City of pleasant hope missouri municipal code

Chapter 200 – Wastewater Rules and Regulations (Ordinance 287 5/20/2013)

Section 210.001: Water & Sewer Departments Combined into Single Department (Ordinance130 11/29/1988)

Section 210.002: Historical Development of the Water System

Sub Section A. The authorized Missouri Rural Water (Ordinance 257, 04/19/2010) to smoke test to ensure the integrity of the sewer system
Sub Section B. The addition of a Chlorination/Dechlorination System at the Lagoon as required by Department of Natural Resources also required the City to take out a Small Borrows Loan not to exceed $98,000. The Board of Aldermen authorized the issuance and sale of an obligation and authorizing certain actions in connection with the issuance and purchase of the obligations. (Ordinance 277 8/27/2012).

Section 210.100: Rules and regulations for the operation and use of public and private sewers

This includes but I not limited to drains, private sewage to disposal, the installation and connection of building sewers, and the discharge of waters and wastes into the public sewer system(s): and providing penalties for violations.

Section 210.101: Definitions

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
Applicant - shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency owning land within the municipality applying for a sewer service.
Board - shall mean the Board of Aldermen of the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri.
BOD - (denoting Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20 degrees Celsius expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/1).
Building Drain - shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
Building Sewer - shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
City - shall mean the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri
Combined Sewer - shall mean a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
Contributor Charge - shall mean that portion of the total wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement of the Wastewater Treatment System.
Commercial Contributor – shall mean any contributor to the City Wastewater Treatment System who is classified as industrial, institutional, commercial and whose lot, parcel or real estate, or building is not used for residential purposes.
Garbage - shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
Industrial Wastes - shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Natural Outlet - shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
Normal Domestic Wastewater - shall mean wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than 200 mg/1 and a suspended solids concentration of not more than 250 mg/1.
Operation and Maintenance - shall mean all expenditures during the useful life of the Wastewater Treatment System for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
Person - shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
pH - shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Properly Shredded Garbage - shall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
Private Sewage Disposal System – shall mean a non-municipal on-site sewage disposal system regardless of lot size or acreage.
Public Sewer - shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
Public Works Director - shall mean the person or persons duly authorized by the City of Pleasant Hope to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
Replacement - shall mean expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the Wastewater Treatment System to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "Operation and Maintenance" includes replacement.
Residential Contributor - shall mean any contributor to the City Wastewater Treatment System whose lot, parcel or real estate, or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
Sanitary Sewer - shall mean a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
Sewage - shall mean a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Sewer - shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Sewer/wastewater – use and services is also known as sewer/wastewater usage and services.
Shall - is mandatory: May - is permissive.
Slug - shall mean any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
SS - (denoting Suspended Solids) shall mean solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
Storm Drain - (sometimes termed -storm sewer) shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
Suspended Solids - shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
Useful Life - shall mean the estimate period during which a treatment system or its components will be operated.
Watercourse - shall mean a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
Wastewater Treatment System - shall mean any devices, systems for the storage or treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or liquid industrial wastes. These include intercepting sewer/wastewaters, outfall sewer/wastewaters, sewage collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; sewer/wastewater extension improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment, including land for compositing sludge, temporary storage of such compost, and land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems before land application; or any other method or system for preventing abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste.
Water meter - shall mean a water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the City Of Pleasant Hope or furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the City Of Pleasant Hope.
Water/Wastewater Operator - shall mean the manager of the Wastewater Treatment and/or of Water Pollution Control of the City of Pleasant Hope or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.

Section 210.110: General

1. 
   It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary manner or public or private property within the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, any human or animal excrement, garbage, or other objectionable waste.
   

2. 
   It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Ordinance.
   

3. 
   Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
   

4. 
   The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes, situated within the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri and abutting on any street, alley, or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future by located a public sanitary or combined sewer of the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, is hereby required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, within One Hundred Eighty (180) Days after date of official notice to do so, provide that said public sewer is within Three Hundred (300) Feet (91.4) Meters of the property line.
   

