A. Existing Systems:
1. Inspections To Determine Compliance: Private sewage disposal systems constructed prior to the effective date hereof shall comply with any provision of this chapter deemed necessary by the health authority.
2. Entry Powers: 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.
B. Installation Inspection:
1. No private sewage disposal system installed in the county shall be covered or placed in operation until the said installation shall have been inspected and written approval of the said system shall have been issued by the health department.
2. 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 this chapter before receipt of written approval by the health department, the health department may give fifteen (15) days' notice in writing to such person so violating the provision of this chapter, to uncover such backfilled or covered portions of the system.
3. If, at the end of such fifteen (15) days, the person 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 homeowner. Failure of the homeowner to pay such costs within thirty (30) days shall result in execution of a lien against the property. (Ord., 4-7-2008)