Emergency suspensions.
Kansas City Code § 60-188
in effectSec. 60-188. - Emergency suspensions.
(a) The director may immediately suspend water and or sewer service to an industrial user whenever such suspension is necessary in order to stop an actual or threatened discharge which reasonably appears to present or cause an imminent or substantial endangerment to the health or welfare of persons, which threatens to interfere with the operation of the POTW, or which presents or may present an endangerment to the environment.
(b) Any industrial user notified of a suspension of water and/or sewer service shall immediately stop or eliminate its discharge. If an industrial user fails to immediately comply with the suspension order, the director shall take such steps as are deemed necessary, including immediate severance of the sewer connection and termination of water service, to prevent or minimize damage to the POTW, the receiving stream, or endangerment to any individuals. The director shall allow the industrial user to recommence its discharge when the industrial user has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director that the period of endangerment has passed, unless the termination proceedings set forth in section 60-186 are initiated against the industrial user.
(c) An industrial user that is responsible, in whole or in part, for any discharge presenting imminent endangerment shall submit a detailed written statement describing the cause(s) of the harmful discharge and the measures taken to prevent any future occurrence to the director, prior to the date of any show cause or termination hearing under sections 60-186 and 60-187.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as requiring a hearing prior to any emergency suspension under this section.
(Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)
Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH60SESEDI_ARTIVCOINWA_DIV8VIPE_S60-188EMSUFetched: 10/28/2026