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TOWN OF EDEN PRAIRIE
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HENNEPIN C , MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NUMBER 5
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE REGULATING OF AND
ISSUING OF LICENSES BY THE TOWN OF KDEN PRAIRIE,
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
NO. Z{.
THE TOWN BOARD OF EDEN PRAIRIE DOES ORDAIN:
Section It Ordinance Number 3 of the Town of Eden
Prairie is amended as follows :
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Section 2 . is amended by deleting Subdivision 6.
Section 2: Ordinance #!4. of the Town of Eden Prairie
is amended as follows :
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Section 1. is to be deleted.
Section 2. is amended by inserting the words "add to a
Ordinance #3 Section 3 reading as follows" between Section 2. and
Billboards and Signboards.
Section 3 . Is to be deleted.
Section 3: Add to Ordinance No. 3 Section reading
as follows: Plumbing work and plumbers. Subdivision 1. No person,
firm or corporation shall carry on the business of plumbing within
the Town of Eden Prairie without first having obtained a license to
do so in the manner prescribed in this ordinance, and except as pro-
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vided in Sectionof this ordinance, no permit for doing any such
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work shall be issued except to a master plumb&r who has obtained
such a license. R person must first be issued a license as a master
plumber by the state of Minnesota before he is issued a license as
a plumber by the Town and such state license must be in force and A
effect at the time the Town license is issued. Plumbing shall
include the installation of cesspools, septic tanks and drain-
fields.
Subdivision 2. Copy of State License . Any person de-
siring to secure a town license for doing any of the work described
in the preceding subdivision, shall accompany his application with
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a certified copy of the license issued to him as a master plumber
by the state of Minnesota, and shall comply with the requirements
of the following subdivisions of this section.
Subdivision 3. Bond. Before a town plumber' s license
sha"l be granted to any person he shall execute and deposit with
the town clerk p bond in the sum of $1,000.00 executbd by a surety
company authorized to do business in the state of Minnesota in
favor of the Town, and the public conditioned upon the faithful
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performance of contracts.
Subdivision 4. Fee. Annual fee for plumber' s license
shall be $15. 00.
Subdivision 5. License- Revoked. Every torn
issued may be suspended or revoked at any time by theJ
satisfactory proof of any failure or neglect of the li
serve the rules and regulations prescribed by any ordinance or
resolution passed by the townrbOglating to streets, sewers and
drains, or to obey any reasonable direction given by the town board
respecting the performance of any service undertaken by such licensee
In connection with said sewers and drains .
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Subdivision 6. Firms or Corporations. Whenever two
or more persons are to be engaged in the business of plumbing
as a copartnership or corporation, the town plumber' s license may
be issued only to the person or persons in charge of the plumbing
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work of such person' s firm or corporation. r
Subdivision 7. No Other to Use License. No person who
has obtained any such license shall allow his name to 'be used by
any other person for the purpose of obtaining permits. Every per-
son Licensed shall have recorded in the town clerk' s office his
place of business, and the name under which the business is trans-
acted, and shall immediately notify the clerk of any change.
Subdivision 8. The minimum standards and requirements '
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t„ for plumbing as outlined in the "Basic Plumbing Principles" of °
the Minnesota Plumbing Code, dated July 20, 1937, as subsequently
amended, shall apply to the plumbing within all buildings, and to
a point 5 feet outside of interior surface of foundation wall.
Subdivision 9. Permits required. It skull be unlawful
to construct, install, alter or repair any plumbing drain, vent t`a
sump, water closet, sink, lavatory or any other plumbing fixture
within the Town of Eden Prairie without first obtaining a permit
from the Town Clerk to do such work. Application for such permit
shall be made at the office of the Town Clark on forms supplied
by the Town of Eden Prairie. The application shall be accompanied
by the respective fees as follows :
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For the repair or alteration of any sanitary plumbing
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No permit shall be required in case of repairs not
affecting sanitation, such as the mending of leaks of faucets,
valves or water supply? pipes .
