Section:
16R.08.010 Adoption of standards.
16R.08.020 Private sewage disposal systems.
16R.08.030 Private sewage disposal systems - Single family residential lots greater than one acre.
The following regulations, hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein, shall constitute the plumbing standards of the City and shall apply to and govern the construction, alteration, moving, demolition, repair, and use of all plumbing equipment within or on any building, structure, or premises in the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 16.06.030 of this code:
A. All regulations adopted in the 2022 California Plumbing Code ("CPC"), as promulgated in Part 5, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations including the regulations adopted in the CPC amending or repealing a section, chapter, or appendix of the Uniform Plumbing Code ("UPC"), which regulations shall take precedence over the amended or repealed chapter or appendix of the UPC; and
B. All regulations adopted in this chapter, including any regulations adopted in this chapter amending or repealing any section, chapter or appendix of either the UPC or the CPC, which regulations shall take precedence over the amended or repealed section, chapter, or appendix of the UPC or CPC.
C. As an amendment to the California Plumbing Code, Sections 104.3.2 and 104.5 and Table 104.5 regarding fees are deleted from this code.
(Res. No. 118 85-86 (part), Res. No. 71 87-88 §6, Res. No. 87 89-90, Res. No. 41 92- 93 §4, Res. No. 133 95-96 §2, Res. No. 139-07, Ord. No. 2491 12-20-16 §4, Ord. No. 2540 §5, Ord. No. 2577 11-15-22 §5)
A. Notwithstanding any provision of the UPC to the contrary, no building or exterior drainage facility on a lot or premises with a net size, exclusive of any access easements, of less than one acre and developed with or proposed for development with a single residence shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system unless:
1. The building or exterior drainage facility is located more than 250 feet from a public sewer main;
2. The building or exterior drainage facility will be served by a private sewage disposal system that complies with the "Standards for the installation of septic tanks" set forth in the "Nitrate Action Plan, Greater Chico Urban Area" as adopted by Resolution No. 141 84-85 of the City Council and as approved by the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, by Resolution No. 85-095 adopted April 26, 1985, including any amendments hereafter made thereto;
3. A sewer lateral is installed on the lot or premises in a manner that will permit prompt connection of the building or exterior drainage facility on such lot or premises to the public sewer system upon the extension of a public sewer main into a thoroughfare or right-of-way abutting such lot or premises;
4. The owner of the lot or premises on which the private sewage disposal system is to be installed has obtained a private sewage disposal permit from the Butte County health officer and paid a private sewage disposal permit fee in an amount established by resolution of the City Council;
5. The owner of a lot or premises on which the private sewage disposal system is to be installed has paid the water pollution control plant capacity fee and trunkline capacity fee required to be paid by the owner of premises connecting to the sewer system under Chapter 15.36 of this code; and
6. The owner of a lot or premises on which the private sewage disposal system is to be installed has paid the sewer main installation fee required to be paid by the owner of premises connecting to the public sewer under Chapter 15.36 of this code, which fee shall be paid whether or not a sewer main exists in a right-of-way or thoroughfare abutting such lot or premises.
B. The owner of a lot or premises on which a private sewage disposal system has been installed as hereinbefore provided by this section shall be entitled to utilize said system until a public sewer is available in a right-of-way or thoroughfare abutting such lot or premises and the council has determined by a majority vote that the public health and necessity requires connection to the sewer line and has established an assessment district service area or other financing method for connecting the building or drainage piping on such lot or premises to the sewer line. Provided, however, that upon connecting the building or drainage piping on such lot or premises to the public sewer, the owner of the lot or premises shall not be required to pay any further water pollution control plant capacity fees, trunkline capacity fees, or sewer main installation fees, if said fees have been paid previously.
C. Prior to connection to a private sewage disposal system, the owner of the lot or premises on which a private sewage disposal system is to be installed shall execute and record a covenant, binding on the owner, heirs and successors in interest, setting forth the requirement for connection to the sanitary sewer system established in subsection 16R.08.020.B.
(Res. No. 118 85-86 (part), Res. No. 41 98-99 §1, Res. No. 139-07, Ord. No. 2491 12- 20-16 §4, Ord. No. 2540 §5, Ord. No. 2577 11-15-22 §5)
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