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,f/4 ceemaek MAYOR Michael L Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Jim LaValle Steve Morelan Bob Pedersen 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117-1600 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 484 -2177 / FAX: (651) 484 -4538 Joel R. Hanson Email: cityhall @ci.little- canada.mn.us TO: Mayor & Council Members FROM: Elizabeth Mursko, Zoning Administrator DATE: March 2, 2000 RE: Adoption of Individual Sewage Treatment Systems The 1994 ISTS Act (MN Statutes 115.55) regulated septic systems for the first time on a statewide basis in Minnesota. Major provisions of the law addressed: design standards; triggers for inspection and upgrades; licensing; local administrative requirements; and disclosure at the time of property transfer. Changes were made to this legislation in 1995, 1996 and in 1997. In 1997, the amendments aimed at solving problems related to forced upgrade of septic systems, which do not fully meet compliance criteria, but still do not pose an "imminent threat" to human health or the environment. As a result of this amendment, all local units of government are now required to pass an ordinance regulating septic systems area wide rather than just in shoreline areas. If a city does not choose to pass an ordinance, then the county ordinance prevails. However, Ramsey County has decided not to draft or implement an ordinance regulating septic systems. Due to this factor, each city is required to draft its own ordinance if individual septic systems exist in their city. The following ordinance has been drafted for you review. The ordinance was drafted based on an example distributed by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The City of Little Canada has twenty -seven (27) businesses and /or residential properties using individual septic systems (list of addresses attached). The City of Little Canada is required to track various data components such as: number of individual sewage treatment systems within the City, tracking pumping dates of systems to ensure that pumping is completed every three (3) years, and data as defined in the ordinance. This data may be tracked by either using the database software provided by Metropolitan Council (free of charge) or the City's current database management software. The City Staff would like to have all our residential and business entities use the municipal sanitary sewer system, however due to location and access it may not be feasible for some business or residence owners to hook up to our system. The Sanitary Page 35