The following rules and regulations are adopted to govern the
sanitary sewer services furnished by the City in a uniform manner
for the benefit of the City and its sanitary sewer users. They are
subject to change from time to time. All such changes must be approved
by the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, United States
Department of Agriculture, or their successor, so long as the municipality
City 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.
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 or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City,
any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any sewage
or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been
provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Article.
Except as 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.
A. No private sewage disposal system shall be constructed or operated in the City where public sanitary sewer is available. Every effort shall be made to secure a sanitary sewer connection to public sanitary sewers as defined in Section
710.120. Where a connection to a public sanitary sewer is not feasible and when a considerable number of residences are to be served, consideration may be given to the construction of a private or community sanitary sewer system and collection and treatment facility. However, since an improperly operated or inadequately staffed private or community sewage treatment plant cannot effectively treat wastes, consideration should be given to the size of the proposed system to insure that economically feasible sanitary sewer rates are sufficient to ensure proper treatment plant operation.
B. When the installation of a private residential sewage disposal system
cannot be avoided, all requirements of the Missouri laws and rules
governing on-site sewage systems shall be applicable.
A. 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
now located or may in the future be located, a public sanitary sewer
of the City, is required at their expense to install suitable toilet
facilities and to connect to such facilities within ninety (90) days
after the date of official notice to do so, provided that public sanitary
sewer is within three hundred (300) feet of the primary structure
upon any lot with an existing individual sewage disposal system. An
extension of ninety (90) days may be granted by the office of the
Director of Public Works when requested in writing. An extension may
be granted up to a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days after
the date of official notice
B. Existing residences with an individual sewage disposal system that
is properly functioning are not required to connect to a public sanitary
sewer system. Should the individual sewage disposal system fail, connection
shall be made to a public sanitary sewer system. If no public sanitary
sewer system is available within three hundred (300) feet of the primary
structure, then the individual sewage disposal system may be repaired
or replaced.
A. Applicability. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available under the provisions of Section
710.120, the building sanitary sewer shall be connected to a private on-site sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this Section. Repairs, as defined by this Section, to existing systems and replacement of existing systems shall comply 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
Building Official. 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 Building Official. A permit and inspection fee, approved
by the Governing Body and listed in the Schedule of Fees and Charges
maintained in the Finance Department, shall be paid to the City of
Raymore prior to the issuance of the permit.
C. Permit. Any person, firm or corporation wishing to repair an existing
system, replace an existing system, or construct an on-site sewage
disposal system must first obtain a permit from the Building Official.
Repairs to an existing system that would require a permit include,
but are not limited to, pipe repair ten (10) feet or more in length,
septic tank repair or replacement, alteration or reconstruction of
any wastewater pond, relocation or replacement of the absorption field,
or similar repair actions.
D. Penalties. Upon conviction or a plea of guilty, any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided for in Section
100.220 of the City Code.
A. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or
opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sanitary sewer or
appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from
the Building Official.
B. There shall be two (2) classes of building sanitary sewer permits:
1.
For residential and commercial service, and
2.
For service to establishments producing industrial wastes.
In either case, the owner or their 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 Inspector. A permit and
inspection fee, approved by the Governing Body by resolution and listed
in the Schedule of Fees and Charges maintained in the Finance Department,
shall be paid to the City prior to the issuance of the permit.
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C. All costs and expenses incidental to the installation and connection
of the building sanitary 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 sanitary
sewer.
D. Except for an approved accessory dwelling unit, a separate and independent
building sanitary sewer shall be provided for every building or tenant
space.
E. Existing building sanitary sewers may be used in connection with
new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by
the City's Building Official, to meet all requirements of this Article.
F. The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building
sanitary 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 implications, the materials and procedures set
forth in appropriate specifications of the Missouri Department of
Natural Resources and the Kansas City Metropolitan APWA standards.
G. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation
drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sanitary sewer or building drain which in turn is connected
directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
H. Connections — Conformance With Codes, Regulations, Etc.
1.
