(a) Table H - 101.8 of Appendix H is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
TABLE H-101.8
LOCATION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE IN CLEAR REQUIRED FROM | BUILDING SEWER | SEPTIC TANK | DISPOSAL FIELD | SEEPAGE PIT OR CESSPOOL |
MINIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE IN CLEAR REQUIRED FROM | BUILDING SEWER | SEPTIC TANK | DISPOSAL FIELD | SEEPAGE PIT OR CESSPOOL |
Building or structures1 | 2 feet (610 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 8 feet (2,438 mm) | 8 feet (2,438 mm) |
Property line adjoining private property | Clear2 | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 8 feet (2,438 mm) |
Water supply wells | 50 feet3 (15,240 mm) | 100 feet (30.5 m) | 100 feet (30.5 m)9 | 150 feet (45.7 m) |
Streams and other bodies of water | 50 feet (15,240 mm) | 50 feet (15,240 mm) | 1007, 10 feet (30.5 m) | 1507 feet (45.7 m) |
Trees | 10 feet (3,048 mm) | 10 feet (3,048 mm) | ||
Seepage pits or cesspools8 | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 12 feet (3,658 mm) | |
Disposal field8 | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 4 feet4 (1,524 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | |
On-site domestic water service line | 1 foot5 (305 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) |
Distribution box | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | 5 feet (1,524 mm) | ||
Pressure public water main | 10 feet6 (3,048 mm) | 10 feet (3,048 mm) | 10 feet (3,048 mm) | 10 feet (3,048 mm) |
NOTE: When disposal fields and/or seepage pits are installed in sloping ground, the minimum horizontal distance between any part of the leaching system and ground surface shall be 15 feet (4,572 mm). 1. Including porches and steps, whether covered or uncovered, breezeways, roofed porte coachers, roofed patios, carports, covered walks, covered driveways, and similar structures or appurtenances. 2. See also Section 312.3 of the California Plumbing Code. 3. All drainage piping shall clear domestic water supply wells by not less than fifty (50) feet (15,240 mm). This distance may be reduced to not less than 25 feet (7,620 mm) when the drainage piping is constructed of materials approved for use within a building. 4. Plus two feet (610 mm) for each additional one foot (305 mm) of depth in excess of one foot (305 mm) below the bottom of the drain line. (See also Section H 601.0). 5. See section 720.0 of the California Plumbing Code. 6. For parallel construction. For crossings, approval by the Health Department shall be required. 7. These minimum clear horizontal distances shall also apply between disposal fields, seepage pits, and the mean high-tide line. 8. Where disposal fields, seepage pits, or both are installed in sloping ground, the minimum horizontal distance between any part of the leaching system and the ground surface shall be 15 feet (4572 mm). 9. Sewage disposal systems discharging 5,000 gallons per day or more shall be separated from water supply wells by a minimum of 200 feet (61 m). 10. In the vicinities of the Colorado and Mojave Rivers, sewage disposal systems shall be separated from streams and other bodies of water by a minimum of 200 feet (61 m). | ||||
(Ord. 4452, passed - -2022)