All requests for variances from the Board of
Health or state regulations will be submitted 15 calendar days prior
to the scheduled Board meeting. The variance hearing may be held at
a later date if the Board has scheduled eight hearings prior to submission
of the request.
The variance request shall be made on a form
prescribed by the Board of Health.
Plans clearly showing the details of the request
must be attached. Plans for on-site sewage disposal systems must be
prepared and certified by professional engineer or registered sanitarian
for all new construction and shall be submitted at least 15 days prior
to the scheduled Board meeting.
[Amended 2-19-2008]
Any applicant who submits revisions to plans, required under §
385-3 above, less than ten days prior to the scheduled Board meeting shall be required by the Health Department to postpone the variance hearing to a later date.
No request for variances from 310 CMR 15.00, Title 5, of the State Environmental Code, Minimum Requirements for the Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary Sewage, nor from any other Board of Health regulation listed under Chapter
360, On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems, shall be heard for a new sewage disposal system, nor for an enlargement to an existing system which increases capacity to accommodate additional flows except after the applicant has notified all abutters by certified mail at his own expense at least 10 days before the Board of Health meeting at which the variance request will be on the agenda.
A nonrefundable filing fee of $85 is required.
No fee will be required for filing a variance request upgrading existing
on-site sewage disposal systems unless the upgrading involves approval
of a building permit.