A privy or chemical toilet shall not be constructed
or continued in use unless the Board of Health has approved, in writing,
its construction or continued use based upon a determination by the
Board of Health that the privy or chemical toilet will not endanger
the health of any person or cause a nuisance.
Privies shall be located in accordance with the requirements of Article III of this chapter. No variance from any of the percolation rate requirements or leaching area loading rates outlined in this chapter shall be allowed for the disposal of gray water from a lot to be served by a privy or chemical toilet, but a reduction not to exceed 40% of the design flow for subsurface sewage disposal may be allowed for the reduced water usage.
Privies shall be constructed with self-closing
seat covers and fly-tight vaults and with a screened vent from the
vault to the atmosphere.
When a privy vault becomes filled to within
two feet of the surface of the ground, it shall either be cleaned
and the contents disposed of in a sanitary manner approved by the
Board of Health or it shall be covered with a minimum of two feet
of clean compacted earth.
