(A) At any business or recreational building that is not intended for use as a one- or two-family dwelling that is situated within Greene County where there is installed a private sewage disposal system
that is not connected to a public sewer system, and no public sewer system is available, there shall be established, installed, constructed, maintained, operated, and, if necessary, repaired a private sewage disposal system that shall comply with the standards of the state Department of Health regulations as contained in Bulletin S.E. 13, and amendments thereto, or in such other manner as approved by the state Department of Health. Bulletin S.E. 13 is incorporated by reference as part of this section, and two copies are filed in the office of the County Auditor and the Health Department for public inspection.
(B) Any business or commercial building which is to be served by an onsite sewage disposal system shall obtain the approval for such from the state Department of Health and the Greene County Health Department.
(C) All private, one- or two-family dwelling onsite sewage disposal systems shall be installed, constructed, maintained, operated, and, if necessary, repaired in an approved manner as described in 410 I.A.C. 6-8.1, and amendments thereto, of the state Department of Health and in the regulations of the Health Department, and amendments thereto. These rules and regulations are incorporated by reference as a part of this chapter, and two copies are filed in the office of the County Auditor and Health Department for public inspection.
(D) All multiple-family dwelling units in the county are required to have each separate dwelling portion or unit served by a separate sewage disposal system.
(E) Any privy situated within Greene County shall be of the sanitary type, shall be installed, constructed, operated, and, if necessary, repaired so that insects and rodents cannot enter the vault, and shall be maintained in clean condition. Any privy shall be so located as to avoid contamination of water supplies. The installation, construction, maintenance, operation, and repair of such privies shall be as described by Bulletin S.E. 11, and amendments thereto, of the state Department of Health, with the secretion that the pit or vault shall be an approved septic tank with the outlet sealed. These rules and regulations are incorporated by reference as a part of this chapter, and two copies are filed in the office of the County Auditor and the Health Department for public inspection.
(F) Privies may not be utilized for wash, bath, kitchen, or other waste water disposal (“grey water”).
(G) The installation of any private sewage disposal system not described in state Department of Health rule 410 I.A.C. 6-8.1, Bulletin S.E. 11, Bulletin S.E. 13, and amendments thereto, or in the regulations of the Greene County Health Department, and amendments thereto, may be approved by the Greene County Board of Health. Plans and specifications for any such alternative private onsite sewage disposal system must bear the written approval of the state Department of Health. Should such experimental system cause or create any present or future public health hazard or nuisance as determined by the Health Department, a septic tank absorption field system, or other suitable system as defined, shall upon order of the Health Department be installed to replace such experimental system within 90 days after official notice to do so from the Health Department.
(H) Septic tanks shall have minimum capacity below the water line of at least 1,000 gallons.
(I) Absorption trench sizing requirements listed in 410 I.A.C. 6-8.1 will be considered minimum size requirements and will be adapted accordingly to Greene County soils.
(J) (1) Absorption fields shall not be located within 35 feet of any slope greater than 15%. A variance to this requirement may be granted by the Greene County Health Board, in its sole discretion, if the applicant:
(a) Makes the variance request in writing;
(b) Presents clear and convincing evidence that special conditions warrant such a variance; and
(c) Presents clear and convincing evidence that the variance, if granted, will present no significant risk that sewage will flow offsite, pollute groundwater, or create a health hazard.
(2) Cost of installation or maintenance will not, in and of itself, constitute a special condition justifying a variance.
(K) Perimeter drainage tile exits require rodent “varmint” guards and a construction design that protects the drainage tiles from future collapse.
(L) Low flow or volume toilets requiring less than three and one-half gallons (water conserving) must be installed in any new house or business falling under this chapter.
(M) Garbage grinders or disposers shall not be installed in a dwelling served by a private sewage disposal system unless the system contains a properly installed multiple compartment septic tank.
(N) A concrete riser shall be installed around the lid of a septic tank and brought up to ground level.
(O) Holding tanks may only be approved for installation where absorption field repairs cannot be made or on a temporary basis (as approved by the Board) pending hookup to the sanitary sewer.
(P) The Health Department, through the Health Board, shall have the right to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for its own guidance as may be deemed necessary or desirable to protect, promote, or improve public health or to control disease, not in connection with any provision contained in this chapter, or any regulation promulgated from time to time by either the Indiana Legislature or the State Department of Health.
(Ord. 1992-1, passed 5-6-1992)