Section 210.120: Compliance

1. 
   Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of Section 210.110(1) of this Chapter, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the provisions of this ordinance, the requirement of Polk County as defined in the county On-Site Disposal Ordinance and the State of Missouri RSMo 701.025 to 7010.59.
   

2. 
   Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal system the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri. The application for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, which the applicant shall supplement by any plans, specifications, and other information as are deemed necessary by the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri. A permit and inspection fee of Ten ($10.00) dollars shall be paid to the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri at the time the application is filed.
   

3. 
   A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri. He shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri when the work is ready for final inspection, and before any underground portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within Eight (8) hours of the receipt of notice by the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri.
   

4. 
   The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal system shall comply with all recommendations of the Department of Public Health of the State of Missouri. No permit shall be issued for any private sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities (commonly known as lateral lines) where the area of the lot is less than 43,560 square feet (One Acre). Three acres is recommended. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
   

5. 
   At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer in compliance with this ordinance, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be abandoned and filled with suitable material..
   

6. 
   The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri.
   

7. 
   No statement contained in this Chapter shall be construed to interfere with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Health Officer.
   

8. 
   When a public sewer becomes available, the building sewer shall be connected to said sewer within sixty (60) days and the private sewage disposal system shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt.
   

Section 210.130: Permits

1. 
   No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the Public Works Director.
   

2. 
   There shall be two (2) classes of building sewer permits: (a) for residential and commercial service, and (b) for service to establishments producing industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City of Pleasant Hope. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Public Works Director A permit and inspection fee of TEN ($ 10.00) dollars for sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.
   

3. 
   All costs and expense incident to the installation and connection of the building sewer shall be borne by the owner. The owner shall indemnify the City of Pleasant Hope from any loss or damage that may directly or indirectly be occasioned by the installation of the building sewer.
   

4. 
   A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building; except where one building stands at the rear of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway, the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer.
   

5. 
   Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Public Works Director, to meet all requirements of this ordinance.
   

6. 
   The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a building sewer, and the methods to be used in excavating, placing of the pipe, jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench, shall all conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City of Pleasant Hope.
   

7. 
   Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor, in all buildings in which any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by an approved means and discharged to the building sewer.
   

8. 
   No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater to a building sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly to a public sanitary sewer.
   

9. 
   The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable rules and regulations of the City of Pleasant Hope. All such connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be approved by the Public Works Director before installation.
   

10. 
    The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Public Works Director when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision of the Public Works Director or his representative.
    

11. 
    All excavations for building sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights so as to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways, and other public property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City of Pleasant Hope.
    

Section 210.130: Storm Water Compliances

1. 
   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any storm water, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, including interior and exterior foundation drains, uncontaminated cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
   

2. 
   Storm water and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Public Works Director. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Public Works Director, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
   

3. 
   No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
   

1. 
   Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
   

2. 
   Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids, or gasses in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any
   sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance, or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to cyanides in excess of two (2) mg/1 as CN in the wastes as discharged to the public sewer.
   

3. 
   Any waters or wastes having a pit lower than 5.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel of the sewage works.
   

4. 
   Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works
   such as, but no limited to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and flesh, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
   

Any waters or wastes having:

1. 
   a 5-day BOD greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or
   
2. 
   containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or
   
3. 
   having an average daily flow greater than 2 percent of the average sewage flow of the city, shall be subject to the review of the Superintendent.
   

Where necessary in the opinion of the Public Works Director, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to:

1. 
   reduce the bio-chemical oxygen demand to 300 parts per million by weight, or
   
2. 
   reduce the suspended solids to 350 parts per million by weight, or
   
3. 
   control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
   

Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Public Works Director and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.

4. 
   If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in above, and which in the judgment of the Public Works Director may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Public Works Director may:
   

1. 
   Reject the wastes
   
2. 
   Require pre-treatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers
   
3. 
   Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge
   
4. 
   Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges.
   

