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3 2. ’’City Sewer” - A sewage collection system terminating in a treatment plant or <br />Metropolitan Waste Control Commission facilities, and not utilizing septic tanks or soil treatment <br />and absorption areas. <br />Source: City Code <br />Effective Date: 4-1-84 <br />3. ”Code System” - An ISTS which meets all the location, design and construction <br />standards of the current Orono Municipal Code, and which is not an “imminent threat to public <br />health or safety” as defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080. <br />4. “Compliant System” - An ISTS which does not meet all the location, design and <br />construction standards of the current Orono Municipal Code but does meet the three foot separation <br />requirement, and was installed according to the code in effect at the time on installation, and which <br />is not “failing” or an “imminent threat to public health or safetv”as defined in Minnesota Rules <br />Chanter 7080. <br />4r5. "Construction ” Any action which in any way affects the physical components <br />of any new or existing system ISTS. including construction, installation, extension, alteration or <br />repair, not to include pumping. <br />5 6. "Contractor ” - A person licensed under the provisions Minnesota Rules Chapter <br />7080 to engage in the business of site evaluation, system design, system construction and pumping. <br />6r 7. "Disposal” - The evaporation or absorption of purified liquids after treatment of <br />the raw sewage. <br />it 8. "Existing System” - Any system ISTS constructed and in use prior to the adoption <br />of this Section. "New systems" shall become "existing systems" at the time of final inspection and <br />approval by the City. <br />9. “Failing System” - Anv ISTS that discharges sewage to a seepage pit, cesspool, <br />drvwell or leaching pit. In addition, anv ISTS posing an imminent threat to public health or safety <br />as defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 7080 shall be considered failing. <br />7. "Ho lding Tank" ■ A water tight tank for sto rage o f sewage until the sewage can <br />be transported to an appro ved of fsite po int o f treatment and dispo sal: <br />S 10. "Inspection Report ” - The official report of the results of the inspection by the <br />City, including any official orders to repair or replace a non-conforming compliant ISTS system. <br />11. "ISTS” - An Individual Sewage Treatment System as defined in Minnesota <br />Rules Chapter 7080. <br />Page 2 of 22 <br />1