(a) Public System. When the proposed subdivision is located within one thousand (1,000) feet of an adequate sanitary sewer line, a connection to the line shall be provided for each lot by the developer.
(b) Independent Systems.
(1) When lots are less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and a sanitary sewer is not available, an adequate sanitary treatment plant and the necessary sanitary sewer lines accessible to each lot shall be provided by the developer. The system, where practicable, shall be designed so that it can be integrated into the Master Plan of sanitary sewers when public sewers are installed.
(2) Where a number of subdivisions are proposed to be on adjacent tracts, and/or sufficient buildable property is in close proximity to each other, Council may cause to have constructed a sanitary treatment plant and necessary lines, except laterals, to serve the plats, and may assess the cost thereof to the benefited owners.
(c) Sanitary Manholes. The minimum elevation of the top of any sanitary manhole casting shall be not less than the estimated twenty-five (25) year high water level.
(d) Septic Tanks.
(1) Septic tanks may be used for lots of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more in an area if soil percolation tests, as prescribed by the appropriate Board of Health, have indicated a reasonably useful life for such disposal methods. Other methods of disposal may be approved by the Board of Health.
(2) Subject to the approval of the Board of Health, septic tanks may be used on lots of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet when the plat is in an area that can expect trunk sewers to be extended to it within two (2) years, as determined by the Whitehouse Engineer, but sanitary lateral sewers serving each lot, properly installed and blocked off, shall be provided.
(Ord. 10-2016. Passed 12-20-16.)