(A) It shall be unlawful to discharge untreated sewage or the effluent from any septic tank directly or indirectly to any stream, ditch, ground surface, sink hole or abandoned well or to allow the contents of any privy vault, septic tank or seepage pit to emit offensive odors, to become objectionable, dangerous or prejudicial to the public health.
(B) 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.
(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 at reasonable times to any property that has a private sewage disposal system on it for the purpose of making such inspections as are necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(D) A private sewage disposal system shall not be covered or placed in operation until the said installation has been inspected and written approval of the said system shall have been issued by the Health Department.
(E) If any person who installs a private sewage disposal system shall backfill any portion of the said 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 said system meets all requirements of the chapter before receipt of written approval by the Health Department, the Health Department may give 15-days’ notice in writing to such home owner so violating the provisions of the chapter to uncover such backfilled or covered portions of the system.
(F) If, at the end of such 15 days, the home owner shall not have uncovered the individual sewage disposal system, the permit is automatically invalidated and penalty 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. 2006-01, passed 3-28-2006) Penalty, see § 50.99