Ordinance - #98-03 - 01/27/1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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INCORPORATION - The mixing of manure or septage with the topsoil, concurrent with the application or immediately thereafter, by means such as disking, plowing, rototilling, injection or other mechanical means. INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM (ISTS) - A sewage treatment system or part thereof, serving a dwelling, or other establishment or group thereof, and using sewage tanks or advanced treatment followed by soil treatment and disposal. Individual sewage treatment system includes holding tanks and privies. INSPECTOR - An individual qualified to review proposed plans and inspect ISTS and who meet the licensure and registration requirements of the MPCA. LAND USE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION - The term includes, but not limited to applications for the following: construction permits, ISTS permits, vegetative alteration permits, topographic alterations permits, or other types of zoning permits, conditional use permits, amendments to this Ordinance, variances from the provisions of the ordinance, and the subdivision of real estate. The application is not considered complete and will not be accepted by the Planning and Zoning Department unless all fees are paid, preliminary reviews and approval completed, submitted with associated supporting information and documents, and such other information as required by the Planning and Zoning Administrator. MOTTLING - As applied to soils, means a zone of chemical and reduction activity, appearing as splotchy patches of red, brown, or gray in the soil. In subsoils with a color value of four or more the term mottling also includes soil having matrix colors with a chroma of two or less as described in "Keys to Soil Taxonomy" 5th Edition, 1992 Soil Management Support Services, technical monograph No. 19, which is incorporated herein by reference. MPCA ~ Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE - An employee of stated city who conducts site evaluations or designs; installs, maintains, pumps, or inspects individual sewage treatment systems as part of employment duties and is registered on the ISTS professional register with specialty area endorsements applicable to the work being conducted. A qualified employee may be an apprentice if the individual has specialty or endorsements applicable to the work to be completed, has fulfilled the contractual requirement under Chapter 7080, MN RULES and has been issued performance restrictions. SATURATED SOIL - (or seasonal high water table) The highest elevation in the soil where all voids are filled with water, as evidenced by presence of soil mottling or other information. SEPTAGE - Solids and liquids removed during periodic maintenance of an ISTS, or solids and liquids which are removed from toilet waste treatment devices or a holding tank.