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Municode Page 2 of 12 Construction means any action which in any way affects the physical components of any new or existing ISTS, including construction, installation, extension, alteration or repair, not to include pumping. Contractor means a person licensed under the provisions of Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 to engage in the business of site evaluation, system design, system construction and pumping. Disposal means the evaporation or absorption of purified liquids after treatment of the raw sewage. Existing system means any ISTS constructed and in use prior to the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived. "New systems" shall become "existing systems" at the time of final inspection and approval by the city. Failing system means any ISTS that discharges sewage to a seepage pit, cesspool, drywell or leaching pit. In addition, any ISTS posing an imminent threat to public health or safety as defined in Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 shall be considered failing. Inspection report means the official report of the results of the inspection by the city or private inspector, including any official orders to repair or replace a noncompliant or failing ISTS. Imminent threat to public health or safety("ITPH') means situations with the potential to immediately and adversely affect or threaten public health or safety. At a minimum, "ITPH" includes ground surface or surface water discharges and sewage backup into a dwelling or other establishment. ISTS means an individual sewage treatment system as defined in Minnesota Rules chapter 7080. Minnesota Rules chapter 7080 means the state pollution control agency standards for the design, construction, installation and maintenance of individual sewage treatment systems extracted from the current Minnesota Rules as adopted in this article. New system means any proposed ISTS, or any newly constructed ISTS which construction takes place after the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived until the time of final inspection and approval by the city. See Existing system. Noncompliant system means a prohibited ISTS; an ISTS located within a designated 100- year flood plain; any ISTS which may or may not meet all the location, design, or construction standards of this Code and which is failing for any reason; and any ISTS with less than three feet of unsaturated soil or sand between the distribution device and the limiting soil characteristics. Owner means any person having legal or equitable title or sufficient proprietary interest in any building or land subject to the provisions of this article. For purposes of notification, the owner shall be the occupant of the property or the person listed as taxpayer on the current tax rolls. Pollutants means bacterial or chemical impurities, including pathogenic bacteria, infectious viruses, toxic chemicals, excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous), non-potable water, or septage. Privy means an outhouse, a cesspool enclosed by a building, typically not served with running water. https://1 ibrary.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientlD=13094&HTMRequesrhttps%3 a%2f%2flibrary.municode.com%2fHT... 6/24/2014