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it 5 O, / SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS OBJECTIVES The objectives of this chapter are to provide to the extent possible, with on —site systems, adequate and safe methods of sewage disposal and to prevent the contamination of any existing or future water supply by existing or future sewage disposal system. However, the systems, procedures, and other requirements of this chapter are not to be construed such as to afford direct protection to an individual landowner, but rather the purpose of this chapter is to adopt a general public policy relating to sewage disposal and clean water supplies. DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows: The word "shall" is mandatory; the words "should" and "may" are permissive. All distances, unless otherwise specified, shall be measured horizontally. 1. "Administrator" is the building official. 2. "Agency" is the 'Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 3. "Agency Approved Disposal Facility" is any disposal facility which has a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit or State Disposal System Permit or letter of approval from the agency. 4. "Alternative System" is an individual sewage treatment system employing such methods and devices presented in Section (Alternative Systems). S. "Baffle" is a device installed in a septic tank for proper operation of the tank and to provide maximum retention of solids, and includes vented sanitary tees and submerged pipes in addition to those devices that are normally called baffles. 6. "Bedroom" is any room within a dwelling that, in the judgment of the zoning officer, might reasonably be used as a sleeping room, including but not limited to rooms designated as den, office, or study, and unfinished areas with potential development to same. 7. "Building Drain" is that part of the lowest piping of the drainage system which receives'the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning at least one (1) foot outside the building footings.