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BILL NO. 5�
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMANs
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, RELATING TO
THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS AND THE DISCHARGE
OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM AND FIXING A
PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this ordinance shall
be as follows :
a. B.O.D. (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)
shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized
in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure
in 5 days at 20 degrees Centigrade,
expressed in milligrams per liter by
weight.
b. BUILDING OR HOUSE SEWER shall mean the
sewer extending from the building drain
to the City sewer or other place of
disposal.
c. COOLING WATER shall mean the water dis-
charged from any system of condensation,
air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration,
or similar system, Such water shall be .free
from odor or oil and shall contain no pol-
luting substance which would produce B.O.D.
or suspended solids in excess of 10 milli-
grams per liter.
d. CITY shall mean -the City of Jefferson,
Missouri, or any representative or employee
of the City, or duly authorized deputy or
agent.
e. DRAINAGE CHANNEL shall mean any artificially
constructed open channel, ditch, swale, or
flume, whether lined or unlined for -the
drainage of storm, surface or ground water.
f. GARBAGE shall mean every refuse accumulation
of solid animal, fruit and vegetable matter
that attends the preparation, use , cooking,
dealing in or storing of food, and from the
handling, storage , and sale of produce.
g. INDUSTRIAL WASTE shall mean the liquid
wastes from industrial processes , as distinct
from sanitary sewage.
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x h. NATURAL OUTLET shall mean any outlet
into a watercourse, stream, creek,
river, pond, lake, or any other body
of surface or ground water.
i. pH shall mean the logarithm of the
reciprocal of the hydrogen ion con-
centration in moles per liter of
solution.
J . POLLUTED WATER or WASTE shall mean any
water or waste containing free or emul-
sified grease or oil; acid or alkali;
phenols or other substances imparting
tastes or odors in receiving waters;
toxic or poisonous substances in sus-
pension, colloidal. state or solution;
noxious or odorous rases; dissolved
solids in greater concentration than
10,000 milligrams per liter; B.O.D. or
suspended solids in concentration
greater than 10 milligrams per liter;
or color in excess of 50 units.
k. PUBLIC SEWER shall mean a sewer controlled
by the City of Jefferson, Missouri.
1. SANITARY SEWAGE shall mean sewage dis-
charged from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings (including apartment
houses and hotels) office buildings ,
factories or institutions, and free from
storm water, surface water and industrial
wastes,
m. SANITARY SEWER shall mean a sewer designed
and intendad to receive and convey only
sewage as defined herein, together with
such ground water infiltration as cannot
be avoided.
n. SEWAGE shall mean the waterborne wastes
from residences , business buildings ,
institutions , and industrial establish-
ments , singly or in combination, together
with such ground and surface waters as
cannot be avoided.
o. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT shall mean any
arrangement of devices and structures
used for treating sewage.
p. SEWER shall mean a pipe or conduit for
carrying sewage and other waste liquids.
q. SEWAGE WORKS or SEWAGE SYSTEM shall mean
all facilities for collecting, pumping,
treating, and disposing of sewage.
r. SHALL is mandatory; MAY is permissive.
s. STORM ;EWER or STORM DRAIN shall mean a
pipe or conduit designed and intended to
receive and convey only storm or unpol-
luted waters.
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t. STORM WATER shall mean any water resulting
from precipitation mixed with the accumula-
tion of dirt, soil, and other debris or
substances collected from the surfaces on
which such precipitation falls or flows.
u. SUSPENDED SOLIDS shall mean solids that either
float upon the surface o£, or are carried in
suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids ,
and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
v. WATERCOURSE shall mean a natural surface
drainage channel for storm, ground, or sur-
face water in which a flow of water occurs,
either continuously or intermittently.
Section 2.
1. It shall. not be permitted to discharge or deposit
into any natural outlet, drainage channel, or watercourse within
the City of Jefferson, any sewage , industrial waste , garbage ,
polluted water, or any other substances which constitute a
nuisance or hazard to the public health or welfare, except the
effluent from a properly designed and approved sewage treatment
facility or device which has been provided in accordance with the
provisions of this ordinance.
2. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall not be
permitted to install any privy, cesspool, septic tank, or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
Section 3.
1. At such time as a public sanitary sewer becomes
available to a property, a direct connection shall be made to
the public sewer, and any privy, cesspool, septic tank, or other
similar sewage disposal or treatment facility shall be abandoned
and filled with suitable material. A public sewer shall be
considered to be available to the property if it is within one
r. hundred fifty feet (1.50 ' ) of any part of the property to be
connected to the sewer.
2. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available
under the provisions of this ordinance the building sewer shall
by connected to an approved sewage disposal system. or sewage
treatment facility complying fully with the provisions included
hereinafter.
3. The type, capacity, location, and layout of any
sewage disposal or treatment facility shall comply fully with all
recommendations of the Missouri Water Pollution Board.
4. No :sewage disposal or treatment facility shall be
constructed within the City before the owner obtains written
approval from the City and the Missouri Water Pollution Board.
The owner shall submit complete plans , specifications , and any
other data requested for such facilities. The City shall have
the right to inspect the construction of such facilities at any
stage. The owner shall not place such facilities in operation
until the City has inspected and approved the completed works.
5. The owner shall maintain and operate the sewage
disposal or treatment facilities in an efficient and satisfactory
manner at all times, at no expense to the City. Such facilities
shall be subject to inspection by the City at all times.
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Section 4.
1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any storm water, surface water, ground water. , roof runoff,
subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted
process water into any sanitary sewer. Any connection, drain,
or arrangement which will permit any such waters to enter any
sanitary sewer shall be deemed to be a violation of this
ordinance, Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged into such sewers as are specifically designed as
combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a drainage channel or
natural outlet approved by the City. Industrial cooling water
or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of
the City, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, drainage channel or
natural outlet. It shall not be permitted for any plumber,
contractor, or any other person constructing a house or building
sewer, or industrial sewer connected to a sanitary sewer to leave
such connection open - unsealed, or incomplete in such manner that
will permit storm or surface water to enter any sanitary sewer
" within the City. All such openings shall be tightly sealed at
all points whenever work is not actually in progress on such
sewer or connection. All new house or building sewers will com-
ply with the requirements of the City Plumbing Code, law and
regulations.
2. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
to any public sewers any of the following substances, materials ,
waters, or wastes:
a. Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil,
mineral oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, or gas.
b. Any water or waste that contains more than
10 milligram.: per liter of gasses such as
hydrogen sulphide, sulfur dioxide, or
nitrous oxide.
c. Any garbage that has not been properly
ground or shredded to a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the
flow conditions of the sewer and with no par-
ticle greater -'-han one-half inch (1/2") in
' any dimension ,
d. Any ashes, cinders, sari, mud, straw, sha-
vings metal, glass , rags , feathers , tar
plastics, wood, paunch manure, hair and
fleshings, entrails, blood, lime slurry,
lime residues , chemical residues , paint
residues, cannery waste bulk solids , or any
other solid or viscous substance capable of
causing obstruction to the flow in sewers,
or other interference with the proper
operation of t:. sewer system or sewage
treatment facilities.
e. Any noxious or maladorous gas or substance,
which either . sing7-:, or by interaction with
other wastes, is capable of -creating a
public nuisance or hazard to life or of
preventing entry into the public sewers for
their maintenance and repair.
f. Any water or wastes containing in excess of
2 milligrams per liter of cyanides as CN.
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3. Unless written approval has been obtained from the
AML City, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to
any public sewers any of the following:
a. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature
higher than 150 degrees Fahrenheit (65
degrees Centigrade) .
b. Any water or waste, acidic or alkaline in
reaction, and having corrosive properties
capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment and personnel. Free
acids and alkalies in such wastes must be
neutralized, at all times , within a per-
missible range of pH between 5.5 and 10.0.
c. Any water or wastes containing a toxic or
poisonous substance or of high chlorine
requirement in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with any sewage treat-
ment process, constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, or create any hazard in the
receiving waters or storm water overflows
or treatment plant effluents.
d. Waters and wastes contaLAng metallic ions
such as copper, zinc, and chromium. Such
wastes shall be subject to the control of
the City as to volume and concentration of
wastes from individual establishments.
