For purposes of this Title, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meaning:
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency
owning land within the City applying for sanitary sewer service.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees centigrade (20° C.), 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
sanitary 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 sanitary
sewer or other place of disposal.
The Capital Improvement Program.
The words "the City" or "this City" or "City" shall mean
the City of Raymore, Missouri, a municipal corporation, and any duly
authorized representative.
The City of Raymore, Missouri, a municipal corporation, and
any duly authorized representative.
Any devices and systems for the collection, storage, treatment,
recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or
liquid industrial waste. These include intercepting sewers, outfall
sewers, sewage collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power,
and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements,
remodeling, additions and alterations; and any works, including site
acquisition of the land, that will be an integral part of the treatment
process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues; or any other
method or system or method for preventing, abating, reducing, storing,
treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste or industrial
waste.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by
or in any manner connected to a public water system.
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation
in whose name the utility service is provided.
To change the intended course or path of water and/or sanitary
sewer service without the express authorization or consent of the
City.
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.
The person or persons duly authorized by the City of Raymore
to inspect and approve the installation of building sanitary sewers
and their connection to the public sanitary sewer system.
Any material containing lead in excess of the quantities
specified in the definition of "lead-free."
In General.
Calculation. The weighted average lead content of a pipe, pipe
fitting, plumbing fitting, or fixture shall be calculated by using
the following formula: For each wetted component, the percentage of
lead in the component shall be multiplied by the ratio of the wetted
surface area of that component to the total wetted surface area of
the entire product to arrive at the weighted percentage of lead of
the component. The weighted percentage of lead of each wetted component
shall be added together, and the sum of these weighted percentages
shall constitute the weighted average lead content of the product.
The lead content of the material used to produce wetted components
shall be used to determine compliance with paragraph (A)(2). For lead
content of materials that are provided as a range, the maximum content
of the range shall be used.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or groundwater.
Any contributor to the City's wastewater facilities whose
lot, parcel of real estate, or building is served by a water meter
larger than three-fourths (3/4) inch.
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than
two hundred forty (240) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration
of not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l.
All expenditures during the useful life of the collection
and treatment facilities for materials, labor, utilities, and other
items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the sewage
works to achieve the capacity and performance for which such works
were designed and constructed.
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 foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sanitary sewers, with no particle greater than one-half
(1/2) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
Any publicly or privately owned water system supplying water
to the general public which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary
and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources.
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
The commencement of water service to a service address after
service has been discontinued by the City.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
wastewater collection and treatment facilities to maintain the capability
and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
Any contributor to the City's wastewater facilities whose
lot, parcel of real estate, or building is served by a three-fourths
(3/4) inch water meter or less.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface,
and ground waters 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.
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 or flows
during normal operation.
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.
The State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for
Missouri, United States Department of Agriculture, or his/her their
successor.
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.
To re-arrange, damage, injure, destroy, alter, interfere
with or otherwise prevent from performing normal or customary functions
of water or sanitary sewer service.
The estimated period during which a collection and treatment
facility will be operated.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which
is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation,
maintenance, and replacement of the collection facilities.
A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished
and/or installed by the City or furnished and installed by the user
and approved by the City.
The owner, operator, or individual in responsible charge
of a public water system.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
The water and sanitary sewer systems of the City and all future
improvements and extensions, whether to the water or to the sewer
system or to both, shall be and the same are combined and shall be
operated and maintained as a combined water and sewer system.
A.
Property not currently served by public water facilities, public
sanitary sewer facilities or both, should have service extended to
it in accordance with the City's capital improvements program (CIP),
water and/or sewer master plan and Design and Construction Manual.
This policy shall apply only to facilities owned and operated by the
City of Raymore.
B.
Individuals, associations, entities or corporations ("applicants")
desiring extension of public water or public sanitary sewer service
facilities not included in the City's CIP or in advance of the schedule
in the City's CIP shall make application to the City for extension
of service before starting construction of any water or sewer facilities.
