Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/07/2016

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(7) 3. Special provisions for the location, design, and use of structures, sewage treatment systems, watercraft launching and docking areas, and vehicle parking areas. Water supply and sewage treatment. a. Water supply. Any public or private supply of water for domestic purposes must meet or exceed standards for water quality of the state department of health and the state pollution control agency. b. Sewage treatment. Any premises used for human occupancy must be provided with an adequate method of sewage treatment, as follows: 1. Publicly owned sewer systems must be used where available. 2. All private sewage treatment systems must meet or exceed the Minn. Rules. ch. 7080, a copy of which is adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this subdivision. 3. On-site sewage treatment systems must be set back from the ordinary high water level in accordance with the setbacks contained in this subdivision. 4. All proposed sites for individual sewage treatment systems shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria in subsections (g)(7)b.4(i) through (iv) of this section. If the determination of a site's suitability cannot be made with publicly available, existing information, it shall then be the responsibility of the applicant to provide sufficient soil borings and percolation tests from on-site field investigations. Evaluation criteria: (i) Depth to the highest known or calculated groundwater table or bedrock; (ii) Soil conditions, properties, and permeability; (iii) Slope; (iv) The existence of lowlands, local surface depressions, and rock outcrops. 5. Nonconforming sewage treatment systems shall be regulated and upgraded in accordance with section 117-226(3)a. (Code 1978, § 9.25.05; Ord. No. 04-32, 5-30-2005) ..aah a, i nr hxchot that '.h, nl cht!n -ancE � .. n .vld1 rens. Page 16 Commented 17]: No ex as +etg rron crnfarmifies.