§ 700.030. All New Buildings To Be Connected To Sewerage And Water Systems — Exception For Sewer., Chapter 700. Water and Sewers — General Provisions, Utilities, Code of Ordinances, Blue Springs

All buildings hereafter constructed in the City for human habitation or occupancy or which are used in any manner by the general public shall be connected to the water system and sewerage system of the City; provided, however that a permit may be obtained to allow an on-site waste disposal system if all of the following criteria are met:

The location of a lawful tap to the sewerage system operated by the City is more than three hundred (300) feet from a non-residential property line or one hundred (100) feet from a residential property line;

The lot or parcel is a lawful lot, parcel or tract of land under the City's Unified Development Code;

Any on-site waste water system will be in compliance with the most current Jackson County, Missouri, On-Site Sewage Rules and Regulations and all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations;

The on-site sewage system will not constitute a violation of any permit or agreement the City has with any agency;

The Directors of Public Works and Community Development determine that on-site sewage system will not impede or interfere with any plans to provide sewer or other City services to the general area surrounding the property to be served by the on-site sewage system;

The Director of Public Works determines that the on-site sewage system will not pose any known environmental concerns and that sewer is not presently available to such property;

Only one (1) connection for the parcel of property to be served by the on-site sewage system is to be allowed;

An agreement approved by the City Attorney is executed and a covenant in a form approved by the City Attorney is placed on the property that the on-site sewage system will be abandoned according to applicable law and the structure connected to the City's sewage system within one hundred eighty (180) days of notification of: (i) the on-site system has been found to be significantly deteriorated or beyond repair by the City, any agency of the State, Jackson County, Federal government, or court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) sewer is available within one hundred (100) feet of the property line, and that the owner will pay a sum equal to the cost of providing sewer service to cover the City's costs in monitoring the system for compliance with Federal, State and local requirements;

All easements needed to provide future sewer service to the property, and/or adjacent properties, which would be located on property owned by the applicant shall be dedicated to the City or an irrevocable consent to dedicate easements signed by such applicant is recorded in a form approved by the City Attorney; and

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The issuance of the permit is approved by the City Council of Blue Springs.

Following receipt of permission to install the on-site wastewater treatment system from the City of Blue Springs City Council, the applicant shall obtain an individual on-site wastewater disposal permit from Jackson County, Missouri. No building permits shall be issued and no plat shall be recorded until such time as an individual on-site wastewater disposal permit has been acquired from the appropriate agency in Jackson County and such permit has been complied with, or escrow to assure compliance has been provided to the City.

A property with an approved on-site wastewater treatment system may not be further subdivided until such time as a direct connection to the public sewer system is constructed and available to each lot created by such subdivision.

The permit to have an on-site wastewater treatment system shall be deemed to be expired and of no further effect upon the occurrence of any event described in Section 700.030(A)(8), or failure to comply with the covenants and agreement required by said Subsection. The City may take any enforcement action necessary to ensure that the on-site wastewater treatment system is abandoned and closed and the property benefited by such permit is connected to the City's sewer treatment system. For purposes of this Section, sewer service shall be deemed available when a sewer line to which the property may connect has been accepted by the City's Public Works Director and is within one hundred (100) feet of any property line of such property. The determination of whether or not a property may connect to a sewer line shall be determined by the Public Works Director and based on sound engineering and environmental regulations and laws.