[Ord. No. 5.604 §§ 1
— 6, 3-7-1983]
A.
The terms of this Section shall pertain to all Pressure Sewer Systems
utilizing privately owned septic tanks for the temporary storage of
solid wastes.
B.
Each property owner owning property served by or connected to a Pressure
Sewer System shall, (after March 7, 1983) install a device to permit
periodic monitoring of the level of sludge contained within any septic
tank used for temporary storage of solid wastes and connected to the
Pressure Sewer System. Such device shall consist of a riser pipe with
a removable cap.
C.
This City shall cause each septic tank connected to the Pressure
Sewer System and used for the storage of solid wastes to be inspected
no less than once per year in order to monitor the level of sludge
and to prevent damage to the Pressure Sewer System.
[Ord. No. 2014-2878 § 1, 10-28-2014]
D.
At any such time as the City shall determine that the sludge level
in any septic tank connected to the Pressure Sewer System has reached
a level exceeding one-third (1/3) of the capacity of such tank, the
City shall notify the owner of the property upon which such tank is
located. Within fifteen (15) days thereafter the notified property
owner shall cause such tank to be pumped, removing the sludge from
such tank, and shall notify the City that such removal has in fact
been accomplished.
[Ord. No. 2014-2878 § 1, 10-28-2014]
E.
In the event that any such property owner should fail to have the
tank pumped within the above prescribed period the City shall have
the right to disconnect such property from the Pressure Sewer System
in order to protect the health and welfare of the remaining property
owners served by such system and in order to protect the general health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Greenwood, Missouri.
In the event of such a disconnection the property so disconnected
shall not be re-connected until such time as the septic tank has been
pumped and the property owner has provided proof to the City that
such action has been done. Such re-connection shall be at the expense
of the property owner.
[Ord. No. 2014-2878 § 1, 10-28-2014]
F.
Penalty. Any violation of this Section shall be construed and is
hereby deemed to be a misdemeanor, and anyone violating same shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
