the bonds of the City issued to construct, maintain, 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 will thereafter pay a fair and reasonable
charge for all sewer services furnished the City or any of its departments
by the sewer 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 bonds of the City or while
any such default shall exist.
(H)
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to tamper with any sewer
line, or make any connection to the sewer system 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.
(I)
The user of each premises receiving service from the sewer system
shall be responsible for the proper use thereof. Plumbing facilities
that are to be connected to the sewer system shall be installed in
accordance with the National Plumbing Code 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.
[Prior Code, § 520.060; Prior Code, § 520.080]
(A)
Any person found to be violating any provision of this chapter except
§ 51.06 shall be served by the City with a 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. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond
the time limit provided for above shall be guilty of an ordinance
violation. Each day in which any such violations shall continue shall
be deemed a separate offense.
(B)
Any person violating § 51.06 shall be guilty of an ordinance
violation.
(C)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
become liable to the City for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
by the City by reason of such violation.
