(A) Any person proposing to subdivide land shall submit a copy of the proposed subdivision plan to the Health Authority for its review and determination as to whether the site is suitable for development with sewage disposal systems. The applicant is advised to contact the Health Authority prior to digging test pits and performing percolation tests on the tract of land to be subdivided. All such test pits and percolation tests shall be subject to verification by on-site inspection by the Health Authority, prior to its review of the subdivision plan.
(B) The Health Authority in its review will consider soil data, lot sizes, percolation test results, depth to seasonal high water table, location of existing or proposed private water sources and the general requirements for design and construction of sewage disposal systems. The Health Authority may require submission of additional engineering geological or soil information and/or a study of the economic feasibility of the proposed sewage disposal systems prior to making its determination. The Health Authority may specify in its determination the minimum lot sizes or other conditions on which its determination is based in accordance with soil types, environmental conditions, and such guidelines as may be established by the Health Authority. No subdivision plan shall receive final approval by the Planning Board until the Health Authority has reviewed the plan and has determined that the site in question is suitable for development with sewage disposal systems.
(C) Nothing in this section is to be construed as relieving the applicant of the permit requirements relative to individual sewage disposal systems on each proposed lot. Plans shall not be submitted to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for its review and determination without certification by the Health Authority that applicable local requirements have been met. All plans and specifications submitted to the Health Authority shall also be consistent with the requirements of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Subdivision and Individual Sewage Disposal System Design Rules, Chapter Env Wq-1000 for submission of plans.
('71 Code, § 21-72) (Ord. passed 6-6-78; Am. Ord. passed 9-4-01; Am. Ord. passed 7-5-11)