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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00645 AMENDED 9/26/73 - ORDINANCE NO. 2490 O R D I N A N C E NO. 645 AN ORDINANCE, regulating the physical connection of sewers where there is no existing stub available. WHEREAS, the District has found that connection to existing pipes where no stub is available, resulting in breaking into the existing pipe, has culminated in a large number of damaged sewers; and WHEREAS, the District wishes to avoid such damage to sewers in the future; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. In all cases where a connection is to be made to an existing sewer at a point where an existing stub or "wye" is not available, the physical connection of the first joint of pipe shall be made by the District or its agents and employees only. Such a connection made by any other person or persons shall be a violation of this ordinance. Section Two. Where it is known at the time issuance of the permit to construct any sewer that there is no such existing stub or "wye" the permit shall so state and the permittee shall, upon the exposure of the existing pipe by the permittee, notify the District of same and request that the District make such connection, which the District shall do as soon as feasible. If the absence of a "wye" at the place connection is desired is not discovered until the existing sewer pipe is exposed, the permittee shall not disturb the existing pipe but shall notify the District, which will then proceed to make such connection. Section Three. The charges for such connection shall be Twenty-two Dollars ($22.00) for the first such connection and Eleven Dollars ($11.00) for additional connections made at substantially the same time and place. The District shall furnish the collar, apparatus and labor to perform such connection, the permittee to furnish the balance of materials required at the site, including the connecting sewer pipe. Section Four. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or be imprisoned in the City Workhouse or County Jail, as the case may be, not less than three (3) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section Five. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective January 1, 1962. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 19, 1961.