4. 
   If the Public Works Director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Public Works Director, and subject to the requirements of all applicable, codes, ordinances, and laws.
   

1. 
   Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred fifty (150)° F (65°C).
   

2. 
   Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) mg/1 or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two (32) and one hundred fifty (150)° F (0 and 65° C).
   

3. 
   Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of three-fourths (3/4) horsepower (0.76 metric) or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Public Works Director.
   

4. 
   Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
   

5. 
   Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Public Works Director for such materials.
   

6. 
   Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste-or-odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Public Works Director as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the State, Federal, or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
   

7. 
   Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable State or Federal regulations.
   

1. 
   Any waters or wastes having a pH ll in excess of 9.5.
   
2. 
   Materials which exert or cause:
   

1. 
   Unusual concentration of inert suspended solids (such as, but not limited to, fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate).
   

2. 
   Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
   

3. 
   Unusual DOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
   

4. 
   Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
   

10. 
    Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable or treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employee or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
    

10. 
    Any waters or wastes having (1) a 5-day BOD greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or (2) containing more than 350 parts per million by weight of suspended solids, or (3) having an average daily flow greater than 2 percent of the average sewage flow of the City, shall be subject to the review of the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri. Where necessary in the opinion of the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, the Owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to (1) reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 200 parts per million by weight, and (2) reduce the suspended solids to 200 parts per million by weight, or (3) control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
    

5. 
   If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated above, and which in the judgment of the Public Works Director may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
   

1. 
   Reject the wastes.
   
2. 
   Require pre-treatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers.
   
3. 
   Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
   
4. 
   Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of Section 210.160 of this Article.
   

If the Public Works Director permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Public Works Director, and subject to the requirements of all applicable, codes, ordinances, and laws.

6. 
   Grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be provided when in the opinion of the Superintendent they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid 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. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Public Works Director, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
   

6. 
   Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
   

6. 
   When required by the Public Works Director, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Public Works Director. The manhole shall be installed by the Owner at his expense, and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
   

6. 
   All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in this ordinance shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods of the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four (24) hour composite of all outfalls of a premise is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken.) Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from 24-hour composites of all outfalls whereas pH's are determined from periodic grab samples.
   

6. 
   No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the City Of Pleasant Hope, Missouri and any industrial concern whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City Of Pleasant Hope. Missouri for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.
   

Section 210.140: Tampering

No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance, or equipment which is a part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.

Section 210.150: Inspection Authority

1. 
   The Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. The Public Works Director or his representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes including metallurgical, chemical, ceramic, paper, or other industries beyond that a direct bearing on the kind and source of the sewers or waterways or facilities for waste oil, refining, point having discharge to treatment.
   

2. 
   While performing the necessary work on private properties, the Public Works Director or duly authorized employees of the City shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company and the company shall be held harmless for injury or death to the City employees and the City shall indemnity the company against loss or damage to its property by City employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company the gauging and sampling operation, except as by negligence or failure of the company conditions and growing out of such may be caused to maintain safe conditions.
   

3. 
   The Public Works Director and other duly authorized employees of the City bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the City holds a duly negotiated easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on said easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private property involved.
   

4. 
   Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance shall be served by the City with written notice stating the nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
   

5. 
   Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided by the City of Pleasant Hope, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the amount not exceeding ($ 100.00) ONE HUNDRED dollars for each violation. Each day in which any such violations shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
   

6. 
   Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall become liable to the City for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned the City by reason of such violation.
   

