[3-7-2023(1)]
All subsurface sewage disposal systems shall be installed in conformance with the State Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules. The Rules, among other requirements, include the following:
(1) 
The minimum setback for new subsurface sewage disposal systems shall be no less than 100 horizontal feet from the normal high-water line of a perennial water body or the upland edge of a wetland. The minimum setback distances from water bodies for new subsurface sewage disposal systems shall not be reduced by variance.
(2) 
Replacement systems shall meet the standards for replacement systems as contained in the Rules.
(3) 
A holding tank is not allowed for a first-time residential use in the shoreland zone.
[3-7-2023(1)]
(a) 
Where feasible, the installation of essential services shall be limited to existing public ways and existing service corridors.
(b) 
The installation of essential services, other than road-side distribution lines, is not permitted in a Resource Protection or Stream Protection District, except to provide services to a permitted use within said district, or except where the applicant demonstrates to the Planning Board that no reasonable alternative exists. Where permitted, such structures and facilities shall be located so as to minimize any adverse impacts on surrounding uses and resources, including visual impacts.
(c) 
Damaged or destroyed public utility transmission and distribution lines, towers, and related equipment may be replaced or reconstructed without a permit.