No septic tank, settling tank, seepage pit, cesspool, subsurface
tile line system, or any other subsurface sewage disposal unit or
system, or any part thereof, shall be installed, constructed, reconstructed,
repaired in any manner, or added to, in the city unless there is in
effect a valid permit therefor issued by the director.
(Prior code § 68.325)
Any person desiring to install, construct, reconstruct, repair
or add to, a septic tank, settling tank, seepage pit, cesspool, subsurface
tile line system, or other subsurface sewage disposal unit or system,
or any part thereof, shall file with the director a written application
for a permit for such installation, construction, reconstruction,
repair or addition. A separate application and permit for each installation
shall be required. The application shall be made upon a form prescribed
and furnished by the director and shall be accompanied by an inspection
fee as set forth below. The application shall contain the following
information and such other information as the director may require:
street name and number of the premises where the installation is to
be made; the name and address of the owner; the name and address of
the contractor who is to perform the work; the size and type of the
septic tank, settling tank, cesspool or other subsurface sewage disposal
unit or system to be installed and the number of people it is to serve.
When required by the health officer the application shall include
or be accompanied by a plan or diagram showing the character and kind
of installation to be made and the manner and location in which the
work is to be done. The fee for filing all applications pursuant to
this section shall be forty dollars except that applications for FHA/VA
approvals shall be seventy dollars and land development applications
without field investigation shall be ten dollars.
(Ord. 67 § 1, 1981)
Upon receipt of such application, the director shall make, or
cause to be made, such investigation as he or she deems necessary.
The director may require the applicant for the permit to furnish him
or her the report of an engineer registered in the state showing that
soil percolation tests have been made by such engineer on the site
of the proposed subsurface sewage disposal system or unit and the
results of such tests. If the director determines that the location,
area, soil porosity, groundwater level, density of population in the
area, the number of persons to be served or other conditions would
cause the operation of the subsurface sewage disposal unit, or system
described in the application to create an insanitary condition endangering
public health, he or she shall not issue the permit for which application
was made. In such case the inspection fee shall be refunded.
(Prior code § 68.328)
No septic tank, settling tank, cesspool or other subsurface
sewage disposal system or unit shall be installed or constructed on
a lot, parcel or building site containing an area of less than six
thousand square feet, except that the director may issue a permit
for the installation or construction of any such subsurface sewage
disposal system or unit on a lot or combination of lots shown on a
recorded subdivision map, which lot or combination of lots contains
an area of less than six thousand square feet but not less than four
thousand square feet; provided, that the director's investigation
indicates that an approved type or subsurface disposal system would
function satisfactorily in a building site of such area at that location.
(Prior code § 68.329)
A permittee to whom there has been issued pursuant to this chapter
a permit for an installation to be made at a particular location may
apply for a supplemental permit authorizing such work to be performed
at a different location; provided; that no work has been commenced
at the location specified in the original permit. The application
for a supplemental permit shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished
by the director. On receipt of such application and a fee of fifty
dollars the director may issue a supplemental permit authorizing the
performance of work at the substituted location.
(Ord. 67 § 1, 1981)
Permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be void at the
expiration of one year from the date of issuance.
(Prior code § 68.330)
The director shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, in a thorough
manner all septic tanks, settling tanks, cesspools and other subsurface
sewage disposal units or systems hereafter installed, constructed
or reconstructed in the city. It shall be his or her duty to see that
there is compliance with the terms and provisions of this chapter.
(Prior code § 68.331)
A.
As
soon as the septic tank, settling tank, cesspool or other subsurface
sewage disposal unit or system is installed and ready to receive its
cover, the person to whom the permit for such unit or system was issued
shall notify the department that such unit or system is ready for
inspection. As soon thereafter as practical, the director shall make,
or cause to be made, an inspection of the work.
B.
If
the unit or system is approved by the director, an inspection certificate
shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon the property where the
unit or system is located, which inspection certificate shall note
the date and approval and the signature of the director or the person
making the inspection on his or her behalf.
(Prior code § 68.332)
When an inspection has been ordered and the work is found to
be not ready for inspection and approval, the director shall cause
an official notice to be posted on the job stating the changes necessary
in order that the work will comply with the requirements of this chapter.
As soon thereafter as practicable the owner or contractor shall cause
the changes to be made and upon completion thereof shall notify the
department that the unit or system is ready for reinspection. At the
time the reinspection is requested, the applicant shall pay to the
department a reinspection fee. As soon thereafter as practicable,
the director shall make or cause a reinspection to be made, if upon
reinspection the work is approved, a certificate to that effect shall
be posted as hereinabove specified. The fee for such reinspection
shall be ten dollars, which fee shall be paid to the director.
(Prior code § 68.333; Ord. 67 § 1, 1981)
Any person desiring for any reason, the inspection of an existing
septic tank, settling tank, cesspool, or other subsurface disposal
system, or unit by the director shall file with the director a written
request for such inspection accompanied by an inspection fee of seventy
dollars. A separate request for each unit or system shall be required,
and the request shall contain such information as the director may
require and shall be made upon a form prescribed and furnished by
the director. As soon after the request is made as is practical, the
director shall make or cause to be made the requested inspection and
shall determine whether the inspected unit or system functions satisfactorily
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. In the event that
the unit or system is found not to function satisfactorily the director
shall upon written request make or cause to be made a reinspection,
and a fee for each such reinspection shall be thirty dollars made
payable to the director in advance.
(Prior code § 68.336; Ord. 67 § 1, 1981)
