§ 50.01. General provisions.

(a)

Short title. This chapter shall be known and referred to as the "individual sewage treatment systems ordinance."

(b)

Intent and purpose. This chapter is adopted by the city for the following purposes:

(1)

To protect the health, safety and welfare of the present and future residents of the community;

(2)

To regulate the design, location, installation, use and maintenance of individual sewage treatment systems;

(3)

To prevent the discharge of inadequately treated sewage to ground or surface waters;

(4)

To protect land, water and other natural resources within and outside the city from impairment, pollution or destruction;

(5)

To prevent and avoid health and ecological hazards attributable to bacterial and chemical contamination of lands and waters;

(6)

To protect water supply wells from contamination by inadequate or improperly designed, located, installed or maintained individual sewage treatment systems;

These standards are not intended to cover systems treating industrial waste or other wastewater that may contain hazardous materials.

(Ord. No. 17888, § 1, 11-21-91; C.F. No. 98-601, § 1, 8-5-98)