Humboldt County Municipal Code Ch. 1 Regulations of the Business of Cleaning Cesspools, Septic Tanks

SEEPAGE PITS, PIT PRIVIES, AND VAULTS Sections: Engaging in Business. Permits. Application for Permit. Investigation and Issuance of Permits. Areas of Regulation. Expiration of Permits. Recourse to Faithful Performance Bond. 621-1. Engaging in Business. The term “engaging in business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, seepage pits, pit privies, and vaults and the removal of contents for cleaning thereof,” as used herein, shall include, but is not limited to, any person who goes about from place to place with apparatus or equipment designed for cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, seepage pits, pit privies, and vaults, or who shall have an established place of business for said purpose and who shall make a charge for said services. (Ord. 245, § 2, 5/1/1948; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017)

621-2. Permits. No person shall engage in the business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, seepage pits, pit privies, and vaults and the removal of the contents thereof within the County without first having obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, a permit to do so as hereinafter provided. (Ord. 245, § 3, 5/1/1948; Ord. 2351, § 22, 12/6/2005; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017) 621-3. Application for Permit. All persons who desire to engage in the business of cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, seepage pits, pit privies, and vaults and the removal of the contents thereof within the County will make and file within the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, a written application for a permit to do so. (Ord. 245, § 3, 5/1/1948; Ord. 2351, § 22, 12/6/2005; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017) 621-4. Investigation and Issuance of Permits. It shall be the duty of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, upon receiving an application for a permit as herein provided, to investigate the applicant’s knowledge of sanitary principles; the kind and type of apparatus and equipment the applicant intends to use in cleaning cesspools, septic tanks, seepage pits, pit privies, and vaults; the place or places to which the contents of any cesspool, septic tank, seepage pit, pit privy, or vault may be removed; and, if the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, is satisfied from said investigation, to issue a permit to the applicant upon the payment of a fee for each permit issued in the amount set by resolution or ordinance of the Board of Supervisors and the giving of a personal or surety bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) conditioned for the faithful performance of all duties enjoined by this division or by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health. (Ord. 1192, § 1, 2/7/1978; Ord. 2351, § 22, 12/6/2005; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017) 621-5. Areas of Regulation. Every person who obtains a permit provided for in this division shall be subject to the rules and order of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, in the following matters: (a) The manner of cleaning any cesspool, septic tank, seepage pit, pit privy, or vault. (b) The removal of the contents thereof and the place to which said contents are moved. Refusal by any person to obey and carry out the rules and orders of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, in the manner herein specified shall be grounds for the revocation of the permit referred to in this division. (Ord. 245, § 6, 5/1/1948; Ord. 2351, §§ 22, 23, 12/6/2005; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/ 7/2017)

621-6. Expiration of Permits. Permits issued pursuant to this division shall be valid only for the unexpired portion of the calendar year in which the application is made. All permits shall expire and become null and void at the end of each calendar year. Permits may be renewed from year to year upon filing of a written application, the payment of the fee, and the giving of the faithful performance bond as provided for in § 621-4 of this chapter. (Ord. 989, § 1, 7/23/1974; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017) 621-7. Recourse to Faithful Performance Bond. In the event that the holder of a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this division violates any of the provisions hereof or any rules or orders of the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health, said violation shall permit the County at its option to resort to the faithful performance bond for the payment of a penalty in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). (Ord. 245, § 8, 5/1/1948; Ord. 2351, § 22, 12/6/2005; Ord. 2584, § 11, 11/7/2017) Chapter 1 – § 631-1. § 631-2. § 631-3. § 631-4. § 631-5. § 631-6. § 631-7. § 631-8. § 631-9. § 631-10. § 631-11. § 631-12. § 631-13. § 631-14.