HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems ORDINANCE NO. 3079
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY ENACTING A NEW SECTION 11.9
FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE USE, CONSTRUC-
TION AND MAINTENANCE OF "ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREAT-
MENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS" BY ADOPTION OF THE
RULES OF THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURC-
ES PERTAINING THERETO; PROVIDING A PENALTY AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED, by the City Council for the city of Ames, Iowa, that:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be
and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section as follows:
"Sec. 11.9 WASTEWATER DISPOSAL, STATE RULES ADOPTED
(1) The rules of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
pertaining to 'on-site wastewater treatment and disposal
systems' promulgated as 567-69.1 through 567-69.16
Iowa Administrative Code, as the same may be amended
or added to from time to time, are by this reference
adopted and made a part of this section as if fully set
out, except as hereinafter provided.
(2) Applications for permits under said rules shall be
submitted to the Ames City Sanitarian, who shall make
an inspection before construction and make a recommen-
dation to the Ames City Council, acting as the local
board of health, with respect to the issuance or denial
of the permit.
(3) A permit to construct or reconstruct an on-site
waterwater treatment and disposal system shall not be
issued unless the City Council finds that:
(a) The City sanitary sewer system is not reasonably
accessible at the site for which the application
is made;
(b) The system can and will be designed, constructed
and operated to meet the standards of the afore-
said rules;
(c) And any fees established by the City Council for
the permit have been paid.
(4) No such system shall be used until it has been inspected
by the City Sanitarian and found to meet the standards
and requirements of the aforesaid rules.
(5) All existing systems shall be inspected and analyzed
every other year, and at any time the Sanitarian has
reason to suspect that a system has failed in its func-
tion. When any on-site wastewater treatment and dis-
posal system is found by the City Sanitarian to be
failing in its function, the owners or persons in con-
trol of the premises shall be sent a notice to connect
the premises to the sanitary sewer system immediately.
Failure to do so within 72 hours shall be a violation of
this section unless the persons so ordered appeal to the
City Council and the City Council finds that the sani-
tary sewer is not reasonably accessible at that site.
If the Council finds that the sanitary sewer is not
reasonably accessible, it shall, acting as the Board of
Health, order the system reconstructed to meet the
standards adopted in subsection (1) above."
Section Two. Violations of this ordinance shall be a municipal infrac-
tion punishable as by law provided.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and affect from
and after its passage and publication as required by law.
Adopted this 24th day of April , 1990 .
Nanc Dionig', City Clerk Larry R. Curtis , Mayor
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