[R.O. 2006 §705.010; CC 1978 §68.010]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Chapter shall be as follows:
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°) expressed in milligrams per
liter.
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.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
Measurement of the oxygen equivalent of the organic matter
content of a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical
oxidant.
The City of Warrenton, Missouri.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
An individual or business in whose name the utility bill
is registered with the City of Warrenton.
The total flow rate during storm events which results in
chronic operational problems related to hydraulic overloading of the
treatment works results in a total flow of more than two hundred seventy-five
(275) gallons per capita per day (domestic base flow plus infiltration
plus inflow). Chronic operational problems may include surcharging,
backups, bypasses, and overflows.
[Ord. No. 2385, 1-16-2018]
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, 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 food 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 (½)
inch (1.27 centimeters) 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 groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface, and stormwaters 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; MAY: Is permissive.
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 (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling
water.
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.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
[R.O. 2006 §705.020; CC 1978 §68.020]
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 of Warrenton, 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
of Warrenton, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any
sewage or other polluted wastes, 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 not located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or
combined sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her expense
to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such
facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with
the provision of this Chapter, within ninety (90) days after date
of official notice.
[R.O. 2006 §705.030; CC 1978 §68.030; Ord. No. 461 §1, 3-6-1984]
B.
Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the
owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the Director of
Public Works. The application for such permit shall be made on a form
furnished by the City, which the applicant shall supplement by any
plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Director of Public Works. A plan review fee of one hundred
dollars ($100.00) 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 Director
of Public Works. He/she shall be allowed to inspect the work at any
stage of construction and, before any underground portions are covered.
The inspection shall be made within eight (8) hours of the receipt
of notice by the Director of Public Works.
D.
The
type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of
Natural Resources of the State of Missouri. 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 ten thousand (10,000)
square feet. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge
to 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 Section 700.020 Subsection (D), 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 disposal facilities
in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City.
G.
No
statement contained in this Section shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health
Officer.
H.
When
a public water sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be
connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage
disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run
gravel or dirt.
[R.O. 2006 §705.040; CC 1978 §68.040; Ord. No. 751 §1, 12-15-1992; Ord. No. 871 §I, 5-7-1996; Ord. No. 945 §I, 7-15-1997; Ord. No. 1197 §§I,IV, 8-7-2001; Ord. 1318
§I, 6-17-03; Ord. No. 1405 §I, 6-15-2004; Ord. No. 1414 §I, 7-6-2004; Ord.
No. 1547 §I, 9-6-2005; Ord. No. 1698 §I, 6-19-2007; Ord. No. 1792 §I, 8-5-2008; Ord. No. 1868 §I, 8-4-2009; Ord.
No. 1885 §I, 1-19-2010; Ord. No. 2385, 1-16-2018; Ord. No. 2752, 4-18-2023]
A.
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 Director of Public
Works.
B.
An
applicant for a permit to connect a premises to the City sewer system
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 Public
Works Director. An application fee shall accompany the application
based upon the size of the connection in accordance with the following
schedule:
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RESIDENTIAL
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4 inch connection (single-family dwelling)
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$2,000.00
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6 inch connection (single-family dwelling)
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$2,000.00
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6 inch connection (all others)
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$3,000.00
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8 inch connection
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$4,000.00
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10 inch connection
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$5,000.00
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12 inch connection
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$6,000.00
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15 inch connection
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$7,000.00
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COMMERCIAL
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6 inch minimum connection
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$2,000.00
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6 inch multiple unit connection
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$3,000.00
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8 inch connection
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$4,000.00
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10 inch connection
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$5,000.00
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12 inch connection
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$6,000.00
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15 inch connection
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$7,000.00
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BULK SEWER CONNECTION FEE
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The connection fee shall be 50% of the current 4" or 6" single
residential or commercial sewer connection fee
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which sum shall be used to defray the costs to the City of such
connection and which sum shall not be returnable to the applicant.
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An additional fee for material costs as determined by the Public
Works Director to supply sewer service to the property line of the
premises shall accompany said application, if any.
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Any connections made outside of the City limits shall be double
the above scheduled fee.
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C.
All
costs and expense 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.
A separate
and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building
except accessory structures.
E.
Old
building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only
when they are found, on examination and test by the Director of Public
Works, to meet all requirements of this Chapter.
F.
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 most recently published A.S.T.M. and W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice
shall apply.
G.
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 too 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 to the building sewer.
H.
No
person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, 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 a public sanitary sewer.
I.
The
connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform
to the requirements of the Building and Plumbing Code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the City, or the procedures set forth in
appropriate specifications of the most recently published A.S.T.M.
and the W.P.C.F. Manual of Practice. All such connections shall be
made gas-tight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures
and materials must be approved by the Director of Public Works before
installation.
J.
The
applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Director
of Public Works when the building sewer is ready for inspection and
connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be inspected
by the Director of Public Works or his/her representative.
K.
All
excavations for building sewer installation 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.
L.
A cleanout
shall be installed at the expense of the applicant. Residential customers
must install a minimum of four (4) inch piping. Commercial customers
must install a minimum of six (6) inch piping.
M.
Maintenance
And Repairs.
1.
Customer Responsibility — Residential. It shall be the responsibility of the customer to maintain and bear all expense of repairs in the entire lateral line from the building to the sewer main including the connection tap. If excavation will be in a City street, an excavation permit will be required before start of any work pursuant Section 520.050. Any excavation area within a City street must be completely backfilled with rock pursuant to Section 520.100. A deposit/bond will not be required.
