(A) Permit required.
(1) Any person desiring to install, construct, operate or maintain a new private on-site sewage facility within the City of Sunset Valley shall be required to obtain a permit from the city before any construction work is begun. In no event shall the installation or construction of a new private on-site sewage facility be initiated within the city until a construction permit therefor has been issued.
(2) No permit shall be issued until an application for a permit to install or construct a new private on-site sewage facility has been filed and approved by the city.
(3) No permit shall be issued for the installation or construction of a new private on-site sewage facility unless the proposed facility is one expressly authorized under the provisions of § 150.568.
(B) The city may require such additional tests and inspections as it considers appropriate to determine whether the proposed installation or construction will comply with the provisions of this chapter. It shall require that the proposed installation or construction and the private on-site sewage facility as installed or constructed be approved by the city. All tests and inspections shall be at the expense of the owner.
(C) The city shall have the right to select and engage sanitarians and engineers, or engineers, or any combination thereof, to conduct investigations, tests, examine plans and specifications, present evidence, advise and represent the city, and assist the applicant in the development of a private on-site sewage facility in accordance with and to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and the applicant shall be required to reimburse the city for reasonable costs of such services.
(D) The city shall have access to the property during the installation or construction of any new private on-site sewage facility for the purpose of verifying compliance with this chapter. After the installation or construction is completed, but before the facility is buried, a final inspection shall be made by a City Inspector. The inspector shall inform the city whether or not the facility is in compliance with this chapter.
(E) No permit shall be issued to install or construct a private on-site sewage facility within the city unless the city finds, on the basis of such tests, inspections, and reports as it deems appropriate, that the nature of the soil and the drainage of the property will permit the use of and is appropriate for the proposed facility. In making such determination, the city shall consider the following:
(1) The location of the property;
(2) The location (or proposed location) of the private on-site sewage facility on the property;
(3) The nature of the use (or proposed use) of the property;
(4) The total proposed maximum area of impervious surfaces;
(5) The probable population density of the development and the adjacent area;
(6) The anticipated sewage load (daily sewage flow per capita);
(7) The soil absorption capacity;
(8) The location of intermittent springs;
(9) If applicable, the proposed subsurface system;
(10) The depth of and characteristics of subsurface impervious strata;
(11) The ground water table;
(12) The quantitative geologic description of soil and rock encountered by core tests;
(13) Topographic or ground slope and drainage characteristics in the area of the proposed facility;
(14) The volume of soil removed or relocated during construction;
(15) The holding or septic tank capacity and whether the proposed facility requires one or more compartment tank(s);
(16) The distance from floodplains, wells, lakes, creeks, aquifers, faults, and water lines;
(17) The possible contamination of streams, lakes, creeks, aquifers, ground water, or water lines;
(18) The land usable and available for the primary and any alternate absorption fields;
(19) Whether alternative methods would be more suitable; and
(20) Other relevant factors.
(F) Upon satisfactory evidence that a new private on-site sewage facility has been properly constructed in compliance with this chapter, and that all other applicable federal and state laws and local regulations have been complied with, the city shall issue a final permit to maintain and operate said facility, and if appropriate, authorize the connection of the property to the city's water distribution system.
(G) Should ownership of any property served by a private on-site sewage facility installed or constructed under the provisions of this chapter be transferred, the new property owner, within 30 days of the change of ownership, shall renew either the construction permit or the maintenance and operation permit; the terms and conditions of said permits shall be binding upon all successors in interest to the property.