ZONING ORDINANCE
CITY OF PARKERS PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA
SECTION 14.0 – WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE TREATEMENT
14.01 WATER SUPPLY
14.011 Any public or private supply of water for domestic purposes must
meet or exceed standards for water quality of the Minnesota Department
of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
14.02 SEWAGE TREATMENT
14.021 Any premises used for human occupancy must be provided with an
adequate method of sewage treatment.
14.022 Public-owned sewer systems must be used where available.
14.023 All private sewage treatment systems must meet or exceed the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s standards for individual sewage
treatment systems contained in the document titled “Individual Sewage
Treatment Standards, Chapter 7080”, a copy of which is hereby adopted
by reference and declared to be a part of this ordinance.
14.024 On-site sewage treatment systems must be set back from the
ordinary high water level in accordance with the setbacks contained in
Section 11.062 of this ordinance.
14.025 All proposed sites for onsite sewage treatment systems shall be
evaluated in accordance with the criteria in subitems (A)-(D). If the
determination of a site’s suitability cannot be made with publicly
available, existing information, it shall then be the responsibility of the
applicant to provide sufficient soil borings and percolation tests from onsite field investigations.
Evaluation criteria:
A.) depth to the highest known or calculated ground water table;
B.) soil conditions, properties, and permeability;
C.) slope;
D.) the existence of lowlands, local surface depressions;
14.026 Nonconforming sewage treatment systems shall be regulated and
upgraded in accordance with Subsection 14.023 of this ordinance.
14.027 No installations, alterations, repairs, or extensions shall be made
until a permit is obtained for such installation, alteration, repairs, or
extensions from the City of Parkers Prairie. The fee for such permit will be
in accordance to the City of Parkers Prairie Permit and License Fee
Schedule.
14.028 Application for permit shall be made in writing upon forms
furnished by the city and shall be signed by the applicant or his agent.
14.029 No person shall install, alter, repair, or extend a sewer system in
the city limits of Parkers Prairie without first obtaining a license from the
City of Parkers Prairie for such activity and pay a fee in accordance with
the City of Parkers Prairie Permit and License Fee Schedule.
14.030 Part of the requirements for obtaining a license for installing,
altering, repairing, or extending of Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems
shall be certification by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for the
installation of Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems.
14.031 No parts of a sewer system whether an onsite system or a sewer
line hooked to the municipal sewer system shall be covered until inspected
and approved by the City Maintenance Supervisor or his agent.
14.032 It shall be the City Maintenance Supervisors duty to keep complete
records of all installations, alterations, repairs or extensions of any sewer
line or onsite systems within the city limits of Parkers Prairie.