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Subd. 8. Administration. A. Administrating Officer. The provisions of this Section shall be administered by the Building and Zoning Department and the Building Official who shall coordinate all permit applications and inspection services. The On-Site Systems Manager or Building Official shall review and evaluate technical matters including system design and installation as provided herein. Source: City Code Effective Date: 4-1-84 B. Inspection Program. For purposes of insuring continued proper use and maintenance of all existing on«she systems ISTS. the City shall periodically inspect each existing system ISTS and shall classify each system ISTS as Code, Con for ming, Compliant or Non* Co nfor ming Non-Compliant. 1. Right of Entry: The City Inspector shall have the right of entry onto every property in the City, which property includes an o n-site sys tem ISTS. for purposes of inspecting said system for conformity compliance with the provisions of this Section. Each construction permit issued after adoption of this Section shall extend be construed as the right of entry to the City Inspector by explicit approval of the owner requesting such permit, which approval may be filed in the chain of title for the property. Failure of any party to grant the City access for this purpose shall be grounds to classify any system on the property as no n«c o nfo rming non-compliant. The City Attorney shall thereafter take such action as is necessary to enable the City to perform the inspection and to enforce all the provisions of this Section, and to assess the cost thereof against the property. 2. Inspection Report. Within thirty (30) days after the inspection of each system ISTS by the City, the City shall provide the results of said inspection in writing to the owner of the system, including the classification of the system ISTS as to co nfo rmance compliance with City requirements and potential for existing or future problems. Notice of non*c o nferming non- comoliant or failing sys tems ISTS shall include orders for maintenance, repairs or replacement, the procedures for obtaining all required permits, the deadline for completion of the construction or pumping and the penalties for failure to comply with the order. 3. Code and Co nfor ming Compliant Systems ISTS shall be inspected by the City at least once every two years 4. Owners of non-compliant systems ISTS shall be issued orders requiring maintenance, repair or replacement per Subdivision 5(c) as follows. (a) Sys tems ISTS located within the Shoreland District found to be non-compliant due solely to lack of 3 feet of unsaturated soil or sand between the distribution device and the limiting soil characteristics, shall be repaired or replaced within a reasonable period of time not to extend past December 31 of the seventh year following the year in which repair orders are issued, the intent being that at least seven full construction seasons (May thru November) shall be allowed for the completion of repairs. The repair dates will become effective upon the date of adoption of this ordinance for all systems which have been identified as non-compliant due solely Page 20 of 22