(A) Applications for permits for the construction, installation, replacement, alteration, repair of or addition to, a residential sewage disposal system shall be submitted by the owner or agent of the owner upon forms provided by the Department, shall contain such information as is required by Residential Rule 410 and/or deemed necessary by the Health Officer, and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee payable to the Department, as the fee may be established from time to time by the County Council of the City of New Albany.
(B) Construction permits for residential sewage disposal systems shall be issued by the Health Officer only upon a determination that the proposed system, or the alteration, repair of, or addition to an existing system, complies with the requirements, terms and provisions of Residential Rule 410, this subchapter, and the following:
(1) The terms and provisions of Residential Rule 410 and Indiana State Department of Health Bulletin S.E. 11 to the contrary, notwithstanding, permits for the construction or installation of permanent privies, to include sanitary vault privies, shall not be issued.
(2) The terms and provisions of Residential Rule 410 to the contrary, notwithstanding, no septic tank having a capacity of fewer than 1,000 gallons and no soil absorption system containing less than 400 lineal feet of pipe shall be installed.
(3) The Health Officer may specify in the construction permit any limitations, term or condition necessary to provide a functional, easily operated, enduring residential sewage disposal system in accordance with Residential Rule 410, or to prevent a health hazard, nuisance, surface water pollution or groundwater pollution.
(4) Subsurface gravity feed residential sewage disposal systems for duplex dwelling shall be separate for each dwelling unit. For design system, the absorption area shall be computed using the following formula are:
150g x l + no. of bedrooms and bedroom equivalents |
loading rate in gpd/sq. ft. |
(5) A construction permit shall expire on the last day of the thirty-sixth month following the month of permit issuance, unless the applicant has commenced the activity for which the permit was issued on or before the date of permit expiration; provided, a permit issued pursuant to this section shall be deemed amended and supplemented to include the terms, conditions and requirement of this subchapter, and any amendments thereof, effective as of the date of commencement of the activity.
(C) Site approval permits for the construction of any outbuilding or the installation of any swimming pool, geothermal heat system, underground utility connection or underground lawn sprinkler system shall be issued upon:
(1) Proper application of the owner or the agent of the owner on forms furnished by the Department;
(2) The payment of the fee established by the Common Council of the City of New Albany, from time to time; and
(3) A determination by the Health Officer that the proposed location of such construction or installation conforms with Residential Rule 410, and shall not damage the residential sewage disposal system or interfere with its proper operation.
(Ord. G-97-208, passed 11-3-1997)