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ANOKA COUNTY SEWAGE TREATMENT ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NOS. 80 -1, 91 -4, 92 -3, 98 -1 AND 2001 -1 1.00 PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY, AND AUTHORITY 1.01 Purpose. It is the purpose and intent of this ordinance to establish standards for the design, location, construction, operation, and maintenance of well water supplies and individual sewage treatment systems. 1.02 Applicability. This ordinance shall apply to those sites or facilities which are licensed, permitted, or otherwise regulated by County ordinance. The sewer provisions of this ordinance shall also apply to any premises in the County that are not served by municipal sanitary sewer or are not located in a city or township which has adopted an individual sewage treatment system ordinance. 1.03 Authority. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authorization contained in Minnesota Statutes 145A.05 and 115.55. 2.00 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2.01 Administrative Policy and Procedures. All of the provisions of the Anoka County Administrative Procedures Ordinance relating to: definitions; license and permit provisions; duties of the Department; license application and processing; suspensions and revocations; variance; separability; provisions cumulative; no consent; shall apply as if fully set forth herein. 2.02 Administration. This Ordinance shall be administered by the Anoka County Community Health and Environmental Services Department. The term "Department," where used in this ordinance and the Administrative Procedures Ordinance," shall mean the Anoka County Community Health and Environmental Services Department. 2.03 Compliance. No person shall cause or permit the location, construction, alteration, extension, conversion, operation, or maintenance of any individual sewage treatment system, except in full compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. 2.04 Conditions. Violation of any condition imposed by the County on a license, permit, or variance, shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance and subject to the penalty provisions set forth in this ordinance. 2.05 Inspection. No part of an individual sewage treatment system shall be covered until it has been inspected and approved by the Department. If any part of the system is covered before being inspected and approved as herein provided, it shall be uncovered upon the direction of the Department. The Department shall cause such inspections as are necessary to determine compliance with this ordinance. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to notify the Department that the system is ready for inspection. 2.06 Permit. No person shall cause or allow the location, construction, alteration, extension, conversion, or modification of any individual sewage treatment system without first obtaining a permit for such work from the Department. No person shall construct, alter, extend, convert, or modify any structure which is or will utilize an individual sewage treatment system without first obtaining an individual sewage treatment system construction permit. Permit applications shall be submitted by the person doing the individual sewage treatment system