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Section 3. Section 3.1. Scope. This Ordinance shall govern and apply to the following when located within the City of Gem Lake: septage disposal to an ISTS; the installation or renovation of an ISTS undertaken following the effective date of this Ordinance; and the operation, maintenance, correction and inspection of all ISTS, regardless of when they were installed. Section 3.2. Disposal Permits. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of septage within the City of Gem Lake, except pursuant to a disposal permit from the Administrator. Application for a septage disposal permit shall be in writing on forms furnished by the Administrator, accompanied by the payment of a fee as established by the City of Gem Lake Council and as modified from time to time by resolution, payable to the City of Gem Lake, and shall be signed by the Applicant. Application for disposal into the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services system shall be accompanied by written approval from the Metropolitan Council Environmental services that such disposal is acceptable to Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. Disposal permits shall specify the site(s) where the permit holder may dispose of septage and the quantity of septage to be disposed at each site. Disposal by land application shall be according to guidelines of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Section 3.3. Permissible Systems. Any of the standard types of ISTS, and parts thereof, described in Chapter 7080 currently in place and as from time to time amended, may be installed or renovated within the City of Gem Lake. Permits for any alternative system other than the standard system may be issued by the Administrator only upon a showing by the Applicant that the real property for which the permit is sought was a lot of record on the Effective Date of this Ordinance, and that a Standard System cannot be installed in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3.4. System Design. All ISTS installed in the City of Gem Lake shall be designed to receive all sewage from the dwelling(s), building(s), or other establishment(s) served by the ISTS, including 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 ISTS. Section 3.5. Individual ISTS Per Unit. Not more than one dwelling, commercial, business, institutional, or industrial unit shall be connected to the same ISTS, unless such multiple connection was specified in the application submitted and in the permit issued for the ISTS. Section 3.6. Additions To ISTS Units. Where it can reasonably be anticipated that the construction of additional structures, dwellings or bedrooms, or the installation of additional equipment or services will increase the amount of sewage discharge or affect the operation of the ISTS, an ISTS to be installed or renovated shall comply with the requirements applicable to such additional needs. Section 3.7. Public Sewer Availability. No ISTS shall be installed or renovated on real property to which public sewer service is currently available, without a system permit. Within the Urban Service Area, as identified in a Metropolitan Council approved comprehensive sewer plan, developers shall locate all ISTS to achieve maximum economic feasibility of connection to the public sewer system, consistent with the other provisions of this Ordinance. Section 3.8. Subdivisions. Preliminary plats for proposed subdivisions shall be submitted to the Administrator for review to determine whether an ISTS which complies with this Ordinance could reasonably be installed on each lot in the proposed plat. The Administrator may require the person subdividing the real property to submit information and studies relating to the soils, water table level, percolation rate, and other relevant features, and to submit information as to the economic feasibility of construction of an ISTS to serve all or a portion of such lots evidenced in the preliminary plat. No preliminary plat shall be approved by the City of Gem Lake Council unless the Adminis- trator and City Engineer make a favorable recommendation regarding the ability of each lot to accommodate a satisfactory ISTS. Appeal from an unfavorable recommendation hereunder shall be in accordance with the provisions contained in Section 10.3. The review and recommendation provided herein shall not eliminate the need for complying with the permit and other requirements contained herein with respect to an ISTS on the lots in the preliminary plat.