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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD08438 i 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. r 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. -2- M, I 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. -3- i 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. -4- mom • t � 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. 1 4 -5- W • y• 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 -6- i w% 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 NT j Oesident of the Counc 1 Mayor Attest% U City Clerk