Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
CITY
The City of Moscow Mills, Missouri.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
All expenditures during the useful life of the public sewer
system for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are
necessary for managing and maintaining the public sewer system to
achieve the capacity and performance for which such system was designed
and constructed.
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
The City's facilities for carrying, collecting, storing,
treating and discharging sewage and waste.
REPLACEMENT
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
public sewer system to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such system was designed and constructed. The term "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
RESIDENTIAL
A unit used primarily for dwelling purposes.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Public Works Superintendent, who is in responsible charge
of the operation and maintenance of the public sewer system.
USER CHARGE
That portion of the total sewer system charge which is levied
in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance,
and replacement of the City's public sewer system.
The Owners of all properties located within the City improved
with any structure used or designed to be used for human habitation,
employment, recreation or other purpose, where there is located access
to the main line of the City's public sewer system within 100 feet
of the property line shall be required to connect to said system.
Unless prior written agreement is reached with the City, the property
owner shall be responsible for installing any and all lines required
to connect to the main line of the City's public sewer system. Where
the City's pubic sewer system is not available, all properties shall
be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the
provisions of all county and state laws.
The City shall provide sewer service to all properties within
the City limits when proper application is made. When properties are
annexed into the City or new development takes place, the City will
provide Sewer service as soon as practicable. The City may, at the
discretion of the Board of Aldermen, provide sewer service to properties
outside the City limits. The sewer rate for properties outside the
City limits shall be double the sewer rate for properties within the
City limits.
The Superintendent may issue a written stop work order to any
person who is found violating the provisions of this chapter or otherwise
failing to conform to the City's specifications for connection to
the City's public sewer system. Violation of a stop work order shall
be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $1 and not more than $500 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or both, recoverable with costs of court. Each
day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
The City may immediately disconnect any connections made in
violation of this chapter and may make report to the Chief of Police
for prosecution. Connection in violation of the provisions of this
chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $1 and not more than $500 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or both, recoverable with costs of court. Each
day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Discharge into the City's pubic sewer system in violation of
the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1 and not more than
$500 or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both, recoverable
with costs of court. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate
offense. In addition, any person causing damage to the City's public
sewer system shall be civilly liable to the City for any costs of
repair.
Whenever possible, the service connection shall be brought to
the building at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings
in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the
public sewer, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted
by an approved means and discharged to the public sewer.
No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, interior
and exterior foundation drains, are areaway drains, or other sources
of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain
which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to the City's public
sewer system.
Sanitary Sewers and appurtenances shall be constructed in accordance
with the City of Moscow Mills Sanitary Sewer and Appurtenances Construction
Standards.
Appendix "A" and Appendix "B: to former Chapter 113 of the City
Code and the City of Moscow Mills, MO. Sanitary Sewer and Appurtenances
Construction Standards and the Rules of the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources, Division 20 - Clean Water Commission, Chapter 8
- Design Guides, latest edition are hereby adopted and incorporated
herein.