Subdivision 10. The sewage disposal systems shall
be in accordance with the following standards:
a. Each residence shall be equipped with an in-
dividual septic tank of not less than 750 gallons capacity
connected to either a cesspool or a properly constructed
drainfield. Each septic tank shall be watertight and shall
be constructed of poured, reinforced concrete or of steel
or of septic tank blocks; no septic tank shall be constructed
of concrete blocks or other porous or water absorbing ma-
terial. Each septic t - ak shall have properly located baffle
platen. All commercial and public buildings shall have a
sewage disposal System in accordance with the recommendations
of the Minnesota Department of Health Bulletin entitled
"Small Sewerage Systems" edition of May 1, 1953•
b. The septic tank, drainf field and/or desspool shall
be not closer than ( 1) 50 feat to any well or suction line
from a well. (2) 10 feet from any drinking water supply line `
under pressure. (3) 15 feet from any building foundation.
(4) 10 feet from any lot line. (5) 50 feet from any lake �
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c. The building sewer shall be constructed of cast
iron or transite pipe with water-tight jointse The building
sewer is that part of the horizontal piping of a building
drainage system extending from a point 5 feet outside of
the inside face of the building foundation wall to the sep-
tic tank.
d. The minimum size of the building sewer shall be
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e. The pitch or down grade of the sewer shall be ;
1/4 inch or greater per foot. However, from a point 10
feet preceding the entrance to the septic tank, the grade
shall be 1/4 inch per foot.
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f. A cleanout shall be provided in the sewer a:-
every change in grade of more than 22o and at every change ?
In horizontal direction of more than 5,J
g. The cover of the septic tank shall be constructed
of steel or re-inforced concrete. It shall be not less than .
12 inches below the surface of the finished grade. There shall
be a manhole opening not less than 18 inches in diameter near w
the center of the tank cover. A 4 inch clean-out pipe shall
extend from a point in the cover directly over the inlet to n
the tank to the surface of the ground. Such pipe shall be
fitted with an airtight cover.
h. The inlet to the septic tank shall be not leas
than 1 inch or more than 3 inches higher than the outlet. The
inlet and outlet shall be equipped with proper baffle plates .
I. Final disposal shall be by cesspool or by dis-
tribution box and drainfield,
J. If by cesspool, it shall not be cicser than 10
feet to the septic tank and shall be located in sandy or gravel
soil, and the bottom of the tank shall be above the highwater
( table and shall not be subject to flooding by turface waters
and in no case shall be lower than 25 feet from surface grade.
k. Where a drainfield is used, a distribution bux must
be installed at the upper end of the field and connected to the
septic tank by a water-tight sewer line.
The sewer line from the se tic tank to the distribu-
tion box a fall of approximately 1% inch per foot.
The distribution box shall be built of steel or con-
crete and shall be not less than 18 inehas x 18 inches x 18
inches inside dimensions round concrete and shall have a re- K
movable cover. The inlet shall enter the boa 3 inches to 8
inches above the outlet.
Drain Tile shall be not less than 4 inches in diameter
and 12 inches long, or a 4 inch perforated pipe may be used.
There shall be 14 inch open joints between the tiles z
and the upper 1/2 of the joints covered with a strip of
asphalt paper.
The drainfield shall have a slope of 1/2% throughout
its length.
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The maximum length of any one lateral shall not
exceed 100 feet.
The filter material in the drain tile trench shall g
be washed gravel, crushed rock, slag or clear_ bank run gravel, -1
such material may range in size from 1/2 inch to 2-j inches
and shall be laid to a depth of not less than 6 inches be-
neath the bottom of the tile, and cover the tile to a depth
of not less than 4. inches. Trenches shall be a minimum width
of 18 inches, and considered a maximum width of 24 inches, for �
the purpose: of determining effective absorption area.
A 2 inch layer of stray or a layer of untreated
building paper shall be placed over the filter material in
the trench before back filling with earth. {
The spacing between the drainfield laterals shall
be not less than 6 feet.
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The drain tile shall be placed not less than 18 inches
nor more than 36 inches below the finished grade line.
The lot or parcel of land in which the drainfield is F
to be laid shall be graded to within 6 inches of its finished
grade before this drain the is laid.
The length of the drainfield necessary for each
resident shall be 150 lineal feet or 300 square feet.
