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To:From: <br />Date: <br />Chair Lindquist and Orono Planning Commission Members Michael P. Gaffron, Senior Planning Coordinator <br />September 12,1997 <br />Subject: Proposed Amendment of Shoreland and On-Site Sewage Treatment Ordinances <br />The City Council on August 25 directed staff to process an amendment of the zoning and septic <br />codes regarding the period of time for septic system upgrades, and triggers for upgrades, in the <br />Shoreland District. <br />Council <br />Objective: <br />1. Allow property owners within the Shoreland Overlay District up to <br />10 years to replace septic systems which are *Non-Compliant solely <br />due to lack of 3' separation from seasonal saturation. The current timeframe <br />is 2 years. <br />2. Revise ordinances so that a building permit or variance application <br />will no longer trigger an immediate system upgrade in the Shoreland <br />Overlay District for systems which are TMon-Compliant' solely due to <br />lack of 3' separation. <br />List of Exhibits <br />A - Proposed Ordinance Language <br />B - Current Shoreland Ordinance, Section 10.56 Subd. 16(R) and Subd. 17(C) <br />C - Septic code as adopted 2-10-92, Section 12.30 Subd. 4 <br />D - Septic code 1st revision 7-26-93 <br />E - Septic code 2nd revision 5-13-96 <br />F - State Code Excerpts (Chapter 7080, and June 1997 Statute Revisions) <br />Rationale:The City is intending to review its policies over the next few years reg^ding <br />extension of municipal sewer to the rural area, which includes areas within the <br />Shoreland District. This review is being undertaken in part due to the high number <br />of requests for sewer from rural property owners who have Non-Compliant systems <br />that must eventually be replaced. These requests are a reflection of the fact that the <br />current cost of a replacement septic system approaches the cost of municipal <br />sewer. <br />One possible outcome of the policy review is that a number of developed residential <br />areas could be slated for sewer. If this occurs, it would not have been prudent to be <br />requiring expensive system upgrades followed shortly by expensive sewers. <br />Areas outside the Shoreland currently are allowed 10 years to comply when the