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ORDINANCE NO. 1976-4e 1 l5 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY, ORDER, CONVENIENCE AND GENERAL WELFARE , BY REGULATING THE SPECIFICATIONS , INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF ON-SITE SEWER DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA. ARTICLE II - ON-SITE SEWER SYSTEMS 262-25. SHORT TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known, cited and referred to as the On-Site Sanitary Sewer Disposal Ordinance, except as referred to herein, where it may be known as, "This Ordinance" , or "This Chapter" . 262-26. INTENT AND PURPOSE. This Ordinance is adopted for the purpose of: (1) Protecting the health, safety and welfare residents and future residents of the City of Hugo. (2) Regulating individual sewer disposal systems so as to prevent contamination of underground bodies of water or of streams, lakes, rivers or other surface bodies of water. (3) Preventing individual sewer disposal systems from creating a health hazard and/or a nuisance for the general public or for individuals. (4)- - Making it unnecessary to provide central public sewage disposal systems for areas of the City of Hugo not intended for urban development in the foreseeable future, as indicated by the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Hugo. 262-27. RULES. The following Rules of Construction apply to this Ordinance. Subd. A. Conflicting Provisions. In the event of conflicting provisions in the text of this Ordinance, the more restrictive provision shall apply. The City Plumbing Inspector shall rule on what is more "restrictive" and appeals from said decisions may be made in the manner provided. Subd. B. Word Meaning. Words used in the present tense include the past and future tense; the singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; the word "shall" is mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive. 262-28. DEFINITIONS. The terms used herein shall be defined as set forth in the following subdivisions. -1-