This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority contained
in §§ 59.70(5), 66.0703, 145.19(1b), 145.20, and 254.59(2)
Wis. Stats. and Wis. Admin. Code SPS Chs. 381, 382, 383, 384, 385,
and 391.
This chapter is adopted for the purpose of promoting and protecting
the public health, safety, prosperity and general welfare and to further
the maintenance of safe and healthful conditions for the people and
communities within the County. This chapter is intended to ensure
the proper siting, design, construction, installation, inspection,
and maintenance of all private on-site wastewater treatment systems
so as to protect the health of the citizens of the County. As unforeseen
circumstances arise which are not specifically covered, the basic
principles enumerated in this chapter shall serve to define the intent.
This chapter shall apply throughout the unincorporated areas
of the County, including all lands and waters, and shall apply to
those incorporated areas of the County which have not adopted and
do not adopt their own sanitary code or Code.
Prior to commencing construction of any structure or addition
to a structure on a site where there exists a POWTS the owner or agent
shall determine that the proposed construction conforms with all applicable
setbacks of SPS 383, Wis. Admin. Code.
Fees shall be established to defray the costs of administering
this chapter. Permit fees shall be established by the Land Use Planning
and Zoning Committee and shall be included in the County Fee Schedule.
Permit fees shall take effect following approval of the County Board
and may be periodically adjusted as deemed necessary by the Land Use
Planning and Zoning Committee.
A. The fee for a sanitary permit shall be as follows:
(2) Conventional (in-ground gravity) system: $380.
(3) Conventional (in-ground gravity) system with lift: $380.
(5) In-ground pressure system: $380.
(8) Minor repair/modification: $150.
(10)
Agent status (County) review: $75.
(12)
Transfer of sanitary permit between plumbers: $75.
(13)
Transfer of sanitary permit between owners: $300.
(14)
After-the-fact fee: Double the initial filing fee.
B. An additional fee of $100 shall be collected by the Land Use Planning
and Zoning Department for systems that have a design wastewater flow
of over 5,000 gallons per day; further an additional $100 shall be
collected for each additional 5,000 gallons flow per day, above the
first 5,000 gallons per day.
C. A fee of $100 shall be collect by the Land Use Planning and Zoning
Department to monitor groundwater levels (when required as per SPS
385.60(3), Wis. Adm. Code.
D. The above sanitary permit fees include the state fee and WNDR surcharge.
The above fees will be automatically adjusted concurrently with each
state adjustment, whenever the State of Wisconsin changes its permit
fees (See SPS 2.67).
E. The county may not charge more than one fee for a sanitary permit
or the renewal of a sanitary permit in any twelve-month period.
F. The Land Use Planning and Zoning Department shall forward the required
portion of the sanitary permit fee to the Department of Safety and
Professional Services.
To protect the public health, all subdivision plats (preliminary and final) as regulated by Chapter
315, "Land Division and Subdivision" shall identify the primary and a replacement soil absorption areas for proper on-site wastewater treatment for all lots not served by a public sewer. In addition,
A. Data for all soil tests shall be submitted to the County on DSPS
form SBD-8330 (R04/15) or any future revisions. The form shall be
signed and dated by a state certified soil tester.
B. The County may conduct field investigations to verify, but limited
to, depth to soil mottles, groundwater, and bedrock, soil texture
and structure and land slope.
C. At least two soil pits, large enough to enter and allow visual evaluation
of the in-situ soil profile, shall be constructed for each proposed
soil absorption area.
D. The County may require the monitoring of groundwater levels for proposed
subdivisions where the in-situ soil has been altered.
E. The soil absorption (and replacement area) for each subdivision lot
not served by a public sewer, shall be of sufficient area to treat
a design wastewater flow of 450 gallons per day.
F. Where individual subdivision lots are to be served by a community
wastewater treatment system, the submitted preliminary and final plats
shall clearly explain and identify the location of the system's
components and the lots being served. Furthermore:
(1) Any community system shall be designed to accommodate a minimum design
wastewater flow of 450 gallons per day and a restriction shall be
included on.
(2) All components of a community wastewater treatment system shall be
owned and maintained by a special purpose district.
(3) All components of a community wastewater treatment system shall be
accessible through easements, public rights-of-way or ownership.
(4) Community systems shall be submitted to and approved by DSPS and/or
the WNDR prior to final plat approval by the County.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEPARTMENT
The County Land Use Planning and Zoning Department.
DIRECTOR
The Land Use Planning and Zoning Director.
FAILING PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM
A failing private on-site wastewater treatment system is
one which causes or results in any of the following conditions:
A.
The discharge of sewage into surface water or groundwater.
B.
The introduction of sewage into zones of saturation which adversely
affects the operation of a private on-site wastewater treatment system.
C.
The discharge of sewage to a drain tile or into zones of bedrock.
D.
The discharge of sewage to the surface of the ground.
E.
The failure to accept sewage discharges and back up of sewage
into the structure served by the private on-site wastewater treatment
system. See Wis. Stat. § 145.245(4). In addition, a holding
tank which discharges sewage to the ground surface, including intentional
discharges and discharges caused by neglect, shall be considered a
failing private sewage system.
HUMAN HABITATION
The act of occupying a structure as a dwelling or sleeping
place, whether intermittently or as a primary residence.
NONPLUMBING SANITATION SYSTEM
Sanitation systems and devices within the scope of SPS 391,
Wisconsin Administrative Code, which are approved alternatives to
water carried waste plumbing fixtures and drain systems; including
but not limited to, incinerating toilets, composting toilets and privies.
PLUMBER
A person licensed by the state as a master plumber or master
plumber-restricted services.
POWTS
Private on-site wastewater treatment system.
PRIVATE ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Also referred to as a "sewage system," means a sewage treatment
and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank
and soil absorption field located on the same parcel as the structure.
This term also means an alternative sewage system approved by the
Department of Safety and Professional Services, including a substitute
for the septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system
serving more than one structure or a system located on a different
parcel than the structure. A private on-site wastewater treatment
system may be owned by the property owner or by a special purpose
district. See § 145.01(12), Wis. Stats.
PRIVY-PIT
A privy with earthen sidewalls and/or bottom constructed
in accordance with applicable sections of Wisconsin Administrative
Code and this chapter.
PRIVY-VAULT
A privy with a subsurface storage chamber that is water tight
and has a minimum capacity of 200 gallons.
REBUILT
The construction which takes place after a structure is demolished
or damaged in excess of 50% or greater of its equalized value at the
time it is demolished or damaged.
SANITARY PERMIT
A permit issued by the Department for the installation of
or reconnection to a private on-site wastewater treatment system or
non-plumbing sanitation pursuant to Chapter 145, Wis. Stats.
SERVICING PROVIDER
An individual or business licensed by the State of Wisconsin
as a master plumber, master plumber-restricted service, septage pumper
or POWTS maintainer.
SEWAGE
The liquid and liquid carried wastes created in and to be
conducted away from residences, businesses, industries, public buildings,
and other buildings in which people live, stay or work.
STATE
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected the use of, which requires
location in or on the premises, or any other attachment to something
having a permanent location on the ground. Included are items that
may have been designed as transportable or as a vehicle, but stand
in seasonal or permanent locations for storage or human habitation,
which may include but are not limited to; truck campers, travel trailers,
park or model units, buses and motor homes.