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Sec. 2 - TITLE, PURPOSE AND INTENT (a) Title The City ordains the City. Code the "City of Gem Lake Subsurface. SQwage Treatment System (SSTS) Ordinance." (b) Purpose The purpgse of this Ordinance is to establish. ininimurn requirements for regulation.of 18TS and.MSTS for the treatment and dispersal of sewage within the applicable. jurisdiction of the City to protect public health and safety, groundwater quality; and prevent ar eliminate the development. of public nuisances, It is intended to serve. the best interests of the City's citizens by protecting its health, safety, general welfare, and natural resources, (e) Intent It. is intended by the City that this Ordinance will promote the following: (1) The protection of lakes, rivers and streams, wetlands; and groundwater in the, City of Genf Lake essential to the promotion of public health, safety, welfare; socioeconomic growth and development..of the City, (2) The regulation. of proper SSTS construction, reconstruction,. -repair and maintenance to prevent the entry and. migration of contaminants; thereby protecting against the degradation of surface water and groundwater quality: .(3) The establishment of minimum standards for SSTS placement,_ design, construction, reconstruction, repair and znainternance 'to prevent contamination and, if contamination is discovered, the identification and control. of its consequences and the abatement of its source and migration.