The following criteria must be met before a work construction permit
shall be issued:
A. The leaching facility may be no closer than 100 feet
from any other pond, river, stream, wetland, drainage ditch or other watercourse
as defined in the Wetlands Protection Act, 310 CMR 10.00, or to any other
man-made stream, pond or lake.
B. All new septic systems shall be designed to include garbage
disposal systems. Therefore, the sewage (flow design rate) for residential
dwellings shall be at least 165 gallons per bedroom per day. This supersedes
310 CMR 15.02(13) (Title V).
C. Sewage flow estimates for light industry and other establishments
not noted specifically herein shall conform to 310 CMR 15.02(13) (Title V).
D. Stables served by a water service shall have a design
loading rate of 50 gallons per stall per day.
E. The septic tank must have a minimum capacity of 1,500
gallons [superseding 310 CMR 15.06(1)].
F. In a trench system a separate alternate field must be
shown. The area between trenches may not be used as an alternate or reserve
area.
G. New residential dwellings in which separate dwelling
units are owned by different and distinct owners and daily flow is less than
15,000 gallons per day shall have a separate septic system for each unit.
Those multiunit dwellings owned by one entity such as an association shall
be governed by regular Title V and Georgetown Board of Health septic system
design criteria, provided that any future property transfer stipulates in
the deed that there shall be a single owner who shall be responsible for septic
system maintenance.
H. A septic tank must be at least 25 feet from a foundation
drain.
No portion of a dwelling, including the basement, shall be constructed less than the maximum groundwater elevation as defined in 310 CMR 15.01 (Title V). The plan provided for in §
462-7C of these regulations shall contain the following statement: "No interior part of any building will be in construction below ______ feet" (maximum groundwater elevation plus one foot).
For new construction, portable toilets shall be installed at construction
sites from day one of construction.
For new construction, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ABANDONED
Any subsurface sewage disposal system which has not been in use for
three years. This system must meet the requirements of the current Massachusetts
Title 5 or be upgraded to be in maximum feasible compliance.
BEDROOM
For design purposes, the total number of rooms (excluding hallways
and bathrooms), rounded down if an odd number, and divided by two.
REPAIR
Reconstruction of an existing subsurface sewage disposal system to
meet the standards of 310 CMR 15.00 (Title 5) and Georgetown Board of Health
regulations.
REPAIR CONSTRUCTION
Includes:
A.
Work on any subsurface sewage disposal system which is failing because
the receiving soils are not able to disperse gray water into the ground.
B.
Adding additional capacity to either a septic tank or leaching area
of a properly functioning system.
C.
Work on an abandoned system.
D.
Work on any subsurface sewage disposal system deemed failed by the Georgetown
Board of Health.
A person who shall violate a provision of these regulations or who fails
to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect,
construct or who has erected or constructed a structure or sewage disposal
system or any portion thereof in violation of a detailed statement or plan
submitted and approved hereunder or of a permit or certificate issued hereunder
shall be punished by a fine as provided in MGL c. 111, § 31. Also,
the owner of the land where anything in violation of these regulation shall
exist and an engineer, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in
connection therewith and who may have assisted in the commission of such violation
shall each be guilty of a separate offense and shall be punished by a fine
as provided in MGL c. 111, § 31. The imposition of any such fine
shall not preclude the town, acting by its Board of Health or agent, from
instituting an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent any lawful construction,
maintenance or use or to restrain, correct or abate a violation or prevent
the occupancy of a building or structure or portion thereof, or of the premises,
or to prevent an illegal act, conduct or use in or about any premises.