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New sanitation code approved
Published Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The Otter Tail County sanitation code has been amended by the county’s board of commissioners.
The ammended document includes guidelines for proper location of sewage disposal, design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair.
One of the amendments will reduce the amount of original soil for mound systems from 24 inches to 12 inches.
“This will bring the county into conformity with statewide rules,” said Bill Kalar, county land and resource administrator.
Another amendment calls for removing the setback requirement for wetlands, which is currently 50 feet. This proposal has no effect on lake setback requirements.
In other business, the board reviewed the lake reclassification issue.
Kalar, in preparation for the public hearing to be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June, 3, distributed to commissioners a list of 203 county lakes of 150 acres or less. According to State of Minnesota standards, those lakes may have been misclassified as general development or recreational development lakes.
If the board requests reclassification of those lakes, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources approves the request, a natural environmental designation will affect development in several ways. As an example, if someone wants to subdivide property, the result will be larger lots instead of smaller lots.
“More open space would be preserved and there would be fewer adverse affects on the lakes,” Kalar said.
According to statewide standards, natural development lakes often have adjacent land with substantial constraints for development. This is one of the issues expected to be debated during the June 3 public meeting on lake reclassification.
As part of the American Jail Association’s designation of May 4-10 as Correctional Officer's Week, County Corrections Officer Myrna Budke received the Bruce Eckley Excellence in Training Award during Tuesday’s county commission meeting.
Presenting the award, on behalf of the Jail Administrator’s Association, were Sheriff Brian Schlueter and Jail Administrator Richard Akerman. The association sponsors training for correctional officers in west central Minnesota.
In other business, the county board approved replacement of an existing structural plate arch culvert northwest of Deer Creek.
The culvert is located along Highway 67, north of the Highway 50 and Highway 67 junction.
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