A. Permit Required:
1. No private sewage disposal system shall be constructed or altered unless a permit shall first have been obtained from the county health department. The permit fee for the installation, modification, and/or repair of a private sewage disposal system shall be doubled if work begins prior to the issuance of a permit from the health department.
2. A permit must be obtained from the state environmental protection agency for a septic system designed to accommodate more than fifteen (15) persons if the effluent is discharged to the surface.
B. Application For Permit:
1. Generally: The permit application shall contain plans, specifications, lot layout and such further information or documents as the county health department or other lawful authority may require to ensure compliance with the requirements set forth herein. False information shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
2. Septic System: Each septic system application shall be accompanied by a plat drawn to scale and fully dimensioned in which the following information is shown:
a. Location of all wells, septic tanks, subsurface tile systems, grease traps, privy vaults, sewers, or other sewage disposal facilities on the subject and adjacent lots within one hundred fifty feet (150') of the installations proposed. Vacant property and streets shall be indicated.
b. Locations and dimensions of all proposed buildings and driveways.
c. Elevations as follows may be required by the health department prior to permit issuance:
(1) Top of foundation.
(2) Sewer invert at foundation.
(3) Sewer invert at tank inlet.
(4) Sewer invert at tank outlet.
(5) Sewer invert at distribution box.
(6) Sewer invert at end of header line.
(7) Sewer invert at end of each lateral.
(8) Sufficient ground elevation to indicate one foot (1') contour intervals.
d. All elevations shall be related to a convenient bench mark which shall be specified.
e. Locations of soil evaluation boreholes shall be shown and correlated with borehole numbers on the seepage test chart.
f. High water elevation of nearest ditch, creek, swamp or open waterways, except roadside ditches, shall be specified on septic system plans along with the distance from same to subject lot.
g. Location of future buildings, especially garages, shall be indicated.
h. Plans for buildings other than residences shall include location of parking areas required by the county zoning ordinance.
i. Any septic field line should be ten feet (10') from any tree.
C. Approval Of Application; Issuance Of Permit: A septic system and/or well permit application (unless a municipal system is available) must be approved before a permit may be issued.
D. Posting Of Permit: Permits shall be posted at the location of the water supply or sewage disposal system construction or alteration, or on the building which will be serviced by said water supply or sewage disposal system.
E. Revocation Or Suspension Of Permit: The county health department shall have the authority to revoke and suspend permits when they were issued in error, or where the provisions of this chapter are violated. The reason for the revocation or suspension of a permit shall be posted in writing at the site or mailed to the applicant's address provided in the permit application.
F. Expiration Of Permit: All permits shall expire after one year from the date of issuance. Written requests for extensions shall be directed to the environmental health director of the health department prior to the date of expiration. The health department shall have the authority to extend or deny extension of expiration dates.
G. Variances: When full compliance of this chapter is impractical due to existing conditions of a property, a variance from these provisions may be requested by the owner. Variance requests shall be directed to the environmental health director of the health department. Variances shall be submitted in writing.
H. Clearance Permit: When an existing structure is being modified, or an accessory structure is being added to a property with a private sewage disposal system or water supply system, a clearance permit shall be sought from the Grundy County health department to ensure that the locations and capacity of the existing sewage disposal or water supply systems are still in compliance with the private sewage disposal code as adopted by subsection 5-2-4I of this chapter and the water supply codes adopted in chapter 3 of this title. (Ord. 2015-001, 1-13-2015)