Any person building on a lot which will be accessible to sanitary sewers now under construction or under contract for construction must comply with the following requirements before building permits for any construction will be issued.
(a) Each home or building shall have the sanitary sewer (building sewer) serving the property installed out to the main and where possible at an elevation which will allow gravity flow from basement fixtures. These sewers shall be installed under local permit and inspection and properly bulk headed.
(b) The property owner shall furnish a signed statement that he or she will connect the sewer lateral to the street sanitary sewer (main) within ninety days after he or she is notified that it is accessible, that all fixture discharges will be integrated into the sanitary sewer and that the septic system will be abandoned in accordance with the regulations of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. It is understood that the connection shall be inspected, when made, and that an inspection will be made inside the house to ensure that all fixtures are connected to the sanitary sewer, including but not limited to the requirements as more fully set forth in 1040.06.
(c) No building permit will be issued until the Board of Health of Cuyahoga County has had an opportunity to conduct a site review, approve a household sewage treatment system design and issue a sewage system installation permit to determine what could be installed in the way of household sewage treatment system to serve the property during this interim period.
(d) The installation of a household sewage treatment system meeting the current and/or latest adopted construction and material specifications of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health shall be permitted.
(Ord. 09-119. Passed 11-17-09.)