e. Any water or wastes containing strong acids,
iron pickling wastes , or concentrated plating
solutions, whether neutralized or not.
f. Any radioactive wastes. The introduction
of radioactive wastes into the City sewers
shall be permitted only if a special permit
is obtained prior to introducing such
wastes. In general, the policy of the City
will be in accordance with the regulations
of the State Division of Health.
g. Concentrated dye wastes, spent tanning
solutions, or other wastes which are highly
colored, or wastes which are of unusual
volume, concentration of solids , or com-
position, as for example in total suspended
solids of inert nature (such' as Fuller' s
earth) and/or in total dissolved solids
(such as calcium chloride, sodium chloride ,
or sodium sulfate) or unusual in B.O.D.
Such wastes shall be subject to special
review by the City as to:
(1) Approval of rejection of
admission to the public sewers;
or
(2) Modification at the point of
origin to permit admission; or
(3) Pre-treatment by the owner to
permit admission.
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h. Any water or waste which by interaction with
other water or waste in the public sewer
system, releases obnoxious gases; or
develops color of undesirable intensity; or
forms suspended solids in objectionable con-
centration; or creates any other condition
deleterious to structures and sewage treat-
ment processes. Such waters and wastes shall
be subject to control or shall be barred from
the public sewer system as determined by the
City.
i. Any water or waste ccntaining emulsified oil
and/or grease exceeding an average of 100
milligrams per liter of ether soluble matter.
j . Any water or waste containing phenols or
other materials which would cause tastes or
odors in water supplies.
4. Where necessary, in the opinion of the City, the
owner shall provide at his expense , such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to treat wastes prior to discharge to the
public sewer system. Plans , specifications, and any other
pertinent information relating to such pre-treatment facilities
shall be submitted for the approval of the City and the Missouri
Water Pollution Board, and no construction of such facilities
shall be commenced until said approval is obtained in writing.
Where pre-treatment facilities are provided for any water or
wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory
and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
5. When required by the City, the owner of any
property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install and maintain at his expense, a suitable control
manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling, and measurement of the wastes. All measurements,
tests, and analyses of the characteristics of the wastes shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage, and Industrial
Wastes" , and shall be determined at the control manhole or upon
samples taken at -the control manhole. In the event that no
special control_ manhole has been required, the control manhole
shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the
public sewer to •t-he point at which the building sewer is
connected.
6 . Grease, oil., or sand interceptors shall be provided,
when in the opinion of the City they are necessary for the pro-
tection of the public sewer system from 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. Where
installed, they shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense,
in continuously effective operation at all times.
Section 5.
1. No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully,
or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncov-r, deface , o�: tamper
with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of
the municipal sewer system.
Aft Section 6.
1. Any duly authorized representative of the City ,
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted
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to enter upon all properties for the purpose of inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling and testing, in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 7.
1. Any person found to be violating any provision of
this ordinance shall be served by the City with a written notice
stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable
time limit for said person to cease any violation and or abate
or correct the condition or conditions causing the same.
2. The notice provided for in paragraph 1 of this
section may be served by any law enforcement officer or City
employee. The person serving the notice shall make a written
return on a copy thereof, subscribing his name thereto, and
return the same to the Director of public Works . The return
shall state how, when, where , and on whom the notice was served.
Such notice may be served by delivering the same to the parties
to be notified, or by leaving a copy thereof at -the usual place
of abode of the person with a member of the family over the age
of 15 years, or by leaving a copy thereof with any person in
charge of the office of any partnership, firm, corporation, or
government agency to whom said notice shall be directed.
3. Any person or persons including every officer,
agent, or employee of any partnership, firm, government agency,
or corporation, who shall violate or shall cause, maintain, and
allow any violation of this ordinance and who shall fail to
cease said violation of this ordinance or abate and correct the
cause of said violation within the time specified in a written
notice to cease said violation, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor; and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not moX� ,than $100.00 and each day such, violations are
continue A a deemed a separate and distinct offense punishable
by a like fine.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and approval.
Ah Passed Approved
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Oesident of the Counc 1 Mayor
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City Clerk