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.
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:
1. 
Reject the wastes;
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.