(A) Private sewage disposal systems constructed prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be updated to comply with the requirements of this chapter when they require a permit to repair or replace that system or if there is a violation of this chapter.
(B) The Board of Health or its authorized representative is, hereby, authorized and directed to make such inspections as are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with this chapter.
(C) It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of a property to give the Board of Health or its authorized representative free access to the property at reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections as are necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(D) Prior to construction, the contractor or homeowner shall provide the Health Department with at least a 48-hour notice prior to schedule installation.
(E) Any sewage disposal system which has been installed for any purpose shall not be covered or placed in operation until the installation shall have been inspected and written approval of the system shall have been issued by the Health Department.
(F) The authorized representative may make inspections during the course of the construction of any individual sewage disposal system, to insure compliance with this chapter.
(G) If any home owner who installs his or her own private sewage disposal system shall backfill any portion of the system and/or cover the same with earth, cinders, gravel, shale, or any other material which will prevent the same from being readily viewed to determine if the system meets all requirements of this chapter before receipt of written approval by the Health Department, the Health Department shall provide ten days' notice in writing to the homeowner for violating the provision of this chapter, to uncover such backfilled or covered portions of the said system.
(H) If, at the end of the allotted ten days, the home owner has yet to comply, the permit is automatically invalidated and more stringent enforcement action may be taken. The Health Authority may elect to have the system uncovered at the expense of the home owner. Failure of the home owner to pay such costs within 30 days shall result in execution of a lien against the property.
(Ord. passed 11-19-2015)