[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting 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 inner
face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR
The City Administrator of Sewage Works and/or Water Pollution
Control of the City of Centralia, or his/her authorized deputy, agent,
or representative.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
HEARING BOARD
That Board appointed according to provision or this Article.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface 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.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 (1/2) inch 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 storm, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collection, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL; MAY
"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 (24) hour concentration or
flows during normal operation.
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.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
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 Centralia, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said 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
Centralia, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, of,
any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment
has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this
Article.
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 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 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 provisions of
this Article, within sixty (60) days after date of official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100)
feet of the property line.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
A. Where
a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions
of Section 26-85.2(D), the building sewer shall be connected to a
private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this
Section.
B. Before
commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the
owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Administrator.
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 City Administrator.
A permit and inspection fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) 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 City Administrator.
He/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 City
Administrator when the work is ready for final inspection, and before
any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made
within seventy-two (72) hours of the receipt of notice by the City
Administrator.
D. The type,
capabilities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system
shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Public
Health 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 forty thousand (40,000)
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 26-85.2(D),
a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance
with this Article, 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 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 suitable material.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
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 City Administrator.
B. There
shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: (a) for residential
and commercial service, and (b) for service to establishments producing
industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his/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 City
Administrator. A permit and inspection fee of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) for a residential or commercial building sewer permit
or a fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for an industrial building
sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application
is filed.
C. 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. 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 available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, courtyard, or driveway,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one (1) building sewer.
E. Old building
sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they
are found, on examination and test by the City Administrator, to meet
all requirements of this Article.
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 of in amplification
thereof, the materials and procedures set forth in appropriate specifications
of the A.S.T.M. and W.E.F. Manual of Practice No. 9 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. 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 A.S.T.M. and the W.E.F. Manual of Practice No. 9. All such
connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from
the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the City
Administrator before installation.
I. The applicant
for the building sewer permit shall notify the City Administrator
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the City Administrator or his/her representative.
J. All excavations
for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades
and lights 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.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
A. No person
shall discharge any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains,
other sources of surface runoff or groundwater, 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 sewers or storm sewers,
or to a natural outlet approved by the City Administrator. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval
of the City Administrator, 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 sewers:
1. Any
gasoline, benzene, naphta, 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 in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant, including but not limited to cyanides more than 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.
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 City Administrator 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 an opinion as
to the acceptability of these wastes, the City Administrator will
consider 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 or 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.) or (65° C.).
2. Any
water or wastes 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
and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (32° F. and 150°
F.) or (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
(3/4) horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the
review and approval of the City Administrator.
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 City Administrator 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 City Administrator as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of 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 City Administrator in compliance
with applicable State or Federal regulations.
8. Any
waters or wastes having a pH more than 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 or sodium sulfate).
b. Excessive
discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable
tanning solutions).
c. Unusual
BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities
as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
d. Unusual
volumes of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as
defined herein.
10. Waters
or wastes containing substances which are not menable 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 the other agencies having jurisdiction
over discharge to the receiving waters.
11. Any
waters or wastes having: (1) a BOD greater than three hundred (300)
parts per million by weight, or (2) containing more than three hundred
fifty (350) parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (3)
having an average daily flow greater than two percent (2%) of the
average sewage flow of the (City/district) shall be subject to the
review of the City Administrator. Where necessary in the opinion of
the City Administrator, 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 City
Administrator and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced
until said approvals are obtained in writing.
E. If any
waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged
to the public sewers, which waters containing the substances or possess
the characteristics enumerated in Subsection (D) of this Section,
and which in the judgment of the City Administrator, may have a deleterious
effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters,
or which otherwise create a hazard to life to constitute a public
nuisance, the City Administrator may:
2. Require
pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to 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 the wastes
not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions
of Subsection (J) of the Section.
If the City Administrator 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 City Administrator,
and subject to the requirements of all applicable Codes, ordinances,
and laws.
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F. Grease,
oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion
of the City Administrator, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid 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 City Administrator 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 City Administrator, 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 City Administrator. The manhole shall be installed
by the owner at his/her expense and shall be maintained by him/her
to be always safe and accessible.
I. All measurements,
tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to
which reference is made in this Article 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. If no special manhole has been
required, the control manhole shall 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 analysis
involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite
of all outfalls or 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 analyses 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.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any
person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest
under charge of disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
A. The City
Administrator 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 Article.
The City Administrator 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
Section 26-85.7(A) above, the City Administrator or duly authorized
employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to
the premises established by the company and 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 Section 26-85.5(H).
C. The City
Administrator 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 purposes 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.
[Ord. No. 3094, 5-17-2021]
A. Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article except Section
26-85.6 shall be served by the City with 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 stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B. Any person
who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for
in Section 26-85.8(A), shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each violation. Each twenty-four (24) hour period in
which any such violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate
offense.
C. Any person
violating any of the provisions of this Article shall become liable
to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by
reason of such violation.