(A) If a public sanitary sewer main is reasonably accessible, a complete sanitary sewer system approved by the sanitary sewer utility or the Indiana State Board of Health, including a lateral connection for each lot in the subdivision, shall be installed.
(B) If, in the judgment of the Plan Commission, a public sanitary sewer main is not reasonably accessible, sanitary wastes may be disposed of by one of the following methods:
(1) The subdivision may be provided with a complete sanitary sewer system, including a lateral connection for each lot and a neighborhood or community sewage treatment plant, all meeting the approval of the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board and the State Board of Health.
(2) The subdivider may provide a private sewage disposal system on individual lots consisting of a septic tank and soil absorption field or other approved sewage disposal system, provided such disposal systems are installed in accordance with the minimum standards of the Indiana State Board of Health and provided that the soil in the subdivision will properly absorb sewage effluent as determined by percolation tests. The private sewage disposal system shall be approved by the Public Health Department.
(C) If a sanitary sewer system is to be installed, it must be approved by the accepting utility.
(BC Ord. 2006-05, passed 3-20-06)