The current editions of rules and regulations promulgated by the Illinois Department of Public Health, pertaining to private sewage disposal, are hereby adopted by reference. Three copies of each set shall be on file in the County Clerk's office.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
AGENT
A person or entity that is given permission by the property owner to act on his/her behalf.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
The Administrator of the Stephenson County Health Department, and shall include those persons designated by the Administrator to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT
An operator-occupied establishment providing accommodations for a charge to the public with no more than five guest rooms for rent, in operation for more than 10 nights in a twelve-month period. Only breakfast may be provided to the paying guests. Bed-and-breakfast establishments shall not include motels, hotels, boardinghouses, or food service establishments.
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Stephenson County Board of Health.
CONSTRUCTION
The complete installation or replacement of all components of any new or existing sewage system.
CONVENTIONAL PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM
A private sewer system in which the waste enters a septic tank that acts as a settling tank for solid waste and then the liquid and suspended solids travel via gravity or are pumped to subsurface seepage trenches or beds placed in native, undisturbed soils that meet specific criteria.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Stephenson County Health Department, its officers, agents and employees, as the context may require.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Administrator of the County Health Department or any other duly appointed representative of the County Board of Health.
INSTALL
To construct, reconstruct or modify a private sewage system.
PRIVATE AEROBIC TREATMENT PLANT
Equipment or devices for the treatment of sewage by the forced addition of air or oxygen.
PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM
A system serving a household or business in which all the components of the system are located on that premises or on adjoining property where a permanent easement is attached.
PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE
The annual certificate issued by the Stephenson County Health Department to qualified private sewage system contractors engaged in the construction, reconstruction, modification or maintenance of a private sewage system.
PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM PUMPING CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE
The annual certificate issued by the Stephenson County Health Department to qualified private sewage system contractors engaged in the cleaning, hauling and/or disposing of wastes removed therefrom.
RECONSTRUCTION or MODIFICATION
Any replacement or addition of any component of an existing private sewage disposal system.
SERVICE
To maintain, clean and/or pump a private sewage system and/or dispose of private sewage system waste.
SEVERE LIMITATIONS
Soils where characteristics exist within the top five feet of soil that prohibit the use of a conventional drainfield system. These limitations are depth to fractured bedrock, soil texture and depth to water table.
SITE EVALUATION
The physical appraisal of property by an authorized representative of the Health Department, generally including a soil boring test, to determine feasibility for a subsurface sewage system.
SOIL INVESTIGATION
The physical appraisal of characteristics of a soil located on a site for a private sewage disposal system. This shall be accomplished by the use of soil borings. The soil characteristics shall include, but not be limited to, identifying type of soil, the limitations of the soil due to seasonal wetness and depth to bedrock and other pertinent soil characteristics affecting the performance of a private sewage system.
UNCONVENTIONAL PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM
A private sewage system that is designed to overcome soil site limitations which disqualify the use of a conventional system.