A.

No private lagoon shall be constructed within the limits of the City in the absence of a permit issued therefore by the City Council of the City after consideration by the Planning Commission.

B.

No private lagoon, whether residential, commercial or industrial, shall serve more than one residence or more than one commercial or industrial entity. No lagoon shall be constructed for the purpose of serving a multi-family dwelling.

C.

All lagoons shall be total retention lagoons.

D.

No lagoon shall be constructed on a lot of less than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres including any roadway or utility easement.

E.

Should these minimum standards conflict with any minimum standards adopted by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the higher standards shall govern.

A.

All parts of the lagoon shall be located a minimum of two hundred (200) feet from any water supply, this minimum distance shall be increased when elevation indicates a danger to a water supply.

B.

The toe of the lagoon beams shall not be located closer than twenty (20) feet from any building or property line.

C.

Lagoons shall not be located or bound by tall vegetation and trees that may interface with wind action.

A.

The shape of all lagoons shall be essentially square or rectangular with a length to width ratio not to exceed two (2).

B.

The maximum liquid depth of all lagoons shall not exceed five (5) feet, and two (2) feet of freeboard shall be provided between the maximum liquid level and the top of the dikes.

C.

Inlet lines shall be center discharging, horizontally on a concrete slab at a minimum size of two (2) square feet, and shall be adequately supported and anchored.

D.

All lagoons must be preceded by a properly sized septic tank, constructed in accordance with the Oklahoma State Department of Health minimum standards.

E.

Sufficient surface area shall be provided to evaporate the annual inflow based on the average daily design flow. Design evaporation rates shall not exceed thirty-one (31) gallons per year per square foot of design surface area and, in no event, shall the surface area be less than two thousand (2,000) square feet. (Eighty-five (85) inches of annual evaporation less thirty-four and five tenths (34.5) inches of annual precipitation divided by twelve (12) multiplied by seven and four thousand eight hundred five-ten-thousandths (7.4805) gallons per cubic foot rounded down to thirty-one (31) gallons.)

F.

Dikes and bottoms of lagoons shall be of impervious, material compacted to ninety percent (90%) standard Proctor Density. The seepage rate through the lagoon bottom shall not exceed four and five-tenths (4.5) times nine to the minus seventh power (9-7) centimeter per second at the maximum design water surface elevation. Seals are required if native soils will not ensure this. All seals to be used must meet the requirements of Oklahoma State Department of Health Engineering Bulletin No. 0587 adopted March, 1980, Sections 105.22, 105.23, and 105.24.

G.

All lagoons shall be fenced to prevent children and animals from coming into contact with the wastewater. Such fencing shall, at a minimum, consist of two (2) chain link fences at least seventy-two (72) inches high topped with a minimum of two (2) standards of barbed wire spaced at six (6) inch intervals above the chain link fence and sloping away from the lagoon on about a forty-five (45) degree angle. Such fence shall contain at least one gate with a minimum width of forty-eight (48) inches to allow access for maintenance. All such gates shall be secured with a high quality lock manufactured by Plaster Lock Company or equivalent.

H.

All lagoon systems must be designed by:

1.

A registered professional engineer; or

2.

A registered professional approved by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to design lagoon systems.

A.

The owner of the lagoon shall be responsible for the proper maintenance.

B.

Vegetation within ten (10) feet of the top of the dikes shall not be allowed to exceed six (6) inches in height above the ground.

C.

The owner of the lagoon shall control any mosquitoes breeding in or near the lagoon.

D.

The required fence shall be kept in a state of good repair.

No application for permit to construct a residential, commercial or industrial lagoon shall be accepted by the City Clerk unless it is accompanied with all permits and approvals as required by state and federal law.