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•r’ <br />L 12.30 <br />Subd. 4. General Provisions. <br />A. Treatment Required. All sewage generated within <br />the City shall be disposed of by connection to the City sewer <br />system or shall be treated and disposed of in an on—site system <br />according to the provisions of this Section. <br />B. Jurisdiction. The provisions of this Section <br />shall apply to the method of sewage disposal from every building <br />within the City intended for human use or habitation, whether such <br />use is permanent, temporary or seasonal, regardless of the date of <br />original construction or use. <br />1. The owners of all buildings where City <br />sewer is available or becomes available, shall connect the <br />buildings to the City sewer within 16 months of the availability of <br />the sewer according to the provisions of the City Code. <br />2. At the time connection to city sewer is <br />completed all existing septic tanks no longer in use shall be <br />pumped out and filled with native soil. <br />3. The owners of those buildings which have <br />been completely connected to City sewer shall be exempt from the <br />maintenance and inspection provisions of this Section. <br />Surface Discharge. Unless specifically <br />permitted by HPCA and the City of Orono, sewage, sewage tank <br />effluent, or seepage from a soil treatment system shall not be <br />discharged to the ground surface, abandoned wells, or bodies of <br />surface water, or into any rock or soil formation the structure of <br />which is not conducive to purification of water by filtration, or <br />into any well or other excavation in the ground. <br />All new or existing systems which discharge to surface waters or <br />the ground surface must obtain either a National Pollutant <br />Discharge Elj.mination System (NPJES) or State Disposal System <br />Permit from MPCA and shall comply with all federal, state, and City <br />requirements pertaining thereto. <br />D. Standard System Required. In areas not served <br />by City sewer systems, sufficient open land of suitable soil <br />characteristics shall be provided for each new or existing building <br />__ ... ^ m ^ __ __to allow for the design, construction and use of a "standard on­ <br />site system within the property or on which such building is <br />located. Standard systems are the only new systems permitted by <br />this Section without a variance thereto. <br />^^1. "Alternative systems" shall not be <br />permitted except by variance. <br />2. "Prohibited Systems" shall not be <br />installed or used except as permitted elsewhere in this code. <br />ORONO CC 493 (2-10-92) <br />N,