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12. REGULATION AND CORRECTION OF IMPROPER PRIVATE SEWER FACILITIES
12.010 General
Some buildings within the District's boundaries have leaking or failing septic tanks, sanitary lines which connect into storm
sewers or discharge on open ground, broken or improper sanitary sewers, and other improper sewerage facilities, which
constitute a public nuisance. Further, it is frequently impossible or impractical to persuade the Owner of such property to
repair such sewers or to make a connection of such improper sewer facilities to a public sewer when such public sewer is
available. Consequently, the following procedures and regulations are followed by the District.
12.020 Notification to Owner
Whenever the District determines that any building has improper sewerage facilities which are creating a public nuisance and
the use of such improper sewerage facilities is a menace to public health, the District shall send a notice to the owner or his
agent by mail, informing him of such condition and permitting him a period of 30 days after date of such notice to correct
such condition by making repairs or making such connection to a public sewer. The time of thirty (30) days can be extended
at the discretion of the District.
12.030 Expiration of Period Without Work Being Done
If the corrective work is not done within the thirty (30) day period given in Section 12.020 or the authorized extension
thereof, the owner or his agent may appear before the Executive Director or his representative on the day and hour given in
the notification (see Section 12.020) and show cause why the District should not make such repairs or make such connection
with its own forces and assess the costs thereof as a tax against the property for which such work is done.
12.040 District to Proceed with Work
Within 10 days after the owner or his agent have appeared to show cause why the District should not make such repairs or
such connection, the Executive Director shall make his decision regarding such work. If, in his opinion, the owner or his
agent have failed to show cause why such repair or construction should not be made, he shall direct the Director of
Operations to estimate the probable cost of the work, and if such estimated cost does not exceed $5,000, to cause such work
to be done under his direction and to his satisfaction, and an accurate account kept of the cost of all labor, including
supervision, and material entering into such work.
12.050 Cost of Work - A Lien
Upon completion of such work as is authorized as set out in Section 12.040, the District shall determine the actual total cost
of the work, which shall be assessed as a special lien against each lot or ground chargeable therewith in the name of the
owner thereof. Such assessments shall become a lien upon the property charged therewith upon filing with the Recorder of
Deeds of the City of St. Louis or of St. Louis County, as the case may be.
12.060 Appeal from Decision to Proceed with Work
Should the property owner or his agent be dissatisfied with the decision or order of the Executive Director or his authorized
representative, to proceed with the repairs or construction, he may appeal the decision or order to the Board of Trustees of
the District, by filing a written notice of appeal, which shall be served on the Executive Director within ten (10) days after
such decision or order has been given. The Board of Trustees will then set the matter down for hearing within thirty (30)
days.
Should the Board, after a full and complete hearing, uphold the decision of the Executive Director or his authorized
representative, then he may proceed as indicated in Section 12.040 and 12.050.
Should the owner or his agent be still dissatisfied, he may appeal from such order or decision to the appropriate Circuit Court
as set forth in Section 12.110 of the PLAN OF THE DISTRICT, except that the proceedings upon such order as appealed
from the decision of the Board shall not be stayed unless a restraining order shall be granted by a court of competent
jurisdiction.