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3 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I on the success of this program, City sewer and water may be required to be extended to existing and planned residential area easVsoutheast of the existing fill. Approximately 460 acres are currently used as landfill, related landfill activities, or have development limitations imposed due to the candidate landfill siting process. SITE "PH CANDIDATE LANDFILL Immediately south of the existing Anoka Regional Sanitary Landfill is a new candidate landfill Site "P". The proposed landfill site was one of three under environmental review prior to the suspension of the site selection process by the State Legislature. M.S. 473.810 imposes a development limitation on the proposed site and buffer area. The City has neither proposed development nor entertained the prospect of development within these areas. The City has adopted Ordinance #90-05 which places limitations on landfill design, construction and operations within the City to minimize land use compatibility conflicts from future development. Public Lands The Anoka-Hennipen School District's Ramsey Elementary School and Ramsey City Hall account for over 70 acres of land lying inside the proposed MUSA expansion. V III. CITY OF RAMSEY ON-SITE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Ramsey's on-site sewage treatment regulations are addressed in the City Code Chapter 8.30 (Sewage Disposal Systems - Appendix A-I), Ramsey Zoning Ordinance Chapter 9.50 (Subdivision - Appendix A-2), and Chapter 9.13 (Soils). The regulations were modeled in technical content after Minnesota Rules 7080 (Individual Sewage Treatment Systems Standards). Adoption of Ordinance #89-16 updated these controls to comply with 1988 and 1989 revisions to Minnesota Rules 7080. Installation of a new or replacement septic system requires a permit and inspection by the Ramsey Building Inspector who is certified by MPCA. The Building Inspector maintains records of site evaluations and designs of new septic systems where site evaluations are required. Certain areas in Ramsey are known to have Class I soils; site evaluations are not required in these areas. The Code requires that the Inspector or homeowners measure scum level in septic tanks every two years. The City does inform homeowners of the need for septic tank pumping maintenance by publication in local media at least once a year. The City inspects and cites failed septic systems; however, septic system failures are usually reported by homeowners or neighbors who live near the failed system. The City requires licenses for site evaluators, septic system installers and pumpers. Site evaluators must be certified by the MPCA voluntary certification program. As of January 1989, installers must also be certified by the MPCA. On-Site Disposal Systems New subdivision land within the City's MUSA boundary requires extension of and connection to public utilities. Ordinance #89-25 requires connection of all existing dwellings, buildings, and structures within the MUSA boundary to the public sanitary sewer system within two years of the date that municipal sewer is available to the premises. Where public sewer systems are not available in the commercial/industrial area, the City sewage disposal systems chapter of the City Code, as revised by Ordinance #89-16, limits final treatment and disposal of sewage to soil treatment systems constructed in compliance with the ordinance which incorporates the