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/' <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Subject: <br />Ron Moorse, Cit>' Administrator <br />Stephen Wo '•ar.an. On-Site Systems Manager <br />June 22. 1993 <br />Impact of DNR Shoreland Regulations on Septic Program <br />% <br />o' <br />% <br />C'' <br />% <br />% <br />Th,. Citv Council adoried a Shorebud Ordinance lo comply with the DNR Shoreland <br />n- in^larch of 1992. .As a result of these new regulations, septic systems must be <br />• • e,nv rime bundin'^ nermits, variances, conditional use permits, or <br />inspected at a /‘'y complhnL with the current Minnesoa Pollution Control <br />septtc systems withm the Shor ,^.a,er table. The borings are necessary to <br />using soil motUing “ “ “3.“'- . , s„ija,ion reauirement between seasonal water table and the <br />ronl “™:’T™t wi„ be referred to as a'•System Conformity Inspection ’.) <br />,f an inspection -cal^a nonWort^g^^^^^ - ^nt <br />the system into conformity ^ u^own at this time exactly how many <br />me ■ <br />ITm of L existing 1200 septic systems .uold require repair or replacement. <br />The DNR Shoreland Reguladons <br />performed before a permit is issued jq shoreland properties in order to <br />inspections were added to the routme inst^^n P nennl^urchasine a home with the intent <br />be forthright and fair to the homeowner. confo^ng^when they purchased it, but non- <br />of remodeling it could fmd that the septic sy^ reouirine a conformity inspection. Therefore, <br />ide^'t^u ru“m“tutg dS^s me routine septic inspection wUl give homeowners advance <br />notice of their system ccnfonnity. <br />Currently staff is completing an de^'^oertS^ ouSe^^^^^ zone until the <br />Shoreland District, while mspectmg septic in^Shorelana areas are currently being <br />as merely -cshingling or replacing detenoratmg siding. <br />U.C ,0 me addition of soil borings .0 septm "d“ <br />p.ore time will be required to complete "«ecu^^^ <br />routine inspecaon ol all 1-00 systen^ teauire anpro.ximately three years to complete, <br />routton. Staff estimates that me tnspecaoos "'^^“■“”'^,„..,oojorming systems, <br />wim an additional year required to complete repairs ot me non