(a) Except as allowed by Section 6-19.301 (h), the standards contained in this chapter apply to the siting, design and construction of on-site wastewater treatment, storage and disposal systems, or their components, whether proposed as part of a land subdivision, a lot creation, a building permit, a land use project or special event; and
(b) These standards shall apply to replacement, repair and abandonment of an existing system; and
(c) Any system and all work performed on any system after the effective date of this chapter; and
(d) Except for failing systems, and except for systems that are determined to be a public nuisance, all existing systems installed and approved under permit from the Yolo County Environmental Health Division (hereafter, "DEH") prior to the adoption of this chapter, the conditions for the system siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and monitoring, approved at that time shall apply, until the system fails, requires corrective action, is replaced, enlarged, significantly altered or is subjected to change or intensification in use; and
(e) These standards shall apply to activities of pumping, cleaning, hauling and disposing of wastewater as provided in this chapter; and
(f) These standards shall apply to non-discharging wastewater disposal units and graywater systems as defined in this chapter; and
(g) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent DEH from requiring compliance with more restrictive standards than those contained herein in order to protect water quality and public health; and
(h) The Director of Environmental Health may grant exceptions from the provisions of this chapter and/or the Manual for systems which, due to the physical constraints of the lot, cannot be repaired or reconstructed in compliance with these provisions provided that such exceptions are the minimum necessary. In such as case, the system shall be brought into compliance with these provisions to the greatest extent feasible; and
(i) These standards shall not apply to public sewer systems; and
(j) These standards shall apply to systems with a design flow less than 10,000 gallons per day.
(Ord. 1469, eff. July 14, 2016)