[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §1]
It shall be unlawful to construct or maintain upon any lot or
parcel of ground fronting upon any street or alley in which a public
sewer is laid within the limits of the City of Hermann any privy,
cesspool, or other receptacle into which empties the contents of any
privy, water closet, sink or stable, cowshed, or pigsty and such contents
of, or drainage from which is, or may become offensive or dangerous
to public health. Any or all cesspools or privies or other receptacles
specified in the foregoing Section of this Chapter now existing on
any premises becoming accessible to a sewer, if within the opinion
of the Board of Aldermen or in the opinion of the local Health Officers
they become unsanitary or offensive or a public nuisance, such privy
or cesspool may be ordered discontinued by order of the Board of Aldermen
or local Board of Health, and when so ordered discontinued the same
shall be emptied of its contents, cleaned out, and filled with earth
or ashes, using a liberal supply of quick lime in so doing.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §2]
Every dwelling house, hotel, lodging house, factory, store or
other public place, built upon any lot or parcel of ground fronting
upon any street or alley in which a public sewer is laid, shall have
water closets having a proper and adequate connection with such sewer.
Every such place not on a street or alley in which a public sewer
is laid must be furnished with a suitable privy or cesspool as hereinafter
provided.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §3]
Cesspools and privies will be permitted only when a public sewer
is not accessible or available within a reasonable time or expense.
Permission for the installation of cesspools must be obtained from
the local Health Officer, and cesspools and privies shall be constructed
as hereinafter provided, and shall be approved by said Health Officer
upon completion thereof before being used.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §4]
All cesspools hereafter constructed shall be made in accordance
with the regulations approved by the Missouri State Board of Health
and the Board of Aldermen, but in no case shall such cesspool be less
than thirty (30) feet from any cistern or well used for drinking purposes.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §5]
Plumbing regulations within such building where sewage is drained
into cesspools shall comply with the ordinances of the City governing
the installation of such systems in established sewer districts. Cesspools
now existing within the City of Hermann and not complying with the
foregoing regulations of this Chapter may be ordered to be made to
comply with said ordinance by the local Health Officer or Board of
Aldermen. If any owner or any occupant of such premises having such
cesspools fails or refuses to make such cesspool to comply with the
regulations as herein provided by this Chapter after ten (10) days
from date of notice he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §6]
The construction of any privy vault is prohibited where a public
sewer and water supply is available and no privy vault, manure pits
or other reservoir hereinafter constructed which is used as a receptacle
for human excreta shall be located within two (2) feet of any lot
or alley line or within thirty (30) feet of any street line or building
used for human habitation. Such privy vault shall be at least twenty-five
(25) feet from any cistern, well or spring or any source of water
supply used for drinking purposes. Privy vaults constructed on lots
having neighboring buildings within thirty (30) feet occupied for
human habitation shall be constructed of concrete or other water tight
masonry, and the pit thereof shall extend not less than eight (8)
inches above the surrounding ground, and be not less than four (4)
feet square and six (6) feet deep, and all such vaults or pits shall
be covered with a flyproof shelter house. Any cesspool or privy now
existing within the limits of the City of Hermann, the construction
of which is not complying with the foregoing specifications, may be
ordered by the Board of Aldermen or local Board of Health to be made
to comply with this Chapter within such time as the discretion of
the Board of Aldermen may designate.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §7]
The owners or occupants of premises with privies within the
limits of the City of Hermann shall clean or cause them to be cleaned
at least once a year, or oftener if so directed by the Chief of Police.
[R.O. of 1943 Ch. 16 §8]
Each and every owner of a privy vault within the limits of the
City of Hermann being notified by the Chief of Police to clean out,
or having notice from the Board of Aldermen or Health Officer to fill
up and discontinue such privies using a liberal supply of quick lime
in filling the same, and such owner fail or refuse to clean out or
fill up such vaults within ten (10) days from date of notice such
Chief may be authorized and directed to clean out or have cleaned
out; and may fill up such vault and report same with an itemized statement
of the cost thereof to the Board of Aldermen, and upon receipt of
said report and statement, the Mayor and the City Clerk may issue
special tax bills against the property on which such vault is situated
for the purpose of collecting the amount due for cleaning out or filling
up such vault, or the owner of such lot or their agent refusing to
comply after due notice as set forth by this Chapter may be prosecuted
for keeping and maintaining a nuisance upon their premises, and if
found guilty may be punished or fined as hereinafter provided by this
Chapter.
[Ord. No. 903 §7, 6-27-1983]
Violation of any provision of this Chapter is a misdemeanor.
[Ord. No. 464 §§1-3, 1-18-1962; Ord. No. 903 §18, 6-27-1983]
A.
It is
hereby found and determined that all septic tanks, cesspools, outhouses
and privy vaults constitute a danger to the public health, safety
and welfare of said City and its inhabitants, and all such septic
tanks, cesspools, outhouses and privy vaults are hereby declared to
be public nuisances and the maintenance of the same within the limits
of the City of Hermann is hereby prohibited, except with respect to
property which cannot be served by the sewerage system of said City.
B.
Any owner
of property upon which there is located any building used for human
habitation or occupancy shall be required to make connection with
the sewerage system of said City for the disposal of all human and
other sewerage, provided sewerage service is available to said property
through the City's sewerage system.
C.
Permits
for the construction or repair of any building shall be granted only
on evidence that the applicant has complied with the provisions of
this Section.
D.
Violation
of any provision of this Section shall be a misdemeanor.
