Napa County Municipal Code Ch. 13.56 Operation, Maintenance and Abandonment

A. The administrative authority may establish minimum standards and procedures for maintenance and operation of all private and individual sewage disposal systems.

B. Specific procedures and standards of maintenance and operation may be established at the time of issuance of a permit, or after installation of a system if necessary in the opinion of the administrative authority.

C. Procedures and standards shall relate to the systems and may vary as between systems.

(Ord. 1109 § 1 (part), 1996)

Every part of each private and individual sewage collection, treatment and disposal system is to be maintained in good repair at all times and operated in such a manner as not to cause odors, pollution or contamination of adjacent lands or surface waters, or usable subsurface waters of the county nor create any other nuisance.

(Ord. 1109 § 1 (part), 1996)

Every abandoned building (house) sewer, or part thereof, shall be plugged or capped in an approved manner within five feet (1.5m) of the property line (CPC § 722.1).

(Ord. 1109 § 1 (part), 1996)

A. Every cesspool, septic tank, and seepage pit which has been abandoned or has been discontinued otherwise from further use or to which no waste or soil pipe from a plumbing fixture is connected shall have the sewage removed therefrom and be completely filled with earth, sand, gravel, concrete or other approved material (CPC § 722.2).

B. Where sewage disposal facilities are abandoned consequent to connecting any premises with the public sewer, the permittee making the connection shall fill all abandoned facilities as required by the administrative authority within thirty days from the time of connecting to the public sewer (CPC § 722.5).

C. The top cover or arch over the cesspool, septic tank or seepage pit shall be removed before filling and the filling shall not extend above the top of the vertical portions of the sidewalls or above the level of any outlet pipe until inspection has been called and the cesspool, septic tank, or seepage pit has been inspected. After such inspection, the cesspool, septic tank, or seepage pit shall be filled to the level of the top of the ground (CPC § 722.3).

D. For purposes of this section, "cesspool" and "seepage pit" shall be defined as in Section 202.0 of the 1995 Edition of the California Plumbing Code contained in Title 24, Part 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

(Ord. 1109 § 1 (part), 1996)

Division III. Other Utilities