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1 <br /> <br />City of Gem Lake, Ramsey County, <br />Minnesota Individual Septic Systems <br />Ordinance No. 67D <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY OF GEM LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING <br />SUBSURFACE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SSTS). <br />The City Council of the City of Gem Lake does ordain as follows: The City Council of the City of Gem Lake <br />approves the following addition to the Gem Lake Code of Ordinances. This Ordinance replaces Ordinance No. 67C <br />in its entirety. <br />Section 1. Introduction. This is an Ordinance authorizingauthorizing and providingproviding for sewage treatment <br />and soil dispersal in unsewered areas of the Citycity. It establishes: <br />1. Minimum standards for an regulation of Individual Sewage Treatment Systems (ISTS) and mid-sized <br />Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (MSTS) (collectively referred to as SSTS) in unsewered areas <br />of the City of Gem Lake incorporating by reference minimum standards established by Minnesota <br />Statutes and administrative rules of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA);). <br />2. Requirements for issuing permits for installation, alteration, repairrepair, or expansion of SSTS;SSTS. <br />3. Requirements for all SSTS permitted under the revised Minnesota Rules, Chapters 7080 and 7081 to be <br />operated under an approved management plan;. <br />4. Standards for upgrade, repair, replacement, or abandonment of SSTS.; <br />5. Penalties for failure to comply with these provisions.; <br />6. Provisions for enforcement of these requirements, and;. <br />7. Standards which promote the health, safety and welfare of the public as reflected in Minnesota <br />Statutes, Sections 115.55, 145A.05, the City Comprehensive Plan , and the City Zoning Ordinance. <br />Section 2. Title, PurposePurpose, and Intent. <br />1. Title. The City ordains the City Code theThis ordinance may be referred to as “City of Gem Lake Subsurface <br />Sewage Treatment (SSTS) Ordinance” or “Septic Ordinance..” <br />2. Purpose. The purpose of this Ordinance is to establish minimum requirements for regulation of ISTS and <br />MSTS for the treatment and dispersal of sewage within the applicable jurisdiction of the City to protect <br />public health and safety, groundwater quality, and prevent or eliminate the development of public <br />nuisances. It is intended to serve the best interests of the City’s citizens by protecting its health, safety, <br />general welfare, and natural resources. <br />3. Intent. It is intended by the Citycity that this Ordinance will promote the following: <br />1. The protection of lakes, rivers and streams, wetlands, and groundwater in the City of Gem Lake <br />essential to the promotion of public health, safety, welfare, socioeconomic growthgrowth, and <br />development of the Citycity. <br />2. The regulation of proper SSTS construction, reconstruction, repairrepair, and maintenance to <br />prevent the entry and migration of contaminants, thereby protecting against the degradation of <br />surface water and groundwater quality. <br />3. The establishment of minimum standards for SSTS placement, design, construction, <br />reconstruction, repairrepair, and maintenance to prevent contamination and, if contamination is <br />Formatted: Font: 10 pt