(a) Where a property owner of an OWTS or other sanitation facilities is required to monitor the system, the property owner shall obtain an annual operating permit from the Director and have a valid operating permit in effect at all times.
(b) No person shall use or allow another person to use an OWTS or other sanitation facilities for which an annual operating permit is required if no operating permit is in effect at the time the system is used. A system that requires an annual operating permit, that is being operated without the permit being in force, shall be considered in violation of this chapter and subject to enforcement action pursuant to section 68.336.
(c) The Director may enter property during normal business hours to inspect an OWTS or other sanitation facilities that was approved subject to an annual operating permit requirement.
(d) The property owner shall comply with all conditions of a permit to install an OWTS subject to monitoring, including, but not limited to, obtaining an annual operating permit and any monitoring, maintenance, operation, and notification requirements.
(e) Prior to the issuance of the installation permit for an OWTS subject to monitoring, or a reserve OWTS subject to monitoring, the property owner shall record with the County Recorder's Office a Covenant and Agreement, or other equivalent document, with an acknowledgement of and promise to comply with the conditions of the installation permit for the OWTS. This document shall run with the land and shall be binding on any future owners, encumbrances, their successors, heirs, or assigns and shall continue in effect until DEHQ approves its termination. Termination shall occur when the use of the OWTS subject to monitoring has ceased in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
(Amended by Ord. No. 3436 (N.S.), effective 1-1-70; repealed by Ord. No. 4531 (N.S.), effective 7-31-75; new Section 68.334 added by Ord. No. 9322 (N.S.), effective 5-4-01; amended by Ord. No. 10136 (N.S.), effective 4-15-11; amended by Ord. No. 10918 (N.S.), effective 10-11-24)