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Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Planning Commission <br />5.4 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Planning Items <br />January 27, 2015 <br />Ilristin Mroz, Environmental Technician <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Ordinance Amendment Updating the Subsurface <br />Jeremy Barnhart, Deputy Director CODD <br />Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) Public Hearing, <br />Reviewed by <br />Case No. OA 15 -01 <br />Bob Ruprecht, Building Official <br />Action Requested <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of the ordinance amendment to update the Subsurface Sewage <br />Treatment System as required by the MPCA. <br />Background /Discussion <br />City ordinance currently includes regulation for subsurface sewage treatment systems (SSTS) that does <br />not comply with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) standards. The MPCA notified city <br />staff of the discrepancies on September 8, 2014, instructing the city to make necessary amendments to the <br />city code. <br />SSTS include individual septic systems from small-scale homesteads to large -scale industrial systems in <br />unsewered areas of the city. The purpose of the SSTS ordinance is to comply with minimum standards <br />per Minnesota statutes and administrative rules of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. These <br />standards include requirements for issuing permits, management plan standards, standards for <br />construction and deconstruction, penalties for failure to comply with the provisions, provisions of <br />enforcement, and standards which promote the health, safety, and welfare of the public. <br />Staff is recommending a reference to the Sherburne County SSTS ordinance as they fully comply with <br />MPCA rules. Changes include updating references to the county SSTS ordinance and removing segments <br />that are repetitive to the county SSTS ordinance. Other, more restrictive attributes to the city ordinance <br />were left in place within the city ordinance. <br />Staff proposes amendments within sections: <br />• Section 30 -1934 — On -site sewage treatment and water supply systems (Floodplain) <br />• Section 30 -2028 — Water supply and sewage treatment (Shoreland) <br />• Section 30 -2138 — Water supply and sewage treatment (Wild and Scenic River) <br />Financial Impact <br />None <br />Attachments <br />■ Ordinance Amendments <br />PV0WIAE1 0 <br />Template Updated 4/14 IN"Af UR <br />