Agenda - Council - 06/28/1983 - Laserfiche WebLink

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'1 '1 '1 I I I I I ;I I I I I I I I '1 I 150.01 SiiWAGE 1)ISFOSAL SYSTI.2.1S 150. 011 OIkJECTI VI~"S The objectives of this chapter are to provide to the extent possible, with on-sJte systems, adequate and safe methods of sewage disposal and to prevent the contamination of any existing Or future water supply by existing or future sewage disposal system. However, the systems, procedures, and other requirements of this chapter are not to be con- strued such as to afford direct protection to an individua] land owner, but rather the purpose of this chapter is to adopt a general public policy' relating to sewage disposal and clean water supplies. !50. 012 Di2FIN]T] ONS For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows: The word "shall-" is mandatory; the words "should" and "may" are permissive. Ail distances, unless other- wise specified, shall be measured horizontally. 1. "Administrator" is the plumbing inspector. 2. "Agency" is the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 3. "Agency Approved Disposal Facility" is any disposal facility which has a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit or State Disposal System Permit or letter of approval from the agency. 4- "A]ternative System" is an individual sewage treatment system employing such methods and devices presented in Section 150.014G. 5. "Baffle" is a ~evice installed 'in a septic tank for proper o~cratIon of the tank and to provide maximum retention of solids, and includes vented sanitary tees and submerged pipes in addition to those devices that are normally called baffles. 6. "Bedroom" is any room within a dwelling that, in the judgment of the zoning officer, might reasonably be used as a sleeping room, inclnding but not limited to rooms designated as den, office or study, and unfinished areas with potential development to same. 7. "Bu'i].dJng Drain': is that part of the lowest piping of the drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage p~pes ~nside the walls of the building and conveys it to the hui]ding sewer beginning at least one (1) foot outside the build- ing footings. 8. "Bui]ding Sewer" is that part of the drainage system ~ich extends from the end of the building drain and convyys its discharge to an individual sewage treatment system or to a public sanitary sewage collection system. 9. Capacity" is the l~quid volume of a sewage tank using inside dJmem,;ions below the outlet. Cesspool is an underground pit into which raw household sewage or other untreated liquid waske is discharged and from which the liquid seeps ~nto the surrounding soil.