(a) No person shall construct, operate or maintain a system that does not comply with the applicable requirements specified in this chapter, the installation permit, the operating permit or the Manual.
(b) No person shall connect any structure, vehicle or mobile home to the system without prior approval of DEH.
(c) No person shall treat or discharge anything other than what is specifically described as domestic wastewater in this chapter, into any system.
(d) No person shall operate a system constructed after the effective date of this chapter that was not installed in accordance with this chapter and the Manual; and any other conditions placed on the installation permit.
(e) No person shall maintain or operate the system for which DEH has issued an order to abandon the system.
(f) No person shall operate or use a failing system.
(g) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter and in the Manual, no person shall maintain or operate a holding tank, or vault privy, except for non-residential and non-commercial limited-use applications, such as primitive-type picnic grounds, campsites, and recreation areas where a system is not feasible, as determined by DEH. Portable toilets may be used on a temporary basis for the events of a short duration, for agricultural purposes, and at constructions sites according to the provisions specified in the Manual.
(i) No system shall be constructed with the intent to connect it to five (5) or more dwelling units constructed on a single lot of real property.
(j) Areas of filled or imported soil or unstable soil formations shall not be used for a system dispersal field or replacement area. The dispersal field shall be located and installed in natural, undisturbed, and unobstructed ground or earth. This limitation does not apply to engineered fill as provided in the Manual.
(k) No system shall be approved that utilizes any form of effluent disposal that discharges on or above the post installation ground surface such as sprinklers, exposed drip lines, free-surface wetlands, or a pond.
(1) No system shall be installed in slopes greater than thirty percent (30%) without a geotechnical report prepared by a California Registered Geotechnical Engineer.
(m) No system utilizing supplemental treatment shall be allowed after the effective date of this ordinance which does not maintain an operating permit requiring periodic monitoring and inspections.
(n) No system shall be allowed which is dedicated to receiving significant amounts of wastes dumped from RV holding tanks.
(o) No system shall be approved where the separation of the bottom of the dispersal field to the high seasonal groundwater is less than two (2) feet.
(p) No dispersal field or replacement area(s) shall be covered by an impermeable surface, such as paving, concrete, asphalt, building foundation slabs, plastic sheeting, or any other material that prevents oxygen transfer to the soil.
(q) No dispersal system shall be subject to activities that result in compaction, or potential damage such as vehicular traffic, large animal enclosure, grading, and placement of paving or building structures.
(r) No system shall be approved within the minimum setbacks to a flood control levee without approval from the agency having jurisdiction to allow installation within the setback.
(s) No system shall be installed in areas subject to flooding unless it is designed per provisions described in the Manual.
(Ord. 1469, eff. July 14, 2016)