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Construction means any action which in any way affects the physical components of any new or <br /> existing ISTS, including construction,installation, extension,alteration or repair,not to include pumping. <br /> Contractor means a person licensed under the provisions of Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 to <br /> engage in the business of site evaluation, system design, system construction and pumping. <br /> Disposal means the evaporation or absorption of purified liquids after treatment of the raw <br /> sewage. <br /> Existing system means any ISTS constructed and in use prior to the adoption of the ordinance <br /> from which this article is derived. "New systems" shall become "existing systems" at the time of final <br /> inspection and approval by the city. <br /> Failing system means any ISTS that discharges sewage to a seepage pit,cesspool,drywell or <br /> leaching pit. In addition, any ISTS posing an imminent threat to public health or safety as defined in <br /> Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 shall be considered failing. <br /> Inspection report means the official report of the results of the inspection by the city or vrivate <br /> ins ep ctor•including any official orders to repair or replace a noncompliant or failing ISTS. <br /> Imminent threat to nublic health or sa�tv "TI'PH"means situations with the potential to <br /> immediatelv and adversely affect or threaten public health or safetv At a minimum "TTPH"includes <br /> �round surface or surface water discharges and sewa�e backup into a dwellin�or other establishment. <br /> ISTS means an individual sewage treatment system as defined in Minnesota Rules chapter 7080. <br /> Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 means the state pollution control agency standards for the design, <br /> construction,installation and maintenance of individual sewage treatment systems extracted from the <br /> current Minnesota Rules as adopted in this article. <br /> New system means any proposed ISTS, or any newly constructed ISTS which construction takes <br /> place after the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived until the time of final <br /> inspection and approval by the city. See Existing system. <br /> Noncompliant system means a prohibited ISTS; an ISTS located within a designated 100-year <br /> flood plain; any ISTS which may or may not meet all the location,design, or construction standards of <br /> this Code and which is failing for any reason; and any ISTS with less than three feet of unsaturated soil or <br /> sand between the distribution device and the limiting soil characteristics. <br /> Owner means any person having legal or equitable title or sufficient proprietary interest in any <br /> building or land subject to the provisions of this article. For purposes of notification,the owner shall be <br /> the occupant of the property or the person listed as taxpayer on the current tax rolls. <br /> Pollutants means bacterial or chemical impurities,including pathogenic bacteria,infectious <br /> viruses,toxic chemicals, excess nutrients(nitrogen and phosphorous),non-potable�et�}e water, or <br /> septage. <br /> Privy means an outhouse, a cesspool enclosed by a building,typically not served with running <br /> water. <br /> Page 2 of 18 <br />