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DIVISION 6. SANITARY DISTRICTS 6400-6982›PART 2. OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS 6935-6982›CHAPTER 3. On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones 6950-6982›ARTICLE 3. Powers 6975-6982

§ 6982

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6952, the West Bay Sanitary District may use the procedures in this chapter to provide alternative or innovative wastewater technologies in the district’s jurisdiction.

(b) The determination of a public health officer pursuant to Section 6955.1 shall include written findings, adopted by the district board of directors, regarding the existing or potential public health hazard.

(c) “Alternative or innovative wastewater technologies” means either (1) an onsite wastewater disposal system, as defined in Section 6952, or (2) such a system in conjunction with communitywide sewer or sewage systems, if one or more of the components of the system is located on or in close proximity to the real property and employs innovative or alternative wastewater technologies, including, but not limited to, grinder pump pressure sewer systems, septic tank effluent pump pressure sewer systems, vacuum sewer systems, or small-diameter gravity septic tank systems.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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