Ordinance - #04-32 - 08/10/2004 - Laserfiche WebLink

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2. Sewage treatment. Any premises used for human occupancy must be provided with an adequate method of sewage treatment, as follows: (a) Publicly-owned sewer systems must be used where available. (b) All private sewage treatment systems must meet or exceed the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's standards for individual sewage treatment systems contained in the document titled, "Individual Sewage Treatment Systems Standards, Chapter 7080", a copy of which is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this section. (c) On-site sewage treatment systems must be set back from the ordinary high water level in accordance with the setbacks contained in this section. (d) All proposed sites for individual sewage treatment systems shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria in subitems (1)-(4). 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: (1) depth to the highest known or calculated ground water table or bedrock; (2) soil conditions, properties, and permeability; (3) slope; (4) the existence of lowlands, local surface depressions, and rock outcrops; (e) Nonconforming sewage treatment systems shall be regulated and upgraded in accordance with Section 9.26.06, Subd. 3.a of this Section. 9.25.06 - NONCONFORMITIES. All legally established nonconformities as of the date of this section may continue, but they will be managed according to applicable state statutes and other regulations of this community for the subjects of alterations and additions, repair after damage, discontinuance of use, and intensification of use; except that the following standards will also apply in shoreland areas: Subd. 1. Construction on nonconforming lots of record. a. Lots of record in the office of the county recorder on the date of enactment of local shoreland controls that do not meet the requirements of this section may be allowed as building sites without variances from lot size requirements provided the use is permitted in the zoning district, the lot has been in separate ownership from abutting lands at all times since it became substandard, was created compliant with official controls in effect at the time, and sewage treatment and setback requirements of this section are met. b. A variance from setback requirements must be obtained before any use, sewage treatment system, or building permit is issued for a lot. In evaluating the variance, the board of adjustment 22