The connection of the building sanitary sewer into the public
sanitary sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and
plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved by the Building Official before installation.
2.
The service line including the connection to the public sanitary
sewer shall remain the property of the customer and be subject to
the jurisdiction of the City. Maintenance and/or repair of the building
sanitary sewer or connection shall be the responsibility of the customer.
The City will not assume responsibility for uncovering the building
sanitary sewer or connection.
I. The applicant for the service line permit shall notify the Building
Official when the service line is ready for inspection and connection
to the public sanitary sewer. The connection shall be made under the
supervision of the Building Official or their representative.
J. All excavations for service line installations 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.
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.
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 Public Works
Director. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may
be discharged on approval of the Public Works Director, to a storm
sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
A. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
1.
Any 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 wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
3.
Any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand
greater than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or containing
more than three hundred fifty (350) parts per million by weight of
suspended solids, or 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 Public Works Director. Where necessary in the
opinion of the Public Works Director, the owner shall provide, at
their 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 Public Works Director and no construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
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.
5.
Any water or wastes having a pH lower than five and five-tenths
(5.5) or having any other corrosive properties capable of causing
damage or hazards to structures, equipment, or personnel of the sewage
works.
6.
Any water or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and five-tenths
(9.5).
A. 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 Public Works Director that such wastes can harm
either the sanitary 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
their opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Public
Works Director will give consideration to such factors as the quantities
of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sanitary
sewers, materials of construction of the sanitary 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.) sixty-five degrees Celsius
(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 Fahrenheit (32° F.) and one hundred fifty degrees
Fahrenheit (150° F.) (zero degree (0°) and sixty-five degrees
Celsius (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 Public Works Director.
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 a degree that any such
material received in the composite sewage at the sewage collection
and treatment facility exceeds the limits established by the Public
Works Director 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 Public Works Director 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 Inspector in compliance with
applicable State or Federal regulations.
8.
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of nine and five-tenths
(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, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
collection and treatment facilities.
d.
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
"slugs" as defined in 700.010.
10.
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or which are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the
sewage collection and treatment facility effluent cannot meet the
requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge
to the receiving waters.
A. 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 Section 700.200, and which in the
judgment of the Public Works Director, 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 Public Works Director 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 Section
710.240 of this Article.
B. If the Public Works Director 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 Public Works Director,
and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances
and laws.
Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Public Works Director, they are necessary for the
proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts,
or any flammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients. Such
interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or
dwelling units unless an approved, licensed business occupation is
being conducted. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity
approved by the Building Official, and shall be located as to be readily
and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
A. It shall be the responsibility of the business to clean and maintain
grease interceptors in an efficient operating condition.
B. The business shall maintain a complete written record of the maintenance
and cleaning of each grease interceptor. The maintenance records shall
not be destroyed for at least one (1) year. The log shall include
the name and address of any persons involved in the maintenance or
cleaning of the grease interceptor. The log shall be available for
review by the City's Public Works Department upon request.
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 their expense.
When required by the Public Works Director, 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 accessible and safely located, and shall be constructed in
accordance with plans approved by the Public Works Director. The manhole
shall be installed by the owner at their expense, and shall be maintained
by them so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City and
any industrial concern whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength
or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to
approval by Little Blue Valley Sewer District and payment by the industrial
concern.
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.
Upon conviction or a plea of guilty, any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalty provisions provided for in Section
100.220 of the City Code.
A. The Public Works Director shall be permitted to enter all properties
for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling,
and testing of the sewer infrastructure in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter. The Public Works Director 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
710.260(A), the Inspector or duly authorized employees of the City of Raymore shall observe all reasonable safety rules and regulations.
C. The Public Works Director 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.
A. Any person found to be violating any provision of this Article, except Section
710.250, 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. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B. Any person, firm or corporation who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection
(A), shall, upon conviction or a plea of guilty, be subject to the penalty provisions provided for in Section
100.220 of the City Code.
C. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall
be liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned
the City by reason of such violation.