Ord 43 Regulating Municipal Sanitary Sewer SystemORDINANCE N0. -/
SCRIBING RATES AND CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL SERVICE.
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. General Operation. The entire municipal sani-
tary sewer system of the Village of Mendota Heights shall be
operated as a public utility and for the convenience and general
welfare of the residents thereof from which revenues will be
derived, subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 2. Connections with Sewer Required.
Subdivision 1. Any buildings used for human habitation
and located on property adjacent to a sewer main, or in a block
through or to which the system extends, shall be connected to
the municipal sanitary sewer system within one year from the
time a connection is available to any such property.
Subdivision 2. All buildings hereafter constructed within the
Village of Mendota Heights on property adjacent to a sewer main or in
a block through or to which the system extends, shall be connected
to the municipal sanitary sewer system for the disposal of all human
wastes.
Section 3. Types of Wastes Prohibited.
Subdivision 1. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall
be unlawful to discharge any of the following described waters or
wastes into the municipal sanitary sewer system:
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature
higher than 150 degrees F.
(b) Any water or waste containing more than
100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or
grease.
(c) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil
or other inflammable or explosive liquid, solid
or gas.
(d) Any garbage that has not been properly
shredded.
(e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw
shaving, metal, glass, rags, feathers, plastic,
wood, paunch manure, or any other solid of vis-
cous substance capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewer system.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF THE
MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM: REQUIRING
CONNECTIONS TO BE MADE TO THE MUNICIPAL SANI-
TARY SEWER SYSTEM: ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS
AS TO TYPES AND KINDS OF WASTES THAT MAY BE
DISPOSED OF BY THE USE OF THE MUNICIPAL SANI-
TARY SEWER SYSTEM: PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE
OF ANY TYPE OR KIND OF SURFACE WATERS INTO
THE MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND PRE-
SCRIBING RATES AND CHARGES FOR DISPOSAL SERVICE.
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. General Operation. The entire municipal sani-
tary sewer system of the Village of Mendota Heights shall be
operated as a public utility and for the convenience and general
welfare of the residents thereof from which revenues will be
derived, subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 2. Connections with Sewer Required.
Subdivision 1. Any buildings used for human habitation
and located on property adjacent to a sewer main, or in a block
through or to which the system extends, shall be connected to
the municipal sanitary sewer system within one year from the
time a connection is available to any such property.
Subdivision 2. All buildings hereafter constructed within the
Village of Mendota Heights on property adjacent to a sewer main or in
a block through or to which the system extends, shall be connected
to the municipal sanitary sewer system for the disposal of all human
wastes.
Section 3. Types of Wastes Prohibited.
Subdivision 1. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall
be unlawful to discharge any of the following described waters or
wastes into the municipal sanitary sewer system:
(a) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature
higher than 150 degrees F.
(b) Any water or waste containing more than
100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or
grease.
(c) Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil
or other inflammable or explosive liquid, solid
or gas.
(d) Any garbage that has not been properly
shredded.
(e) Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw
shaving, metal, glass, rags, feathers, plastic,
wood, paunch manure, or any other solid of vis-
cous substance capable of causing obstruction
to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewer system.
(f) Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or
poisonous substance in sufficient quantity to injure
or interfere with any sewage treatment process or
which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals or
creates any hazard in the receiving waters of the
sewage treatment plant.
(g) Any waters or wastes containing suspended
solids of such character and quantity that unusual
attention or expense is required to handle such materi-
als at the sewage treatment plant.
(h) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance
capable of creating a public nuisance.
(i) Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be pro -
vided when, in the opinion of the Village Engineer,
they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid
wastes containing grease in excessive amount, or any
inflammable wastes, sand, or other harmful ingredients;
except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private dwelling units which discharge only nor-
mal wastes therefrom. Such grease and oil inter-
ceptors shall be of substantial construction, water-
tight and equipped with easily removable covers which
when bolted in place shall be gas -tight and water - tight.
All grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be main-
tained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times.
Subd. 2. It shall be.unlawful to discharge into the
municipal sanitary sewer system any industrial wastes unless
the priorapproval of the Village Engineer is obtained. The
Village Engineer shall approve the discharge of industrial
wastes when, in his opinion, the proposed wastes will not be
of an unusual amount or character. Idhen in the opinion of the
Village Engineer, the proposed wastes are of an unusual amount
or character, the Village Engineer may approve such wastes,
provided the prior approval of the Council of the City of St.
Paul has been obtained.
Section 4. Discharge of Surface Waters Prohibited. It
shall be unlawful to discharge or cause to be discharged into
the municipal sewer system, either directly or indirectly, any
roof, storm, surface or ground water of any type or kind, or
water discharged from any air - conditioning unit or system.
