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.the existing connections to the public sys€em .is .0301 xnillion gallons per day or 11 million gallons per year. With the future possible extensions, 'the ultimate daily flow would be .1658 million gallons per day or 60.5 million gallons per year. The City :of :Gem Lake has enacted orcUnance$ which regulate individual sewage :treatment systems (Ordinance 46) and the operation of the municipal sanitary sewer system (Or(*ance .64). Ordiinance 46 is. designed to protect and promote the *health, safety and general welfare of the people of Gem .Lake by regulating.:seepage discharges and the location, installation; alternation.; operation and maintenance and monitoring of all individual sewage. -treatment systems (ISTSs). Individual sewage treatment systems must be. installed in accordance to Chapter 7080 of the Minnesota Rules.. The ISTSs shall be designed. to receive all sewage fromthe dwelling{s), building(s), or other establishment(s) served by the system, indluding laundry waste and basement floor drainage. Surface, roof and foundation drainage and. other storm water shall not be allowed to enter any part. of the system. Not. more than one dwelling, commercial, business, institutional, or industrial unit shall l;e connected. to the sarne-15M, :unless such multiple connection was specified in the application -submitted and in -the permit issued for the. system. No ISTSs shall. be installed or renovated on Iands to which public sewer service is currently available, without. a system permit Within the Urban Service AAtea, as identified 1n a Metropolitan Council. approved a comprehensive sewer plan, developers shall locate ISTSs to acl�ieye maximum economic feasibility of connection to the public sewer system,. consistent with the other provisi:Qns of this ordinance. No preliminary plat shall be approved by the City of. Gem Lake City Council, unless the administrator makes a favorable recommendation. -regarding the ability of each lot to accommodate a satisfactory ISTS. A system permit, obtained from the administrator, is required for any installation 9r renovation of an ISTS; No building permit for any building including the installation or -renovation of an ISTS shall be issued until a system permit for the involved facility has been approved.. The City of Gem Lake. has instituted an inspection program for IS'ISs: The initial inspection is to determine if installation or renoyation has been accomplished. in. compliance with Chapter 7080 of the Minnesota Rules and with the Gem Lkke Individual Sewage Treatment System Ordinance... The administrator shall inspect any individual ISTSs when a written complaint signed by two residents of the -City of Gem Lake is.ie.wived. It is the responsibility -of the owner.of any premises using.,anISTS; -Or which a permit has been issued :to provide for the periodic maintenance by A .qualified .pumper -hauler: Reports of the maintenance.should be submitted to Comprehensive Plan A-GEMLK9501.00 Gem Lake, Minnesota Page 24