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following: <br /> <br />Objectives. <br /> <br />The principal objectives of this SECTION shall include the <br /> <br />The protection of the City of Ramsey's (the "City") lakes, wetlands, rivers and <br />streams and supplies of groundwater essential to the promotion of public health, <br />safety and welfare; the protection of the city's environmental and its <br />socioeconomic growth and development of the city in perpetuity; <br /> <br />Given the extensive resources and numerous supplies of surface water and <br />groundwater and their susceptibility to contamination, regulation of proper ISTS <br />construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance and proper septage disposal <br />is essential to prevent the entry and migration of contaminants, thereby ensuring <br />the non-degradation of surface water and groundwater; <br /> <br />The provision of establishing minimum standards for ISTS placement, design, <br />construction, re-construction, repair and maintenance to prevent contamination <br />and, if contamination is discovered, to identify and control its consequences and <br />abate its source and migration; <br /> <br />The provision of establishing minimum standards for septage removal, transport, <br />treatment and disposal; <br /> <br />5. The utilization of privy vaults and other non-water carded ISTS; <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />The prevention and control of water-borne disease, lake degradation, groundwater <br />related hazards, and public nuisance conditions through plan reviews, inspections, <br />ISTS surveys and complaint investigation, as well as through technical assistance <br />and education. <br /> <br /> c. Scope. This SECTION shall regulate the design, construction and repair of ISTS <br />in the city, including but not necessarily limited to individual on-site and cluster or community <br />ISTS privy vaults and other non-water carded ISTS, repair and/or replacement of failing ISTS <br />and septage disposal. <br /> <br />8.30.02 <br /> <br />Administration. <br /> <br /> a. Standards Adopted by Reference. This ordinance adopts by reference <br />Minnesota Rules ("MN RULES") Chapter 7080, sections 7080.0020, 7080.0060, 7080.0065, <br />7080.0110, 7080.0120, 7080.0125, 7080.0150, 7080.0160, 7080.0170, 7080.0175, 7080.0176, <br />being the sections containing the technical standards and criteria contained in the "Individual <br />Sewage Treatment Systems Program". <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />