Hallsville Use of Public Sewers Required ordinance (§ 710.020)
Chapter 710: Sewer System · Article I. Sewer Use Regulations
In short: You can't dump human or animal waste, garbage, sewage or other hazardous waste on property or into natural outlets unless it has been properly treated, and you can't build or keep a privy, septic tank or cesspool except as the code allows. Owners must connect to a public sewer within 90 days of official notice, at their own expense, if it's within 100 feet of the property line.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property within the City, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the City, any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B. It shall be unlawful to discharge or deposit into any natural outlet within the City of Hallsville, Missouri, or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City, any sewage, industrial wastes, garbage, polluted water or any other substance which constitutes a nuisance or hazard to the public health or welfare, except where suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this Article.
C. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct, install or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
D. The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment or recreation, or other purposes situated within the City and abutting any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the City, is hereby required at his/her 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 Article within ninety (90) days after the date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is within one hundred (100) feet of the property line.
Official source: City of Hallsville official Code of Ordinances (online), § 710.020
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.