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21 <br /> <br />1. The department shall conduct an annual maintenance inspection. The cost of inspection of SSTS <br />in the City shall be the sole responsibility of the Property Owner and shall be as established by <br />the City of Gem Lake Counsel and from time to time amended by resolution. An invoice for fees <br />associated with Annual Inspections will shall be provided at the time of inspection by the <br />Qualified Employee. Any fees for Annual Inspection which remain unpaid for more than sixty <br />(60) days by the Property Owner to the City may, along with related administrative fees, by <br />certified to Ramsey County for assessment against the real property upon which the SSTS is <br />located. <br />2. On or before the first day of September (September 1st) of each year the City Clerk shall list the <br />total unpaid charges for each Remedial Action taken against each separate lot or parcel to which <br />they are attributable under this Ordinance. The City Council may then charge all or any portion of <br />such charges plus an additional administrative fee of fifty ($50.00) Dollars against the real <br />property involved as a special assessment under applicable Minnesota Statutes for certification to <br />the County Auditor for collection in the following year with that year's current taxes payable. <br />6. Transfer of Properties. <br />1. Whenever a conveyance of land including a structure that is required to have a SSTS occurs, <br />which includes property foreclosures and tax forfeited transfers, the following requirements shall <br />be met: <br />1. A compliance inspection shall have been performed and a Certificate of Compliance <br />shall have been submitted to the Department within three (3) years for SSTS older <br />than five (5) years of within five (5) years if they system is less than five (5) years old, <br />prior to the intended sale or transfer of the property, unless evidence is found <br />identifying the SSTS as an Imminent Threat to Public Health and Safety or Failing to <br />Protect Groundwater. <br />2. The compliance inspection must have been performed by athe licensed SSTS business <br />service provider or qualified employee following procedures described in Section 26. <br />3. The seller of the property must disclose in writing information about the status and <br />location of all known SSTS on the property to the buyer on a form acceptable to the <br />Department. <br />4. If the seller fails to provide a Certificate of Compliance, the seller shall provide the buyer <br />sufficient security in the form of an escrow agreement to assure the installation of a <br />compliant SSTS. The security shall be placed in an escrow with a licensed real estate <br />closer, licensed attorney-at-law, or Federal or State chartered financial institution. The <br />amount escrowed shall be equal to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of a written <br />estimate to install a compliant SSTS as provided by a licensed SSTS installer, or the <br />amount escrowed shall be equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the written <br />contract price for the installation of a compliant SSTS provided by a licensed SSTS <br />installer. After a compliant SSTS has been installed and a Certificate of Compliance <br />issued, the Department shall provide the escrow agent a copy of the Certificate of <br />Compliance. The escrow may also be used to connect to a municipal sanitary sewer <br />collection system permitted by the MPCA if the Department determines that an <br />extension of the municipal sanitary sewer collection system to serve the property is <br />feasible. <br />2. A Certificate of Compliance is not required if the sale or transfer involves the following <br />circumstances: <br />1. The affected tract of land is without buildings or contains no dwellings or other <br />building with plumbing fixtures;fixtures.