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II. U. Orono will provide municipal sewer lo lakeshure areas and nondakcshorc areas within ihe MUSA when it is delemiined that municipal sewer is preferable to long-term use of on-site sewage treatment areas. C. All sewer-serviced properties must be connected Consistent with the regulations of the Minnesota Health Department and the MCtS. cver> building intended for human habitation, occupaticy or use shall be provided with suitable sanitary facilities artd shall be connected to the municipal sewer sv'stem whenever a sewer lateral serves the property or is within a reasonable distance of the property. Municipal Code Section 12.30 regulates individual sewage treatment s> stems for the City of Orono. This section requires that building pennit applications for new residences require Code Systems. Ihe c.xisting system is not u Code System because it is located within 75* of the OIIWL of l ake Minnetonka. It i the position of the City of Orono lliat a new residence should connect to municipal sewer service following extension ci the sewer line Irom Balder Park Road. The existing house was required to connect to municipal sewei lollowing the l%5 I.S 1 project and did not. Tlic prop-.-rty is liKaied within the MUSA and in the ShorelanJ Overlay District. In the Comprehensive Sewer Policy Plan (CMP Part 4 (C)) a principal goal ol Orono’s planning program is the protection of natural resources and env ironmental amenities, particularly the water quality of l.ake Minnetonka, fhe major pollutants affecting Lake Minnetonka arc contained in sewage eilluent and stormwater runolT. Orono's sewage treatment policies arc directed at minimising or eliminating pollutant sources. Ihe Council finds that connection to municipal sewer is the only viable long term solution to protecting the water quality of Lake Mirmetonka. A private sewage treatment system, on the point of the Boldur Park peninsula would have lakcshore on three sides of the system. Page 4 of9