(A) Private sewage disposal systems constructed prior to the effective date of this chapter shall comply with any provision of this chapter deemed necessary by the Building and Zoning Department.
(B) The Department is authorized and directed to make inspections as are necessary to determine satisfactory compliance with the chapter.
(C) Upon receipt of a notification by the applicant, a designated member of the Department of Building and Zoning of the county shall, within two days, inspect the installed or partially installed private sanitation system of the person, firm, corporation or organization.
(D) It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of property to give the Department free access to the property at reasonable times for the purpose of making the inspections as are necessary to determine compliance with the requirements in this chapter.
(E) An individual sewage disposal system which has been installed by a home owner for his or her personal residence shall not be covered or placed in operation until the installation shall be inspected and written approval of the system shall have been issued by the Department.
(F) The Department may make inspections during the course of construction of any individual sewage disposal system to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(G) If any home owner who installs his or her own private sewage disposal system shall backfill any portion of the system and/or cover same with earth, cinders, gravel, shale or any other material which will prevent same from being readily viewed to determine if the system meets all requirements of this chapter, and before receipt of written approval by the Department, the Department may give 15 days’ notice in writing to the home owner so violating the provision of the chapter, to uncover the backfill or covered portions of the system.
(H) (1) If, at the end of the 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.
(2) The Department may elect to have the system uncovered at the expense of the home owner. Failure of the home owner to pay the costs within 30 days shall result in execution of a lien against the property.
(1993 Code, § 110.29) (Ord. 98-08, passed 6-17-1998; Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-5-2024) Penalty, see § 110.999