(a) A site evaluation shall be required on every existing or proposed lot prior to obtaining a system installation permit unless waived by the Director of Environmental Health. The site evaluation shall be conducted as described in the Manual.
(b) The site evaluation will examine several factors for approval of a system including, but not limited to, ground slope, soil textural characteristics, effective soil depth, percolation rate, horizontal setbacks, and available area for one hundred percent (100%) system replacement.
(c) The site evaluation shall be conducted by the applicant's qualified professional in coordination with DEH so that DEH personnel may be present for any facet of testing in the evaluation process.
(d) DEH may require that the site evaluation be conducted during high rainfall period of the year as described in the Manual in order to determine the maximum fluctuation of depth to groundwater below the surface of the ground prior to approving a site for feasibility or construction of the system.
(e) DEH may require a new site evaluation or other soil testing if it determines that prior site evaluation approvals were based on testing and/or reporting that was incomplete, insufficient, or incompatible with known information of a given area, or for a site where subsequent excavation or other activities may have altered the suitability of the lot for accommodating the system.
(f) An approved site map review for installation of a system completed prior to the effective date of this ordinance shall expire on May 12, 2018 and shall be unacceptable for purposes of issuing a system installation permit after that date unless the review included a site specific evaluation substantially equivalent to a site evaluation as defined and described in this chapter and the Manual; and the submitted system design meets the currently adopted standards of this chapter and the Manual. For site map reviews which were completed prior to the effective date of this chapter, the Director of Environmental Health may require a resubmittal of system design that meets the purpose and intent of this chapter to protect water quality and public health, including but not limited to requirements for a site evaluation, supplemental treatment and an operating permit, where warranted.
(Ord. 1469, eff. July 14, 2016)