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I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I I I -2- 9. "Capacity" is the liquid ~olume of a sewage tank using inside dimensions below the outlet. 10. "Cesspool" is an underground pit into which raw household sewage or other untreated liquid waste is discharged and from which the liquid seeps into the surroanding soil. 11. "Council" is the Ramsey City Council. 12. "Distribution Pipes" are perforated drain tiles that are used to distribute sewage tank effluent in a soil treatment system.. Perforated pipe used for distribution pipes shall have one (1) or more rows of holes of no n~re t~an one-half (1/2) inch in diameter spaced no more than thirty-six (36) inches apart. Pipes should have a load bearing capacity of not less than One Thousand (1,000) pounds per linear foot. 13. "Distribution Device" is a device which is used to distribute sewage tank effluent to the distribution pipes, including but not l~m~ted to distribution boxes, drop boxes, and valve boxes. 14. "Dosing Chamber" (or p~ pit or ~t ~11) is a tank or separate compartmmnt following the sewage tank which serves as a reservoir for the dosing device. 15. "Drainfield" is also called tile disposal field or soil absorption field and uses distribution pipes placed in favorable soil so t~at sewage from the septic tank can percolate through and into the soil. 16. "Dwelling" is any building or place used or intended to be used by human occupants as a single-f~m~ ly or two-family unit. 17. "Filter Material" is clean rock, crushed igneous rock, or similar insoluble, durable, and decay-resistant material free from dust, sand, silt, or clay. The size shall range from one and one-fourth (1-1/4) inch minimum diameter to two and one-half (2-1/2) inches effective diamter. 18. '~{olding Tank" is a watertight tank for storage of sewage until it can be transported to a point of approved disposal. 19. "Impermeable", with regard to soils, is a soil horizon or layer having a vertical permeability less than one (1) inch in twenty-four (24) hours and shall be considered ~?ermeable. 20. "Individual Sewage Treatment System" is a sewage treatment system, or part thereof, serving a dwelling or other small living or business unit, or group thereof, which utilizes subsurface soil treatment and disposal. 21. '~a~n Area" is the area bounded by the dimensions required for the proper location of the soil treament area. 22. '~ottling" is a zone of chemical oxidation and reduction activity appearing as spoltchy patches of red, brown, orange, and gray.