Section 210.160: Assessed Service Charges:

There is hereby assessed against and, the City of Pleasant Hope shall collect, sewer/wastewater service charges for the use and/or services rendered by the City Wastewater System from the owners or occupants of each lot, parcel of real estate or building which is connected to City Wastewater System or which discharges sanitary sewage, industrial wastes, water or other liquids, either directly or indirectly into the City Wastewater System. The rates, fees, and charges for the use and services or availability of the use and services of the City Wastewater System owned and operated by the City of Pleasant Hope, shall be necessary and adequate to provide for the maintenance, operation and improvement of such Wastewater System Treatment are as hereinafter specified:

Sub Section A. No wastewater/sewer/wastewater services shall be furnished or rendered by the City's Wastewater System or the use of any of the facilities free of charge to any customer or contributor.
Sub Section B. Monthly bills are required and all contributors shall be charged and collected by the City of Pleasant Hope, for wastewater/sewer/wastewater service furnished or made available by the City Wastewater System. The shall be based upon the quantity of water used and shall be measured by the water meter or meters installed on the premises or for which service is available, unless suitable wastewater measuring and recording equipment is furnished and maintained by the person receiving service and approved by the City.
Sub Section C. For residential contributors, monthly charges shall be based on metered water service except for the months of June, July, August and September which an average monthly flat rate for water used during the months of January, February and March shall be billed. If a residential contributor has not established a January, February and March average, the monthly charge shall remain metered until such time that an average rate can be established.
Sub Section D. For industrial, institutional and commercial contributors, user charges shall be based on water used during the current month. If a commercial or industrial contributor has a consumptive use of water, or in some other manner uses water which is not returned to the wastewater collection system, the user charge for that contributor may be based on a wastewater meter(s) or separate water meter(s) installed and maintained at the contributor's expense and in a manner acceptable to the City. Said charges shall be a follows:
For all residential contributors or persons for whom service is available, $11.00 per month plus $2.70 per 1,000 gallons except as stated in the following paragraph.
For any industrial, commercial or other contributor who discharges processed wastewater or other wastewater into the City Wastewater Treatment System which contains more than 1.7 pounds of BOD per thousand gallons and/or more than 2.0 pounds of suspended solids per thousand gallons, a charge of $11.00 per month plus $2.70 per thousand gallons for all wastewater discharged, plus $ 0.252 per pound for each pound of BOD in excess of 1.7 pounds per 1,000 gallons, plus $ 0.252 per pound for each of suspended solids in excess of 2.0 pounds per 1,000 gallons. The user charges put into effect by this ordinance includes an additional allowance for inflow and infiltration into the collection and interceptor system.
For residential wastewater contributors without City water, an annual monthly flat rate equal to the average flat winter rate for all residential contributors shall be billed monthly and reviewed annually in April and adjusted for the New Year starting January 1st.
Project-related revenues (e.g. sale of sludge or affluent; sale of crops or hay grown on Wastewater lots, parcels, or real estate are to be used to offset the cost of operational and maintenance costs of the Wastewater Treatment System.

Section 210.170: Funds Collected Under this Ordinance Shall be Deposited as Follows:

Sub Section A. Sewer Replacement & Extension Fund: A Sewer Replacement and Extension Fund has been created and established in the treasury of the City and a minimum of $6,000.00 shall be deposited annually into said account solely to pay the cost of any unusual or extraordinary maintenance, repairs or replacements, exclusive of any normal operational expenses, or for the purpose of paying the cost of extensions or improvements to the system which will either enhance its revenue producing capacity or provide a higher or better degree of service or for the purpose of replacing or repairing portions of the system or major items of the plant and equipment which have been either fully depreciated and are worn out or have become obsolete, uneconomical or inefficient.
Sub Section B. Sewer Revenue Fund: A Sewer Revenue Fund has been created and established in the treasury of the City for all of the income and revenues of the Wastewater Treatment System, including all income and revenues from all extensions and improvements constructed or acquired, will be paid into the Sewer Revenue Fund and that the same will not be mingled with any other funds of the City. The current expenses of operation and maintenance of the City Wastewater Treatment System, as hereinafter defined, shall be paid by the City from month to month as the first charges against the Sewer Revenue Fund as the same become due and payable. Such current expenses shall include all reasonable and necessary costs of operating, repairing, maintaining and insuring the system. The City agrees that the current expenses of the operation and maintenance of the system in any year shall not exceed the reasonable and necessary amounts.
All moneys held in the Sewer Revenue Fund and Sewer Replacement and Extension Fund and any accounts created and maintained under the terms and provisions of this Ordinance shall be kept on deposit in separate bank accounts, in a bank or banks which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Section 210.180: Rates for all classes of contributors shall be reviewed at least annually:

