1127.06 TEST FOR INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLIES.

   (a)    At least one test well shall be made in the area being platted, for each 100 lots or for each twenty-five acres of area, whichever is the smaller. In cases where copies of the lots of existing wells located within the area being platted are available, this information may be submitted in lieu of making test wells. The Ohio Division of Water, Department of Natural Resources, in most instances can supply the necessary information.

   (b)    Test wells shall be at least twenty-five feet in depth and shall produce safe potable drinking water at a rate of not less than five gallons per minute.

   (c)    A copy of the well log which shall include the name and address of the well driller, shall be submitted with the plat.

(Ord. 64-222. Passed 9-15-64.)

1127.07 FEASIBILITY OF INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS.

   No subdivision shall be approved to install individual sewage disposal systems where the Health Commissioner determines that such individual sewage disposal systems are not feasible and could reasonably be expected to cause a public health problem. Such determination shall be based on the percolation and soil test results submitted as required in Section 1127.08; the details submitted on and with the subdivision plat and contained in the statement of information required by Section 1127.03, such as proposed lot sizes, proposed size of subdivision, and topographic conditions; and on the requirements of other regulations of the County General Health District relative to such individual sewage disposal systems. Where a subdivision cannot be approved to use individual sewage disposal systems, a public sewage disposal system will be necessary.

(Ord. 64-222. Passed 9-15-64.)

1127.08 TEST FOR INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS.

   (a)    At least one percolation test shall be made for the subdivider or developer by a registered engineer or other qualified person acceptable to the Health Commissioner for each acre of land being platted, and each test shall be numbered and its location shown on a plat.

   (b)    The general types of soil encountered in making the tests shall be documented and submitted with the plat, together with the actual percolation time for each test hole. The name and address of the person making the tests and the date on which the tests were made shall be included.

   (c)    Method of making percolation tests shall be in accordance with accepted sanitary engineering practice as specified by the Health Commissioner.

(Ord. 64-222. Passed 9-15-64.)

1127.09 NOTICE; APPEAL.

   Within thirty days after the submission of any subdivision plat, with the statement of information and test results as required by this chapter, the Health Commissioner shall approve or refuse to approve such subdivision for the use of individual water supplies or individual sewage disposal systems, and shall notify in writing the person making the request for such approval and the city or regional planning commission having jurisdiction of his action. Where the Health Commissioner refuses such approval, he shall also state his reasons therefor in writing to the person making the request for approval. Any person who is refused such approval by the Health Commissioner may appeal such action to the Board of Health of County General Health District by submitting a request therefor in writing setting forth his reasons why such appeal should be granted. (Ord. 64-222. Passed 9-15-64.)

1127.10 VIOLATION OF ORDERS OR REGULATIONS OF BOARD.

   No person shall violate any provision of this chapter or any order or regulation of the Board of Health of the County General Health District made in pursuance thereof, obstruct or interfere with the execution of such order or willfully or illegally omit to obey such order.

(Ord. 64-222. Passed 9-15-64.)

1127.99 PENALTY.

   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this section for the first offense, and the prosecution shall always be as and for a first offense unless the affidavit upon which the prosecution is instituted contains the allegation that the offense is a second or repeated offense.

(Ord. 64-222. Passed 9-15-64.)