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10 <br />Section IX General Provisions <br /> <br /> <br />1. The owner, building contractor, plumbing contractor, and OSTS installer are jointly <br />responsible for compliance with these regulations. <br /> <br />2. No property shall be improved in excess of its capacity to properly absorb sewage <br />effluent in the quantities and by the means provided herein. <br /> <br /> <br />3. The minimum lot size in which a new OSTS can be installed shall be 1 acre. <br /> <br /> <br />4. Water carried from bathrooms, kitchens, laundry fixtures, and other household plumbing <br />shall pass through a septic tank prior to its discharge into the soil. Where underground <br />disposal for treatment is not feasible, consideration will be given to special methods of <br />collection and disposal. <br /> <br /> <br />5. Floor drains in shops shall not be connected to an OSTS. Building footing water, sump <br />pumps, draintile, backwash from water softener, pool water, treated hot tub water, or pool <br />filter backwash shall not enter the system. <br /> <br />6. Surface and storm waters shall not be discharged into any soil treatment area. <br /> <br /> <br />7. All sewage shall be disposed of by a valid method of collection, treatment, and disposal. <br />Sewage shall not be disposed of in any manner that may create a nuisance or that may <br />create a malfunctioning or failing system. <br /> <br /> <br />8. Cesspools shall not be installed and/or utilized and are considered a public nuisance. <br />When a cesspool is abandoned, the pit shall be filled with soil, sand, or gravel. This <br />requirement is binding on all systems. <br /> <br /> <br />9. When a septic tank is abandoned, it shall be pumped by a septic system servicer, the tank <br />shall then be crushed and backfilled with soil, sand, or gravel or filled with a flowable fill <br />and capped. Upon a finding of exceptional need, a septic tank may be ordered to be <br />removed and disposed of in compliance with all applicable state and local rules and <br />regulations. <br /> <br />10. No OSTS shall be installed during wet conditions or other conditions by which the soil <br />would become smeared during construction. No OSTS shall be installed when the <br />ground is frozen. The ground is considered frozen when the frost penetrates the top 6 <br />inches of soil.