Ordinance - #84-02 - 02/28/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

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- 10 - OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS The liquid capacity of a septic tank serving an establishment other than a dwelling shall be sufficient to provide a sewage detention period of not less than thirty-six (36) hours in the tank for flows less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallons per day, but in no instance shall the liquid capacity be less than one thousand (1,000) gallons. For flows greater than one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallons per day, the minimum liquid capacity shall equal one thousand one hundred twenty-five (1,125) gallons plus seventy-five percent (75%°) of the daily sewage flow rate, which shall be determined by measurement or estimated from data provided by the agency. Subd. 4 LOCATION 1. The sewage tank shall be placed so that access is convenient for the removal of liquids and accumulated solids. 2. The sewage tank shall be placed on firm and settled soil capable of bearing the weight of the tank and its contents. 3. Sewage tanks shall be set back the following distances from the features given below. Feature Water Supply Well and Buried Water Suction Pipe Buried Pipe Distributing Water Waer under Pressure Buildings Property Lines Minimum Setback Distances (feet) 5o 10 10 10 4. Sewage tanks shall be set back the following distances if located in an area of the city which has been designated as follows by local, state or federal regulation. Regulation Natural Environment Lakes and Rivers Recreational Development Lakes and Rivers General Development Lakes and Rivers Wild Rivers Critical Rivers Designated Tributaries of Wild Scenic and Recreational Rivers Minimum Setback Distances (feet) 150' 75* 5O* 150' 100' 75* *Required for 'new development(s) and where practicable for existing developments. 5. Surface Flooding. Sewage tanks shall not be placed in the flood plains, delineanted by local ordinances adopted in compliance with the Statewide