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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00044SEE ORDS. 30, 37, 110, 149, 150 SEE RESOLUTION 17 REPEALED 12/17/57 - SEE ORDINANCE NO. 353 O R D I N A N C E NO. 44 AN ORDINANCE to provide for making applications for permits for the construction of sewers and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.