05-09-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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TO: Jeanne Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator FROM: Michael Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator DATE: May 3, 1988 SOBJ: #1254 Trinity Lutheran Church - Recommendation regarding Septic System Based or, the findings of my previous memos of April 20, 1988, it is my recommendation that, in compliance with Municipal Code Section 12.30, Subdivision 4(E), the City should require that a completely new septic system to serve Trinity Lutheran Church be constructed. Section 12.30, Subdivision 4(E) states that no building permit or plumbing permit shall be issued until the septic system has been inspected and certified by the City Inspector as being in compliance with the code. The Church has been unable to verify the capacity of the system, and the system is on the verge of failure. Subdivision 4(E) gives the City the authority to require replacement, repair, alteration, or expansion of the existing system as may be required. The only possible expansion of the system would be to install a new mound type drainfield system, which is appropriate given the soil conditions at the site and given the near failure of the existing system in conjunction with the propose' expansion of the church. The Church would be well advised to have their site evaluator design a mound type drainf ie., d system based on an estimate of the church's daily peak water use. Tt is my understanding that the Church's intent was to immediately install a water meter to help in determining the estimated flow rate for design purposes.