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I I: I I """ I I; It I' I: I: I I: I I Il I~ " t f I~ V III. CITY OF RAMSEY ON-SITE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM The City of Ramsey on-site sewage treatment regulations are addressed in Ramsey 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 atter 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 City 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 tailures are usually reported by homeowners or neighbors who live near the tailed 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 of land within the City's MUSA boundary requires extension of and connection to publiC utilities. City Ordinance #89-25 requires connection of all existing dwellings, buildings, 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 provisions of Minnesota Rules 7080. Development agreements require that the property must be connected to City sewer when it becomes available. The recent adoption of Ordinance #89-16 rescinded former provisions permitting alternative. non-septic tank and drainfield, provisions for sewage disposal except for limited application of holding tanks on properties within the 2000 MUSA boundary where use of properly sized holding tanks is a temporary cost effective measure until sewer is extended. Residential Lots The standard land area required for a primary on site system and an alternate system is approximately 11,000 square feet by County Ordinance. The City requires a minimum of 27,225 square feet of Class I soils for a lot to be considered developable. Commercial Commercial lots must have sufficient area for the building as well as the primary and two replacement septic systems. 29