(a) Every septic system installed in the Village as of September 23, 1996, shall have been inspected and cleaned no later than September 23, 1997, by a company or individual licensed, or otherwise approved, by the Geauga County Health Department, unless the owner of a septic system can demonstrate his/her system was so cleaned and inspected and in satisfactory working order within one year prior to September 23, 1996. Thereafter, effective January 1, 2021, every septic system shall be inspected and cleaned at least once every three years, commencing with the date of the inspection referred to in this subsection (a) or, within three years after installation if installed after September 23, 1996. It shall be the duty of the owner of the property whereon such septic system is located to keep such septic system in proper working condition at all times and to notify the Building Inspector, immediately after the triennial inspection and cleaning, by certificate from the inspecting company or individual, that such system is in proper operating order.
(b) In addition to the requirements set forth above that the company or individual performing the inspections and cleaning required under this chapter be licensed, or otherwise approved, by the Geauga County Health Department, said company or individual must, in addition, register with the Building Inspector on a form to be supplied by said Inspector and shall pay to the Village a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for such registration.
(c) Whoever violates any provision of this section, is guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor. Each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this section is committed, continued, or permitted shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 1996-37. Passed 9-23-96; Ord. 2020-40. Passed 9-14-20.)