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CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA ORDINANCE 81-_±�_ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, SECTION 700 OF THE LAKE ELMO MUNICIPAL CODE Section 1. Amendment. Chapter 7, Section 700 of the Lake Elmo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows; to wit: Chapter 7 Sewer Systems Section 700 - Individual and Community Sewer Systems 700.01 Title. This section shall be (mown, cited and referred to as the individual and community sewage treatment system ordinance, except when referred to as this section. 700.02 Intent and Purpose. Subd. 1 Health. Safety and Welfare. The purpose of this section is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the community, present and future. Subd. 2 Contamination of Surface/Ground Water. The purpose of this section is to regulate the location, design, installation, use and maintenance of individual and community sewage treatment systems so as to prevent contamination of the surface and ground water within the community. Subd. 3 Contamination of Private Water Supply Wells. The purpose of this section is to protect the individual water supply wells of the community from contamination by inadequate, improperly designed, located, installed or maintained individual and community sewage treatment systems. Subd. 4 Orderly Development. The purpose of this section is to provide for the orderly development of the Waal areas of the community which are not served nor planned to be served by central public waste treatment facilities so as to preclude the installation of central public systems. 700.03 Rules Subd. 1 Specifications Which Apply. Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080, shall apply except as provided below. A. 7080.0130 Sewage Tanks. All sewage tanks shall be designed assuming that the home or building has a garbage disposal. B. 7080.0130 Sewage Tanks. Maintenance Holes shall be left at finished grade. Lids shall be secured to prevent unauthorized access. A 75 pound lid shall be considered secure. C. 7080.0170 Final Treatment and Disposal. Mound systems are not allowed as the first disposal site on any lot. Mounds may be used as a replacement to a failed system. Mound systems are not allowed for collector systems in the OP zone. D. 7080.0170 Final Treatment and Disposal. Collector systems in the OP zone shall be sized to treat less than 5000 gallons per day. Collector systems in the OP zone shall be at least 500' from any other active drainfield.