5a. Update on-site septic regulations

11 No person, firm, or corporation shall install, alter, repair, or extend any individual on-site sewage system in the county without first obtaining a permit from the designated officer. The fee for the permit shall be in accordance as set or prescribed by the Cass County Commission. Application for permits shall be made upon forms furnished by the designated officer and shall be signed by the applicant. Said permit to construct is valued for a period of 12 months from date of issuance. If construction is not started within this period, the permit is void, unless an extension is granted by the designated Health Officer. The Health Officer shall refuse to grant a permit for the construction of an individual sewage disposal system where a public sewer system is available. If construction is not started on the building or septic system within 12 months of the date of approval of the application, it will be necessary to resubmit an application and plot plan for the system to assure that the lot or house plan or location have not changed. SECTION VII – SEVERABILITY In any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of these regulations is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of these regulations. SECTION VIII – REGULATION ENFORCEMENT Malfunctioning private on-site sewage disposal systems (including septic tanks, cesspools, cisterns, dry wells, absorption bed-fields, holding tanks, and the like) are a menace to the health and general welfare of the citizens of this county and are hereby declared to be a nuisance. Whenever brought to the attention of the Health Officer that any unsanitary conditions exist in any private sewage disposal system or