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Strikethroughs to be removed Underlines to be added Ordinance 15 - ____ An Ordinance Amending Section, 78-1, “Finding of public health and safety hazard,” 78-101, “Private sewage disposal systems,” and 78-125, “Filling of unused septic tanks and similar devices” of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code, to incorporate the Sherburne County Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Program The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: §, SECTION 1.That 78-1(b)“Finding of public health and safety hazard” of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances, shall be amended to read as follows: (b) In addition to the provisions of section 78-22 and subsection 78-97(d), which authorize the city to make connections to the city water and sanitary sewer systems and to assess the costs therefore to the affected property, and the provisions of Sherburne County Zoning Ordinance 17.5 and chapter 46, article II of this Code, which declares defective sewage systems and plumbing a nuisance affecting the public's safety and health and authorizes the city to abate such nuisances and to assess the costs therefor to the affected properties, the city council finds that it is necessary and in the public interest to provide a mechanism for costs incurred by private property owners to eliminate such public health and safety hazards on private property to be assessed against the property as a special assessment. §, SECTION 2.That 78-101“Private sewage disposal systems” of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended to read as follows: (a)Application, Administration, and Enforcement. The application, administration, and enforcement of private sewage disposal systems shall be in accordance with Sherburne County Zoning Ordinance, Section 17.5, entitled “Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Program”, which contains additional requirements by the MPCA and State Department of Health. (b) Additional Restrictions and Setbacks. Additional restrictions and setbacks occur under Chapter 30 of this code. (a) Generally. Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under the provisions of this division, the building sewer shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system which complies with the provisions of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Individual Sewage Treatment Standards, chapter 7080 et seq. (referred to in this section as "chapter 7080"), as amended from time to time, which standards are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this division as fully as though set forth in full in this section. A copy of such standards is filed with the city administrator. In addition thereto, the following appendix to chapter 7080 is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this division as fully as though set forth in full, a copy being on file with the city administrator: Appendix A, Alternative Systems. Last Updated March 2014