It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct, build, or rebuild any residence, place of residence, or other building or place where persons congregate, reside or are employed which is not to be connected to a public sanitary sewer without first submitting plans of the means of sewage disposal to the health officer, and obtaining a permit therefor as herein provided. Such plans shall include the plot plan of the premises with sufficient elevations, the size and type of septic tank, and a plan of the absorption field, giving all dimensions and other pertinent information. Every applicant for a permit shall pay to the health officer for each permit issued at the time of issuance such permit and investigation fees for each sewage disposal system as have been established by the health officer. In the investigation of a septic tank application, the health officer is empowered to require, at the expense of the applicant, such test holes, percolation tests, and other soil exploratory tests as he may deem necessary to ascertain the proper capacity and design of the septic tank and absorption field system.
(Ord. 1927 (part), 1960: prior code § 30.05)