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Town of Colchester, CT
New London County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Colchester 1-11-2001. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 24.
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall construct, reconstruct, extend, modify or repair within the Town of Colchester a well, water supply facility or sewage disposal facility without first obtaining a written permit from the Director of Health or duly authorized agent.
No building permit for the construction of any building or any addition thereto shall be issued by the official authorized to issue building permits until there has been presented to such official the written permit issued pursuant to § 72-1 of this chapter or written approval, signed by the Director of Health or duly authorized agent, indicating that the well or other water supply facilities and the sewage disposal facilities located on the land on which said building or addition are to be constructed are satisfactory.
[Amended 3-19-2009]
Fees for permits issued pursuant to § 72-1 of this chapter and approvals issued pursuant to § 72-2 of this chapter and for any related inspections required by the Health Department prior to issuing such permit or approval shall be adopted by the Board of Selectmen and shall be in addition to any fees for soil testing, plan review and other services performed by the Health Department or any fees charged by other town departments.
Service
Fee
Soils test - new lot
$100
Soils test - repair
$75
Site plan review - new
$100
Site plan review - repair
$50
Site plan review greater than 2,000 gallons per day
$100
Each revised site plan after one free revision
$150/lot
Subdivision, multi-lot plan review - subsurface sewage disposal
$50/lot
Each revised subdivision, multi-lot plan after one free revision - subsurface system
$75/lot
Subdivision plan review - municipal sewered sites
$10/lot
Each revised site plan after one free revision - municipal sewer
$10/lot
Septic permit - new lot
$125
Septic permit - repair
$75
Septic permit greater than 2,000 gallons per day
$150
Septic permit greater than 2,000 gallons per day, repair
$150
Well permit
$60
Mortgage/Bank inspections
$25