The application shall be reviewed by the City to determine whether
extension of services is consistent with the City's CIP, the City's
water and/or sewer master plan, and the standards of the Design and
Construction Manual. If the application is approved by the City, the
applicant shall enter into an agreement with the City providing for
the construction of approved facilities.
1.
Applicants will be required to furnish, install and construct
at the applicant's expense all water and sanitary sewer facilities
necessary to serve their property and shall agree to transfer to the
City all property and facilities free of debt, liens and other legal
encumbrances, for ownership, operation and maintenance. Facilities
not complying with these standards will not be accepted by the City
and will not be supplied with water or allowed to connect to the public
water and/or sanitary sewer system until the deficiencies are corrected.
2.
Applicants may be required to provide enlarged ("oversized") watermains and/or sanitary sewers to serve adjacent areas and/or upstream areas. By agreement, the City may provide that the added cost to the applicant be reimbursed by the City as set forth in Section 700.040. In no event will reimbursement occur unless an agreement specifically outlining the terms of said reimbursement is approved by the City Council.
3.
All water and sanitary sewer facilities constructed by the applicant
to be transferred to the City shall be constructed on public right-of-way
or upon private land with perpetual easements, conveyed free of cost
to the City, providing free, unobstructed and uninterrupted right-of-way
for inspection, operation, maintenance, enlargement, replacement,
alteration and extension of the facilities per City policy.
4.
Projects included in the City's CIP and constructed by the applicant
in advance of the schedule in the City's CIP shall be deleted from
the CIP upon completion.
5.
In order to facilitate the orderly continuation of the City's
water distribution and sanitary sewer collection systems, water and
sanitary sewer mains shall be installed to the furthest point or points
of a property as approved by the City. The applicant shall install
lines on more than one (1) side of the property and/or through more
than one (1) internal easement or right-of-way if it is determined
that those lines are needed to provide service to other properties
beyond the subject property.
C.
Nothing contained in this Section shall limit the City from extending
its water and sanitary system wherever it may determine that circumstances
so warrant or denying the extension of service, based on system capacity,
as it determines necessary.
D.
The City shall not extend or allow to be extended water or sanitary
sewer lines within or beyond the corporate boundaries of Raymore to
individuals, associations, entities or corporations unless funds for
such lines shall be made available through bond monies or escrow arrangements
or private financing (e.g. Community Improvement District) furnished
by said individuals, associations, entities or corporations or other
method(s) approved by the City Council.
A.
Under special agreement as provided by this Section, the City may
permit an extension of its water distribution or sanitary sewer collection
system to be installed by and at the expense of the applicants desiring
to secure such service. All installations of water and sanitary sewer
extensions shall conform to the Design and Construction Manual and
plans and specifications approved by the City and shall be made under
the supervision and inspection of the City.
B.
The actual size of the water or sanitary sewer line required shall
be initially established by the applicant, for approval by the City,
with supporting documentation to verify that the sizes of the water
or sanitary sewer lines, or both, meet the City's specifications.
Final evaluation and design shall be determined by the Public Works
Director. The City reserves the right to determine the size of the
pipe necessary in making such extension. Criteria to be used for this
determination shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
1.
Utility master plan requirements.
2.
Potential future demand on the water or sanitary sewer system
related to the development being proposed by the applicant or the
surrounding area.
3.
Hydraulic design criteria of the water or sanitary sewer system.
4.
Design and Construction Manual requirements.
C.
Investments by applicants in local facilities in their respective
areas, such as distribution mains, fire hydrants, sanitary sewer laterals,
manholes and other local appurtenances, will not be refunded by or
become an obligation of the City.
D.
As set forth in Section 700.030, applicants may be required to construct oversized water mains and/or oversized sanitary sewers that serve adjacent areas. If reimbursement is authorized by the City Council as set forth in Section 700.020, the extra cost of the oversized water main or sanitary sewer will be reimbursed as set forth in the agreement with the applicant according to the City's oversizing policy.