Sub Section A. To maintain the proportionate distribution of operation and maintenance costs between contributors and contributor classes.
Sub Section B. To generate sufficient revenue to pay the total operation and maintenance costs necessary for the proper operation and maintenance (including replacement) of the Wastewater Treatment System
Sub Section C. To apply excess revenues collected from a class of contributors to the cost of operation attributable to that class or contributors for the next year, and to adjust the rate accordingly.

Section 210.190: Cost of Managing the Effluent or the Sludge

Any contributor which discharges any toxic or unusually large amount of pollutants which cause an increase in the cost of managing the effluent or the sludge from the City Wastewater Treatment System, or any contributor which discharges any substance which singularly or by interaction with other substances causes identifiable increases in the cost of operation, maintenance or replacement of the Wastewater Treatment System, shall pay for such increased costs. The charge to each such contributor shall be determined by the Waste & Wastewater Operator and approved by the Board of Aldermen.

Section 210.200: Calculation of Wastewater Service Usages and Rendering of Charges.

All water meters shall be read and bills for both water and wastewater services shall be rendered monthly. The City shall calculate the amount of each bill for water service for the specified period and shall then add the amount for wastewater charges based on the rates in Section 200.200 of this Ordinance computed as specified, and shall render to each customer a single combined bill for such water and wastewater services.
Water meters are read between the 20th and 25th of the month. Bills are mailed on or before the 5th of each month. Payment is due by the 15th of each month. Any payments received after the 15th of the month are subject to a 5% penalty.
All user accounts of the water and wastewater service as provided by the City of Pleasant Hope, having had services discontinued for non-payment shall be forwarded to a collection service, as contracted by the City of Pleasant Hope, by the 15th day following the disconnection of service. Any account abandoned shall immediately be forwarded to collections upon discovery. It shall be the responsibility of the contributor to notify the City upon departure from the location and to finalize their account. The first date of notification shall be used in assessing the final charges. In the event the contributor fails to notify the City, the first notification of any new contributor will be used as the last day of occupancy for the previous contributor account. Any damage resulting to the water/wastewater user or any property of the water/wastewater user or the landowner of the property occupied by the water/wastewater user shall not be the responsibility of the City, its agents or employees. The City, its agents and employees shall not be liable to the water/wastewater user or the landowner of any property used, held, occupied, rented or leased by the water/wastewater user for any such damage when disconnection is made according to these Rules and Regulations, and it shall be immaterial that no notice of such disconnection was given to the user or to said property owner.
In the event that water meters cannot be read at the close of the period for which billing is made because of inclement weather or the condition of the earth around the meters, which in the opinion of the City makes reading unusually difficult costly or impossible, then the bills may be estimated by using, at the discretion of the City, either the amount for water used by the water user in the previous billing period, or in the same billing period in the previous year, and the bill for water and wastewater for such period shall be based upon such amount of water used. The meter reading and the bill rendered for any period subsequent to a period for which the bill of any water user shall be based upon such estimates shall take into account such estimates and such estimates shall be considered the actual amount of water consumed for the period or periods estimated. Estimates may be made in the case of one or more water users or for all water users of the City at the discretion of the City and it shall not be required that all bills be estimated in the event any one or more water users’ bills are estimated as herein set forth. Bills may be submitted on a monthly, bimonthly or quarterly basis as the City may provide and direct in its actions establishing a rate schedule.

Section 210.210: Future Connections:

Sub Section A. Generally

The connection fees and impact fees set forth in this ordinance are vital to the expansion and replacement cost of the Combined Water and Wastewater System of the City of Pleasant Hope.

