Ordinance - 2013-1 Anoka County - 04/23/2013

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Ordinance #2013 -1 Page 1 The County Board of Anoka County, Minnesota, does ordain: SECTION 1 PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY, AND AUTHORITY 1.1 Purpose. It is the purpose and intent of this ordinance to establish standards for the design, location, construction, operation, and maintenance of Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS). 1.2 Applicability. This ordinance shall apply to those sites or facilities that 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 a sewage treatment system permitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or are located in a city or township that has not adopted a subsurface sewage treatment system ordinance. 1.3 Authority. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authorization and requirements contained in Minnesota Statutes §§ 145A.05, 115.55, and Minnesota Administrative Rules Chapter 7082. SECTION 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2.1 Treatment Required All sewage generated, in unsewered areas shall be treated and dispersed by an approved SSTS or a system permitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 2.2 Administrative Policy and Procedures The provisions of the Anoka County Administrative Procedures Ordinance, #79 -1, as amended, apply to the administration and enforcement of this ordinance, unless otherwise expressly provided for in this ordinance. 2.3 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. 2.4 Compliance No person shall cause or permit the location, construction, alteration, extension, conversion, operation, or maintenance of a subsurface sewage treatment system, except in full compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. 2.5 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.