For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AS TO INSTALLATION
A certificate issued by the Board of Health or its authorized
agent certifying that an individual sewage disposal system has been
installed in such manner as to meet the requirements of the Realty
Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954), Standards for the
Construction of Sewerage Facilities for Realty Improvements, any higher
standards prescribed by this chapter and all terms and conditions
of approval imposed by the Board of Health with respect to such system
upon the issuance of the certificate of compliance as to location
and design therefor.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AS TO LOCATION AND DESIGN
A certificate issued by the Board of Health certifying that
a proposed individual sewage disposal system or an alteration of any
such system is in compliance with the provisions of the Realty Improvement
Sewerage and Facilities Act (1954), Standards for the Construction
of Sewerage Facilities for Realty Improvements (or Standards for the
Construction of Water Supply Systems for Realty Improvements) and
any higher standards prescribed by this chapter.
DISPERSAL SYSTEM
That system used for underground dispersion of the liquid
portion of sewage. It may consist of disposal trenches, a disposal
bed or a seepage pit.
INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any system for the disposal of sewage other than a sanitary
sewer system collecting sewage from various premises for treatment
and disposal at a sewage disposal plant approved by the State Department
of Health.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association
or other organization.
REPAIR
The improvement of an existing system or facility by the
replacement of parts thereof without making any change in the system
or facility which affects its basic design or component parts.
No individual sewage disposal system shall be
installed upon a property served by a sanitary sewer system approved
by the State Department of Health.
No individual sewage disposal system or water
supply system shall be placed in service or operation until the Board
of Health or its duly authorized agent shall have issued a certificate
of compliance as to installation with respect to such system.
No existing individual sewage disposal system
or other system or facility intended to receive human excrement or
other putrescible wastes shall be repaired until a permit has been
issued therefor upon application to the Board of Health.
Any cleaning or emptying of any sewage disposal
system, septic tank, cesspool, seepage or leaching pit or any receptacle
or system containing or intended to receive human excrement or other
putrescible waste shall be reported to the Board of Health not less
than seven days after the cleaning, and a permit shall be issued therefor.
All applications for certifications required
by this chapter and all applications for licenses and permits required
by this chapter shall be made upon forms to be supplied by the Secretary
of the Board of Health for that purpose. A separate application shall
be filed and a separate certificate and permit issued for each installation
or system.
[Amended 9-1-1981 by Board of Health Ord. No. 1-1981]
There shall be a fee as set forth in Appendix
A, Fee Schedule, included at the end of Part III of the Code, for
the following:
A. For the filing of an application and plans for a certificate
of compliance as to location and design of a new individual sewage
disposal system.
B. For the issuance of a permit to alter or repair an
existing system.
C. For each reinspection of an individual sewage disposal
system or part thereof caused by failure of any person to locate and
construct or alter the same in accordance with applicable requirements.
D. For the issuance of a certificate of compliance as
to installation of an individual sewage disposal system.
E. For the issuance of a permit to erect and maintain
a temporary privy or toilet facility.
F. For the issuance of a permit to clean or empty an
individual sewage disposal system or other receptacle containing or
intended to receive human excrement or other putrescible wastes.
G. For the witnessing of a percolation test and determination
of soil characteristics. This fee must be paid in advance.
The Board of Health may order all further work
in and about any individual sewage disposal system which is being
erected or installed in violation of the Realty Improvement Sewerage
and Facilities Act (1954) or any provision of this chapter, to be
stopped forthwith, except such work as shall be necessary to remedy
such violation, and thereafter to continue such work without any violation
of any of the provisions of the regulations, and after issuance of
any such order and the service of a copy thereof upon any person connected
with or working in and about the erection or installation of any such
disposal system or any part thereof, no further work shall be done
thereon except as aforesaid.
[Amended 9-1-1981 by Board of Health Ord. No. 1-1981]
The Board of Health shall have the power to
grant variances from this chapter concerning the regulation and control
of the location, construction, use, maintenance, alteration and methods
of emptying and cleaning individual sewage disposal systems for any
application for a permit to construct or a certificate of compliance
for any said system. Said variances shall be granted on a case-by-case
basis and only under the circumstances when this chapter would impose
undue hardship upon an applicant.
Any person aggrieved by a denial of any certificate,
license or permit required by this chapter by an employee of the Board
of Health or by any order of the Board of Health shall be entitled
to a hearing thereon before the Board of Health within 15 days after
written request therefor is made by the person claiming to be adversely
affected. Upon such a hearing or within 15 days thereafter, the Board
shall affirm, alter or rescind the previous action with written findings
and conclusions.