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1301.08 1301.08 <br />1301.08: PUBLIC UTILITIES, RAILROADS, ROADS, AND BRIDGES: <br />Subd. 1. Public Utilities. All public utilities and facilities such as gas, electrical, sewer, and <br />water supply systems to be located in the flood plain shall be flood proofed according to <br />the standards in the Minnesota State Building Code or shall be elevated to an elevation <br />above the regulatory flood protection elevation. <br />Subd. 2. Public Transportation Facilities. Railroad tracks, roads, and bridges to be located <br />within the flood plain shall meet the requirements listed in Sections 1301.04 and 1301.05 <br />of this Chapter. The owner or builder of these transportation facilities shall elevate them <br />to at least the regulatory flood protection elevation where failure or interruption of these <br />transportation facilities would result in danger to the public health or safety or where such <br />facilities are essential to the orderly functioning of the area. The City may allow the <br />construction of minor or auxiliary roads or railroads at a lower elevation where the failure <br />or interruption of these secondary transportation services would not endanger the public <br />health, safety or welfare. <br />Subd. 3. Standards for On -site Sewage Treatment and Water Supply Systems: In instances <br />where the City does not provide public utilities, the following standards shall apply: <br />a. The owners and builders of on -site water supply systems must design and construct <br />these systems to minimize or eliminate infiltration of flood waters into the systems; and <br />b. The owners and builders of new or replacement on -site sewage treatment systems <br />must design and construct these systems to minimize or eliminate: <br />(1) Infiltration of floodwaters into the utility systems and: <br />(2) The discharges from the utility systems into floodwaters. <br />C. On -site water supply and sewage treatment systems shall not be subject to <br />impairment or contamination during times of flooding. <br />d. The City considers any sewage treatment system designed and constructed <br />according to the State's current statewide standards for on -site sewage treatment systems <br />to be in compliance with this Section. <br />City of Mounds View <br />