Solano County Municipal Code Art. I Purpose

(a) This Chapter establishes a comprehensive, uniform set of standards for the review and approval of on-site sewage disposal systems for individual lots and subdivisions in Solano County.

The primary purpose of these standards is to protect the public health of the citizens and visitors of Solano County and protect the environment from degradation by ensuring the proper treatment and disposal of liquid waste through the appropriate sitting, design, installation, and maintenance of on-site sewage disposal systems.

(b) In addition, these standards are intended to bring Solano County into compliance with applicable Basin Plan policies adopted by the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards with jurisdiction over Solano County.

(Ord. No. 1609, §18)

(a) The Board of Supervisors adopts these standards pursuant to the Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act (California Water Code section 13000 et seq.) which authorizes counties to adopt and enforce regulations, conditions, restrictions, and limitations regarding the disposal of waste. Furthermore, adoption of these standards is necessary to achieve compliance with applicable Basin Plan policies adopted by the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards with jurisdiction over Solano County.

(b) In addition, the Board of Supervisors adopts these standards pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 17958.5 and 17958.7 based upon the findings that these standards are reasonably necessary due to the local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions of Solano County.

(Ord. No. 1609, §18)

(a) Except as allowed by section 6.4-12(c), the standards contained in this Chapter apply to the sitting, design and construction of on-site sewage treatment, storage and disposal systems, or their components, whether proposed as part of a land subdivision, a building permit, a land-use permit, replacement or repair of an existing system, or special event. These standards shall apply to all on-site sewage disposal systems discharging 2500 gallons per day (gpd) or less. These standards shall also apply to on-site sewage disposal systems discharging over 2500 gpd with authorization from the Regional Water Quality Control Board having jurisdiction.

(b) These standards shall apply to on-site sewage disposal system work performed after the effective date of these standards and to existing on-site sewage disposal systems as specified in this Chapter.

(c) These standards shall not apply to the following:

(1) Individual sewage treatment plants that may be installed or designed for commercial development in areas not served by public sewer.

(2) A community sewage disposal system. This includes public sewer systems and community on-site sewage disposal systems.

(d) The Environmental Health Services Division may grant exceptions from the provisions of this Chapter for structures which have been destroyed due to fire or natural disaster and which cannot be reconstructed in compliance with these provisions.

(e) Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent the Environmental Health Services Division from requiring compliance with higher requirements than those contained herein, where such higher requirements are essential to maintain a safe and sanitary condition.

(Ord. No. 1609, §18; Ord. No. 1655, §1&2)