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supply if a private well or wells cannot adequately or safely serve the proposed subdivision. (4) Lack of Adequate Taste Disposal Systems Unless the City has guided the site of the ro os� ed Mat or subdivision as rural by the Comprehensive Plan, a proposed plat or subdivision maybe deemed premature if municipal sanitary sewer is not available or is not adequate in size to serve the proposed subdivision if developed to its maximum permissible density as indicated in the Comprehensive Plan. "Available" shall mean existing or readily extended and fielded. consistent with the phasing in the Comprehensive Plan the Capital Improvement Program and any relevant City ordinances, plans, and policies. If the site of the proposed plat or subdivision is guided as rural by the Comprehensive Plan a proposed subdivision may be deemed premature if a private subsurface sewage treatment system or systems cannot adequately serve the prol2osed subdivision. (5) Lack of Adequate Streets. A proposed plat or subdivision may be deemed premature if public streets to serve the proposed plat or subdivision are not available. "Available" shall mean existing or readily extended and funded consistent with the phasing in the Comprehensive Plan the Capital linprovement Program and any relevant City ordinances, plans and policies. In addition, a proposed plat or subdivision may be deemed premature if the traffic volume generated by the proposed plat or subdivision would create a hazard to public safety and the general public welfare or the streets are inadequate for the intended uses such that the subdivision would create unacceptable levels of traffic congestion on existing or proposed streets as determined by the City Engineer. (6) Lack of Adequate Drainage. proposed plat or subdivision may be deemed premature if municipal or private surface water management facilities are not available to meet minimum local watershed and state treatment requirements including downstream infrastructure to manage stormwater. "Available" shall mean existing or readily constructed and funded consistent with the phasing in the Comprehensive Plan the Capital Improvement Program and any relevant City ordinances plans, and policies. In addition, a proposed plat or subdivision may be deemed premature in cases where flood plains, poor soils, or steep slopes exist in such a manner as to preclude adequate site drainage or treatment of surface water runoff, cause pollution of water sources or damage from erosion would occur on downhill or downstream land. (7) Inconsistent or Not Compliant with State Environmental Statutes and Rules. A proposed plat or subdivision may be deemed premature if it is not in compliance or is not consistent with the State's environmental statutes and rules set forth in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 116D and Minnesota Rules Part 4410. SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Title XV: Land Usage; Chapter 153: Subdivision Regulations by amending Section 153.07 by adding the underlined language and deleting the strikethrough language as follows: § 153.07 MINOR SUBDIVISIONS. (A)Purpose and Intent. The purpose of a minor subdivision process is to allow the City to waive certain procedures and requirements of a major subdivision. The purpose is to reduce the time and cost to the property owner for dividing land in locations and situations that are well