Individual Systems
Part 4. Individual Sewage Disposal Systems
404.01. Definitions. Subdivision 1. Words
and phrases. For the purposes of
this part, the following words and phrases have the meanings given them in this
section.
Subd. 2. Sewage. Sewage is any water-carried domestic waste, exclusive of footing and
roof drainage of any residence, industry or commercial establishment, whether
treated on untreated, and includes the liquid waste produced by bathing,
laundry, and culinary operations, and from toilets and floor drains. Raw sewage is sewage which has not been
subjected to any treatment process.
Subd. 3. Individual
sewage treatment system. An
individual sewage treatment system is a sewage disposal system. other than a
public or community system, which receives sewage from an individual
establishment. Unless otherwise
indicated the word "system " as it appears in this ordinance means
"individual sewage treatment system." A site of less than 5 acres requires a non-leaching tank, not less than
five acres a septic system.
Subd. 4. Building
drain. The building drain is that
part of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil
wastes and other drainage pipes inside the wall of any building and convey the
same to the building sewer.
Subd. 5. Building
sewer. The building sewer is that
part of the horizontal portion of the building drainage system extending from
the building drain to its connection with the septic tank and carrying the
sewage of but one building.
404.02. Code adopted. Minnesota Rules 1988 Chapter 7080 is hereby
adopted by reference and made a part of this ordinance as if fully set forth
herein. Before publication of this code
of ordinances the clerk shall mark at least one copy of this code as an
official copy and file it in the clerk's office for use and examination.
404.03. Licensing. No person shall engage in the business of
installing and constructing sewage treatment systems within the city without
first obtaining a license to carry on such occupation from the city and
procuring and posting with the city clerk a bond in the amount of $1,000 in
favor of the city and the public conditioned upon the faithful performance of
contracts and compliance with this part of the ordinance. Such license shall be renewable annually on
or before January 1 of each year and may
be revoked as provided in this code for licenses generally. Any installation,
construction, alteration or repair of a system by licenses in violation of the provisions
of Section 404.05 or refusal on the part of a licensee to correct such
defective work performed by such
licensee shall be cause for revocation of or refusal to renew a license.
Before any license issued under the provisions of this
section may be revoked or its renewal refused, the licensee shall be given a
hearing to show cause why such license should not be revoked or refused. Notice of the time, place and purpose of such
hearing shall be in writing. The annual
licensee fee shall be $25. Application
for such license shall be made annually on a form furnished by the clerk.
404.04 Permits. Subdivision 1. Permit
required. No person shall install,
alter, repair, or extend any individual sewage treatment system in the city
without first obtaining a permit therefor from the council or its authorized
representative for the specific installation, alteration, repair or extension;
and at the time of applying for the permit, shall pay a fee therefor of
$10. Permit shall be valid for a period
of six months from date of issue.
Subd. 2. Applications. Applications for permits shall be made in
writing upon printed blanks or forms furnished by the clerk and shall be signed
by the applicant.
Subd. 3. Contents. Each application for a permit shall have thereon the correct legal description
of the property on which the proposed installation, alteration, repair, or
extension is to take place, and each application for a permit shall be
accompanied by a plot plan of the land showing the location of any proposed or
existing buildings located on the property with respect to the boundary lines
of the property and complete plans of the proposed system with substantiating
data, if necessary, attesting to the compliance with the minimum standards of
this ordinance. A complete plan shall
include the location, size and design of all parts of the system to be
installed, altered, repaired, or extended. The application shall also show the present or proposed location of
water supply facilities and water supply piping, and the name of the person who
is to install the system, and shall provide such further information as may be
required by the council.
404.05 Construction requirements. Every individual sewage treatment system
installed after the effective date of this part of this code and every
alteration, extension, and repair to any system made after that date shall
conform to the standards of the code adopted by reference in Section
404.02. Any system or pertinent part
thereof, irrespective of the date of original installation, which is not
located, constructed or installed in accordance with the code shall be so
relocated, reconstructed, or reinstalled as to comply with the standards of
those items.
404.06. Administration. The council shall enforce the provisions of
this part.
404.07. Inspection. Council shall make such inspection or
inspections as are necessary to determine compliance with this part of the
ordinance. No part of the system shall
be covered until it has been inspected and accepted by the council. It shall be the responsibility of the
applicant for the permit to notify the clerk that the job is ready for
inspection or re-inspection, and it shall be the duty of the council to make
the indicated inspection within 48 hours after receiving notice. It shall be the duty of the owner or
occupant of the property to give the council free access to the property at reasonable times for the purpose
of making such inspections. Upon
satisfactory completion and final inspection of the system the clerk shall
issue to the applicant a certificate of approval.
If upon inspection the council discovers that any part
of the system is not constructed in accordance with the minimum standards
provided in the part, the clerk shall give the applicant written notification
describing the defects. The applicant
shall pay an additional fee of $25.00 for each re-inspection that is necessary.
The applicant shall be responsible for the correction or elimination of all
defects, and and no system shall be placed or replaced in service until all
defects have been corrected or eliminated.
404.08. Objectives. The objectives of this part are to provide
adequate and safe methods of sewage disposal and prevent the contamination of
any existing or future water supply by any existing or future sewage disposal
system. Any system of special, unusual,
or new design which will satisfy the state objectives may be accepted as
complying with this ordinance and any permit granted for the construction,
installation, alteration, or repair of any such special system shall be subject
to such conditions and guarantees as may be stated in the permit.