(A) No person, firm or corporation shall install a private sewage disposal system in Woodford County without having first obtained a sewage disposal permit from the Woodford County Health Department.
(B) No permit shall be issued unless:
(1) The size of the lot is adequate to accommodate a private sewage disposal system with a minimum lot size of not less than 10 acres and there is no septic tank or drain field within 500 feet of the one proposed.
(2) A standard percolation test consisting of not less than 4 holes is conducted at the location of the subsoil sewage disposal system. Lot sizes of 5 acres or more shall not be required to have a percolation test, but an assumed percolation test rate of 1 inch per hour shall be used as a standard.
(3) The results of the percolation test meet the minimum standards of 1 inch per hour in accordance with the method prescribed by the State Department of Health, conducted under the supervision of the local Health Department.
(4) The size of the septic tank and lateral field shall be determined by the rate of the percolation test and number of bedrooms in accordance with Manual of Septic Tank Practice published by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, a copy of which is on file at the Woodford County Health Department and available for inspection by the public.
(5) Satisfactory evidence is submitted that the area in which the subsoil drainage system is to be installed has a rock sounding of not less than 6 feet in depth from finished grade. Lots that have a rock sounding of less than 6 feet but at least 5 feet or more shall be provided with additional topsoil at least 6 months prior to construction. Before the topsoil is placed thereon, the earth shall be loosened to a depth of at least 3 inches.
(Prior Code, § 23.12) (Ord. passed 10-17-1973) Penalty, see § 51.99