(A) The City Planning and Zoning Department shall administer the SSTS program and all provisions of this subchapter.
(B) The city’s duties and responsibilities include, but are not be limited to, the following:
(1) Review all applications for SSTS;
(2) Issue all permits required in this subchapter;
(3) Inspect all work regulated in this subchapter;
(4) Investigate all complaints regarding SSTS;
(5) Issue certificates of installation, certificates of compliance, or notices of non-compliance where applicable;
(6) Enact enforcement provisions of this subchapter as necessary;
(7) Refer unresolved violations of this subchapter to the City Attorney;
(8) Maintain current records for each permitted SSTS, including all site evaluation documents, design documents, inspection documents, and other applicable documents;
(9) The city shall employ or retain under contract qualified and appropriately licensed professionals to administer and operate the SSTS program; and
(10) Submit annual reports to MPCA as required.
(C) The owner or owners of a single SSTS or a group of SSTS under common ownership must obtain an SDS permit from the agency according to Minn. Rules Chapter 7001, as amended from time to time, when all or part of proposed or existing soil dispersal components are within one-half mile of each other and the combined flow from all proposed and existing SSTS is greater than 10,000 gallons per day. For proposed SSTS, the flow must be determined according to Minn. Rules part 7081.0110, as amended from time to time. For existing SSTS, the flow is determined by the greater of the average maximum seven-day measured flow or flow amounts according to Minn. Rules part 7081.0110, as amended from time to time. The highest calculated value of the various methods in Table I under Minn. Rules part 7081.0130, subpart 1, as amended from time to time, must be used to make this determination, with no reduction allowed. An SDS permit is not required if a factor of safety is added to the design flow that results in a design flow that is in excess of the SDS permit threshold.
(Ord. O-14-02, passed 12-8-2014)