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2 <br /> <br />discovered, the identification and control of its consequences and the abatement of its source and <br />migration. <br />4. The appropriate utilization of privy vaults and other non-water carried sewage collection <br />and storage facilities. <br />5. The provision of technical assistance and education, plan review, inspections, SSTS surveys and <br />complain investigations to prevent or control water-borne diseases, lake degradation, <br />groundwater related hazards, and public nuisance conditions. <br />Section 23. Authority. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 115.55; Minnesota <br />Statutes, Section 145A.05; or successor Statutes, and Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080, Chapter 7081, Chapter 7082, or <br />successor rules. <br />Section 34. Effective Date. The provisions set forth in this Ordinance shall become effective on passage by the City <br />Council. <br />Section 45. Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section. If <br />not specifically defined in this Section, terms used in this Ordinance shall have the same meaning as provided in the <br />standards adopted by reference. Words or phrases that are not defined here or in the standards adopted by reference <br />shall have common usage meaning. For purposes of this Ordinance, the words “must” and “shall” are mandatory and <br />the words “may” and “should” are permissive. <br />1. Absorption Area. The design parameter that is associated with the hydraulic acceptance of effluent. The <br />absorption area for mound systems is the original soil below a mound system that is designed to absorb <br />sewage tank effluent. The absorption area for trenches, seepage beds, and at-grade systems is the soil area in <br />contact with the part of the distribution medium that is designed and loaded to allow absorption of sewage <br />tank effluent. This includes both bottom and sidewall soil contact areas. <br />2. Authorized Representative. An employee or agent of the City of Gem Lake.As-Builts. A set of drawings <br />which to the fullest extent possible document the final as built location, size, and type of all SSTS <br />components including the results of any materials testing performed and a description of conditions during <br />construction of the system. <br />3. At-grade System. A pressurized soil treatment and dispersal system where sewage tank effluent is dosed <br />to an absorption bed that is constructed directly on original soil at the ground surface and covered by <br />loamy soil materials. <br />4. Authorized Representative. An employee or agent of the City of Gem Lake. <br />5. Bedrock. Geologic layers, of which greater than 50 percent by volume consist of unweathered in -place <br />consolidated rock or rock fragments. Bedrock also means weathered in -place rock which cannot be hand <br />augered or penetrated with a knife blade in a soil pit. <br />6. Bedroom. For the sole purpose of estimating design flows from dwellings, an area that is: <br />1. aA room designed or used for sleeping; or <br />2. aA room or area of a dwelling that has a minimum floor area of 70 square feet with access <br />gained from the living area or living area hallway. Architectural features that affect the use as <br />a bedroom under this item may be considered in making the bedroom dete rmination. <br />7. Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand or CBOD5. The measure of the amount of oxygen <br />required by bacteria while stabilizing, digesting, or treating the organic matter under aerobic conditions <br />over a five-day incubation period while in the presence of a chemical inhibitor to block nitrification. <br />CBOD is commonly expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l). <br />Formatted: Font: Not Bold