13.20.800 Sewerage system permits.
A. All owners of onsite wastewater systems are required to obtain sewerage permits before being allowed to operate and maintain such systems. Permit terms shall be as follows:
1. Individual onsite wastewater systems, small onsite wastewater systems and mound systems -6 years:
2. Unconventional systems, alternative onsite wastewater systems, holding tanks, experimental systems and evapotranspiration systems – as approved by the Director - 6 years. The Director may set the permit term for problematic and experimental systems on a case by case basis, minimum of 1 year.
3. Permit fees shall be as follows:
Existing Systems and Renewals | $20 |
New Systems | $300 |
Repaired or Modified Systems | $300 |
B. No sewerage permit shall be issued without the applicant having first submitted such information as required by these regulations to the Public Works Director or his or her designee.
C. No sewerage permit shall be issued for and no person shall install or cause to be installed, an onsite wastewater disposal system, domestic or otherwise, in any area required by laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, conditions of plat approval, or other authorization to have other than onsite domestic wastewater disposal systems.
D. Sewerage permits for new, altered, repaired, extended, or replaced systems will be issued by the Public Works Director or his or her designee only upon approval of an application, payment of appropriate fees, and final system inspection.
E. The city will send a permit renewal notice by mail to the owner of record prior to the expiration date of each sewerage permit. Upon notification of permit expiration, the owner of the permitted disposal system shall have 30 calendar days to schedule an observation of the system with a city approved observer.
1. Prior to observation, the septic tank must be pumped.
2. The tank shall be observed prior to the tank filling with liquid.
3. The Public Works Director or his or her designee may extend a permit for up to 6 years if proof is provided that the tank has been pumped and inspected by a city approved observer or city personnel.
4. It is the owner’s responsibility to schedule said pumping with a liquid waste hauler prior to the expiration of the sewerage permit. If after the observation it appears that the on-site wastewater system is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter as well as all other city ordinances, the Public Works Director or his or her designee shall issue a renewed sewerage permit following the observation.
F. Sewerage permits shall be renewed on or before the expiration date listed on the permit, unless said permit is extended by the Public Works Director or his or her designee.