2.
City Sewer System Responsibility — Residential Customer. It
shall be the responsibility of the City to maintain and bear all expense
of repairs in the sewer main. If excavation is done on a City street,
the City will replace concrete or asphalt once repair is complete.
3.
Customer Responsibility — Commercial Customer. It shall be the responsibility of the commercial customer to maintain and bear all expense of repairs to the lateral line from the building to the sewer main including the cost of backfilling pursuant Section 520.100, excavation permit pursuant Section 520.050, and any other associated costs. A deposit/bond will not be required.
4.
City Sewer System Responsibility — Commercial Customer. It
shall be the responsibility of the City to maintain and bear all expense
of repairs in the sewer main. If excavation is done on a City street,
the City will replace concrete or asphalt once repair is complete.
N.
Building
Permit — Application And Payment. Before a connection to the
City's sewage works is provided, the owner of the premises or his/her
duly authorized representative shall submit an application for a building
permit to the Building Commissioner of the City. After approval of
said application for building permit and receipt of payment in full
of all charges associated with said building permit, a premises is
eligible to be connected to the City's sewage works, if not otherwise
ineligible under any other Chapter or Section of the Municipal Code
of the City. The Board of Aldermen may waive the requirements of this
Subsection upon good cause.
O.
Sewer
Service — Non-Payment Of Fees And/Or Taxes. Except as otherwise
may be required by law or expressly waived by the Board of Aldermen
for good cause, the City may decline, fail or cease to furnish sewer
services to any person, corporation and/or entity that has not paid
any tax or fee due and owing to the City.
[R.O. 2006 §705.050; CC 1978 §68.050]
A.
No
person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface
water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior
and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted
industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater
and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers
as are specifically designated as combined or storm sewers, or to
a natural outlet approved by the Director of Public Works. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Director of Public Works, to a storm sewer, combined sewer,
or natural outlet.
C.
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 (2)
mg/l as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, 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 obstruction 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, mild
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
5.
Any waters or wastes having:
a.
A five (5) day BOD greater than three hundred (300) parts per million
by weight; or
b.
Containing more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million
by weight of suspended solids; or
c.
Having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the
average sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review of
the Director of Public Works. Where necessary in the opinion of the
Director of Public Works, the owner shall provide, at his/her expense,
such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:
(1)
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to three hundred (300)
parts per million by weight; or
(2)
Reduce the suspended solids to three hundred fifty (350) parts
per million by weight; or
(3)
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters
or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted
for the approval of the Director of Public Works and no construction
of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained
in writing.
D.
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 Director of Public Works 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/her opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Director
of Public Works will give consideration to such factors as the quantities
of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers,
materials of 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.
The substances prohibited are:
1.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred
fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150°F) (65°C).
2.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/l or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between
thirty-two degrees (32°) and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit
(150°F) (0 and 65°C).
3.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths
(¾) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Director of Public Works.
4.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes,
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
5.
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and
similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive
chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received
in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the
limits established by the Director of Public Works for such materials.
6.
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Director of Public Works 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.
7.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration
as may exceed limits established by the Director of Public Works in
compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
9.
Materials which exert or cause:
a.
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but not
limited to, fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of
dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and
sodium sulfate).
b.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
c.
Unusual BOD, COD (chemical oxygen demand), or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs"
as defined herein.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process as 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 discharge to the receding waters.
E.
Industrial
User — Discharge/Waste Flow Pretreatment And Equalization.
[Ord. No. 2357, 7-18-2017; Ord. No. 2574, 1-5-2021]
1.
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection (D) of this Section, and which in the judgment of the Director of Public Works may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Director of Public Works may:
2.
If the Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public
Works, and subject to the requirements of all applicable Codes, ordinances,
and laws. A completed Industrial User Questionnaire form shall be
submitted for use in evaluating the industrial sewer. If outside engineering
review is determined to be necessary by the Director of Public Works,
a deposit in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be
paid to the City prior to the Industrial User Questionnaire form being
sent to the outside engineering firm. The cost of the outside engineering
firm review will be deducted from the deposit and any excess refunded
or any deficit collected from the applicant. Any cost of outside engineering
review shall be reimbursed to the City by the industrial user prior
to commencement of any sewer treatment.
F.
Grease,
oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of
the Director of Public Works 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 Director
of Public Works, and shall be located as to be readily and easily
accessible for cleaning and inspection.
G.
Where
preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for
any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his/her expense.
H.
When
required by the Director of Public Works, 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 accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Director of Public Works. The
manhole shall be installed by the owner at his/her expense, and shall
be maintained by him/her so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
I.
All
measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of water
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. The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite
of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four (24) hour composites
of all outfalls whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
J.
No
statement contained in this Section 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, therefore,
by the industrial concern.
[R.O. 2006 §705.060; CC 1978 §68.060]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, wilfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works.
[R.O. 2006 §705.070; CC 1978 §68.070]
A.
The
Director of Public Works 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 Director of Public Works or his/her representatives
shall have no 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 Subsection (A) of this Section, the Director of Public Works or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
C.
The
Director of Public Works 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, and 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.
[R.O. 2006 §705.080; CC 1978 §68.080]
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this Chapter, except Section 700.060, shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for cessation of such 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 to
the City by reason of such violation.
