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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />CO***^*'^** tiCCTING <br />JUL 2 5 2005 <br />Dale: <br />Item No.: <br />DcpartOMat Approval: <br />NaMc: Michael P. Oaflhm <br />Title: Planning Director <br />liniftrator Approval:Ageiida Scctioa: <br />Zoning <br />Item Description: Proposed Municipal Code Amendment - <br />Add Section S8-72(c): Criminal Enforcement for Violations of On-Site Sewage <br />Treatement Systems (ISTS) Regulations <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Proposed Ordinance <br />B - Existing Code Section 58-72 <br />C - Memo from Orono ISTS Manager Willie Gibbs <br />D - Letters fitun Prosecuting Attorney Ken Potts <br />The City's Prosecuting Attorney has indicated that in order accomplish more effective <br />legal enifbrceinent in obtaining compliance when ISTS violations remain unresolved <br />deqrite stafif-level action, it is necessary to add language to the ISTS ordinances in <br />Chapter 58 of the Municipal Code, similar to the language found in the zoiiing code for <br />dealing with misdemeanor violations. <br />The attached ordinance is recommended for adoption, adding Section 58-72(c), Crimiiuil <br />Enforcement, vdiich makes ISTS violations a misdemeanor and therefore iMX>secutable as <br />a criminal violation. <br />The proposed amendment is not part of the zoning or subdivision codes and thoefore <br />does imt require a public hearing. <br />Staff Recommendation <br />Adopt Ordinance No.___, Third Series, An Ordinance Amending Chapter 58 of the <br />Orono Municipal Code by Adding Section 58-72, Part C, Regarding Enforcement of <br />Septic Code. <br />n