(A) This chapter regulates the location, installation, construction, maintenance and replacement of all residential sewage disposal systems in the county, provides for the administration and enforcement of the provisions contained herein, and fixes penalties for violation.
(B) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Howard County Residential Sewage Ordinance.”
(C) The general purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare and to further the following related and specific objectives.
(1) To preserve and improve the environmental quality of the county.
(2) To minimize contamination of ground and surface water resources.
(3) To control the utilization of private sewage disposal systems based on the limitations of the soils for such use as determined by a soil profile analysis based on the criteria set forth by the Soil Conservation Service.
(D) The requirements found in rule 410 I.A.C. 6-8.1 are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter and shall include any later amendments to those regulations the same are published in the Indiana Administrative Code with the effective dates as fixed herein.
(BCC Ord. 1993-34, passed 11-1-93)