Ordinance - #14-03 - 05/13/2014 - Laserfiche WebLink

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(m) (n) Change in Use. A Certificate of Compliance may be voided if, subsequent to the issuance of the certificate, the use of the premises or condition of the system has changed or been altered. (o) Setback Reduction. Where conditions prevent the construction, alteration, and /or repair of an individual sewage treatment system on an existing developed parcel of real property, the Department may reduce property line and building setbacks and system sizing requirements provided said reduction does not endanger or unreasonably infringe on adjacent properties and with the concurrence of the affected properties. (p) (q) or expanded. If the use changes or is expanded, the non - complying elements of the existing system must be brought into compliance. Non - Complying Work. New individual sewage treatment system construction that is non - compliant, or other work on a system that is non - complying, must be brought into compliance with this ordinance in accordance with a schedule established by the Department, which schedule will not exceed seven days unless the Department finds extenuating circumstances. Floodplain. An SSTS shall not be located in a floodway or floodplain. Location within the flood fringe is permitted provided that the design complies with this ordinance and all of the rules and statutes incorporated by reference. Class V Injection Wells. All owners of new or replacement SSTS that are considered to be Class V injection wells, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 144, are required by the Federal Government to submit SSTS inventory information to the Environmental Protection Agency. SEC. 113 - 21. STANDARDS ADOPTED (a) Minnesota Rules Adopted. Minnesota Administrative Rules Chapters 7080 and 7081, that are in effect on the date of passage of this ordinance and from time to time amended, relating to subsurface sewage treatment systems, are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this ordinance as if fully set forth herein. (b) Rules Amended. The rules, adopted in Sec. 113 -21, are amended as follows: 1. Compliance Inspection — 15 Percent Vertical Separation Reduction. Minnesota Administrative Rules 7080.1500, Subp. 4D, is amended to allow 15 percent reduction of vertical separation (separation distance no less than 30.6 inches) may be determined to be compliant for existing systems to account for settling and variable interpretation of soil characteristics. (c) Holding Tanks. Holding tanks may be allowed for the following applications; as replacement to a failing existing system, an SSTS that poses an imminent threat to public health and safety, or for an existing lot in which an SSTS cannot feasibly be installed and the Department finds extenuating circumstances. (d) System Abandonment. An SSTS, or component thereof, that is no longer intended to be used must be abandoned in accordance with the adopted standards of this Ordinance. SEC. 113 - 22 PERMITS (a) Permit Required. No person shall cause or allow the location, construction, alteration, extension, conversion, or modification of any subsurface 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 that is or will utilize subsurface sewage treatment system without first obtaining a permit.