HomeMy Public PortalAbout00044SEE ORDS. 30, 37, 110, 149, 150 SEE RESOLUTION 17 REPEALED 12/17/57 - SEE ORDINANCE NO. 353
O R D I N A N C E NO. 44
AN ORDINANCE to provide for making applications for
permits for the construction of sewers and drainage facilities or
connections thereto; defining who may make such applications;
providing for the issuance of such permits before construction is
authorized, and the payment of fees therefor; providing for
inspection of sewer and drainage construction and of connections
to sewers and drainage facilities during construction and the
deposits to secure the fees to be paid therefor; providing
penalties for violation of this ordinance; and containing an
emergency clause.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. No person, firm or corporation shall
construct, reconstruct, relocate or connect to any sewer or
drainage facility without first securing approval of the plans
therefor in the manner provided in Ordinance No. 30 as amended by
Ordinance No. 37.
Section Two. All applications for permits for
construction of sewers and drainage facilities or connections
thereto shall be made by a master drainlayer having a certificate
of qualification issued in his name by the Board of Examiners of
Plumbers and Drainlayers of the City of St. Louis or of St. Louis
County, and who has filed a bond with the District as required by
the ordinances of the District.
Section Three. Each applicant shall, at the time of
filing an application for a construction permit, pay to the
District a permit fee in the sum of Two Dollars ($2.00), and shall
state, as a part of such application, the date on which
construction is planned to start, an estimate of the total number
of working days required to complete all items of the project, and
the approximate date of completion.
Section Four. Each applicant shall, at the time of
filing an application for a connection permit, pay to the District
a permit and inspection fee in the sum of Four Dollars ($4.00).
Section Five. The District shall determine the
estimated cost of field inspection and inspection for final
approval by the District of the construction. The applicant shall
deposit the sum so determined with the District and upon the
making of such deposit the permit for construction shall be
issued. Upon completion the applicant shall file with the
District a final measurement plat and certified copy of final
estimate of pay quantities, unit costs and final total cost of the
construction. No final approval of any construction shall be
given by the District until such filings have been made and
accepted by the District. Upon approval of the construction and
acceptance of such filings, the District shall refund to permittee
the amount, if any, by which the deposit exceeded the costs
incurred by the District in making such inspections, examinations
and approvals. In the event the deposit so made is found to be
less than such costs, the permittee shall pay to the District the
amount of the deficiency.
Section Six. All permits for construction upon which
work has not been started ninety days after the date of issuance
shall be and become void, provided the applicant may obtain an
extension of ninety days or may obtain a reinstatement upon
application therefor made within ninety days after the date of
expiration without payment of an additional permit fee. Not more
than one extension or reinstatement shall be granted on any
permit.
Section Seven. Any permittee holding a construction
permit for any sewer construction project upon which no
construction work has been done may file with the District a
written statement that the project has been abandoned. Upon
receipt of such statement, the District will refund to the
applicant the amount of the deposit made by the applicant under
Section Five of this ordinance.
Section Eight. The Executive Director may adopt such
rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this ordinance.
Section Nine. Any person violating any provision of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by a fine of not more than Five hundred ($500.00)
Dollars or confinement in the City Workhouse or the County jail,
as the case may be, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section Ten. There being no ordinance regulating the
issuance of construction permits and inspection of construction by
the District, and the necessity for the District immediately to
undertake such functions creates an emergency within the meaning
of the Plan, and this ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted December 27, 1955.