A. General Provisions. The Building Official shall make such inspection as is necessary to determine compliance with this Chapter. No part of an SSTS shall be covered until it has been inspected and accepted by the Building Official. It shall be the responsibility of the Installer to notify the Building Official that the job is ready for inspection or reinspection. Pursuant to the authority granted by Minn. Stat. § 115.04, as amended, whenever it is necessary for the purposes of this Chapter, the Building Official or other authorized Inspector, upon presentation of identifying credentials to the owner or occupant, may enter upon any property, public or private, for the purposes of obtaining information or conducting surveys, investigations or inspections. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of the property to give the Building Official or other authorized Inspector, free access to the property at reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections. As-built documentation, certification, and drawings shall be submitted within five (5) days of completion of any permitted Subsurface Sewage Treatment System. It shall be the Installer’s responsibility to install the Subsurface Sewage Treatment System and all components thereof to the specifications of the submitted Subsurface Sewage Treatment design and in compliance with applicable state and local regulations. Upon satisfactory completion and final inspection of the system the Building Official shall indicate approval on the application. If upon inspection the Building Official discovers that any part of an SSTS is not constructed in accordance with the minimum standards provided in this Chapter, he shall give the Installer written notification describing the defects. The Installer shall pay an additional fee of $15.00 for each reinspection that is necessary. The Installer shall be responsible for the correction or elimination of all defects and no Subsurface Sewage Treatment System shall be place or replaced in service until all defects have been corrected or eliminated.
B. Inspection Requirements.
1. A contracted SSTS licensed business by an appropriately certified SSTS installer shall be present on-site during the construction and inspection of a Subsurface Sewage Treatment System.
2. An inspection shall take place upon each of the following:
(a) Ground scarification for at grades and mound systems;
(b) Installation of rock and pipes;
(c) Installation of septic tank, manhole covers, risers, and inspection pipes; and
(d) After the Subsurface Sewage Treatment System is covered and the finish is graded.
3. In the event the required inspection cannot be performed by the City, photographs of the installed Subsurface Sewage Treatment System shall be furnished with the required as-built documentation. This provision shall only apply if permission from the Building Official or Zoning Administrator is obtained at least 48 hours in advance of the installation of the Subsurface Sewage Treatment System. The decision to grant permission is within the sole discretion of the Building Official or Zoning Administrator.
[§ 14-643, amended by Ord. No. 89-14, effective July 13, 1990, Paragraph A amended and Paragraph B added by Ord. No. 98-5, effective July 30, 1998, amended by Ord. No. 07-02, effective March 1, 2007, amended by Ord. No. 09-02, effective March 5, 2009, amended by Ord. No. 15-01, effective May 7, 2015, as amended by Ord. No. 17-01, effective August 31, 2017.]