[R.O. 1998 § 715.010; CC 1980 § 67.500]
The Sewer Superintendent of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, is hereby designated as Sewer Inspector of the City of Bismarck, Missouri. When the term "Sewer Superintendent" is used in this Chapter it shall be construed to mean the Sewer Superintendent of the City of Bismarck, Missouri. The Sewer Superintendent shall supervise and inspect all sewer construction, maintenance and repairs performed in connection with the sewer system or sewage works.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.020; CC 1980 § 67.510]
Unless otherwise specifically set forth, the meanings of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
BUILDING OR HOUSE SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid waste from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR
The person duly authorized by the City to inspect and approve the installation of house sewers and their connection to the public sewer and to supervise the maintenance and operation of the sewer works.
PERSONS
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground water is not admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWERAGE WORKS
All facilities for collection, conveying, treating, and disposing of sewage.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.030; CC 1980 § 67.520]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be placed in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the City of Bismarck, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectional waste which is ordinarily regarded as sewage.
B. 
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within said City or area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sanitary sewage, industrial waste, or other polluted waters except where suitable treatment has been provided.
C. 
Except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facilities intended for disposal of sewage.
D. 
Where a public sewer is accessible and within two hundred (200) feet of any property used for human occupancy, employment or other purposes within the City, the liquid waste from any plumbing system in said buildings shall discharge into the public sewer.
E. 
Where a public sewer is not available and is not within the distance as specified above, the building sewer shall connect to a private sewage disposal system complying with all requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.040; CC 1980 § 67.530; Ord. No. 03-002, 1-9-2003]
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to introduce sewage into the City's sewer collection system shall first procure a tapping permit to do so from City Hall; the application for a permit shall be in writing and signed by the applicant, and shall state the size and kind of pipe to be used, the location of the premises and the name of the owner of the premises. The cost of the sewer tapping permit shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). Any other cost incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner or plumber installing the building sewer for the owner shall indemnify said City from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by said installation.
B. 
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 in existence or can be constructed to the rear. The building sewer from the front building may be extended to the building in the rear and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer. Other special cases may be allowed by the Sewer Superintendent.
C. 
Old building sewers, or portions thereof, may be used in connection with new buildings and to the public sewer only when they are found, by inspection, to meet the requirements of this Chapter. No septic tank or other type sewage treatment shall be connected to the building sewer that is also connected to the public sewer.
D. 
The building sewer shall be constructed of PVC plastic pipe. Both SDR 35 and schedule 40 PVC are acceptable. Pipe and fittings are to be installed in accordance with standard pipe-laying procedures. All joints and connections shall be made gas- and water-tight.
E. 
The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Sewer Superintendent; however, in no event shall the diameter be less than four (4) inches. The slope of said four-inch pipe shall not be less than one-eight (1/8) inch per foot unless otherwise permitted.
F. 
The connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall be made at the "Y" branch placed for that property. Any connection not made at the "Y" branch shall be made only as directed by the Sewer Superintendent.
G. 
Every building sewer shall have a double-hub trap and vent, and shall be placed in the line as designated by the Sewer Superintendent. All cleanouts shall be capped and located in such a way as to prevent inflow into the sewer system during periods of inclement weather.
H. 
The applicant for the building sewer shall notify the Sewer Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection, all parts of which shall be approved before being concealed or backfilled. All streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory with the City.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.050; CC 1980 § 67.540]
A. 
No person shall discharge any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water into the public sewer.
B. 
No person shall discharge to the public sewer any harmful water or waste, liquid, solid or gas, which will cause damage to any part of the sewage works or the operations and maintenance of said sewage works.
C. 
The admission into the public sewer of any water or wastes having harmful or objectionable characteristics shall be subject to the review of the Sewer Superintendent. Limits on the strength and character of these wastes may be required, and preliminary treatment prior to discharge to the public sewer shall be provided and maintained by the owner.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.060; CC 1980 § 67.550]
A. 
The Sewer Superintendent, and other duly authorized employees of the City, shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurements, repair and general maintenance of the sewage works.
B. 
The Sewer Superintendent shall make all decisions concerning the use and operation of the sewage works. In the event that any person is aggrieved by the decision of the Sewer Superintendent the aggrieved person will have the right to refer the matter to the Board of Aldermen and their decision on the question at hand will be final.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.070; Ord. No. 96-16 §§ 1 — 2, 9-12-1996; Ord. No. 06-09, 7-27-2006; Ord. No. 12-03, 6-28-2012]
A. 
From and after the first day of the month following the delivery of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000.00), currently anticipated to be June 1, 2013, principal amount of waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, dated February 3, 2009, the initial monthly rates required and which shall be charged and collected by the City of Bismarck, Missouri, for sewerage service furnished by the sewage system of said City shall be as follows:
[Ord. No. 13-04, 7-11-2013]
1. 
