(a) Private treatment systems installed within the City shall be approved by the County Health District and shall be designed to treat and discharge an effluent which meets or exceeds water quality standards established by the State for the Black River Basin. A plumbing permit shall be required for the work. The Code Enforcement Officer shall receive permit applications and issue the permit with the approval of the City Manager after he or she has ascertained that all permit conditions have been met or after he or she has received assurances that they will be met. Evidence of Health District approval shall be presented to the Code Enforcement Officer prior to the issuance of plumbing permits and related building permits.
(b) Completely anaerobic treatment systems, such as septic tanks, are prohibited. No part of the treatment unit, except the leaching bed, if provided, and the discharge line, may extend into the front yard of the lot.
(c) The effluent from the treatment unit shall be discharged in a manner and at a location that is not detrimental to the public health and safety. The owner/applicant may be required to improve the receiving drainage channel on and off his or her property up to a distance of 500 feet from the nearest property line. He or she may also be required to provide an enclosed conduit to carry the wastewater through any public right of way or area determined to be a possible hazard to the public health, if not enclosed.
(d) The treatment unit shall be maintained in continuous good working order. Operational failure shall be corrected as soon as practicable. To assure the protection of the public health, the treatment unit, once in operation, shall be inspected by the owner at least once annually. Motors and moving parts shall be cleaned and lubricated as required by the manufacturer's instructions. Drainage channels used exclusively for transporting wastewater effluent shall be inspected, cleaned and reshaped where necessary at least annually by the owner. Combination storm drainage and effluent discharge channels having public easements shall be maintained by the City.
(e) The owner of the private treatment unit shall monitor the discharge of each treatment unit by semiannual inspection, collection of effluent samples and testing of samples. Equipment deficiencies and poor quality effluent shall be reported to the City which shall determine necessary corrective measures and require the same to be performed by the owner.
(Ord. 95-20AC. Passed 4-3-95.)