[Bill No. 66, 8-30-1999]
The following 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 United States Department of Agriculture
— Rural Development, 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.
[Bill No. 66, 8-30-1999]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
APPLICANT
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency
owning land within the municipality applying for a sewer service.
BOARD
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Merriam Woods, Missouri.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 (1.5 meters) outside the inner face
of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR
The person or persons duly authorized by the City of Merriam
Woods to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and
their connection to the public sewer system.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any system handling or treatment facility receiving domestic
sewage which discharges into a subsurface soil absorption system and
discharges less than three thousand (3,000) gallons per day.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 (1/2) inch
(1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
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 stormwater, surface
water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water, and stormwater as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER CAPACITY FEE
The fee collected from the new users of the sewage works
to provide for the expansion of the sewage works and/or the sewage
treatment plant.
[Bill No. 89, 11-13-2001]
SHALL
Is mandatory; "May" is permissive.
SLUG
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 of flows
during normal operation.
STATE DIRECTOR
The State Director of the United States Department of Agriculture
— Rural Development, or his/her successor.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Municipal Sewer Works of the City
of Merriam Woods, Missouri, or his/her authorized deputy, agent or
representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[Bill No. 66, 8-30-1999]
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. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.