For the period July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2015, or as otherwise amended, the charge for sewerage service shall be based upon total water usage of each customer at the following rates:
a. 
Base And Minimum-Usage Fee:
(1) 
The base fee for each customer shall be eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($18.75) plus an additional fee of three dollars and seventy-five cents ($3.75), or a percentage thereof, for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used. Thus, if the customer uses five hundred (500) gallons, the fee shall be $18.75 + [$3.75 x 0.5 $1.875] = $20.63. If the customer uses one thousand seven hundred fifty (1,750) gallons, the fee shall be $18.75 + [$3.75 x 1.75 = $6.5625] = $25.31.
(2) 
Said increased rates are designed to generate annual revenue of approximately two hundred seventy-four thousand five dollars ($274,005.00) to be utilized to maintain the system and to finance the "interest only" portion of the City's debt. See Exhibit A attached hereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the City Clerk's office.
2. 
For the period beginning March 1, 2020, and until otherwise amended, the charge for sewerage service shall be based upon total water usage of each customer at the following rates:
[Ord. No. 20-004, 2-3-2020]
a. 
Base And Minimum Usage Fee:
(1) 
The base fee for each customer shall be twenty-five dollars and forty cents ($25.40) plus an additional fee of five dollars ($5.00), or a percentage thereof, for each one thousand (1,000) gallons of water used. The said fee shall be calculated as set forth in Subsection (A)(1) above.
(2) 
Said increased rates are designed to generate annual revenue of approximately three hundred twenty-four thousand one hundred ninety-nine dollars and twenty cents ($324,199.20) to be utilized to maintain the system and to finance the "principal and interest" portion of the City's debt. See Exhibit B attached hereto.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the City Clerk's office.
B. 
The governing body of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, hereby binds and determines that the rates, fees and charges for the use and services of the sewerage system of the City necessary and adequate at this time to meet the requirements of Sections 250.010 to 250.250, inclusive, RSMo., are as hereinbefore specified.
C. 
All water and meter readings shall be obtained from the users, and bills for sewerage services shall be rendered monthly as such services accrue. The City Collector, or other officer or representative of the City of Bismarck designated to prepare and render bills for sewerage services, shall calculate monthly the amount of each bill and shall render monthly to each customer a bill for such sewerage services. All such bills shall be due and payable at the office of the Collector during the regular hours of business from and after the date of the rendition thereof.
D. 
If any bill for sewerage services shall remain due and unpaid after ten (10) days from the date of the rendition thereof, an additional charge of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be added thereto.
E. 
If any bill for sewerage service shall be and remain past-due and unpaid for as long as thirty (30) days, service to such customer shall be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all past-due bills are paid in full. It shall be the duty of the City Collector to notify the customer of any such delinquency and said City Collector shall proceed immediately to cause sewer service to such customer to be discontinued.
F. 
Application for sewerage services shall be made to the City Collector or other person designated by the City 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 City of Bismarck sewerage system, with all costs of such connection to be borne by such applicant. The City of Bismarck may hereafter prescribe a connection charge to be paid by any such applicant at the time of his or her application.
G. 
The occupant and user of the premises receiving sewerage service and the owner of said premises shall be jointly and severally liable to pay for such services rendered on said premises. The City of Bismarck 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.
H. 
No free sewerage service shall be furnished to any premises, or the owner or occupant thereof, except to the City of Bismarck itself, and in the event that the revenues derived by the City of Bismarck from the sewerage system shall at any time prove insufficient to pay the interest on and principal of the water waterworks and sewage system revenue bonds of the City of Bismarck issued to construct, extend 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 customer will thereafter pay a fair and reasonable charge for all sewerage services furnished the customer or any of its departments by the sewerage 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 waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds of the City of Bismarck or while any such default shall exist.
I. 
It shall be an ordinance violation for any person to tamper with any sewer line or make any connection to the sewerage system for the customer without written permission from the City of Bismarck or to reconnect service when service has been discontinued for nonpayment of a bill for service until such bill, including the reconnection charge, has been paid in full. Upon conviction, there shall be imposed a fine as set out in Chapter 100, Article III, of this Code.
J. 
The user of each premises receiving sewer service from the sewerage system shall be responsible for the proper use thereof. Plumbing facilities that are to be connected to the sewerage 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 of Bismarck 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.
[R.O. 1998 § 715.080; CC 1980 § 67.200; Ord. No. 88-13 § 1, 12-6-1988; Ord. No. 06-09, 7-27-2006]
No person, firm, corporation or entity shall discharge or allow to be discharged water into the sanitary sewer system of the City of Bismarck, Missouri. Any harmful water, waste, liquid, solid or gas which will cause damage to any part of the sewer system of the City of Bismarck, Missouri, shall not be discharged into said sanitary sewer system.