5a. Update on-site septic regulations

12 that any construction or work regulated by these regulations is dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, a nuisance or a menace to life, health or property, or otherwise in violation of these rules and regulations, it is the responsibility of the Health Officer to investigate the problem and he/she may order any person using or maintaining any such condition to repair, alter, change, remove or demolish the problem area for the proper protection of life, health or property. Every such order shall be in writing, addressed to the person using or maintaining any such conditions and shall specify a reasonable date or time for compliance with such order. SECTION IX – GENERAL PROVISIONS - No on-site disposal system shall be installed during wet conditions or conditions by which the soil would become smeared during construction. - All sewage shall be disposed of by a valid method of collection, treatment, and disposal. Sewage shall not be disposed of in any manner that will create a nuisance. It shall not be discharged into any abandoned or unused well, or into any crevice, sink hole, or other opening either natural or artificial in a rock formation. Sewage shall not be discharged into any river, stream, lake, pond or similar water course. - Cesspools shall not be installed. - Surface and storm waters shall not be discharged into any on-site soil absorption field or drain tile system. - No provision of these regulations shall be deemed to require a change in any portion of an on-site sewage disposal system or any other work regulated by these regulations in or on an existing building or lot when such work was installed and is maintained in accordance with law in effect prior to the effective date of these regulations, except, when it is determined that a system is dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, a nuisance, or a menace to life, health or property.