San Benito County Municipal Code Art. I In General

No person shall construct or maintain any privy, cesspool, septic tank, sewage treatment works, sewer pipes or conduits for the treatment or discharge of sewage or any matter or substance injurious or dangerous to health whereby the sewage or matter or substance shall do any of the following:

(A) Overflow any land whatever; and

(B) Empty, flow, seep or drain into any well, spring, stream, river, lake or other water, any of which acts would be injurious to health; provided, that where compliance with this section, in the discretion of the Director of Public Health, would not be feasible, the Director of Public Health may issue a special permit allowing the variations from the provisions contained in this section as will most nearly accomplish the general purpose and intent hereof.

(1966 Code, § 16-1) (Ord. 189, § 2)

(A) (1) No person shall construct any residence, or other building where people congregate or are employed, which is not to be connected to an approved public sanitary sewer or construct a new sanitary disposal system, without first notifying the Department of Public Health of the county, and obtain a permit therefrom.

(2) Upon the notification, the Director of Public Health shall cause a suitable inspection to be made and if it is found that conditions meet requirements shall issue the permit without cost for each individual disposal system.

(B) Disposal systems built under a permit as provided in this section shall be constructed and maintained as will meet the requirements which may be adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

(1966 Code, § 16-2) (Ord. 189, §§ 3,4)

It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Health to enforce the provisions of this chapter and, in the performance of this duty, the Director of Public Health or his or her duly authorized agent is authorized to enter at any reasonable hour any premises as may be necessary in the enforcement of this chapter.

(1966 Code, § 16-3) (Ord. 189, § 5)

This chapter shall not impose upon the county any liability or responsibility for damage or nuisance resulting from the defective construction of any sanitary disposal system nor shall the county or any employee thereof be held as assuming any such liability or responsibility by reason of the inspection authorized under this chapter.

(1966 Code, § 16-4) (Ord. 189, § 9)