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Agenda Number CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Memorandum TO: Bryan Bear, City Administrator FROM: Rachel Leitz, Community Development Assistant SUBJECT: An Ordinance Repealing Hugo City Code, Chapter 38, Article II, Individual Sewage Treatment System DATE: January 31, 2017 for the City Council meeting of February 6, 2017 1. BACKGROUND: At the end of 2016, City staff sat down with the Washington County Public Health and Environment department to discuss the future of the City's Individual Sewage Treatment System ordinance. The City has been in an agreement with Washington County which stipulates that Washington County is the body in which Hugo residents go through to receive approval of their proposed septic systems. This agreement between the County and the City has worked out very well and it was in City staff's opinion to continue with this process. Washington County stated that the City's ordinance no longer complied with requirements to allow such a process and therefore needed to be updated. After further discussions with Washington County, it was stated that upon a City repealing their Individual Sewage Treatment System ordinance, permitting and approving sewage treatment systems would automatically be the County's responsibility. The County would still communicate with the City when permits are submitted and the City would still have a way to voice any concerns on applications, including all land use variances, which are required to go through the City variance procedure. 2. CONCLUSION/RECOMMENDATION: City staff discussed the City's Individual Sewage Treatment System Ordinance and found no need to create a new City ordinance when the agreement with Washington County has been successful. Staff recommends approval of an ordinance repealing Hugo City Code, Chapter 38, Article II, Individual Sewage Treatment System. Attachments: 1. Ordinance