Section 5. Tampering with Municipal Sewer System Prohibited.
No person shall maliciously, wilfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the municipal
sewer system.
Section 6. Certain Connections Prohibited. No buildings
located on property lying outside the limits of the Village of
Mendota Heights shall be connected to the municipal sanitary
sewer system unless express authorization therefor is obtained
from the Village Council of the Village of Mendota Heights and
the City Council of the City of St.'Paul.
Section 7. Entry upon Private Property. The Village En-
gineer and other duly authorized employees of the Village, shall
at all reasonable times be permitted to enter upon all properties
within the Village for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in connection with the opera-
tion of the municipal sanitary sewer system.
Section 8. The annual -rental charge for the use of said
municipal sewer system by any single family residence, school,
church, or public building shall be computed, assessed, and
levied at the rates and upon the basis of the following schedule
of quarterly sewer rental charges according to the size of the
water meter installed and operated or determined as required to
be installed and operated for each of said separate properties
that shall be connected with said municipal sewer system, to-
wit:
Water Service Meter Size Quarterly Sewer Rental Charge
5/8
inch
7.10
per
quarter
3/4
inch
7.80
per
quarter
5/8 inch
7.10 per quarter
11 -30
per
quarter
1 1/4
/
inches
12.20
per
quarter
1 1/2
inches
16.00
per
quarter
In each case where property shall be connected with said muni-
cipal sewer system and shall not be equipped with a water ser-
vice meter, the applicable quarterly sewer rental charge shall
be computed on an equitable basis so that the same shall be
comparable to the quarterly sewer rental charge applicable to
other such property where comparable sewer service, circumstances
and conditions exist.
In cases where property shall be connected with said munici-
pal sewer system and shall be served by a private water supply
and shall not be equipped with a water service meter, the appli-
cable quarterly sewer rental charge hereunder shall be the equiva-
lent of that hereinabove scheduled and made applicable to property
connected with said municipal sewer system and equipped with
water service meter of the size of that which would be reason-
ably required to meter the discharge from the appurtenant private
water supply pump as determined, on the bases of relevant factors
of reasonable capacity of such required water service meter and
reasonable capacity of such private water supply pump of pressure
of 40 pounds per square inch, according to the following governing
and prescribed schedules therefor., to -wit:
-. Private Pump Capacity
Required Water Ser-
Applicable Schedules
Gallons Per Minute
vice Meter Size
Quarterly Newer
Rental Charge
0 -10
5/8 inch
7.10 per quarter
11 -30
3/4 inch
S 7.80 per quarter
31 -50
1 inch
10.30 per quarter
51 -75
1 1/4 inches
12.20 per quarter
76 -100
1 1/2 inches
16.00 per quarter
Owners of such property
equipped with both
a water meter and
private water supply shall
be charged a quarterly
sewer charge
on both water meter and
individual well in accordance
with the
above schedule of annual
sewer charges except
when such private
water supply is used for
irrigation purposes
only.
The annual rental charge for the use of said municipal sewer
system by any single family residence, school, church or public
building with an installed or required water meter size in excess
of 1 1/2 inches or by any multiple dwelling, commercial, or
industrial user shall be determined from time to time by resolu-
tion of the Village Council of the Village of Mendota Heights
on the basis of -relevant factors, including, among others, the
character and daily volume of sewage waste involved.
The sewer rental charges herein provided shall be paid to
the Village of Mendota Heights for each of the quarterly periods
ending December 31, March 31, June 30, and September 30 of each
year. In the case of a connection to the municipal sewer system
occurring during a. quarter, the quarterly charge shall be pro-
rated from the date of such connection. Payment of such rental
charges for each quarter shall be made to the Village Clerk by
the 22nd day of the month immediately following the last month
of the quarter. If such payment is not made when due, an addi-
tional charge of One Dollar ($1.00) shall be added to the
quarterly payment then due. In the event that such quarterly
sewer rental charges are not paid within thirty days after the
mailing of a statement therefor, the Village Clerk shall certi-
fy the same together with the penalty hereinabove provided to
the County Auditor of Dakota County, and the same shall be
collected and the collection thereof enforced in the same manner,
in all respects, as County and State real estate taxes, subject
to like penalty, costs and interest charges.
Section 9. Any person who shall violate any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $100.00, or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed
90 days.
Section 10. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in
force and effect from and after its publication according to
law.
aLL42_;_� Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this —q_ day of
, 1963.
THE VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By � � �/Yt a
VJ"
Donald Huber
(SEAL) Mayor
Attest:
i U
William Calkins
Clerk