Sub Section B. Definitions

Connection Fee - The rate charged to the to the property owner for connection to the wastewater system.
Impact Fee - The rate charged to the property owner to be used for future expansion and replacement of the combined water and wastewater system.
Sub Section C. Schedule of Fees

1. Water service connection fees:

METER SIZE INSIDE CITY LIMITS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS

3/4"X5/8" $550.00 actual cost plus 25%

2" $1500.00 actual cost plus 25%

Meters and service connections larger than 2" will be charged at actual cost plus 10% inside the city limits and actual cost plus 25% outside of the city limits.
2. Wastewater connection fees

A four inch (4") wastewater tap shall be charged at the rate of $150.00. It shall be the Homeowner/Owner's Plumbing Contractor's responsibility to make connection.

3. Subdivision development

Subdivision development will conform to the city ordinances relating to land development and subdivision standards.

Sub Section D. Impact Fees

All new Single Family and Multi-Family Residences and all Commercial Properties requiring a 3/4"x5/8" meter shall pay an impact fee of Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars per water meter connection and Two Hundred Fifty ($250.00) Dollars per four inch (4") wastewater tap. Connections greater than 3/4"x5/8" shall pay an impact fee of $500.00 and $500.00 per four inch (4") wastewater tap.

Sub Section E. Main Extensions

Extensions of wastewater mains and lines shall be made by the City of Pleasant Hope upon written application on a form approved by the Board of Aldermen. If said application is approved, the main or line shall be extended provided that:

Applicant pays all construction, engineering and legal expense of such extension. Said payment shall be made in advance to the City or at the discretion of the City may be placed in a special escrow account. If the cost and expense of such construction is not ascertainable, the cost thereof shall be estimated and said amount shall be paid the City or put in a special escrow account and applicant
shall agree to pay any additional costs incurred for such extension.
Before granting to an applicant the right to make such extension or before entering into an agreement therefore, the City shall first determine that the extension will not materially affect in an adverse manner the service rendered to any existing customers of the City. In the event the City determines, based upon information furnished by its employees and consultants, that such information would have a material adverse effect upon existing users of the City Wastewater Treatment System, then the City shall not permit such extension.
In the event the applicant desires to perform the construction, the applicant shall pay all engineering, legal and administrative costs incurred by the City incident to the approval of the plans and specifications for construction of the improvements, the perfecting of all rights of way, and other costs incident to the construction.

A qualified inspector furnished by the City shall inspect the construction and materials. The cost of this inspector shall be borne by the applicant.

Upon satisfactory completion and testing, the improvements shall be dedicated, free and clear of all encumbrances, to the City.
The City and the appropriate agency of the State of Missouri will approve all plans and specifications for main extensions or improvements.
Sub Section F. Multi-Unit Dwellings

In the event that wastewater service is desired by a landowner of a multi-unit residence, said multi-unit residence being herein defined as a dwelling unit housing more than one family, and such definition shall include duplexes, triplexes, four-plexes, apartments and all similar structures and residences, then the landowner shall be required to acquire a water meter for each unit.

The City shall be the sole judge and shall have full authority to determine how many units are contained in a residence and such determination shall be final and binding upon landowner of any such residence and upon any water/wastewater user therein.
Sub Section G. Multi-Unit Dwellings

In the event that a trailer court, also known as a mobile home court, desires wastewater service, then the landowner shall be required to have a water meter for each trailer space and a separate wastewater connection for each trailer space.

Section 210.220: Liability of City

The City shall not in any way or under any circumstances be held liable or responsible to any person or persons for any loss or damage from any excess or deficiency in the wastewater service due to any cause whatsoever. The City will undertake to use reasonable care and diligence in order to prevent and avoid interruptions and fluxuations in the service, but it cannot and does not guarantee that such will not occur. The City shall not be held responsible for any claim made against it by reason of the breaking of any mains or service pipes, or by reason of any interruption of the wastewater lines caused by the breaking of machinery or stoppage for necessary repairs, and no persons shall be entitled to damages nor have any portion of a payment refunded for any interruption of service.