Subdivision 11. The building contractor or owner
shall notify the Building Department of the name and a&ress of the
plumber, or plumbers, doing the plumbing work and/or sewage disposal
work for each residence and such plumber, or plumbers, shall be held
responsible for observance of this plumbing code . In cases where
the building contractor or owner fails to supply the Building Depart- `
meet with the names and addresses of those doing the plumbing and/or
sewage disposal work, the builder and/or owner shall be responsible a
for the proper installation of such work.
Subdivision 12. For all public buildings and all.
f commercial or industrial buildings with a floor area of more than r
2000 square feet, the plumber shall take out the plumbing permit.
Subdivision 13 . No plumbing rough-in work within
the building shall be covered before it has been inspected and passed k'
by the plumbing inspector.
Subdivision 14. No part of the sewage disposal
system shall be covered until it has been inspected and passed by the
plumbing inspector*
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Subdivision 15& it shall be the responsibility
of the person who does the plumbing work to notify the Building In
spectort s Department 2! working hours in advance of the time that
the job is ready for inspection (based on an 8 hour working day. )
Subdivision 16. If any violation of this code
continues for more than 10 days after written notification of such
violation, the plumber shall pay an additional fee of $5.00 for each
inspection made necessary by such violation. The application of
the above shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of pro-
hibited conditions, nor to prohibit the enforcement of the penalties
as prescribed under the Fd'an. PrstlrJa Building Code.
Subdivision 17, Before completion of the sewage
df sposal system, the plumber shall. post, in a suitable place in the
building, an accurate diagram of the sewage disposal system. A copy
of this diagram shall be filed with the Building Inspection Department.
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Section k: GENERAL PROVISIONS. Subdivision 1.
All licenses granted under the provisions of this ordinance, shall
expire on the 31st day of December on the year in which granted, un-
less sooner revoked.
Subdivision 2. Violations. Any person who shall
make any false or untrue statement in any application for a license
authorized by this ordinance or who shall deceive or attempt to de-
ceive the . Town Clerk or Town Board or his or its agents or employees
by any statement or answer made in connection with such applications,
and any licensee who shall not comply with the requirements of this
ordinance which apply to his particular license, and any officer or
public official who shall refuse or neglect, to perform his duty under
the provisions of this ordinance, shall be held to have violated the
provisions of this ordinance.
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Subdivision 3. No Split Fee . The fee for each
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license issued shall be the full amount provided in this ordinance
and no reduction in the amount of the fee shall be made because part
of the license year has elapsed prior to the date the license is
issued.
Subdivision 1}.. Transfer of License. Any license
issued under the authority of this ordinance, upon which a license ti
fee of $5.00 or more has been paid, may be transferred or assigned,
should the licensee desire to change his place of business to a new x'
location, or transfer and assign such license to a new owner. The
TO#n -:Clerk., may, at his discretion and under such regulations as he
may prescribe, and on surrender of the original license, and the > '
payment of a fee of $2. 00, issue a new license for the new location
or to the new owner, provided that the provisions of this ordinance
authorizing the granting of such license are complied with.
Subdivision . Police. All
5 persons licensed under
the provisions of this ordinance are subject to police surveillance,
so far as to give the police officers of the city the right and power
at all times to enter upon their premises for the purpose of ascer-
taining the matter in which the business is conducted.
Subdivision 6. License Displayed. All licenses,
tags, plates, or other method of identification authorized by this
ordinance shall be kept on display at a conspicious place on the ry
licensed premises, vehicle or device, or where neither premises, ve-
hicle or device are licensed, on the person of the 'licensee, or in
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the case of licenses for bill-boards or signboards, at the place
of business of the licensee .
Subdivision 7. Owners ' Permits. `Me bona fide
owner of any residential property in the Town of Eden Prairie may,
upon making application therefor and the payment of the proper fee,
obtain a permit to do plumbing in and on such residential property
so owned by him, provided said work is performed by such owner per-
sonally,, and in accordance with all the rules, specifications and
regulations prescribed by this ordinance, and such work passes the
inspection of the plumbing or electrical inspectors of the city.
Subdivision 8. Any person, firm or corporation ,
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in
an amount not to exceed $100.00 or imprisoned in a public jail for nr
not to exceed 90 days. `
THIS ORDINANCE was adopted by the Town of Eden .
Prairie on the llth day of June, 1957-
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Kenneth E. Andeirson
Attest: Chairman of the Town Board
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liner E. Clark, Town lbrk
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