5a. Update on-site septic regulations

4 Section II – Definitions For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows: the word “shall” is mandatory, the words “should” and “may” are permissive. All distances, unless otherwise specified, shall be measured horizontally. “Active Mottling” – (redoximorphic features) reflect alternating reduction and oxidation conditions due to water table fluctuations. It indicates that a water table is high enough in the soil for seven days to create reducing conditions. “Administrator” – is the Health Officer or designated officer. “Aerobic Tank” – is any sewage tank which utilizes the principal of oxidation in the decomposition of sewage by the introduction of air into the sewage. “Alternative System” – is an individual sewage treatment system employing such methods and devices presented in the rules. “Basal Area” – will be determined as the total area under the mound on level ground, on sloping ground the basal area will be determined as the area under the trench area and that area under the mound down slope under the trench area. “Baffle” – is a device installed in a septic tank for proper operation of the tank and to provide maximum retention of solids, and includes vented sanitary tees and submerged pipes in addition to those devices that are normally called baffles. “Bedroom” – is any room within a dwelling that, in the judgment of the Health Officer, might be reasonably used as a sleeping room, including, but not limited to, rooms designated den, office, or study and unfinished areas with potential development to same. “Building Drain” – is that part of the lowest piping of the drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning at least one (1) foot outside the building footings. “Building Sewer” – is that part of the drainage system which extends from the end of the building drain and conveys its discharge to an individual sewage treatment system or to a public sanitary sewage collection system.