249.560. Apportionment of expenses--regulation of connections--contracts with municipal corporations. - Missouri Statutes

Apportionment of expenses--regulation of connections--contractswith municipal corporations.

249.560. 1. Engineering and administrative expense forsewer extensions and laterals shall be apportioned against theadjoining property, area or districts served.

2. The county commission may make general regulationsconcerning the right to make house or building connections withany of said sewers and shall require that a permit must beobtained from the sewer engineer before such connection shall beallowed and also that all costs of making such connection shallbe paid by the person requesting such permit. The countycommission, by resolution, may delegate full authority to thesewer engineer to regulate the connections of any sewer hereinprovided for and to regulate the kind of sewage which may bedischarged therein.

3. The sewer engineer may be authorized by the countycommission to make a contract or contracts with any municipalcorporation to allow such municipal corporation to dischargesewage in any part of the sewerage system, which is maintainedunder the provisions of sections 249.430 to 249.660, for suchcompensation and upon such reasonable terms as may be agreed uponbetween such municipal corporation and such sewer engineer, allsubject to the approval of the county commission. The sewerengineer, by and with the approval of the county commission,shall also have power and authority to adopt, formulate andpromulgate a code or set of rules and regulations pertaining toand respecting any and all specifications, plumbing installationsand repair work on any fixtures or appurtenances located on anypremises included in or embraced by any district or districts setup, as provided for in sections 249.430 to 249.660.

(L. 1941 p. 557 § 19)