Hallsville Building Sewers and Connections ordinance (§ 710.040)

A. 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 Superintendent. Before a permit may be issued for excavating for plumbing in any public street, alley or right-of-way, the person applying for such permit shall have executed unto the City and deposited with the City Clerk a corporate surety or other type of bond satisfactory to the City stipulating that he/she will perform faithfully all work with due care and skill and in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations established under the authority of any ordinances of the City pertaining to plumbing and/or street repair. This bond will state that the person will indemnify and save harmless the City and the owner of the premises against all damages, costs, expenses, outlays and claims of every nature and kind arising out of unskillfulness or negligence on his/her part in connection with plumbing or excavating for plumbing as prescribed in this Article. Such bond shall remain in force and must be executed for a period of one (1) year, except that on such expiration, it shall remain in force as to all penalties, claims and demands that may have accrued there under prior to such expiration.

B. Classes Of Building Sewer Permits.

1. 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.

2. In either case, the owner or his/her agent shall make application on a special form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Superintendent. A permit and inspection fee as set forth in the Fee Schedule for a residential or commercial or industrial building sewer permit shall be paid to the City at the time the application is filed.

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

D. A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every building, except where one (1) building stands at the rear of another or 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 (1) building sewer.

E. Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings only when they are found, on examination and test by the Superintendent, to meet full requirements of this Article.

F. The building sewer shall be constructed of materials and pipe and fittings all conforming to the regulations adopted by the Public Works Department and on file with the City Clerk at the time of construction of the sewer.

G. All joints and connections shall be made gastight and watertight. Joints and jointing shall conform to the regulations adopted by the Public Works Department and in effect and placed with the City Clerk in writing at the time of construction of any such sewer.

H. The size and slope of the building sewer shall be subject to the approval of the Superintendent, but in no event shall the diameter of the pipe be less than four (4) inches nor the slope less than one- eighth (1/8) inch per foot. A slope of one-quarter (1/4) inch per foot shall be used whenever practical.

I. Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building at an elevation below the basement floor. The depth shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. All excavations shall be by open trench methods unless otherwise authorized by the Superintendent. Rough machine excavation for the pipe trench shall not be carried lower than three (3) inches above the grade of the invert of the pipe and the remainder of the excavation accomplished by hand to shape the bottom of the trench to give full support to the lower third of each pipe. Bell holes shall be dug to provide ample space for making the joint and to relieve the bell of any stresses. All pipe shall be laid true to line and grade with bell ends upstream and with all joints fully completed. No backfill shall be placed over the completed house service line until it has been approved by the Superintendent. Backfill shall be carefully deposited completely under the pipe haunches and around and over the pipe in layers not to exceed six (6) inches in loose depth and carefully tamped until enough fill has been placed to provide a cover of not less than one (1) foot over the top of the pipe. Care shall be taken in this placement and compaction to cause no vertical or lateral displacement of the pipe; the remainder of the depth of the trench may be backfilled as approved by the Superintendent.

J. The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall be made at the wye branch designated for that property, if such branch is available at a suitable location. Any connection not made at the designated wye branch in the public sewer shall be made only as directed by the Superintendent.

K. The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Superintendent when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to the public sewer. The connection shall be made only under the direction of the Superintendent.

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

M. No person shall make connection of roof downspouts, exterior foundation drains, areaway drains, yard drains, yard fountains, ponds, lawn sprays 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.

N. No person shall make any connection to the sewer system of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, whatsoever which results in sewage from outside the City limits being put into the sewer without the prior written approval of the Chairman of the Planning Commission, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, and no other officer or employee of the City shall be authorized to grant or approve said connection without such written approval and any such approval granted without the two (2) written approvals herein required is null and void.

O. Put In Tap Fees. All persons requesting a sewer lateral shall, prior to any work being performed thereon, pay a fee to the City as posted at City Hall in the "Fee Schedule" from time to time. After payment of the above-stated fee, the person desiring the sewer lateral shall cause the sewer main to be exposed at the location of the desired tap and a ditch therefrom to the location of the proposed sewer lateral upon the property of the applicant to be made, all of which excavation shall be braced and shored to ensure the safety of all persons working within such excavation to the satisfaction of the City. The City will supply one (1) tapping saddle and one (1) tap. Any materials required in addition to the foregoing shall be supplied by the City, but paid for by the applicant. Only City representatives are authorized to install the sewer main taps. The foregoing fee for a sewer tap does not include any excavation or dirt work. The applicant will comply with all requests of the City that may be necessary to safely and promptly complete the sewer line project.

P. Removal Of Buildings. When building is removed, demolished, etc., it shall be the responsibility of the owner to expose the sewer line. The Superintendent of Public Works will then inspect for approval method of sealing line.

1. A gastight and watertight cap.

2. The line has been extended above ground a minimum of one (1) foot with gastight and watertight joints and capped.